Thursday, February 27, 2020

FACEBOOK QUIZZES-2701-2800


FACEBOOK QUIZZES- 2701-2800

2701-Words in a Word   agree way out of a place    (e)    10
2702-Discern  pill-programming-off     family-word-house     canned-salad-hero
2703-Commonality   destruction-inclusive-indite 
2704-Split Definitive  soft cheese gathering  ((f) (8)   
2705-Discern  in-away-shot   soda-revolution-clockwork    buzz-craft-root
2706-Anagram  Paper measures of rural landowner 
2707-Words in a Word         bird’s home before the expected   time            (n)     9
2708-Discern   shower-size-on   spur-polish-car    feathered-maker-red
2709-Commonality    deity-suet-trait 
2710-Split Definitive  knock in a lazy fashion  (i)   (7)
2711-Discern boat-peel-bread    up-stew-complain     up-fizz-be
2712-Anagram  Mendicant who works in a grocery store   beggar bagger
2713-Words in a Word         insipid instruction                                         (o)    10
2714-Discern   rough-ruff-cloth   cloth-yellow-butter            cloth-story-moss
2715-Commonality    rend-fish-rent  
2716-Split Definitive  formerly the end       (t)  (13)
2717-Discern   clan-tolerate-hug  bird-brooms-off        golden-war-legal
2718-Anagram  messy bareness   
2719-Words in a Word         god shape                                                      (d)     9
2720-Discern  horn-led-off  weed-corn-skin  river-all-hunting
2721-Commonality    cored-puce-pay
2722-Split Definitive  anti-Sandinista  military force instrumental ensemble   (b)  (10)
2723-Discern    fly-tightening-hit  ice-death-limit slit-bypass-hoop
2724-Anagram Death examination expenditures 
2725-Words in a Word          grasslands without another substance             (p)   8
2726-Discern   leather-rough-great   lint-orange-piercing  audacity-gas-agent
2727-Commonality    cling-driest-ending          
2728-Split Definitive  grouse record   (9)  (e)  
2729-Discern  string-strong       check-car-I    hand-id-in
2730-Commonality   proviso-stet-veto-placebo     
2731-Words in a Word   news action  (p)    9
2732-Discern    green-hen-snap    dumpling-tomato-can      cannon-main-sugar
2733-Commonality    missed-dress-crate
2734-Split Definitive    small bay band   (r)    (8)
2735-Discern salt-saw-sauce    tax-Texas-towel         sandwich-sausage-technique
2736-Anagram  How-to book for female graduate   
2737-Words in a Word      amusement chant      (l)   12
2738-Discern  whole-line-glory  up-nights-off      devour-sea-cliff
2739-Commonality    fired-meme-red  
2740-Split Definitive  commercial break   (r)   (6)

2741-Discern  chowder-stand-cold   bird-wave-cap   motor-wash-kisser
2742-Palindrome  Name a palindromic phrase that expresses greetings for hello in 2 languages  
2743-Words in a Word   Type of fish strength (f)      9
2744-Discern   bath-cage-game    fat-popcorn-dance   golden-green-horned   
2745-Commonality    pus-sow-sot
2746-Split Definitive    water barrier growing old     (d) (8)   
2747-Discern     paste-bitter-tree   Jamaican-devil-raisin    carrier-log-flat
2748-Anagram  Most conceited indigenous inhabitants    
2749- Words in a Word      hard-skinned fruit person                                     (g)     8
2750-Discern   sack-rehearsal-up    bar-wood-shoe   eye-has-sweat
2751-Anagram Ritzier convent    
2752-Split Definitive class untruths    (o)   (9)
2753-Discern    hot-saw-minute     little-broken-fondle  rattan-end-follow
2754-Anagram Regular tour of large gate
2755-Words in a Word   ire  prong   (t)   9  
2756-Discern   city-king-medal       tails-fat-kin      age-bum-over
2757-Commonality  fate-irate-band
2758-Split Definitive terminate acrimony    (a)    (8)     
2759-Discern away-board-colony     away-red-flying     away-cast-by
2760-Anagram Most banal nervous giggles   
2761-Words in a Word       prophet   search          (q)    9
2762-Discern -salt-buck-gear     dry-game-cur       piece-view-rib
2763-Commonality abed-coned-deed  
2764-Split Definitive possible political slogan of 1980   (e)     (8)
2765-Discern     top-in-out   pink-works-box         moon-walk-ash
2766-Anagram Lingered later (than) 
2767-Words in a Word          important incident viewed   (e)   9
2768-Discern    rump-mad-knitted    romantic-bishop-dress       ace-scoff-head
2769-Commonality      underserved-expiration-interstate   
2770-Split Definitive     a very long and shitty period    (e)   (7)









