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Trivia of the Day Blog
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Trivia for 2/3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer 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?
Life at a university. Beetle and his fraternity brothers were the focus. One day in 1951, Beetle ducked into an Army recruiting office to avoid running into both of the women he was dating at the same time. All other characters were dropped and the focus switched to Beetle Bailey in the Army. 48 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/3: In relation to Beetle Bailey, his sister was spun off from his strip to one featuring her and her family. What is this also long-running comic strip? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, February 2, 2009
January 2009 Rankings
Here are the rankings for January 2009: There were 20 questions, with a total of 20 points: #1 (20 correct): AC918 (Anne) Marie Bouchard Lisa Brown (Aggiemom) Carol Carrara Catherine (SpclDove) Cathy (ThtWildCat) ChristmasFun Diane (GEM) S. Giordano Inbalance1 Jeanie Maggie Nancy Mello Ronald Mello Snowflake SusanL C. Underwood Dave W. (SILVERANBLACK) XTEX4 #2 (19 correct): Linda Guilfoil GZULU Susan Hardisty KANGA PREY TIME Tanny #3 (18 correct): Grace Daisy Peggy Mueller #4 (17 correct): Baxtersplace K. Pavlov #5 (16 correct): Donna #6 (15 correct): Janine (JRGIVMEMO) #7 (14 correct): Abuckle Pat Cieslak Kathy Dent (BOOKWORM) Linda Hodgdon JMB Patti Moreau Becky Salz Bill Tootill #8 (12 correct): Dragon Melissa Hammond Paul Vangel #9 (10 correct): Sandy DeCoff George Malits Stephanie Twine-Haig #10 (9 correct): Larry Iannetti Honorable Mentions: Caro7lk; Brian Chenevert; Courtney; Marc Enyedy; Ben Guilfoil; Kelly Jefferson; KathyKraj; Maxine Kingsbury; Mary Jane Leach; MH Tech's; Chip Oliver; Robert Rodecker; Tessa Congratulations & Good Luck in February!
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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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