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Trivia of the Day Blog
Friday, May 15, 2009
Trivia for 5/15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/14: What island, located in the Bahamas and formerly called Gorda Cay, was renamed when purchased in full by an American company, to be used as a tourist attraction? Hint: I will accept either the island or the company that bought it.
Castaway Cay. It is a 1,000 acre island, of which only 55 acres have been developed. It is used as a port for Disney Cruise Lines and has a "castaway theme" with submarine-ride vehicles from old attractions underwater for snorkelers to view, and The Flying Dutchman from "The Pirates of the Caribbean" films on display in the lagoon. 50 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/15: Which Major League Baseball player holds the record for most stolen bases, with 1,406 in his career? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Trivia for 5/14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/13: A quinquagenarian is someone who is what?
Someone who is between the ages of 50-59. 56 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/14: What island, located in the Bahamas and formerly called Gorda Cay, was renamed when purchased in full by an American company, to be used as a tourist attraction? Hint: I will accept either the island or the company that bought it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Trivia for 5/13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/12: The 'X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System' is the original name for what computer necessity?
The computer mouse. 49 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/13: A quinquagenarian is someone who is what? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Trivia for 5/12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/11: What was the name of the brewery the characters worked at in Laverne & Shirley? 56 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/12: The 'X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System' is the original name for what computer necessity? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, May 11, 2009
Trivia for 5/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/8: What middle name do Captain Kirk of Star Trek and Woody Boyd of Cheers share? Tiberius. 51 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/11: What was the name of the brewery the characters worked at in Laverne & Shirley? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, May 8, 2009
Trivia fo 5/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/7: The character of Robin Hood was well-known for his skill with a bow and arrow. In archery, the term 'Robin Hood' now actually refers to what feat, said to be a skill of Robin Hood himself? It is the term for driving an arrow into the rear of another arrow already imbedded in the target. 42 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/8: What middle name do Captain Kirk of Star Trek and Woody Boyd of Cheers share? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Trivia for 5/7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/6: Anna Mary Robertson is the birth name of which famous painter? 52 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/7: The character of Robin Hood was well-known for his skill with a bow and arrow. In archery, the term 'Robin Hood' now actually refers to what feat, said to be a skill of Robin Hood himself? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Trivia for 5/6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/5: The English clipper ship Cutty Sark got its name from the Robert Burns poem "Tam o'Shanter". What does "Cutty Sark" mean in Scottish? "Cutty Sark" means "short shirt" or "short undergarment" in Scottish. It was the name of a garment worn by a character in the poem. The ship was launched in 1869, and is now a fully restored tourist attraction in Greenwich, England. 47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/6: Anna Mary Robertson is the birth name of which famous painter? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Trivia for 5/5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/4: In the video game, Pac-Man was always on the run from four ghosts. Three were named Inky, Blinky and Pinky. What was the name of the fourth ghost? 55 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/5: The English clipper ship Cutty Sark got its name from the Robert Burns poem "Tam o'Shanter". What does "Cutty Sark" mean in Scottish? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, May 4, 2009
Trivia for 5/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 5/1: In Disney's 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo's submarine is called the Nautilus. But what was the name of his South Sea hideaway? 47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 5/4: In the video game, Pac-Man was always on the run from four ghosts. Three were named Inky, Blinky and Pinky. What was the name of the fourth ghost? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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