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Trivia of the Day Blog
Monday, February 16, 2009
Trivia for 2/16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/13:
What film opened on Valentine's Day in 1931 and was billed as “The strangest love story of all"? Dracula, directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi. 46 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/16: How many double-word-score spaces are there on a Scrabble board? (A) Ten (B) Twelve (C) Fifteen (D) Seventeen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, February 13, 2009
Trivia for 2/13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/12:
What are items are grouped in the following categories: Ladies, Seniors, Regular, Stiff, and Tour? Golf clubs. They go in order of strength or stiffness, from Ladies up to Tour. 51 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/13: What film opened on Valentine's Day in 1931 and was billed as “The strangest love story of all"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Trivia for 2/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/10:
What nickname is given to the Canadian dollar coin due to the bird pictured on it? (A) Loonie (B) Duckie (C) Pigeon (D) Sparrow 58 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/11: What is the winter counterpart to estivation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Trivia for 2/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/9: Who was honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on February 9, 1960? 43 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/10: What nickname is given to the Canadian dollar coin due to the bird pictured on it? (A) Loonie (B) Duckie (C) Pigeon (D) Sparrow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, February 9, 2009
Trivia for 2/9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/6: The long-running strip Blondie premiered in 1930 and centered around the fun-loving flapper Blondie. What was the character's maiden name then, before she married Dagwood Bumstead in 1933?
Boopadoop. The characters had two children: Alexander in 1934 and Cookie in 1941. 41 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/9: Who was honored with the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on February 9, 1960? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, February 6, 2009
Trivia for 2/6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/5: In the comic strip Cathy, the two leads, Cathy and Irving, each brought a dog into their marriage. Cathy's dog is named Electra, what is the name of Irving's dog?
Vivian. Both rescued the dogs from shelters. 37 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/6: The long-running strip Blondie premiered in 1930 and centered around the fun-loving flapper Blondie. What was the character's maiden name then, before she married Dagwood Bumstead in 1933? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Trivia for 2/5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/4: Which comic strip, created in 1994, features a dog named Earl and a cat named Mooch?
Mutts, created by Patrick McDonnell. 49 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/5: In the comic strip Cathy, the two leads, Cathy and Iriving, each brought a dog into their marriage. Cathy's dog is named Electra, what is the name of Iriving's dog? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Trivia for 2/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer 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?
Hi and Lois. This strip debuted in 1954. Occasionally, the strips will do small cross-overs. 46 people answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/4: Which comic strip, created in 1994, features a dog named Earl and a cat named Mooch? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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!
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