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Trivia of the Day Blog
Friday, February 20, 2009
Trivia 2/20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/19:
From player Snowflake: Rougly translated, what does actor Johnny Depp's surname mean in German? I accepted any of the following: twit, fool, idiot, moron, etc.
38 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/20: What did "human fly" D.D. Roland carry on his shoulders while walking on building ledges blindfolded? (A) A baby carrier (B) A backpack (C) His wife (D) A parachute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Trivia for 2/19
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/18:
From player Maggie: Where in sci-fi would you find a character named "The Mule"? In THE FOUNDATION SERIES by Isaac Asimov.
42 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/19: From player Snowflake: Rougly translated, what does actor Johnny Depp's surname mean in German? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Trivia for 2/18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/17:
What AL Central team angered fans by muzzling its operatic hot dog vendor Charley Marcuse? 48 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/18: From player Maggie: Where in sci-fi would you find a character named "The Mule"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Trivia for 2/17
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/16:
How many double-word-score spaces are there on a Scrabble board? (A) Ten (B) Twelve (C) Fifteen (D) Seventeen 34 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/17: What AL Central team angered fans by muzzling its operatic hot dog vendor Charley Marcuse? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, February 16, 2009
Trivia for 2/16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/13:
What film opened on Valentine's Day in 1931 and was billed as “The strangest love story of all"? Dracula, directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi. 46 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/16: How many double-word-score spaces are there on a Scrabble board? (A) Ten (B) Twelve (C) Fifteen (D) Seventeen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, February 13, 2009
Trivia for 2/13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/12:
What are items are grouped in the following categories: Ladies, Seniors, Regular, Stiff, and Tour? Golf clubs. They go in order of strength or stiffness, from Ladies up to Tour. 51 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/13: What film opened on Valentine's Day in 1931 and was billed as “The strangest love story of all"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Trivia for 2/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/10:
What nickname is given to the Canadian dollar coin due to the bird pictured on it? (A) Loonie (B) Duckie (C) Pigeon (D) Sparrow 58 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/11: What is the winter counterpart to estivation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Trivia for 2/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/9: Who was honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on February 9, 1960? 43 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/10: What nickname is given to the Canadian dollar coin due to the bird pictured on it? (A) Loonie (B) Duckie (C) Pigeon (D) Sparrow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, February 9, 2009
Trivia for 2/9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/6: The long-running strip Blondie premiered in 1930 and centered around the fun-loving flapper Blondie. What was the character's maiden name then, before she married Dagwood Bumstead in 1933?
Boopadoop. The characters had two children: Alexander in 1934 and Cookie in 1941. 41 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/9: Who was honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on February 9, 1960? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, February 6, 2009
Trivia for 2/6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/5: In the comic strip Cathy, the two leads, Cathy and Irving, each brought a dog into their marriage. Cathy's dog is named Electra, what is the name of Irving's dog?
Vivian. Both rescued the dogs from shelters. 37 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/6: The long-running strip Blondie premiered in 1930 and centered around the fun-loving flapper Blondie. What was the character's maiden name then, before she married Dagwood Bumstead in 1933? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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