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Welcome to the Questions of the Day for Sunday, August 27, 2017. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo.Some famous people who share your birth date are U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson; singer-actress Martha Raye; actresses Tuesday Weld, Barbara Bach and Diana Scarwid; comedian Pee Wee Herman; musician Daryl Dragon and fashion designer Tom Ford.
Today’s Questions are an edited version of Vanity Fair magazine's monthly celebrity feature, the Proust Questionnaire:
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your greatest fear?
What historical figure do you most identify with?
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
What is your greatest extravagance?
What is your favorite journey?
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
On what occasion do you lie?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
What words or phrases do you most overuse?
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
When and where were you happiest?
Which talent would you most like to have?
If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
What is your most treasured possession?
What is your most marked characteristic?
What do you regard as the lowest depths of misery?
What is the quality you most like in a man?
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
What do you most value in your friends?
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Who is your favorite villain of fiction?
Who are your heroes in real life?
Today in History
1660 - The books of John Milton are burned in London due to his attacks on King Charles II. 1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man is adopted by the French National Assembly. 1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina. 1858 - The first cabled news dispatch is sent and is published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story is about the peace demands of England and France being met by China. 1859 - The first oil well is successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, Pennsylvania. 1889 - Charles G. Conn receives a patent for the metal clarinet. 1889 - Boxer Jack Dempsey is defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche. 1892 - The original Metropolitan Opera House in New York is seriously damaged by fire. 1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act is passed by the U. S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax is later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. 1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company buys a pro football team for Green Bay, Wisconsin. J.E. Clair pays tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations will sign the pact. 1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, sets fire to some papers to disrupt a poetry recital by another poet, Archibald MacLeish. 1939 - Nazi Germany demands the Polish corridor and Danzig. 1945 - American troops land in Japan after the surrender of the Japanese government at the end of World War II. 1962 - Mariner 2 is launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flies past Venus. It is the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.
1972 - North Vietnam's major port at Haiphong sees the first bombings from U.S. warplanes. 1981 - Work begins on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sunk in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts. 1984- U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that the first citizen to go into space will be a teacher. The teacher who will eventually be chosen is Christa McAuliffe. She dies in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. 1984 - Diane Sawyer becomes the fifth reporter on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes." 1984 - The Menetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village opened. It was the first new off-Broadway theater to be built in 50 years in New York City. 1985 - The Space Shuttle Discovery leaves for a seven-day mission in which three satellites are launched and another is repaired and redeployed. 1986 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros earns his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs. 1989 - The first U.S. commercial satellite rocket is launched. A British communications satellite is onboard. 1990 - The U.S. State Department orders the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats. 1991 - The Soviet republic of Moldavia declares its independence. 1996 –California Governor Pete Wilson signs an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants. 1998 - James Brolin receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 - "Titanic" becomes the first movie in North America to earn more than $600 million. 1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departs the station to return to Earth. Russia is forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons. 2001 - The U.S. military announces that an Air Force RQ-1B "Predator" aircraft is lost over Iraq. It is reported that the unmanned aircraft "may have crashed or been shot down." 2001 - Work begins on the future site of a World War II memorial on the U.S. capital's historic national Mall. The site is between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Word of the Day:
evanesce /ˌevəˈnes/ verb
: to vanish, like vapor.
“Later in the morning the fog will evanesce into blue sky.”
Quote of the Day:
“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Today is:
National Pot de Crème Day
National Just Because Day
Welcome to the Questions of the Day for Sunday, August 27, 2017. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Virgo.Some famous people who share your birth date are U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson; singer-actress Martha Raye; actresses Tuesday Weld, Barbara Bach and Diana Scarwid; comedian Pee Wee Herman; musician Daryl Dragon and fashion designer Tom Ford.
Today’s Questions are an edited version of Vanity Fair magazine's monthly celebrity feature, the Proust Questionnaire:
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Ton of money driving across America with my kids and grandkids. What is your greatest fear? What historical figure do you most identify with? What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Whichever one others deplore. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Dishonesty. What is your greatest extravagance? Dog treats... I love my dog. What is your favorite journey? Trip to Cal in 2010. We did it all. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? On what occasion do you lie? Rare ones. What do you dislike most about your appearance? The toll of age. What words or phrases do you most overuse? These questions are hard. What or who is the greatest love of your life? When and where were you happiest? I'm not sure. Which talent would you most like to have? If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? My health. What do you consider your greatest achievement? My family. What is your most treasured possession? Don't think I have a particular possession that more treasured than others. What is your most marked characteristic? I have no tatoos. What do you regard as the lowest depths of misery? Being desperately poor and unable to provide for the family. What is the quality you most like in a man? Strength, honesty, courage, dependability etc... What is the quality you most like in a woman? Honesty, dependability, loyalty ..etc. What do you most value in your friends? Loyalty, honesty. Who is your favorite hero of fiction? Who is your favorite villain of fiction? Who are your heroes in real life? My father and grandfather. Today in History
1660 - The books of John Milton are burned in London due to his attacks on King Charles II. 1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man is adopted by the French National Assembly. 1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina. 1858 - The first cabled news dispatch is sent and is published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story is about the peace demands of England and France being met by China. 1859 - The first oil well is successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, Pennsylvania. 1889 - Charles G. Conn receives a patent for the metal clarinet. 1889 - Boxer Jack Dempsey is defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche. 1892 - The original Metropolitan Opera House in New York is seriously damaged by fire. 1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act is passed by the U. S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax is later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. 1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company buys a pro football team for Green Bay, Wisconsin. J.E. Clair pays tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations will sign the pact. 1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, sets fire to some papers to disrupt a poetry recital by another poet, Archibald MacLeish. 1939 - Nazi Germany demands the Polish corridor and Danzig. 1945 - American troops land in Japan after the surrender of the Japanese government at the end of World War II. 1962 - Mariner 2 is launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flies past Venus. It is the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.
