KNOW YOUR SIMILES? (Wise as….)

Here's some fun for the day…….

TRIVIA:  How many of the seven wonders of the ancient world still stand?

BRAIN RIDDLE:
When I am filled I can point the way.  When I am empty nothing moves me.  What am I?


JOKE:
Q:  When do Monkeys fall from the sky?
A:  During Ape-ril showers.


QUESTION TO PONDER
Why do we leave cars that costs thousands of dollars in the driveway and park our useless junk in the garage?



COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Anything worth having cost something.  What does your commitment to God cost you? Be willing to pay the price for priceless eternal life.

SIMILES QUIZ

I've always been a big fan of Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'.   (yes, I know Christmas is quite a ways away) In his telling of the story, Dickens uses several similes.   I'll list a few of those at the bottom of the page.   

Each year when I watch the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol", I always enjoy watching the game 'Similes' that Scrooge's nephew plays with his party guests in the "ghost of Christmas present" part of the story.   In the game, someone says the first part of the simile to a guest.   They have to guess the rest in 5 seconds or they have lost and must stand behind their chair.   I always thought it looked like a fun game.

As a reminder, a simile is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

So let's play the game too.   Here's the beginning of a simile……can you complete it?  (If not, you must stand behind your chair)


1.  Proud as…..

2.  Tight as….

3.  Dead as…..

4.  Dry as…..

5.  Light as….

6.  Nutty as….

7.  Quick as…

8.  As silent as…

9.  Strong as…

10.  Tough as….

11.  White as…

12.  Wise as…

13.  Solid as….

14.  Quiet as…

15.  Flat as...


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Scrooge's nephew's party.  (the Muppet version)

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SIMILE ANSWERS
1.  a peacock
2.  a drum  
3.  a doornail
4.  a bone
5.  a feather or air
6.  a fruitcake
7.  as a wink; as lightning; as silver
8.  the grave
9.  an ox
10.  nails
11.  a ghost, a sheet, the snow
12.  an owl; Solomon
13.  a rock
14.  a church mouse
15.  a pancake


SIMILES FROM 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' ( I just live Christmas all year long)

Dead as a door nail
Tight as a drum   (also tight as your Uncle Scrooge's purse strings)
Good as gold
Light as a feather
Happy as an angel
Giddy as a drunken man
Merry as a school boy

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TRIVIA ANSWER:
One - The Great Pyramid of Giza

BRAIN RIDDLE:
A glove


Until next time…..

FAMOUS TV CATCHPHRASES AND QUOTES

Here's some fun for the day..........

TRIVIA: (Answer below)
What was World War I referred to as before World War II?

JOKE:
Joe:  Mom, you want to hear a long joke?
Mom:  Sure honey.
Joe: Joooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooke

RANDOM WISE SAYING:
"Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair"

QUOTE:
"I always like to go to Washington D.C.   It gives me a chance to visit my money"
(Bob Hope)



COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Jesus often took time out to be alone with God.   If He needed that time then we do to.

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FAMOUS TV CATCHPHRASES and QUOTES:

( Name the TV show that the following quotes came from)

***there's lots of these, so this will be part one.    Part two to come in the future.

1.  "No Soup For You"
2.  "We were on a break!" 
3.  "Gladiators in suits"
4.  "Dy-no-mite!"

5.  "Baby, You're the greatest"
6.  "De Plane, De Plane"
7.  "You're fired!"
8.  "Will you accept this rose?"
9.  "Norm!"
10.  "Whatchoo' talkin' 'bout Willis?"
11.  "Goodnight John-Boy"
12.  "The Tribe has spoken"
13.   "Hey, Where's Perry?"
14.   "Who loves you baby?"
15.  "Live long and prosper"

ANSWERS

1. "Seinfeld"
2. "Friends"
3. "Scandal"
4.  "Good Times"
5.  "The Honeymooners"
6.  "Fantasy Island"
7.   "The Apprentice"
8.  "The Bachelor" or "The Bachelorette"
9.   "Cheers"
10.  "Different Strokes"
11.  "The Waltons"
12.  "Survivor"
13.  "Phineas and Ferb"
14.  "Kojak"
15.  "Star Trek"

TRIVIA ANSWER:  
The Great War

Until next time.......

TV SPIN-OFFS: How well do you know them?

                                       

Here's some fun for the day.....


PHRASE FUN:  (What is a rhyming phrase for the following.  Answer at bottom)
'The best store'

JOKE:    
Q:  How do crazy people go through the forest?
A:  They take the psycho path.

