Mark your calendars! The following MasterMind! team events are scheduled:
* Mastermind! Team Feud – Nov. 12: A Family Feud style tournament for teams of three to four people. One spot remains.
* MasterMind! Team Trivia – Dec. 17. A Jeopardy style tournament for teams of three people. Three spots remain.
Contact Sam Ellis at [email protected] to register your team for either or both of the events. There is no cost to participate, and prizes will be awarded.
Below, are some brain teasers that might be of interest. Identify the real person or fictional character associated with each quote.
1. “Eh, what’s up, Doc?”
2. “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
3. “Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead.”
4. “Give me liberty or give me death.”
5. “A small step for man. A giant leap for mankind.”
6. “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”
7. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
8. “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds…We shall never surrender.”
9. “A vodka martini. Shaken. Not stirred.”
10. “Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.”
11. “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over.”
12. “That’s all folks!”
Answers: 1. Bugs Bunny, 2. Ronald Reagan, 3. Admiral David Farragut, 4. Patrick Henry, 5. Neil Armstrong, 6. Thomas Edison, 7. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 8. Winston Churchill, 9. James Bond, 10. Lou Gehrig, 11. Yogi Berra, 12. Porky Pig.