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Trivia of the Day Blog
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Trivia for 10/1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/30: What 1994 blockbuster was largely filmed on L.A.'s new Century Freeway, months before it opened to regular traffic?
Speed.
56 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 10/1: Christine Daaé was the obsession of which 'horror' movie villain? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Trivia for 9/30
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/29: Who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis?
Maureen Connolly. Connolly was 10 years old when she first picked up a racket. She entered her first competition soon after. When she was 14, she became the youngest girl ever to win the national junior tennis championship. She entered the women's league in 1950, racking up titles; in 1953, she became the first and youngest woman to win the GRAND SLAM. Just a year later, a horseback-riding accident resulted in an injury to her leg that made it impossible for Connolly to continue to play competitively. 50 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/30: What 1994 blockbuster was largely filmed on L.A.'s new Century Freeway, months before it opened to regular traffic? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Trivia for 9/29
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/28: What is meant when something or someone is called terpsichorean?
Of or relating to dance; or a person who dances, especially professionally. The word comes from the Greek muse, Terpsichore, who inspired dance and dramatic chorus.
54 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/29: Who was the first woman to win the Grand Slam of tennis? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, September 28, 2009
Trivia for 9/28
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/25: Which character of literature has been known in various countries as Zozo, Peter Pedal, Choni Ha'Sakran and Hitomane Kozaru? Curious George. He became Zozo in the United Kingdom, when the publishers decided that it would be insulting to then-King George VI to have a monkey character share his name. 47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/28: What is meant when something or someone is called terpsichorean? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, September 25, 2009
Trivia for 9/25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/24: Which singer/songwriter is the following line from: "It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."
Bruce Springsteen, from the song "Better Days" on his 1992 album Lucky Town. 48 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/25: Which character of literature has been known in various countries as Zozo, Peter Pedal, Choni Ha'Sakran and Hitomane Kozaru? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Trivia for 9/24
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/23: What is the 1959 claim to fame of monkeys Able and Miss Baker?
They were the first living beings to successfully return to Earth from a journey in outer space. Upon their return, Able died four days later due to anesthesia complications. Miss Baker lived until 1984 and the age of 27. A previous trip, in 1948 with a monkey names Albert, was unsuccesful and he suffocated during the flight. 57 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/24: Which singer/songwriter is the following line from: "It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company."
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Trivia for 9/23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/22: What boxer is memorialized by a giant swinging fist outside Detroit's Renaissance Center?
Joe Louis. 53 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/23: What is the 1959 claim to fame of monkeys Able and Miss Baker? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Trivia 9/22
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/21: What Batman villain is known to French-Canadians as Le Sphinx? 48 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/22: What boxer is memorialized by a giant swinging fist outside Detroit's Renaissance Center? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, September 21, 2009
Trivia for 9/21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/18: From which eighteenth-century British comedy play do we get the term "malapropism"? The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A character in the book is Mrs. Malaprop, who constantly confuses words to humorous effect. A malapropism is the substitution of an incorrect word or for a word with a similar sound in which the resulting phrase makes no sense but often creates a comic effect. 36 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/21: What Batman villain is known to French-Canadians as Le Sphinx? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, September 18, 2009
Trivia for 9/18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 9/17: After beating the 13-year undefeated champion and winning gold at the 2000 Olympics, who nixed a $1.5 million offer to wrestle in the WWE? 31 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 9/18: From which eighteenth-century British comedy play do we get the term "malapropism"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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