Angela, Chris Patriots Quiz 4 You!

[BethCooks4U]

You guys are great! :candyheart: Thanks for posting on that thread. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one willing to be beaten up over there for trying to "keep them in line" :grumpy: - like it's any of my business...

I think they should get the point now since several of us have said it in a couple ways.

I still can't believe she SAID ON A WEBSITE THAT HO MONITORS that she is putting a CAT as host. :yuck:

 

[pamela]

well Beth, you know me, I just went over to CS and added more of my 2 cents (I think I am up to 6 cents by now....or maybe no SENSE!).............I think I am deleting it from my tool bar so that I am not tempted to go there anymore:grumpy:

 

[BethCooks4U]

Well I just went over there and read a few posts from that thread and another one that talks about people being negative. I feel very beaten up.

I don't feel that I am negative - I am bursting bubbles, sure, but they need to be burst! People get these wild ideas that they can do this and that to beat the system and then I'm the bad guy for pointing out that they aren't living up to the things they put in their sig line (well, some of them) and what they agreed to in their contract with PC.

Anyway, I am very upset that people take things I say as yelling at them or creating trouble. That isn't me. I hope YOU guys understand.

 

[cmdtrgd]

We do!!! However, I feel like I have to (sometimes) type with kid gloves!

 

[finley1991]

I had my mammogram today and my boobs are sore.

Okay,... I've been gone all day and just got back. Will be heading over to CS to catch up.

Had to mention this about mammograms... had my first one two years ago. Got my results... Inconclusive... Not enough mass to get an accurate reading. Talking about adding insult to injury! I mean, I know I'm built like a Skipper doll but come on!!!

Hope that made some of you smile! Okay... off to be entertained by CS!!! I'm sure I'll be back with some comments!!!!

 

[finley1991]

WOW! Just got done reading the thread. Very interesting!

PS: Great responses ladies!

 

[Mel5497]

Wow, colleen, you just gave me a blast from the past. Do they even still make the Skipper doll? (I was such the barbie doll fan back in the day...that was when Malibu Barbie was the 'cool' Barbie)

 

[bethsbiz]

I also have reduced my time on CS cause of the negativity...it is why I left other sites at yahoogroups too. And, I flat out get irritated at how many people want the fast answer instead of trying to look it up for themselves. You don't LEARN that way, you just get by. Yes, I'm occassionally desperate for that fast answer too...but every little thing....come on.

I don't suggest that my team join CS....although I do have a few gals who did ask me how I get all these cool flyers and they did join. 1 is pretty active on the site.

I now just ask my team to be sure to let me know if they need recipes, or flyers, or things that are TERRIFIC on CS. Then I go out, download, and send on to them if it isn't something that is on the web site.

It is to bad so many of us feel that way since Greg has done an awesome job with all our sites....but, human nature seems to rear its ugly head when folks think they are "anoynomous".

 

[chefkathy]

And, I flat out get irritated at how many people want the fast answer instead of trying to look it up for themselves.

I am on a Director's Yahoo Group and I can't believe how many DIRECTORS do the same thing there. It's absurd. What do they do when their team needs something?

 

[BethCooks4U]

I am on a Director's Yahoo Group and I can't believe how many DIRECTORS do the same thing there. It's absurd. What do they do when their team needs something?

I KNOW! I see that too. Go figure.

 

[finley1991]

Okay... my one vent for the morning!

What bugs me the MOST is the lack of making any effort with their businesses!

I always tell my team: NEVER RELY ON A FLYER TO DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU!

I get tired of the "send me a flyer" "I need a flyer" "What should the e-mail say?"

PICK UP THE FRIGGIN' PHONE AND CALL THEM!!!!

Okay... I'm done. I've been working on an annual event at a historic home I give tours at here and today is the last day of the event. I'm pooped! Not getting much sleep. And I've had it with being nice to not-so-nice people! Thanks for listening. :blushing:

This is the event I'm working on: http://www.cranbrook.edu/housegardens/events/detail.asp?newsid=406633

 

[pamperedbecky]

This is the event I'm working on: http://www.cranbrook.edu/housegardens/events/detail.asp?newsid=406633

Totally off topic (sorry for the hijack):

Very cool! So this is associated with the school too? My 10 and 11 year old cousins go to Cranbrook. My uncle (who had them pretty late in life because he married at 45 - unfortunately now divorced) now lives back in the area, but my cousins have always lived with their mom out there. I know when they were married they used to live in Bloomfield Hills, but I forget if my "ex-aunt" still lives there. What a beautiful area!! My sister actually went to Cranbrook for a semester back in high school and I went to visit her for a weekend once. HOW beautiful!!!

What a neat event to be involved in! I hope it went well.

 

[finley1991]

OFF TOPIC: Thank You Becky!!!!! It did go well and I am POOPED! Tomorrow we clean everything up!

The event is for the Cranbrook House... it is the home that the Booth family lived in for more than 40 years. What's different about this home from other historic homes is that they actually lived there! Fairlane Manor, the Dogde Estate, Meadowbrook Hall or the Biltmore, as examples, were one of many homes that well-to-do families had but they were vacation homes. The Booth family actually lived in this home. It's 100 years old this year! We raise money to keep the home up. The Booths were amazing people... the wife was from the Scripps' family (newspapers, magazines, television.. Scripps broadcasting own's channel 4 I think and the Detroit News) and he was a hard worker in Windsor, Canada... and it was their personal money and vision that created all of Cranbrook: Christ Church Cranbrook, The Art Institute, Art Museum, Science Center and Cranbrook Schools. It's an amazing story and amazing place!