2771-Discern       golden-snake-state    boat-brine-cocktail     mark-hole-clay
2772-Commonality    slight-slit-sting       
2773-Words in a Word  least common data         (i)       10  
2774-Discern     roll-band-laugh        age-lead-fault       brush-cat-yellow
2775-Anagram  Send bishop hat payment 
2776-Split Definitive  consumed one cubic decimetre  (a) (8)
2777-Discern     one-work-iron     velvet-tape-hole    saw-wild-eye
2778-Commonality      late    opal   polio        
2779-Words in a Word    moreover debauched party   (a)   7             
2780-Discern     ass-fat-stone       tree-spray-bell     white-pan-gate
2781-Anagram More delicious performer 
2782-Commonality short skirts attempt   (m)   (8)
2783-Discern     plant-off-clock     copper-gear-room    root-lip-angel
2784-Commonality   brig-coming-red      
2785-Words in a Word     inconsequential marijuana                                    (p)     9
2786-Discern     sea-slipper-slope   angel-nurse-infested    crossing-mussel-referee
2787-Anagram Minimal list of costs    prices precis
2788-Split Definitive    hip hop harbour       (p)    (7)
2789-Discern     time set-act  bar-casserole-maker    flatten-makeup-batter
2790-Anagram    Enmesh guardian  
2791-Words in a Word         exchange goods aim                                      (b)    9
2792-Discern     window-area-north    bamboo-gym-I       wolf-Chicago-it
2793-Anagram Driers on the bottom  
2794-Split Definitive   belonging vehicle to me
2795-Discern     English-jet-trend     Japanese-dung-juice   Asian-grumble-entry
2796-Anagram    Hidden flair 
2797-Words in a Word          abandon pretending                                      (a)   10
2798-Discern   type-pale-palm      men-joy-note    led-poison-white     

2799-Anagram Goods for transportation warrior 
2800-Split Definitive    formerly pretty    (p)   (6)    












Thursday, February 6, 2020

Palindromic History of Civilization


                         Palindromic History of Civilization

                                                      by

                                              Howard Richler



It is time to take stock of some celebrated palindromic statements in recorded history.


Live not on evil, Madam, live not on evil. (circa 2 weeks after Creation)  The Almighty delivers an injunction to Eve.

Cain, a monomaniac. (circa 3 weeks after Creation) Adam is disconsolate that Cain slew Abel in a classic case of sibling rivalry run amok.

Was it Ararat I saw? (circa 1060 years after Adam) On the 17th day of the 7th month of confinement with odiferous beasts, Noah does a double take when he spots Mount Ararat from the ark.

Harass selfless Sarah?  (circa 400 years after Noah)  Sarah gives Abraham an ultimatum: “It’s me or the handmaid.” Abraham chooses Sarah and extradites Hagar and Ishmael.
Egad, no bondage? (circa 600 years after Abraham)  An Israelite slave is euphoric upon being released from captivity.

Sex at noon taxes. (circa 1400 BCE) Attributed to Rahab, a Jericho harlot.

Naomi, I moan.(circa 1300 BCE)  Ruth laments the death of her husband to her mother-in-law Naomi  when she discovers the stiff didn’t carry life insurance.

Yahweh, chew hay!   (circa 750 BCE (Job lets loose after being  tested one time too many.

Poor Dan is in a droop. (circa 550 BCE)  Daniel is feeling low over the prospect of spending the night in a den of lions. He is saved when the cats display a dislike of kosher food.

Sex, Rex Xerxes?  (480 BCE). An Athenian courtesan propositions the conquering
Persian king.

Sore deifier reified Eros. (399 BCE)   At his trial, Socrates is accused of corrupting
youth.

We, Plato, tar a total pew. (365 BCE)  Attributed to an ebullient Aristotle after one of his peeps at the Academy spilled tar on a bench.

Sulla, call us. (88 BCE )  Confronted by Sulla that he and Sulpicius are challenging Sulla’s rule, Marius gives Sulla  a flippant answer.

Revolting is error, resign it lover. (73 BCE)   Spartacus’s main squeeze exhorts him not to lead a revolt against Rome.

Draw O Caesar, erase a coward! (44 BCE).  Caesar ignores advice to off Brutus before Brutus offs him.

Nosh son? (6)  Joseph offers his young son Jesus his first bagel at his sister’s sweet sixteen.

Mary  bred a derby ram. (9) To supplant her husband’s paltry carpenter’s income, Mary raised thoroughbred rams. The one named Shofar went on to win the Triple Crown
of sheep racing.

