Miscellaneous
The car Michael purchased this week (everyone except Michael can answer).
What is the Acura RDX?
The verse which says "I can do all this through Him who gives me strength" but is constantly taken out of context.
What is Philippians 4:13?
Dorcas' least favorite drink.
What is coconut water?
The first leader of the Soviet Union.
Who was Joseph Stalin?
The condiment made from something used in the Bible as an analogy for faith.
What is mustard (mustard seeds)?
A franchise, one Lucas was especially fond of, which desecrated its main character to "appeal to broader audiences" by changing him from an effortlessly cool super-soldier into a mopey, old white guy who loses his virginity to an enemy combatant on screen?
What is Halo (specifically the absolute garbage, cringe-fest, dumpster fire "Halo show" on Paramount+, the only redeeming feature of which is that I now imagine hell as watching the show for eternity and am committed to being a lifelong Christian as a result)
The title of the previous Sunday's sermon (Sunday, March 12th, 2023).
What is Treasures in Heaven?
The food that Dorcas ordered from Hey Noodle, which caused our cell to permanently ban Hey Noodle for Sunday lunch.
What is "popcorn chicken" that was actually chicken nuggets with ketchup and cost $7 (excluding tax and tip)?
A country the US had a great relationship with, to the point of selling them advanced fighter jets, only for them to have a revolution and become a dangerous geopolitical adversary.
What is Iran?
A dessert that comes in a bucket from Yin On food products, which is EXTREMELY lucrative for church fundraisers.
What is doufu fa (tofu pudding, typically sweetened with ginger syrup)? White people, please try it if you haven't already, you'll thank me later.
Lucas favorite video game of all time, released in 2007 that STILL has the 3rd highest player count on Steam as of yesterday, despite also being invaded by the Russians.
What is Team Fortress 2 (it got invaded by Russian bots for a while)?
The 2 most popular mainstream Christian rappers even though most their songs are non-Christian (not Kanye, Lecrae, or NF and I will give you half points for only one of them).
Who are Chance the Rapper and Stormzy?
Dorcas' favorite bubble tea franchise.
What is Onezo?
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the world leader genocide Olympics in order of kill count (greatest to least).
Who are Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin, and Adolf Hitler?
The national dish of England cause traditional English food is so dreadful (no wonder why some of them haven't tried samosas smh).
What is Chicken Tikka Masala?
A creature which can discharge 860 volts (V) at 1 amp (A) in an instant. For reference, the typical household outlet is 120V at 15A and capacitors that could match this were only developed in the late 1800s.
What is the electric eel (specifically the Electrophorus Voltai, which was only discovered to be a separate species in 2019)?
The verse for our softball team, Unchained.
"Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel, for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained".
-2 Timothy 2:8-9
The car Dorcas wants.
What is the Jeep Wrangler?
This American presidential candidate received criticism for saying "we came, we saw, he died" and then laughing about killing a world leader in horrific fashion.
Who is Hillary Clinton (on Muammar Gaddafi)?
A plant used in the bible for ritual cleaning.
What is hyssop?
The leader who immediately succeeded Stalin for only ~2 years and is not considered Stalin's "true" successor. Another 200 points for the leader who IS considered Stalin's true successor.
Who is Georgy Malenkov? For 200 points, who is Nikita Khrushchev?
The father of Methuselah, the oldest man to have ever lived (for 969 years, nice), who could be argued lived even longer than him.
Who is Enoch?
Dorcas' actual name (3 words).
What is Bubble Tea Becky?
The country which has a largely abandoned, 105 story hotel known by outsiders as the one of the worst buildings in the world, or the Hotel of Doom and Phantom Hotel.
What is North Korea (the Ryuyong Hotel)?
A plant that Lucas is obsessed with, which is used as a spice, dye, and perfume.
What is saffron?