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Trivia of the Day Blog
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Trivia 9/22
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/21: What Batman villain is known to French-Canadians as Le Sphinx? 48 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/22: What boxer is memorialized by a giant swinging fist outside Detroit's Renaissance Center? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, September 21, 2009
Trivia for 9/21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/18: From which eighteenth-century British comedy play do we get the term "malapropism"? The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A character in the book is Mrs. Malaprop, who constantly confuses words to humorous effect. A malapropism is the substitution of an incorrect word or for a word with a similar sound in which the resulting phrase makes no sense but often creates a comic effect. 36 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/21: What Batman villain is known to French-Canadians as Le Sphinx? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, September 18, 2009
Trivia for 9/18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/17: After beating the 13-year undefeated champion and winning gold at the 2000 Olympics, who nixed a $1.5 million offer to wrestle in the WWE? 31 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/18: From which eighteenth-century British comedy play do we get the term "malapropism"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Trivia for 9/17
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/16: Which cereal mascot has associates named Alfie, Carlyle, Dave and Brunhilde? Cap'n Crunch. The names are of the kids who make up the crew of the Cap'n's ship, the S.S. Guppy. 46 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/17: After beating the 13-year undefeated champion and winning gold at the 2000 Olympics, who nixed a $1.5 million offer to wrestle in the WWE? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Trivia for 9/16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/15: What rival league won an antitrust suit against the NFL, then went out of business after it was awarded only $1 in damages? The United States Football League.
43 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/16: Which cereal mascot has associates named Alfie, Carlyle, Dave and Brunhilde? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Trivia for 9/15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/14: What 1990s kids craze commanded: "Gotta catch 'em all"? 57 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/15: What rival league won an antitrust suit against the NFL, then went out of business after it was awarded only $1 in damages? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, September 14, 2009
Trivia for 9/14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/11: What band managed zero Top 40 hits with Peter Gabriel as lead singer, and 17 without him? 60 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/14: What 1990s kids craze commanded: "Gotta catch 'em all"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, September 11, 2009
Trivia for 9/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/10: In England, what was the first Football League (Premier League) squad in 115 years to go unbeaten for an entire season: (A) Arsenal (B) Liverpool F.C. (C) Manchester United
41 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/11: What band managed zero Top 40 hits with Peter Gabriel as lead singer, and 17 without him? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Trivia for 9/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/9: 50 years ago this year, Ed Wood unleashed his "Plan 9 from Outer Space" on movie goers. The convoluted plot revolved around aliens and their attempt to get humans to accept their presence by implementing "Plan 9". What did the aliens' Plan 9 involve, more or less?
"Plan 9" involved the resurrection of the recently dead by stimulating their pituitary glands, to gain the attention of humans, to hopefully stop them from creating a sun-driven bomb called Solaranite in the future. Still does't make much sense. The film has had a reputation as being the "worst movie ever made". Regardless, a remake is on tap to start shooting next year. 48 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/10: In England, what was the first Football League (Premier League) squad in 115 years to go unbeaten for an entire season: (A) Arsenal (B) Liverpool F.C. (C) Manchester United ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Trivia for 9/9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/8: What was the first letter Vanna White ever turned on a Wheel of Fortune puzzle?
The letter 'T'.
48 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/9: 50 years ago this year, Ed Wood unleashed his "Plan 9 from Outer Space" on movie goers. The convulted plot revolved around aliens and their attempt to get humans to accept their presence by implementing "Plan 9". What did the aliens' Plan 9 involve, more or less? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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