Daddy-isms
When someone stands in front of the TV
My father is/was not a glassmaker/watchmaker
What do you get when a stoner, a jedi and a ER doctor walk into a bar?
Blunt force trauma
Powerpoint clue:
Most Useless wimbledon
The Tennis Court Oath (1789) : Finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles on June 20 and thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby indoor tennis court (salle du jeu de paume). There they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. In the face of the solidarity of the Third Estate, King Louis XVI relented and on June 27 ordered the clergy and the nobility to join with the Third Estate in the National Assembly.
Which famous poem is about a son's plea to his father?
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night-Dylan Thomas
Which 1953 novel states:
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
Fahrenheit 451- Ray Bradbury
A Yiddish phrase/insult describing someone who is not so smart which Abba likes
Chacham Blaila
What is the name of Darth Vader's cousin?
Taxi. Taxi Vader
Powerpoint Clue:
History tends to repeat itself also this is laregly one of the worst deals signed
The Treaty of Versailles 1919: Philipp Scheidemann resigns as chancellor of the new German Republic, which he helped establish, refusing to sign the Treaty of Versailles
Which figure best describes:
'A loving father, especially concerned with the health of his only son, who suffered from a rare blood disorder'?
Czar Nicholas II
From where is this extract from?
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl'
Anne Frank's Diary 20 June
When embarking on a trip/walk
'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step'
What do a tcik and the Eiffel Tower have in common?
They're both Paris sites
There is a hospital named after her
1903: Charlotte Maxeke (née Mannya) becomes the first native African to graduate from a US college (Wilberforce University in Ohio)
Which figure best fits this description:
' He had 3 daughters. Though he doted on all his children, he was particularly close with his oldest, Susy, who shared his love of acting and writing. He based at least two major characters in his novels on her.'
Mark Twain
What is the 'Rule of Sevens' in dialysis? (provide the formula as a bonus point
In dialysis, the “Rule of 7s” is a practical bedside guideline used to determine the appropriate dialysate potassium bath concentration for a patient. It states that the patient's pre-dialysis serum potassium level plus the potassium concentration in the dialysate should equal approximately 7 mEq/L.
Formula:
serum potassium (K+) + dialysate potassium (K+) = 7 mEq/L
Finish the sentence..._____is more clever than a brain?
A million nephrons
What is the difference between a literalist and a kleptomaniac?
A literalist takes things literally. A kleptomaniac takes things, literally.
Think Abbas socks
1977 Menachem Begin forms Israeli government
"The Child is Father of the Man' is a quote from which poet? (bonus if you can name the poem too)
William Wordsworth's 1802 poem, My Heart Leaps Up
What is the origin of Father's Day?
It originated in the United States, and credit for the holiday is generally given to Sonora Smart Dodd. Dodd’s father, a Civil War veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. The first Father’s Day was held on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father. It became a U.S. national holiday in 1972, when Pres. Richard Nixon signed legislation designating the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day. It is celebrated with cards, gifts, and family meals, among other activities.
Explain the different rules between the 'easy' and 'hard' versions of the game Mercy
easy: first person to finish the lyric 'like a Father has mercy on his children' loses, you have to get the other person to say it
hard: normal mercy, getting the other person to concede/forfeit through bending their fingers (dont worry never hard)
True or false:
Your kidneys filter more fluid in a day than your bladder can hold in a lifetime.
True!
True. Your kidneys filter roughly 200 litres of fluid every 24 hours. However, 198 to 199 litres of that filtered fluid are immediately reabsorbed back into the bloodstream, leaving only 1 to 2 litres to be excreted as urine
Honestly good luck
Battle of the Catalaunian Plains
451 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Roman and Visigoth forces defeat Attila the Hun in northeast France, halting the Hun invasion of Roman Gaul [exact date disputed]
Where is this quote from?
'"The son becomes the father and the father becomes the son."
This iconic line is from the 1978 film Superman. Spoken by Superman's biological father, Jor-El (played by Marlon Brando), to his infant son Kal-El
True or false:
Girl Dads live longer
True!
A famous demographic study analyzing paternal longevity discovered that having daughters actively increases a father's lifespan. The data indicates that each daughter born extends a father's life expectancy by an average of 74 weeks (approx. 1.4 years). Interestingly, having sons showed no statistical impact on paternal longevity. Researchers attribute this gain to the fact that daughters are statistically more likely to provide long-term emotional support and encourage healthier lifestyle habits in their aging fathers