Alan Rock's Trivia Teasers

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-11-06T09:09:00.000-08:00

Questions:
1) What is the oldest weekly program on television?

2) Name the only U.S. state that doesn't have a cave?

3) What are the traditional gifts for 25th and 50th anniversaries?

Answers:

1) Meet the Press

2) Delaware is without caves.

3) Silver and gold, respectively.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-11-05T07:21:00.000-08:00

Questions:

1) Roy Rogers was born this date in 1911. He had a famous horse, Trigger; what was his dog's name?

2) Randy Quaid voiced an animated version of this fast food icon for the restaurant chain's ad campaign back in the 90s. Who was it?

3) What percentage of households in Detroit do not have access to automobiles?

Answers:

1) Bullet

2) Colonol Sanders (KFC was the chain)

3) 33%

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-11-04T07:17:00.000-08:00

Questions:

1) Can you name the 4 families of apes?

2) What was Veteran's Day originally called?

Answers:

1) chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas and orangutans

2) Armistice Day

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-11-03T07:00:00.000-08:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1847, the two first U.S. postage stamps were sold. Whose images did they bear?

2) On this date in 1964, the world's longest suspension bridge opened. Where is it and what was its name?

3) The first Super Bowl was held in 1967. Which teams played and which one won?

Answers:

1) The five-cent stamp showed Ben Franklin; the ten-cent stamp had Jefferson.

2) The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in NYC.

3) Held in Los Angeles, it was a contest between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers won, 35 -10.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-11-03T06:58:00.000-08:00

(for Monday, November 2)

On this date in ....

1896: Britain issued the first motor car insurance policy, but damage caused by frightened horses was specifically excluded.

1948: President Harry S. Truman barely won re-election over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey

1958: Billboard magazine introduced a new chart that ranked the top 100 singles.

1959: In New York, Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante became the first NHL goalie to wear a mask on a permanent basis after getting hit by a shot from Rangers' Andy Bathgate.

1963: The Beach Boys released "Be True To Your School."

1966: Paul Revere & The Raiders appeared on TV's "Batman."

1976: Georgia peanut farmer Jimmy Carter was elected President of the U.S.

1980: A significant decline in television family values began when Edith Bunker died.

1988: A Cornell University graduate student unleashed a computer "worm" that began reproducing and clogging thousands of computers around the country.

1991: Some 100 members of the Tenafly High School class of 1956 finally held their senior prom in Tenafly, New Jersey. The original prom was cancelled after beer bottles were thrown from a bus in the Lincoln Tunnel during a class trip to New York City.

1996: Louisville, Kentucky, police released two Chicago men of Palestinian descent from jail when the white powder found in their car turned out to be dried yogurt, which is common in Middle East countries. The men had told police for two days that=s what it was.

1997: Ashlyn and Lacey McCleve, 4-year-old and 7-year-old sisters from Gilbert, Arizona, were chosen as the newest Oscar Mayer wieners in a nationwide contest to find children to sing the Balogna song. The girls also shared the top prize, a $20-thousand college scholarship.

2091: The computer-animated movie "Monsters, Inc." opened in the U.S., recording the best debut ever for an animated film.

2003: British intelligence finally identified a mysterious transmission that had baffled analysts for days. The nation's leading communications scientists determined strange high-frequency noises coming from Scarborough signal station in Yorkshire were caused by a goat rubbing its horns against an antenna mast.

2003: P. Diddy raised $2 million for childrens' charities by finishing in the New York City Marathon. His time was 4 hours 14 minutes 54 seconds.

2004: President Bush was elected to a second term and Republicans strengthened their majorities in Congress.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-16T09:23:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) Actor Tim Robbins was born this day in 1958. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this 2003 movie. What was its name?

2) If you suffer from hypnophobia, you fear what?

3) Which U.S. president used to swim in the Potomac against the current for exercise?

Answers:

1) Mystic River

2) You are afraid to go to sleep.

3) John Quincy Adams

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-15T09:37:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1990, a former Soviet Republic leader was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Who was it?

2) On this date in 1903, Gordon Nance was born in Pattonsburg, MO. We knew him better as what silver screen cowboy?

3) Before Linda Lavin got the lead on TV's "Alice," she had a recurring role on another hit show of the 70s. Which show was it?

Answers:

1) Mikhail Gorbachev

2) As "Wild Bill" Elliott, he starred in the Saturday serial, "The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock" and he played Red Ryder in both serials and feature films.

