Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In which film did singer Connie Francis make her acting debut?

2)  Which cola was so named in recognition of its energy-giving and digestion-aiding properties?

3) According to the American Kennel Club, this breed was the most popular of pedigreed dogs in the U.S. in 2011.

4)  What was the Rolling Stone's first number one song in the U.S.?

Answers:

1) Although the New Jersey native songstress provided vocal tracks for Rock Rock Rock! and The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (where she provided the singing voice for Jayne Mansfield) Where the Boys Are was her first acting role.

2)  Pepsi Cola

3)  Labrador was the number one choice, followed by, in order: Rottweiler, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Poodle, Beagle, Dachsund, Cocker Spaniel, Yorkie and Pomeranian.

4)  "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" reached the number one spot on this date in 1965. Forty-seven years later, it still holds up.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many different animal shapes do Animal Crackers offer?

2)  On this date in 1994, David Caruso quit the gritty cop drama, NYPD Blue.  He joined the show just one year earlier and after just one season, Caruso reportedly demanded a huge pay increase. The New York City tabloids treated the gossip of the increasingly contentious contract negotiations like a sub-plot in the ongoing drama. Four episodes into the second season, Caruso left to pursue what turned out to be an ill-considered movie career (Time.com). Who replaced him on NYPD Blue?

3)  What is the periodic table's symbol for mercury?

4)   Mars is the name of the Roman god for what?

Answers:

1)  18

2)   Jimmy Smits

3)   Hg

4)   war

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the approximate percentage of oxygen in the air we breathe?

2)  What was the name of Tarzan's chimpanzee companion?

3)  Which U.S. county occupies the smallest area?

Answers:

1)  21%

2)  "Cheetah"

3)  New York County, also known as the borough of Manhattan.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In terms of mass, which country is second largest?

2)  How many humps does a dromedary camel have?

3)  In Greek mythology, a minotaur has the body of a man and the head of what?

4)  Which two states have the highest speed limits?

Answers:

1)  Canada is second to Russia


2)   One

3)  bull

4)  Utah and Texas both have stretches of highway that allow drivers to go 80 mph.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   It's the 9th astrological sign in the zodiac, and those born under it are said to be unusually adaptable.

2)   The first encyclopaedias came from this ancient civilization.

3)   The BBC's audio recording of this event became the number one album in Great Britain in 1981.

Answers:

1)  Sagittarius

2)  Ancient Greece

3)  The Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  A living situation where two people marry and leave their respective parents in order to live together is referred to as what?

2)  The island of Ceylon is now called what?

3)  Where was the site of the first hostile action in the Civil War?

Answers:

1)  "neolocal"

2)  Sri Lanka

3)  Fort Sumter, SC

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first to wear a white bridal gown?

2)  On this date in 1776, Ben Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggested the United States adopt "E pluribus unum" for its motto. This Latin phrase means what?

3)  This U.S. Senator was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.

4)  On this date in 1996, Senator Bob Dole chose this former congressman, Cabinet secretary and NFL quarterback to be his running mate in that year's presidential campaign in an attempt to unseat President Clinton.

Answers:

1)  In ancient times, the traditional color of bridal gowns was red. Napolean III's bride broke with tradition and wore white. Brides have been wearing white gowns (that were to be worn only once) as a symbol of wealth.

2)  Out of many, one.

3)  Senator Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky

4)  Jack Kemp

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Where was Interpol founded?

2)  What was Victoria's first act as Queen?

3)  Musophobia is an irrational fear of what?

Answers:

1)  Vienna, Austria

2)  She had her bed moved from her mother's room to a room of her own.

3)   It should be "mice-a-phobia" because it's the fear of mice and rats.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Whether or not English was a second language for Queen Victoria is the cause for much debate.  Why the controversy?

2)  Chicago's Wrigley Field experienced this first back on this date in 1988.

3)  What does a Jeroboam contain?

4)  A 19th-century entrepreneur started out with a ferry service between Staten Island and Manhattan. Who was he?

Answers:

1)  According to UK/Irish History, during her infancy, Victoria said that she spoke nothing but German, but at the age of three, her mother decided that is was imperative that her daughter must not turn out like the senior members of the royal family whose English was engulfed by their guttural Germanic accents. From that age she was permitted to read but not speak German, and she was taught English - the language of her nation and French - the language of the courts, with some Italian and Latin instruction. Though she ruled England for 64 years, she was never able to speak English perfectly.

2)  39,012 fans were in attendance for Wrigley Field's very first night game.

3)  A Jeroboam is a double magnum-sized bottle containing champagne or wine. As the picture (courtesy of Wikipedia - public domain) shows, the bottles are named after Biblical kings.

Side-by-side comparison of champagne bottles (left to right), on the ladder: magnum, full, half and quarter; on the floor: Balthazar, Salmanazar, Methuselah and Jeroboam

4)  Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sr.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  According to the U.S. flag code, no flag may fly higher than the U.S. flag. What is the one exception to this rule?

2)  Of all vegetables, these are the only two that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. Other vegetables have to be replanted every season.

3)  Which appliance consumes the most energy per hour of use?