QUOTE:
"For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier.  I put them in the same room and let them fight it out."
(Steven Wright)

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
If you continually ignore God's voice, eventually you will not be able to hear it.

TV SPIN-OFF TRIVIA:  (There’s lots of them, so this will be Part one.   Part two showing up sometime later)  ***Answers below last picture

1. The picture at the top of the page is from "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"  Name 3 spin-offs from this show.

2. ‘Trapper John M.D.’ was a spin-off of what show?

3. Who played the character Frasier who garnered his own spin-off from Cheers?

4. ‘Knot’s Landing’ was a spin-off from what show?

5. ‘Dirty Sally’ was a spin-off of ‘Gunsmoke.’  Who was originally asked to play the part of Marshall Dillon in ‘Gunsmoke’ and did a filmed intro of the first episode?

6. How many years did ‘Flo’, the spin-off of ‘Alice’ last?

7. How many spin-offs were there of ‘All in the Family’ and what were they?   One of these spin-offs had a spin-off.

8. ‘Fish’ was a spin-off of “Barney Miller”.  Who played the character Fish and what Academy Award winning movie was he in?  What character did he play in this movie?

9. Name 3 spin-offs of “Happy Days”?

10. Lisa Bonet was the character originally in ‘The Cosby Show’ that starred in this spin-off.   Name the show and the character.

11. Vickie Lawrence was this character in picture below.   Name the character, the original show she portrayed her on and the spin-off.  

ANSWERS:

1. ‘Rhoda’, ‘Phyllis’, ‘Lou Grant’

2. ‘M.A.S.H.’

3. Kelsey Grammer

4. ‘Dallas’

5. John Wayne

6. one year.

7. ‘Maude’ (she was Edith’s cousin) ‘The Jefferson’s’ ( they were the Bunker’s neighbors) ‘Archie Bunker’s Place‘ , ‘Gloria’ (focuses on Gloria after Michael leaves her to go live in a commune)   ‘Maude’s’ spin-off was “Good Times”  (Florida Evans worked for Maude)

8. Abe Vigoda;  “The Godfather”;  Sal Tessio

9. ‘Laverne & Shirley’; ‘Joanie Loves Chachi; ‘Mork & Mindy’

10. ‘A Different World’;  Denise Huxtable

11. Thelma Harper aka Mama (from the Mama, Ed & Eunice skits on the Carol Burnett  show)  “Mama’s Family” was the spin-off lasted 6 seasons    

PHRASE FUN (Answer)
Top Shop

Until next time.......

FAMOUS TV CHARACTER'S NICKNAMES

Here's some fun for the day

JOKE:  
Q:  Why was 6 afraid of 7?
A:  Because 7 8 9.

QUOTE:  
"When I eventually met Mr. Right, I had no idea his first name was Always"
(Rita Rudner)

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
God can see the end of your journey from the beginning and He knows the safest and best route.  Trust Him to lead you around unseen obstacles.



FAMOUS TV NICKNAMES:  (Answers below last picture)

1. What is the nickname of the character in the picture at the top of this page?

2. What character had the nickname ‘half pint’

3.  What was Theodore Cleaver’s nickname?

4. Who played “Little Joe” on ‘Bonanza’?

5. What show was “J.J.”  (James Junior Evans) on?

6. What did Archie Bunker call Michael Stivic on “All in the Family”?

7. Alan Alda played Benjamin Franklin Pierce on “M.A.S.H.”   He was better known by what name ?    What was Major Margaret Houlihan’s nickname?   Corporal Walter Eugene O’Reilly?   

8. What is the nickname of the character in the picture below & what show was he on?

9. What was the nickname of Samuel Powers on “Saved By The Bell”?

10. Fred Grandy played the purser on “The Love Boat”.   What was his nickname?

11. What was the nickname of the original bartender on “Cheers”?

12. Roy Hinkley was the real name of this character on “Gilligan’s Island”

13. What was Potsie’s real name on “Happy Days”?

14. What sitcom was “Tootie” on?

15. What is the nickname of the character in the picture below?

ANSWERS: 

1. “The Fonz” or “Fonzie”  (Arthur Fonzerelli from “Happy Days”)

2. Laura Ingalls on “Little House on the Prairie”

3. Beaver

4. Michael Landon

5. “Good Times”

6. Meathead

7. Hawkeye; Hot Lips; Radar
8. Rerun;  "What's Happening"

9. Screech

10. Gopher

11. Coach

12. The Professor

13. Warrren

14. “Facts of Life”

15. Hoss

Until next time......