3) Linda Lavin had a recurring role as Det. Janice Wentworth in "Barney Miller."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-14T07:14:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1926, the first Winnie the Pooh book was published. Name the author.

2) In the TV series, Maverick, Roger Moore had a recurring role. What was it?

Answers:

1) A.A. Milne

2) He played "Beauregard," Bret Maverick's cousin.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1957, two superstars hosted an hour-long TV special on ABC introducing the 1958 Edsel. The special was a ratings hit. Who were they?

2) On this date in 1958, Warren Covington and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra had the #7 hit on Billboard's Hot 100. It was the last "big band" hit song. Name it.

3) Which brand of coffee first appeared in sealed tin cans in 1879?

4) On this date in 1792, the cornerstone to the White House was laid. Who was the first presidential family to live in the White House?

Answers:

1) Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

2) "Tea-for-Two Cha-Cha"

3) Chase and Sanborn

4) John Adams

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-12T07:43:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) Which mammal has the longest life expectancy?

2) Which flower was appointed by Congress to be the U.S. national flower?

3) Before dinner plates, what did people eat off of?

Answers:

1) Humans have the longest life expectancy

2) the rose

3) people used thick slices of stale bread they called a "trencher"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-09T07:43:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) What did Columbus bring to the New World on his third trip that he missed bringing before?

2) What is the longest time a chicken remained in flight?

3) For which role did Charlton Heston receive the Oscar for best actor?

4) What film produced a Best Actor Oscar for Robert DeNiro?

Answers:

1) Rather than what, it's who. Columbus brought women - 30, to be specific, on his third voyage.

2) 13 seconds

3) Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur (1959)

4) Raging Bull

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-08T07:13:00.001-07:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1956, the only perfect game in a World Series was pitched in a matchup between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers. Who was the pitcher?

2) How many eggs does an oyster lay?

3) On this date in 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, outlawing what?

4) Which U.S. general, who served in both the War of 1812 and the Civil War, was 6'5" and 300 lbs?

Answers:

1) Don Larsen

2) A female American Oyster lays an average of 500 million eggs per year. Usually, only one survives.

3) The Volstead Act ushered in the era of Prohibition, prohibiting the sale and/or consumption of alcoholic beverages.

4) Winfield Scott

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-07T07:55:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) Where does the art of bonsai come from?

2) The fastest growing trees grow at what rate per month?

3) What's the difference between regular boxing gloves and golden gloves?

4) Who was known as the "March King" and was a noted leader of the U.S. Marine Band?

Answers:

1) China

2) The Quercus Virginiana (live oak) tree grows 2.5 ft. per month

3) So-called "golden gloves" weigh 10 0ounces, while regular gloves weigh 8 ounces.

4) John Philip Sousa

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-06T10:09:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) How many varieties of tomatoes are there (hint:L the answer may be on your ketchup bottle!)?

2) In 1893, this fruit was designated as a vegetable in a court decision pertaining to tariff laws. What was it?

3) Seven U.S. states were named after royalty. Which ones are they?

4) Where were streets first paved?

Answers:

1) 57 (that was too easy!)

2) The TOMATO!

3) Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia

4) Rome laid out the world's first paved streets 170 BC. The new streets were popular, as they functioned in all sorts of weather and were easier to keep clean, but they did tend to amplify the noise level.

Alan Rock's Trivia 10/5/09

2009-10-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) What U.S. president had an autobiography entitled, " Where's the Rest of Me"?

2) Name the son of a slave family who was the first to recieve an honorary degree from Harvard, in 1896.

3) Can you name the first state(in 1781) to officially designate the Fourth of July as a holiday?

Answers:

1) This was Ronald Reagan's bio, which was published in 1965.

2) Booker T. Washington

3) Massachusetts

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-02T07:55:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1959, "The Twilight Zone" made its television debut. Who was its creator and host?

2) What city - the only one in the world - is located on two continents?

Answers:

1) Rod Serling

2) Istanbul extends to both the European and Asian sides of the Bosphorous Strait.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-10-01T07:01:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) The long-running series, "Cheers," debuted September 30th, 1982. What was the name of the character played by actress Rhea Perlman?

2) Dennis Quaid's brother, Randy, was a regular on what weekly TV show?

