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Trivia of the Day Blog
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Trivia for 11/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 11/10: Which Peanuts character did NASA begin using in 1967 to honor contractors with good safety records? 48 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/11: Today is Veteran's Day, Armistice Day in other Allied Nations, commemorating the end of World War I with Germany signing the armistice with the Allies in France. Where did the signing take place? (A) The Louvre (B) In a children's school (C) Under the Eiffel Tower (D) In a railroad car ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, November 10, 2008
Trivia for 11/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 11/7: What yard line must a football team drive to, to reach the "red zone"? 54 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/10: Which Peanuts character did NASA begin using in 1967 to honor contractors with good safety records? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, November 7, 2008
Trivia for 11/7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 11/6: Who used the sign-off line: "Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars"? Radio deejay Casey Kasem. He has done a lot of voice-over work, as well, such as being the long-time voice of Shaggy, from the "Scooby-Doo" cartoons. 52 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/7: What yard line must a football team drive to, to reach the "red zone"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Trivia for 11/6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 11/5: Where did DC Comics super-hero Flash (Barry Allen) keep his costume when not in use? (A) His hat (B) His ring (C) His pants 44 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/6: Who used the sign-off line: "Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Trivia for 11/5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 11/4: Either Barack Obama or John McCain will be elected the 44th President of the United States today. However, there will have really been only 43 actual Presidents. How is this so? Grover Cleveland had two non-consecutive presidencies, and is therefore considered both the 22nd and the 24th President, two seperate presidencies. Benjamin Harrison served in-between, as the 23rd President. 42 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/5: Where did DC Comics super-hero Flash (Barry Allen) keep his costume when not in use? (A) His hat (B) His ring (C) His pants ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Trivia for 11/4
VOTE!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 11/3: True or False:
North Dakota is considered the 39th state only due to the fact that it precedes South Dakota alphabetically.
True. President Harrison, in order to avoid any further rivalry between the two Daktoas, ordered the papers shuffled so he didn't know which he was signing first. 48 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/4: Either Barack Obama or John McCain will be elected the 44th President of the United States today. However, there will have really been only 43 actual Presidents. How is this so? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, November 3, 2008
Trivia for 11/3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 10/31: Best-selling author Dean Koontz is in the midst of a trilogy of books based on a classic horror character. In these books, the character goes by the name "Deucalion" but what is he most famously known as? Frankenstein's Monster. The third book in the "Dean Koontz's Frankenstein" trilogy is due to be released in 2009. 33 people answered correctly. There won't be any October Rankings, as I lost the entire chart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 11/3: True or False:
North Dakota is considered the 39th state only due to the fact that it precedes South Dakota alphabetically.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Trivia for 10/31
Happy Halloween - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 10/30: What kind of creature was the Japanese sci-fi monster Gamera? (A) A giant turtle (B) A giant scorpion (C) A giant squid Ans: (A) A giant turtle. Gamera was created by a rival studio, to rival the success of the very popular Godzilla. 45 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 10/31: Best-selling author Dean Koontz is in the midst of a trilogy of books based on a classic horror character. In these books, the character goes by the name "Deucalion" but what is he most famously known as? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Trivia for 10/30
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 10/29: Elsa Lanchester is known for playing the monster's mate in 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein." What other role did she have in that movie? Lanchester also played Mary Shelley, author of "Frankenstein," in a prologue that shows her talking with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. 34 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 10/30: What kind of creature was the Japanese sci-fi monster Gamera? (A) A giant turtle (B) A giant scorpion (C) A giant squid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Trivia for 10/29
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 10/28: In the 2001 film "Jeepers Creepers," the Creeper rises to feast on humans and find parts to make up his body. How many years apart are his rampages? (A) 13
(B) 23 (C) 50 (D) 99 Ans: (B) 23. He rises every 23 years to feast for 23 days on humans he finds by smelling something in them that he needs. 30 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 10/29: Elsa Lanchester is known for playing the monster's mate in 1935's "The Bride of Frankenstein." What other role did she have in that movie? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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