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Trivia of the Day Blog
Friday, June 19, 2009
Trivia for 6/19
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/18: Which is the largest hot desert in the world? (A) Australian (B) Arabian (C) Sahara (D) Gobi Ans: (C) Sahara, which covers about 3,500,000 square miles. 51 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/19: This month marks the 76th anniversary of the first drive-in movie theater. While this original theater lasted only three years, it sparked the craze that saw, at it's peak, some 4,000 drive-ins scattered across the USA. Which city was home to the first drive-in: (A) Huston, TX (B) Camden, NJ (C) St. Paul, MN (D) Santa Fe, NM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Trivia for 6/18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/17: "I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day." Which author does that quote come from: (A) Ernest Hemingway (B) Charles Dickens (C) John Steinbeck (D) James Joyce Ans: (D) James Joyce. But a couple of players answered Harvey Spencer Lewis, and it appears the quote is his and not Joyce's. I accepted both answers.
49 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/18: Which is the largest hot desert in the world? (A) Australian (B) Arabian (C) Sahara (D) Gobi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Trivia for 6/17
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/16: Who wrote the book Silent Spring that helped launch the environmental movement? (A) Rachel Field (B) Rachel Carson (C) Ralph Nader (D) Carson McCullers Ans: (B) Rachel Carson.
57 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/17: "I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day." Which author does that quote come from: (A) Ernest Hemingway (B) Charles Dickens (C) John Steinbeck (D) James Joyce ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Trivia for 6/16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/15: According to mythology, which bird became endowed with Argus' eyes? (A) the peacock (B) the flamingo (C) the eagle (D) the dove Ans: (A) the peacock.
56 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/16: Who wrote the book Silent Spring that helped launch the environmental movement? (A) Rachel Field (B) Rachel Carson (C) Ralph Nader (D) Carson McCullers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, June 15, 2009
Trivia for 6/15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer 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.
I Dream of Jeannie. 41 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/15: According to mythology, which bird became endowed with Argus' eyes? (A) the peacock (B) the flamingo (C) the eagle (D) the dove ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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