1972 - North Vietnam's major port at Haiphong sees the first bombings from U.S. warplanes. 1981 - Work begins on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sunk in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts. 1984- U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that the first citizen to go into space will be a teacher. The teacher who will eventually be chosen is Christa McAuliffe. She dies in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. 1984 - Diane Sawyer becomes the fifth reporter on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes." 1984 - The Menetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village opened. It was the first new off-Broadway theater to be built in 50 years in New York City. 1985 - The Space Shuttle Discovery leaves for a seven-day mission in which three satellites are launched and another is repaired and redeployed. 1986 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros earns his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs. 1989 - The first U.S. commercial satellite rocket is launched. A British communications satellite is onboard. 1990 - The U.S. State Department orders the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats. 1991 - The Soviet republic of Moldavia declares its independence. 1996 –California Governor Pete Wilson signs an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants. 1998 - James Brolin receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 - "Titanic" becomes the first movie in North America to earn more than $600 million. 1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departs the station to return to Earth. Russia is forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons. 2001 - The U.S. military announces that an Air Force RQ-1B "Predator" aircraft is lost over Iraq. It is reported that the unmanned aircraft "may have crashed or been shot down." 2001 - Work begins on the future site of a World War II memorial on the U.S. capital's historic national Mall. The site is between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Word of the Day:
evanesce /ˌevəˈnes/ verb
: to vanish, like vapor.
“Later in the morning the fog will evanesce into blue sky.”
Quote of the Day:
“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Today is:
National Pot de Crème Day
National Just Because Day Thanks BA4! Nice job!
Today’s Questions are an edited version of Vanity Fair magazine's monthly celebrity feature, the Proust Questionnaire:
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Having freedom, humor and people and pets I love. What is your greatest fear? Probably the same as most people's. What historical figure do you most identify with? Benjamin Franklin. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? I've been pretty ballsy most of my life, but there are times I took the path of least resistance. What is the trait you most deplore in others? Being an a-h What is your greatest extravagance? Travel What is your favorite journey? American roadtrips. What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Forgiveness. I'd rather learn, never forget, and when possible hold accountable. On what occasion do you lie? To spare people's feelings. What do you dislike most about your appearance? Subtle age changes of middle age. What words or phrases do you most overuse? Like, totally, you know? Just kidding. I don't know. What or who is the greatest love of your life? Cheeseburgers. When and where were you happiest? McDonalds, Burger King, etc. Which talent would you most like to have? Play guitar and sing well enough that people would want to listen. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be? I'd be the same age, but physically younger, if you know what I mean. What do you consider your greatest achievement? Overcoming difficulties and being better for it. What is your most treasured possession? I appreciate having material security, but am not materialistic. What is your most marked characteristic? Being analytical. What do you regard as the lowest depths of misery? I refuse to dwell on misery. What is the quality you most like in a man? Being a regular guy. What is the quality you most like in a woman? Sanity! Srsly, being down to earth, smart, and with a sense of humor. What do you most value in your friends? Kindness. Who is your favorite hero of fiction? The hero sandwich. Can't think of another. Who is your favorite villain of fiction? Tom Sawyer Who are your heroes in real life?
Family members, including ancestors I've not met, but learned about in genealogy. It is amazing.
Sorry about that. These are the same questions that are posed to a different celebrity every month in Vanity Fair, and the celebrities' answers range from humorous and silly to profound. I thought it would be fun to find out how all my C-D friends would answer the same questions. But hey, if there are any questions you'd rather not answer for whatever reason, please feel free to skip them. I won't be offended.
Sorry about that. These are the same questions that are posed to a different celebrity every month in Vanity Fair, and the celebrities' answers range from humorous and silly to profound. I thought it would be fun to find out how all my C-D friends would answer the same questions. But hey, if there are any questions you'd rather not answer for whatever reason, please feel free to skip them. I won't be offended.
Too late for me. I've been a smart Alec where it suited me. But I know how you feel. Answers make the QotD.
Today’s Questions are an edited version of Vanity Fair magazine's monthly celebrity feature, the Proust Questionnaire:
What is your idea of perfect happiness? Peacefulness for myself but also for this country at this time in history.
What is your greatest fear?
The world situation at this time getting worse.
