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Trivia of the Day Blog
Friday, June 12, 2009
Trivia for 6/12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/11: From player GZULU: When the solar systen is viewed from above the Sun's north pole, all the planets orbit in a counter-clockwise direction, and most planets also rotate counter-clockwise. Which one has clockwise, 'retrograde' rotation? 34 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/12: This TV show used an instrumental waltz for their first season theme song. Carole King wrote a new theme, but it was rejected by the show's creator. A new theme was written for the second season, but the lyrics were never used. Here are the lyrics (with the main character's name crossed out), can you tell me which show this was? XXXXXXX, fresh as a daisy. Just love how she obeys me, Does things that just amaze me so. She smiles, Presto the rain goes. She blinks, up come the rainbows. Cars stop, even the train goes slow. When she goes by, she paints sunshine on every rafter, sprinkles the air with laughter, we're close as a quarter after three. There's no one like XXXXXXX. I'll introduce her to you, but it's no use sir, cause my XXXXXXX's in love with me.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Trivia for 6/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/10: In mathematics, what is the mantissa? The mathematical definition of a mantissa is the "fraction part" (part after the separator) of the coefficient of floating-point numbers and normalized numbers in scientific notation. Or, the decimal part of a logarithm. For example, in the logarithm 6.1995, the mantissa is 0.1995. 46 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/11: From player GZULU: When the solar systen is viewed from above the Sun's north pole, all the planets orbit in a counter-clockwise direction, and most planets also rotate counter-clockwise. Which one has clockwise, 'retrograde' rotation? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Trivia for 6/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/9: Johnny Depp says he based the character of Captain Jack Sparrow on musician Keith Richards and which Looney Tunes character? Pepé Le Pew, the skunk who is always seeking love.
47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/10: In mathematics, what is the mantissa? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Trivia for 6/9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/8: What musical trio decided to keep the bleached-blonde look they adopted for a 1978 Wrigley's gum ad?
The Police. 44 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/9: Johnny Depp says he based the character of Captain Jack Sparrow on musician Keith Richards and which Looney Tunes character? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, June 8, 2009
Trivia for 6/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/5: Theme Week! In the early 90s, a new "Land of the Lost" series aired for two seasons on Saturday mornings. But this was a new family trapped in the Land. What was this family's name?
Porter, specifically Tom Porter and his kids, Kevin and Annie. In the Land, they met a Pakuni the called Stink and a human woman called Christa, who had grown up alone there. The original plot of the series was to have the grown woman be the adult version of Holly from the original series, with the Pakuni being Cha-Ka. But this was scrapped, and the character names re-written. 34 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/8: What musical trio decided to keep the bleached-blonde look they adopted for a 1978 Wrigley's gum ad? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, June 5, 2009
Trivia for 6/5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/4: Theme Week! At the beginning of the third (and final) season of "Land of the Lost", Rick Marshall was pulled through a time doorway, probably back to his own time. Will and Holly were left stranded in the Land, until they found another man, laying unconcious in a raft. Who was this new "father figure" for the kids?
He turned out to be their own Uncle Jack Marshall, who had been following their course back home, to try and find out what had happened to the family. An earthquake pulled him in, and he was now trapped, as well. Spencer Milligan (Rick) had left the show, supposedly over salary issues. Actor Ron Harper was hired to play Uncle Jack. 35 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/5: Theme Week! In the early 90s, a new "Land of the Lost" series aired for two seasons on Saturday mornings. But this was a new family trapped in the Land. What was this family's name? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Trivia for 6/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/3: Theme Week! Native to the "Land of the Lost" were the Sleestaks, descendents of a race of reptile humanoids called the Altrusians. One intelligant Altrusian was also trapped in the Land, but his skin was tan where the Sleestaks were green, and he wore a red tunic with a medallion. What was this unique creature's name?
Enik was the "intelligent Sleestak", who at first thought he was back in time, due to the primative way the Sleestak acted. But, upon seeing the ruined and deserted remnants of his own city, he realized he was in the far-future and that his race, the Altrusians, had fallen and lost much of the knowledge and power they had once had. His mission was to get back to his own time, to warn his people of their fate. 38 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/4: Theme Week! At the beginning of the third (and final) season of "Land of the Lost", Rick Marshall was pulled through a time doorway, probably back to his own time. Will and Holly were left stranded in the Land, until they found another man, laying unconcious in a raft. Who was this new "father figure" for the kids? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Trivia for 6/3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/2: Theme Week! There were many dinosaurs in the "Land of the Lost", including the mean T-Rex named Grumpy, an Allosaurus named Big Alice and a Triceratops called Spike. What was the name of the baby Brontosaurus that the family used to help with chores, sort of like a pack animal?
The baby Brontosauras was called Dopey. His mom was called Emily. 43 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/3: Theme Week! Native to the "Land of the Lost" were the Sleestaks, descendents of a race of reptile humanoids called the Altrusians. One intelligant Altrusian was also trapped in the Land, but his skin was tan where the Sleestaks were green, and he wore a red tunic with a medallion. What was this unique creature's name? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Trivia for 6/2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/1: Theme Week! In the 70s show "Land of the Lost", the theme song begins "Marshall, Will and Holly, On a routine expedition..." Marshall is their surname, so what is the dad's first name?
Rick Marshall, played by Spencer Milligan. 43 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/2: Theme Week! There were many dinosaurs in the "Land of the Lost", including the mean T-Rex named Grumpy, an Allosaurus named Big Alice and a Triceratops called Spike. What was the name of the baby Brontosaurus that the family used to help with chores, sort of like a pack animal? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
May Rankings
Here are the rankings for May 2009: There were 20 questions, with a total of 20 points: #1 (20 correct): Aggiemom Marie Bouchard Catherine (SpclDove) ChristmasFun Kathy Dent (BOOKWORM) Donna Golfitr GZULU Susan Hardisty INBALANCE1 Janine (JRGIVMEMO) Jeanie Maggie Nancy Mello Ronald Mello K. Pavlov PREY TIME Snowflake XTEX4 #2 (19 correct): AC918 (Anne) Cathy (ThtWildCat) Peggy Mueller SusanL Tanny Bill Tootill C. Underwood Dave W. (SILVERANBLACK) #3 (18 correct): Kanga Maxine Kingsbury Quietone9498 Jacki Tibbitts #4 (17 correct): Grace Daisy Sharon D. #5 (16 correct): Sandy DeCoff Ben Guilfoil Linda Guilfoil Larry Iannetti George Malits Patti Moreau Talula~ #6 (15 correct): Carol Carrara #7 (14 correct): Dragon Tessa #8 (12 correct): Pat Cieslak Melissa Hammond KathyKraj Stephanie Twine-Haig #9 (11 correct): Abuckle Caro7lk Kelly Jefferson #10 (10 correct): Honorable Mentions: Baxtersplace; Lorrie Cook; Izzy; JMB; Chip Oliver; PeniVixen; Paul Vangel Congratulations & Good Luck in June!
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