Some things that happened at Cranbrook House: Eero Sarineen (architect of the St. Louis Arch) designed all of Cranbrook Art Institute and Science Center, Charles Eames of the Eames chair desing co and wife married at Cranbrook, and Leonard Bernstein started composing "West Side Story" while spending a weekend at Cranbrook House. LOTS OF HISTORY!!!!! It's an amazing place and worth visting while visting the metro Detroit area. (I give tours on Thursdays!!!)

Anyway... thanks for reading... it's one of the causes near and dear to my heart! And such a gem!

Now I am off to dinner as there is NO WAY I could actually cook myself!

PS: I LOVE THAT THE FLEXIBILITY I HAVE WITH PC ALLOWS ME TO VOLUNTEER FOR IMPORTANT CAUSES!!!!!

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

NO CHEATING!!!!!! Lets see how well you know your favorite team!!

1. In 2006, the Patriots played in Gillette Stadium, but what company owned the rights to the name and then lost it when they went bankrupt?

Kinko's
Budweiser
CMGI
Google

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

2. In what season did the Patriots make their first Super Bowl appearance?

1976
2001
1996
1985

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

3. What rule allowed the Patriots continue their unbelievable playoff win against the Raiders in 2001?

Defensive Holding
Roughing the Passer
The Tuck Rule
Pass Interference

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

4. Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXI, where the Pats lost to Green Bay?

Brett Favre
Darren Sharper
Antonio Freeman
Desmond Howard



sorry...couldn't resist!!

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

5. What happened in a preseason game at Boston College that forced fans on to the field with the Patriots?

The stands caught on fire
The stands collapsed
A bomb scare
A shooting

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

6. Going into the 2006 playoffs, the Patriots had 4 wide receivers that went to the same school. Jabar Gaffney, Chad Jackson, Kelvin Kight, and Reche Caldwell. What school was it?

Florida
Penn State
Florida State
USC

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

7. Laurence Maroney shared running duties in 2006 with Corey Dillon, but what NFL back did he split carries with in college at Minnesota?

Julius Jones
Joseph Addai
Mauric Jones- Drew
Marion Barber

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

8. What year were the Patriots instated into the AFL?

1968
1962
1960
1963

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

9. Which Patriot set a record for the youngest player to win the Super Bowl MVP?

John Hannah
Mike Haynes
Tom Brady
Steve Grogan

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

10. In 2006, Troy Brown became the Patriots all-time leading receiver. Who had held the record before he broke it?

Hart Lee Dykes
Vincent Brisby
Irving Fryar
Stanley Morgan

 

[imported_Nikkijo]

And the answers are














1. In 2006, the Patriots played in Gillette Stadium, but what company owned the rights to the name and then lost it when they went bankrupt?

The correct answer was CMGI.
CMGI.com had bought the rights to the name, but before a Patriots game was ever played there, they changed the name to Gillette. There were a few concerts and a few Revolution games played there before the name was changed.

2. In what season did the Patriots make their first Super Bowl appearance?

The correct answer was 1985.
While the Pats did make the Super Bowl in all of these years except for 1976 (where a controversial call helped Oakland win in the AFC Championship), the first one was in the 1985, where they got smoked by the Super Bowl shuffling Bears.

3. What rule allowed the Patriots continue their unbelievable playoff win against the Raiders in 2001?

The correct answer was The Tuck Rule.
Brady pulled the ball down as he was being hit, which provided the call. It was a strange call, but it's a strange rule. Interesting note: If it had happened two plays before, the game would have ended because the Patriots had no timeouts left and would not have been able to challenge the call.

4. Who was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXI, where the Pats lost to Green Bay?

The correct answer was Desmond Howard.
The Pats scored a touchdown to make the game close, but on the ensuing kickoff, Howard took it the distance to kill the momentum and put the game away.

5. What happened in a preseason game at Boston College that forced fans on to the field with the Patriots?

The correct answer was The stands caught on fire.
The stands caught on fire and forced everyone down onto the field with the two teams. At least no one was hurt.

6. Going into the 2006 playoffs, the Patriots had 4 wide receivers that went to the same school. Jabar Gaffney, Chad Jackson, Kelvin Kight, and Reche Caldwell. What school was it?

The correct answer was Florida.
Not only did they have 4 WR's from Florida, but not one of them was on the team in 2005. Jackson and Kight were both first year players, and Caldwell and Gaffney were both veteran free agent signings.

7. Laurence Maroney shared running duties in 2006 with Corey Dillon, but what NFL back did he split carries with in college at Minnesota?

The correct answer was Marion Barber.
Ironically, both backs split time in college as well. Certainly their experience in college has helped them prepare for this in the pros.

8. What year were the Patriots instated into the AFL?

The correct answer was 1960.
They played in the AFL as the Boston Patriots until the merger, and changed their name in 1971.

9. Which Patriot set a record for the youngest player to win the Super Bowl MVP?

The correct answer was Tom Brady.
He won the award when he was 24, in Super Bowl XXXVI against the St. Louis Rams.

10. In 2006, Troy Brown became the Patriots all-time leading receiver. Who had held the record before he broke it?

The correct answer was Stanley Morgan.
Margan had 534 catches, and Troy Brown finished the season with 557. He was cut twice before he made the full rotation. Drafted in '93 in the 8th round out of Marshall.