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Trivia of the Day Blog
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Trivia for 9/1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hope everyone has had a great Summer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/1: What fleet fowl did Fort Stockton, Texas honor with a 20-foot-long statue named Paisano Pete? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, June 26, 2009
Here are the rankings for June 2009: There were 19 questions, with a total of 19 points: #1 (19 correct): AC918 (Anne) Aggiemom Carol Carrara Catherine (SpclDove) Cathy (ThtWildCat) ChristmasFun Kathy Dent (BOOKWORM) GZULU Susan Hardisty INBALANCE1 Jeanie Maggie Nancy Mello K. Pavlov Snowflake C. Underwood Dave W. (SILVERANBLACK) XTEX4 #2 (18 correct): Marie Bouchard Sharon D. Linda Guilfoil Janine (JRGIVMEMO) Ronald Mello PREY TIME SusanL Tanny Theresa (TLR28) #3 (17 correct): S. Giordano Golfitr #4 (16 correct): Donna Dragon Larry Iannetti #5 (15 correct): Izzy Bill Tootill #6 (14 correct): Talula~ #7 (13 correct): Grace Daisy Kanga ZamaMimi #8 (12 correct): Patti Moreau Peggy Mueller #9 (11 correct): Patrick Cieslak Ben Guilfoil Jacki Tibbitts Stephanie Twine-Haig #10 (10 correct): Honorable Mentions: Abuckle; Sandy DeCoff; KathyKraj; Tessa Congratulations, Have a great Summer & See you in September! Take care --- Joe
Trivia for 6/25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/25: In speech and grammar, what is "hendiadys"? Hendiadys is a figure of speech where a single idea is expressed by joining two nouns (or adjectives) by a conjunction. Examples are "house and home", "law and order", "nice and juicy" or (with verbs even) "come and get it".
46 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/26: No Question Today! The game is going on Summer break! Have a great Summer & See you in September! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Trivia for 6/25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/24: In old TV ads, Wilkins was the one who loved the product being pitched, and he often reacted violently when grumpy Wontkins didn't like it. What product were the two advertising? Wilkins Coffee. From 1957 to 1961, Jim Henson worked for the company to produce the commercials with the Muppet characters "Wilkins and Wontkins". In all he made 179 short ads, most being 10 seconds long. Local companies also "borrowed" the ads for their own brands, such as Community Coffee (Louisiana), Donovan Coffee (Alabama), La Touraine Coffee (Boston), Martinson Coffee (New York City) and Nash's Coffee (Minnesota). 44 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/25: In speech and grammar, what is "hendiadys"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Trivia for 6/24
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/23: What country has the 'Althing', the world's oldest functioning legislative body, which was first founded in the year 930? 54 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/24: In old TV ads, Wilkins was the one who loved the product being pitched, and he often reacted violently when grumpy Wontkins didn't like it. What product were the two advertising? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Trivia for 6/23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 6/22: Name the sport that was prominent in the film Mystery, Alaska. Ice Hockey. The 1999 film starred Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack, Burt Reynolds and more. 55 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/23: What country has the 'Althing', the world's oldest functioning legislative body, which was first founded in the year 930? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, June 22, 2009
Trivia for 6/22
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer 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 Ans: (B) Camden, NJ. The creator, Richard M. Hollingshead, Jr., advertised with the slogan "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are". 54 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 6/22: Name the sport that was prominent in the film Mystery, Alaska. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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