Way to go, dawgs! Before stuffing yourselves with Thanksgiving dinner, you stuffed our mailbox with lots of correct answers in our latest quiz! And our winner, randomly selected from over 360 entries, is Elizabeth S.! Congratulations, and your Cute Overload Page-A-Day Calendar will be on its way shortly.
And now, the answers:
In what U.S. state will you find Red Dog Mine?
Answser: Alaska
What British pop group’s controversial 1980 single encouraged home music taping?
Answer: Bow Wow Wow
What nation was ruled by a dog for three years in the 11th century?
Answer: Norway
In Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, what breed was Charley?
Answer: Standard Poodle (any answer with "poodle" was accepted)
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
Answer: Sirius, the "Dog Star"
In golf, what is the term for a hole that’s curved rather than straight?
Answer: Dogleg
Thanks again to everyone who played! Enjoy your Thanksgiving! Photo credit! The wonderful crowned pup photo shown above in the “Norway” answer by photographer Lane Collins!
A while back, we did our first "Blog Reader Project" poll and discovered some surprising factoids about the Cute Overload audience:
1. 90 percent of our readers are HOT CHICKS* between ages 18-34 2. More than half of you lean towards a democratic viewpoint on political issues 3. In addition to C.O., other products you really like the Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and whiskey.
So, we’re at it again. Announcing the Second Blog Reader Project, where we take your valuable demographic information and turn it into HOT INFOGRAPHICS! Ow!
As the entries poured in for our game of Trivial Fursuit (bada bing, Allison Y.!), one thing became clear: Those who love Teh Qte are Teh Smrt. Out of over 540 entries in 8 hours, most of you displayed your Google and Wikipedia skills command of knowledge flawlessly.
Our winner, randomly selected from all correct entries, is Arbed. Congratulations!
Now, the answers: ( G ) What big cat lives in the Himalayas at altitudes up to 20,000 feet? The Snow Leopard
( E ) What TV character was pursued by a policeman named Dibble? Top Cat
( H ) Who was the Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office under Margaret Thatcher and John Major? Humphrey
( AL ) What author’s museum is home to many six-toed cats? Ernest Hemingway
( SN ) What are the collective names for a group of cats and a group of kittens? Preferred answers: clowder and kindle, respectively, but we also accepted cluster, clutter, glaring, kendle, nuisance and pounce.
( SL ) What game involves cat’s eyes? Marbles
Thank you to EVERYONE who participated! If you’d like to see more competishes, let us know in the Comments!
You had us at "hello," Google. You had us at "hello…"
It turns out that we’re among Google Engineer’s favorite blogs. Googlite Mike Knapp even made a button for us so you can quickly add Cute Overload to your Google Reader list.
Of course, by reading Cute Overload via a RSS reader you’re quite literally taking food (ad revenue) out of our mouths, but we’re reeeaaallly lazy too, so we can’t blame you.
We heart you too, Google. In fact, we use Google Apps to run the place. Well, only Mail, but that’s another conversation…
We interrupt the A & E Cold Case marathon to bring you this redonklous story of two costumed pets battling for the win over at the MSO/C.O. costume contest.
We now return you to regularly scheduled programming. In the meantime, the watchdogs will continue to keep score.
"I’d Relish some Ketchup", "Exscuuuse My Beauty", "Most Dangerous Catch", "Shaken and Stirred with a Quill", "Who Called for the Escort?" and "Yippee Kai yei, M&%$***#ers!"
Special thanks to the Pup with antennae from Chien Y., Lion pug submitted by Thurston and Kiki, Pumpkin Patch Pom by T. Brown, Channeling the inner Lion by TSun.
Oi Peeps! Meg is en route back to San Fran, but I’ve got video for youuuu…
This is of course our Fearless Leader featured this morning on The Martha Stewart Show. Big hello to Martha & Co.! I especially wanted to say hi to Eliad Laskin, too; Eliad is more-or-less my counterpart over at The Martha Blog. w00t!
Oh — and those really are some nice cameras. Not at all jealous.
One more thing: The chow chow puppy post is here!
People! Listen up! [crowd quiets from watching kitteh videos]
Martha Stewart is back on the air with a fresh batch of shows this week—the Wednesday episode is about… BLOGGINGK!
Cute Overload has been invited to be a part of it… Be sure to watch the WEDNESDAY EPISODE on blogging, and catch a glimpse of Meg and our 2009 calendar!
XO, The Management
p.s. Find out where the show is airing in your area.
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You may need the extra-strength version for that one, Zoe P.
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In what U.S. state will you find Red Dog Mine? 
What British pop group’s controversial 1980 single encouraged home music taping?
What nation was ruled by a dog for three years in the 11th century?
In Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, what breed was Charley?
What is the brightest star in the night sky?
In golf, what is the term for a hole that’s curved rather than straight?