Evil I did dwell; lewd did I live. (28)  A contrite Mary Magdalene washes Jesus’s feet with her tears.

On! I sack casino (29) Jesus urges his disciples on after he overthrows the tables of the money changers in the temple.

Lepers, alas, repel. (30)  A leper implores Jesus to cure his disease so that he can get a date with a nice Jewish girl.

Rise, sir!  (31)  Jesus commands Lazarus to rise from his grave.

Moody men, I pine my doom. (33)  Jesus is gloomy at the Last Supper after eating too much Passover food.

O renege Nero! (68) An aide to Nero tries to get the Emperor to call off the torching of Rome,

I nab rumor from Urban 1.  (229)  A bishop eavesdrops on the first city Pope.

No! Rome, moron! (452) Attila corrects a hearing-impaired Hun set on pillaging
Nome, Alaska,

Lid off a daffodil, Allah; shall Ali doff a daffodil? (650) Supplication courtesy of
Caliph Ali ibn-abu Talib

Gnat was I ere I saw T’ang! (668)   A sycophantic Korean tries to curry favor with his Chinese masters)

Evil was Saladin a man, I’d alas. saw live.(1191)- Richard the Lion-hearted rues his encounter with Saladin.

Slog no mini Mongols  (1238)  Russian Price Alexander Nevski underestimates the Mongols about to overrun his country)

Was it a rat I saw? (1284)- Attributed to the pied-piper of Hamelin

Hot-oh! !1431)- Attributed  to Joan of Arc at the stake.

Live for a War of Roses or for a war of evil. (1455) Henry Tudor rallies his red rose Lancastrians against their white rose York foes.

Resume so pacific a pose, muser (1516)  After a lunch break, Leonardo da Vinci exhorts La Gioconda to resume her previous expression.

Egad! A base tone denotes a bad age. (1555)- Nostradamus predicts the assault of disco music in the 1970s.

Sums are deified, Erasmus. (1563) John Calvin decries society’s materialism to Desiderius Erasmus.

Sex? Even a Dane vexes! (1600)  Hamlet can’t deal with his mother’s carnal nature.

Delivery, Revere very reviled (1776) A customer complains when his order arrives a
week late from Pony Paul’s Pizza Parlor

No slender evil, snug  was I ere I saw guns-livered Nelson (1805) Commander Villeneuve of the joint French-Spanish fleet laments his defeat to Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar.

Embargo? Go grab me. (1807)   Senator Timothy Pickering tells President Jefferson’ planned embargo.

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (1821)  An enisled Napoleon laments his exile.

Peel’s asleep.  (1834) A British M.P. remarks that P.M. Robert Peel is somnolent in Parliament.

Yes, Sy, doom Alamo odyssey. (1836) Mexican General Santa Anna gives Lieutenant Sy Gonzales the order to storm the Alamo.

Degas, are we not drawn onward, we freer few, drawn onward to new eras aged? (1864) Attributed to Claude Monet addressing Edouard Degas.

Steno men interpret nine Monets. (1866) Pierre Renoir can’t resist a snide comment when he hears some office workers discussing Impressionism.

O, Geronimo, no minor ego (1866)   Attributed to General Cook who captured Apache leader Geronimo.

I,man, am regal: A German am I. (1898)  At a masked ball, Emperor William 11, gives  a big clue as to his identity.

Are we not drawn onwards, we Jews, drawn onward to new era? (1900)  Attributed to Theodore Herzl.

A man , a plan, a canal-Panama. (1914)  Attributed to Woodrow Wilson at the opening of the Panama Canal.

Jar not a tonga; nag not a Raj. (1942)Attributed to Winston Churchill hectoring Mahatma Gandhi.

Can I attain a C? (1965)  Attributed to Donald Trump at Fordham U. is his quest for academic mediocrity.

Neil, an alien! (1969) Buzz Aldrin mistakes his own shadow for a moonman.

Drat Sadat a dastard!(1979)   Ariel Sharon shows  distrust of Anwar Sadat during the Camp David negotiations.

Evil odes or prose do live. (1988)- Ayatollah Khoumeini’s comment about Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses.

Egad! A Red loses older adage. (1989)-Reagan admits that Gorbachev’s not a bad guy after all.

Drat Saddam, a mad dastard. (1990) George Bush expresses his opinion of Saddam Hussein.

Joy, O.J? (1996)- Johnny Cochrane congratulates O.J. Simpson  after his acquittal.

No in uneven union! (2016) Attributed to Boris Johnson advocating for Brexit.

Star comedy by Democrats.(2020)  Attributed to Donald Trump after the Iowa Caucus fiasco.
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