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Trivia of the Day Blog
Monday, February 2, 2009
Trivia for 2/2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/30: Who said the following, about accidental discoveries: "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
Isaac Asimov, prolific author and professor. 43 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/2: A week of questions about newspaper comic strips: The long-running comic strip Beetle Bailey first appeared in 1950. But the strip didn't initially center around life in the Army. What was the original, short-lived setting Beetle was featured in?
Friday, January 30, 2009
Trivia for 1/30
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/29: Born on this day in 1880 as William Claude Dukenfield, I first worked in vaudeville and as a juggler, calling myself "The Eccentric Tramp Juggler". One of my popular tricks was to juggle and balance a top hat, a cigar and a broom on my foot and then kick them into the air with the hat landing on my head, the cigar into my mouth and the broom in my back pocket. I found my greatest fame, however, as a comedic actor in movies of the 1920s and 30s before I died in 1946. Who was I?
W.C. Fields. He was the original choice for the role of the Wizard in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz". 51 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/30: Who said the following, about accidental discoveries: "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Trivia for 1/29
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/28: From player ChristmasFun: In the book The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare, what is teenage Indian boy's name? 40 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/29: Born on this day in 1880 as William Claude Dukenfield, I first worked in vaudeville and as a juggler, calling myself "The Eccentric Tramp Juggler". One of my popular tricks was to juggle and balance a top hat, a cigar and a broom on my foot and then kick them into the air with the hat landing on my head, the cigar into my mouth and the broom in my back pocket. I found my greatest fame, however, as a comedic actor in movies of the 1920s and 30s before I died in 1946. Who was I? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Trivia for 1/28
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/27: From player SNOWFLAKE: In the Twilight book series, what is the character Jasper's super-ability? (A) Move through time and space (B) Invisibility (C) Feel and change others' emotions Ans: (C) Feel and change others' emotions. He was portrayed by actor Jackson Rathbone in the "Twilight" film. 45 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/28: From player ChristmasFun: In the book The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare, what is teenage Indian boy's name? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Trivia for 1/27
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/26: What settles to the bottom of the Algonquin Hotel's $10,000 "Martini on the Rock"? A diamond. The diamond and the date to be used are preselected upon purchase. 57 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/27: From player SNOWFLAKE: In the Twilight book series, what is the character Jasper's super-ability? (A) Move through time and space (B) Invisibility (C) Feel and change others' emotions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, January 26, 2009
Trivia for 1/26
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/23: In Disney World in Orlando, Florida, there is an attraction called "Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor", based on the hit movie. In this attraction, the character of Mike's nephew appears, a character who wasn't in the original film. What is Mike's nephew's name here? Hint: It is NOT Buddy. Mike's nephew is named Marty. 38 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/26: What settles to the bottom of the Algonquin Hotel's $10,000 "Martini on the Rock"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, January 23, 2009
Trivia for 1/23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/22: What name adorned the jersey Mia Hamm donned for the second half of her final game? Garciaparra. Hamm married baseball player Nomar Garciaparra in 2003. 42 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/23: In Disney World in Orlando, Florida, there is an attraction called "Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor", based on the hit movie. In this attraction, the character of Mike's nephew appears, a character who wasn't in the original film. What is Mike's nephew's name here? Hint: It is NOT Buddy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Trivia for 1/22
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/21: What plainclothes cop duo chased evildoers in a red Torino dubbed the "Striped Tomato"? 52 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/22: What name adorned the jersey Mia Hamm donned for the second half of her final game? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Trivia for 1/21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/20: In 1937, the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution changed Inauguration Day to noon on January 20th from what previous day? March 4th. The inauguration for the first U.S. president, George Washington, took place on April 30, 1789. 44 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/21: What plainclothes cop duo chased evildoers in a red Torino dubbed the "Striped Tomato"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Trivia for 1/20
Welcome, President Obama!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/19: In which year was Martin Luther King Day officially observed in all fifty U.S. states for the first time? (A) 2000 (B) 1990 (C) 1980 (D) 1970 Ans: (A) 2000, January 17, 2000, to be precise. 50 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/20: In 1937, the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution changed Inauguration Day to noon on January 20th from what previous day? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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