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Trivia of the Day Blog
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Trivia for 1/19
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/15: In grammar, what is a capitonym? A word that changes pronunciation and meaning when it is capitalized.
For example: In August, an august patriarch was reading an ad in Reading, Mass.
44 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/16: Who declined the lead in a John Hughes 'Brat Pack' movie to play three scenes as a blind girl in the film Mask? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, January 15, 2010
Trivia for 1/15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/14: Born in 1914, I am still considered by many to be the greatest all-around baseball player, ever. A three-time MVP, my 56-game hitting streak made baseball history in 1941. Though I failed to hit a single in the 57th game, I achieved hits in the next 15, making it 72 out of 73. The only player in baseball history to be selected for the All-Star Game in every season I played (13), I led the league in home runs in 1937 and 1948, and many believe that only the design of my home field (Yankee Stadium) prevented many more of my hits from being home runs. In 1969, a poll of sportswriters named me the "Greatest Living Baseball Player." Oh yeah, my second wife was kind of famous, too. Who am I? The "Yankee Clipper" Joe DiMaggio, who played center field for the NY Yankees. 59 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/15: In grammar, what is a capitonym? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Trivia for 1/14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/13: Name the island ruled by King Leonidas in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks. (A) Naboombu
(B) Timbuktootu
(C) Kajagoogoo Ans: (A) Naboombu. This differs from the books by Mary Norton that the story was based on. In those works, the island was called Ueepe, and the inhabitants were cannibals, not animals. 46 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/14: Born in 1914, I am still considered by many to be the greatest all-around baseball player, ever. A three-time MVP, my 56-game hitting streak made baseball history in 1941. Though I failed to hit a single in the 57th game, I achieved hits in the next 15, making it 72 out of 73. The only player in baseball history to be selected for the All-Star Game in every season I played (13), I led the league in home runs in 1937 and 1948, and many believe that only the design of my home field (Yankee Stadium) prevented many more of my hits from being home runs. In 1969, a poll of sportswriters named me the "Greatest Living Baseball Player." Oh yeah, my second wife was kind of famous, too. Who am I? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Trivia for 1/13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/12: For whom did Elvis Presley name his Memphis home Graceland for? Elvis didn't pick the name. The grounds were originally owened by Memphis newspaper publisher S.E. Toof, who named it after his daughter, Grace. One portion of land was given to a nice, Ruth Moore, who built the mansion in 1939. Presley purchased Graceland in 1957 and kept the name it already had. 36 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/13: Name the island ruled by King Leonidas in Disney's Bedknobs and Broomsticks. (A) Naboombu
(B) Timbuktootu
(C) Kajagoogoo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Trivia for 1/12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/11: From player littleche: What does the English term "chuffed as a bunny" mean? (A) Extremely scared (for your own safety) (B) Extremely pleased (especially with one's self) (C) Extremely hungry (when on a diet) Ans: (B) Extremely pleased (especially with one's self). 44 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/12: For whom did Elvis Presley name his Memphis home Graceland for? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, January 11, 2010
Trivia for 1/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/8: What 1901 event do the following people have in common: Jacobus H. van't Hoff, Sully Prudhomme, Jean Henri Dunant, Frédéric Passy, Wilhelm C. Roentgen and Emil Adolph von Behring? They were the first Nobel Prize recipients, which were awarded on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Nobel's death. Their fields were: van't Hoff (The Netherlands) for chemistry, Prudhomme (France) for literature, Dunant (Switzerland) and Passy (France) for peace, Roentgen (Germany) for physics, von Behring (Germany) for medicine. 38 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/11: From player littleche: What does the English term "chuffed as a bunny" mean? (A) Extremely scared (for your own safety) (B) Extremely pleased (especially with one's self) (C) Extremely hungry (when on a diet) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, January 8, 2010
Trivia for 1/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/7: In Disney's Peter Pan, what was the name of Captain Hook's cohort, who was also the boatswain of his ship the Jolly Roger? Mr. Smee was the name of Hook's bo'sun, or boatswain, on the ship. His full name was Bartholomew Quigley Smeethington. The First Mate of the ship was Starkey. 46 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/8: What 1901 event do the following people have in common: Jacobus H. van't Hoff, Sully Prudhomme, Jean Henri Dunant, Frédéric Passy, Wilhelm C. Roentgen and Emil Adolph von Behring? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Trivia for 1/7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/6: True or False: The New York Times once published an obituary for a fictional character. True. Agatha Christie's detective, Hercule Poirot, was the only fictional character to be eulogized with his own obituary in the paper. It coincided with the publication of the last novel he would appear in, Curtain: Poirot's Last Case, on August 6, 1975. The paper's headline that day: "Hercule Poirot is Dead; Famed Belgian Detective." 50 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/7: In Disney's Peter Pan, what was the name of Captain Hook's cohort, who was also the boatswain of his ship the Jolly Roger? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Trivia for 1/6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/5: What French-based company has a mascot called "Bibendum"? Michelin, the tire company. Bibendum (aka "Bib the Michelin Man") was introduced in 1894, at the Lyon Exhibition where the Michelin brothers had a stand, and is one of the world's oldest trademarks. 49 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/6: True or False: The New York Times once published an obituary for a fictional character. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Trivia for 1/5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 1/4: What type of balls must have a diameter of 2.56 to 2.76 inches, at the Showa Shinzan world championships in Japan? 45 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 1/5: What French-based company has a mascot called "Bibendum"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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