What historical figure do you most identify with?
Mahatma Gandhi
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Not speaking out at times when it's needed.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Failure to reason and understand more in their lives and others.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Buying more computers than I need to have around
What is your favorite journey?
Making trips to see love ones
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
righteousness
On what occasion do you lie?
I don't think there is an occasion to do this, but there are those moments ............. when you have to tell a little white lie.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
I've not reached 6 ft yet............. a little ways to go
What words or phrases do you most overuse?
I'll be back in a little bit...........
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Mrs Aks ............ who else She's been with me 48 years now.
When and where were you happiest?
When I'm relaxing in private and listening to background music
Which talent would you most like to have?
A better memory would help..............
If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I'd like to be more aggressive sometimes.....
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My reaching retirement after 40 years and moving up to a job I enjoyed most of the time.
What is your most treasured possession?
I don't think I have anything that I can't give up.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Never give up and stick to working out issues
What do you regard as the lowest depths of misery?
The death of my daughter and then my sister a week later, they were too young.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
honesty
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
honesty and understanding
What do you most value in your friends?
understanding and friendship
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Who is your favorite villain of fiction?
Dracula
Who are your heroes in real life?
It would be several political people that I can’t mention here.
Today in History
1660 - The books of John Milton are burned in London due to his attacks on King Charles II. 1789 - The Declaration of the Rights of Man is adopted by the French National Assembly. 1828 - Uruguay is formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina. 1858 - The first cabled news dispatch is sent and is published by "The New York Sun" newspaper. The story is about the peace demands of England and France being met by China. 1859 - The first oil well is successfully drilled in the U.S. by Colonel Edwin L. Drake near Titusville, Pennsylvania. 1889 - Charles G. Conn receives a patent for the metal clarinet. 1889 - Boxer Jack Dempsey is defeated for the first time of his career by George LaBlanche. 1892 - The original Metropolitan Opera House in New York is seriously damaged by fire. 1894 - The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act is passed by the U. S. Congress. The provision within for a graduated income tax is later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court. 1921 - The owner of Acme Packing Company buys a pro football team for Green Bay, Wisconsin. J.E. Clair pays tribute to those who worked in his plant by naming the team the Green Bay Packers. 1928 - The Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed by 15 countries in Paris. Later, 47 other nations will sign the pact. 1938 - Robert Frost, in a fit of jealousy, sets fire to some papers to disrupt a poetry recital by another poet, Archibald MacLeish. 1939 - Nazi Germany demands the Polish corridor and Danzig. 1945 - American troops land in Japan after the surrender of the Japanese government at the end of World War II. 1962 - Mariner 2 is launched by the United States. In December of the same year the spacecraft flies past Venus. It is the first space probe to reach the vicinity of another planet.
1972 - North Vietnam's major port at Haiphong sees the first bombings from U.S. warplanes. 1981 - Work begins on recovering a safe from the Andrea Doria. The Andrea Doria was a luxury liner that had sunk in 1956 in the waters off of Massachusetts. 1984- U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces that the first citizen to go into space will be a teacher. The teacher who will eventually be chosen is Christa McAuliffe. She dies in the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986. 1984 - Diane Sawyer becomes the fifth reporter on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes." 1984 - The Menetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village opened. It was the first new off-Broadway theater to be built in 50 years in New York City. 1985 - The Space Shuttle Discovery leaves for a seven-day mission in which three satellites are launched and another is repaired and redeployed. 1986 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros earns his 250th career win against the Chicago Cubs. 1989 - The first U.S. commercial satellite rocket is launched. A British communications satellite is onboard. 1990 - The U.S. State Department orders the expulsion of 36 Iraqi diplomats. 1991 - The Soviet republic of Moldavia declares its independence. 1996 –California Governor Pete Wilson signs an order that would halt state benefits to illegal immigrants. 1998 - James Brolin receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 1998 - "Titanic" becomes the first movie in North America to earn more than $600 million. 1999 - The final crew of the Russian space station Mir departs the station to return to Earth. Russia is forced to abandon Mir for financial reasons. 2001 - The U.S. military announces that an Air Force RQ-1B "Predator" aircraft is lost over Iraq. It is reported that the unmanned aircraft "may have crashed or been shot down." 2001 - Work begins on the future site of a World War II memorial on the U.S. capital's historic national Mall. The site is between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
Word of the Day:
evanesce /ˌevəˈnes/ verb
: to vanish, like vapor.
“Later in the morning the fog will evanesce into blue sky.”
Quote of the Day:
“Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There’s nothing to do but to stand there and take it.”
- Lyndon B. Johnson
Today is:
National Pot de Crème Day
National Just Because Day
Sorry about that. These are the same questions that are posed to a different celebrity every month in Vanity Fair, and the celebrities' answers range from humorous and silly to profound. I thought it would be fun to find out how all my C-D friends would answer the same questions. But hey, if there are any questions you'd rather not answer for whatever reason, please feel free to skip them. I won't be offended.
I will do my best to not disappoint.
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Probably the same as most people's.
Just kidding. I don't know.
Thanks Bay, good job.
