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Braingle's Daily Trivia Quiz for Dec 05, 2022 A Music > Rock Quiz : See how well you know this Nickelback hit. 1. Complete the lyrics: "From underneath the trees, we watch the sky confusing ______ for satellites."2. Complete the lyrics: "I never dreamed that you'd be mine, but here we are, we're here ________."3. Complete the lyrics: "Singing Amen, I, I'm ______."4. Complete the lyrics: "If everyone cared and nobody ______."5. Complete the lyrics: "If everyone loved and nobody _____."6. Complete the lyrics: "If everyone shared and swallowed their _______, then we'd see the day when nobody ______."7. These...

Robert Redford, 86, received his first acting credit in a 1960 episode of "Maverick" and racked up an additional nine credited TV appearances just that year. He would also break into film in 1960 with an uncredited role in a basketball romance film called "Tall Story," starring Jane Fonda and Anthony Perkins. The world, it seems, was ready for Redford. In the following three years alone, Redford would appear on television an additional 11 times. In 1967, Redford appeared in "Barefoot in the Park," also with Fonda, in his first leading role. The actor has been working above the banner...

In his influential work The Republic, the Greek philosopher Plato argues that the pursuit of pleasure is not the path to happiness. Instead, he advocates for a life of moderation and contemplation, in which reason is the highest good. This view was shared by many of the great thinkers of the ancient world, including Aristotle and the Stoics. The idea that pleasure is the key to happiness was not popularized until the 18th century, when the philosopher Jeremy Bentham argued that “it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.” This utilitarian...

Braingle's Daily Trivia Quiz for Dec 04, 2022 A Humanities > Linguistics Quiz : Many first names have become part of common phrases. See how many of these names you can identify. 1. This name is associated with a pirate's flag.2. This boxed-in name is a traditional children's toy.3. This name, when associated with an apple, is technically called a "laryngeal prominence".4. This is a doll's name associated with talking.5. Uncle ____ is a personification of the U.S. government.6. _____ Bull is a personification of England.7. A male goat is known by this name.8. This name is associated with observing...

It started fittingly with a goal scored by a player named after the American city that gave birth to the blues. Netherlands forward Memphis Depay needed just 10 minutes to start the United States on its inevitable trudge to yet another World Cup round of 16 exit. By the end of Netherland’s convincing 3-1 victory Saturday at Khalifa International Stadium in the Doha suburb of Al Rayyan, despite all the promise of youth, the nonstop cheerleading on Fox, the endless fawning over Christian Pulisic, despite vow after vow after vow of progress, Team USA ended this World Cup right where...