3) On this date in 1962, Johnny Carson took over the reigns of "The Tonight Show." Who were his guests that night?

Answers:

1) Carla Tortelli (later "marrying" hockey playing Eddie LeBeque, making her Carla Tortelli-LeBeque))

2) SNL in the mid '80s.

3) Tony Bennett, Joan Crawford, Rudy Vallee, Mel Brooks, and Groucho Marx.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-30T06:50:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) During the Civil War, what city was designated as the confederate capital?

2) Prior to FDR's "New Deal," Theodore Roosevelt introduced a program called _________.

Answers:

1) Montgomery, AL

2) Teddy's program was called "The Square Deal"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-29T07:40:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) He wrote "Riders in the Sky," "Back in the Saddle Again," and most famously, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer." He also has no less than 5 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for radio, TV, movies, records, and live performances. Who was he?

2) How old was Bill Gates when he formed his first company and sold a computerized traffic counting system to cities?

3) According to the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture, for every dollar spent on produce at the market, how much does the farmer who grew the produce receive?

4) You suffer from misopedia. What do you have an inordinate aversion to?

Answers:

1) Gene Autry - he died at the age of 91 in 1998.

2) He was 14. His company made $20,000 the first year, but business dropped off when customers found out how young he was.

3) About .05

4) children

Alan Rock's Trivia

2009-09-25T07:30:00.001-07:00

Questions:

1) How many times can a bumblebee sting?

2) Who was the oldest man to ever play in a major-league baseball game?

3) In 1992, a 12 year old Floridian named Gregory Kingsley made legal history. What did he do?

Answers:

1) The bumblebee does not die after it stings, rather it can sting again and again.

2) On this date in 1965, when baseball great Satchel Paige was 60 years old, he pitched for Kansas City in a game against the Boston Red Sox. In that game, he threw three shutout innings against the Red Sox.

3) He legally "divorced" himself from his biological parents.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-23T07:49:00.001-07:00

Questions:

1) Which war ended in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris?

2) Which art gallery is the world's largest?

3) Who originally said, "God helps those who helps themselves"?

4) Which of the nine planets in the solar system got demoted?

Answers:

1) The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War between the American colonies and England.

2) The world's largest art gallery is the Winter Palace and Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 322 galleries contained therein house nearly 3 million works of art.

3) This saying, which is often mistaken for a biblical quote, was uttered by Benjamin Franklin.

4) Pluto was downgraded in 2006 to the category of "dwarf" planet.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-22T08:16:00.001-07:00

Questions:

1) Who was the only person to have been honored in the College Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and a coach?

2) Which U.S. national park is the oldest?

3) How many federal service academies are there and what are their names?

Answers:

1) John Wooden

2) Yellowstone National Park - it was founded in 1872.

3) There are five:
> U.S. Military Academy at West Point, NY.
> U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD.
> U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, CO.
> U.S. Coast Guard Academy at New London, CT
> U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-21T08:23:00.000-07:00

Questions:

1) Two countries are less than one square mile in size. Name them.

2) Which continent is the largest in terms of size?

3) Name the U.S. Cabinet member who was shot and wounded in his home at the same time Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theater.

Answers:

1) Vatican City and the principality of Monaco.

2) Asia is the largest, spanning 11,948,911 miles.

3) Famous for his so-called folly, it was William H. Seward.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-18T07:20:00.001-07:00

Questions:

1) What was Frankie Avalon's first top 10 hit?

2) On this date in 1931, RCA demonstrated the first 33 and 1/3 LP (long play) record. The RCA logo was the image of a dog listening to "his master's voice" coming out of an old Victrola. What was the dog's name?

Answers:

1) "Dede Dinah." It reached #7 in early 1958. "Ginger Bread" peaked at #9 a few months later, and "Venus" became #1 in 1959.

2) "Nipper."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

2009-09-17T08:03:00.001-07:00

Questions:

1) On this date in 1911, the first transcontinental flight across the U.S. was completed in 82 hours from New York to ____________, California.

2) What was the name of the Mayflower's companion ship?

3) Before "Three's Company," John Ritter played a recurring character on what series?

4) What former Secretary of State was elected president, but was defeated in his bid for re-election?

Answers:

1) Pasadena

2) It was the Speedwell; it had to turn back because it wasn't considered seaworthy for so long a voyage.

3) Ritter played Reverend Matthew Fordwick on "The Waltons."

4) John Quincy Adams