 Answers:

1)  The U.N. building

2)  asparagus and rhubarb

3) the lowly toaster

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?

2)   This track star won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics.

3)  When did the first income tax law become effective?

4)  Mesothelioma is thought to be caused by what?


Answers:

1)  Gertrude Ederle forever disproved the popular notion that women couldn't swim the  English Channel when she completed the swim on August 7, 1926.

2)   Jesse Owens won the four gold medals, greatly upsetting Hitler, who was hoping to prove his theory of a "superior" Aryan race.

3)  Abraham Lincoln signed into law a 3% tax on incomes exceeding $800, which became effective January 1, 1861. It was rescinded in 1872.

4)  Asbestos inhalation

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

!)  This river is the longest river in Europe.

2)  What do the Roman numerals "XC" stand for?

3)  Who was the first American to win gold in Olympic Women's Gymnastics competition?

4)  Who wrote the song, "Tuxedo Junction"?

Answers:

1)  the Volga.

2)  90 (C = 100; X = 10; the X before the C means less than)

3)  Mary Lou Retton edged past the Romanian gymnast, Ekaterina Szabo on this date in 1984.

4)  Erskine Hawkins

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Questions:

1)  Michael Phelps' medal count makes him the most decorated Olympian ever. This has to be the easiest trivia question ever: how many Olympic medals as of August 1, 2012, does Phelps have?

2)  What does the "DC" in DC Comics stand for?

3)  Which comic strip was the first to appear in 2,000 newspapers?

4)  What was the name of the musical group Roy Rogers performed with?

Answers:

1) As of 3:50 PM, ET, 20! Update 8/6/12: Phelps finished his Olympic career with 22 medals, 18 of which were gold, making him the most awarded Olympian in modern times.

2)  Detective Comics





















3)  Peanuts

4)  Sons of the Pioneers

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:


1)  What is the name of the trophy given to the winning team of the NBA Finals?

2)  On this date in 1964, Hasbro Toys introduced an action figure based on a 1945 movie. What was the action figure's and the movie's name?

3)  On this date in 1790, the first U.S. census was completed. What was the population then?

4)  On The Garry Moore Show, Dom DeLuise became popular as the recurring character, Dominic the Great. What was the bit?

Answers:

1)  The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy - here with Julius Irving:









 
2)  G.I. Joe



3)  The U.S. population in 1790 was reported as being just under 4 million people.

4)  DeLuise played a terribly inept magician, to great comical effect.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1971, David R. Scott and James B. Irwin were the first to do this.

2)  Best known for having founded the American Red Cross, she had a number of other careers in her life. She taught school, was a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office, and during the Civil War she was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield."

3)  On this date in 1792, the cornerstone was laid for this building, the first to be designated as a U.S. government .building.

Answers:

1)  They were the first astronauts to ride a vehicle on the moon. The "moon buggy" traveled five miles on the lunar surface.

2)  Clara H. Barton

3)  The U.S. Mint. Here's how it looked:

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This president signed the bill for Medicare. The program became effective a year later.

2)  This one-time teen idol wrote the theme for The Tonight Show and the song, "My Way."


3)  Hilary Swank, who turns 37 today, won Oscars for which two films?

4)  On July 27th, 2004, Mike Tyson was knocked out by this boxer in the first round.

Answers:

1)  Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation on this date in 1965.

2)  Paul Anka

3)  Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby.

4)  British heavyweight, Danny Williams. In his early years, Tyson had achieved 16 first round knockouts in 35 professional bouts.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first comic - in the movies - to get a pie in the face?

2)  This president signed legislation requiring cigarette packages and ads come with health warnings.

3)  It was revealed this week that North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un had quietly done this.

4)  Bruxism is more commonly known as what?

Answers:

1)  Actress Mabel Normand chucked one at Fatty Arbuckle in the 1913 silent film,  A Noise from the Deep.

2)  Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation on this date in 1965.


3)  Kim Jong-Un, son and successor of Kim Jong-Il, got married.

4)  grinding one's teeth

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   This former U.S. territory once belonged to Russia.

2)   He was Time magazine's "Person of the 20th Century."

3)  On this date in 1984, this show became the first television show in the U.S. to be broadcast in stereo.

4)  Which state is home to Fort Knox?


Answers:

1)  Alaska

2)  Albert Einstein

3)  The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson

4)  Kentucky

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What  about Louise Joy Brown made her noteworthy?
2)   What item is used to commemorate a couple's first anniversary.

3)  This president was the only one to have also served as Chief Justice on the Supreme Court.

4)  Which of the world's deserts is the largest?

Answers:

1)  Born on this date in 1978, Louise was the first test-tube baby.

2)  Paper

3)  William Howard Taft

4)  The Sahara desert is the largest, covering 3.5 million square miles.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What was Oscar de la Hoya's sport?

2)  Fishtail, French and Herringbone are types of these.

3)  Who wrote And Then There Were None?

4)  Of all the musical instruments Americans learn to play, which is the favorite?

Answers:

1)  boxing

2)  braids

3)  Agatha Christie

4)  piano (guitar is # 2)

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This detective novel author created private detective Philip Marlowe.

2)  On this date in 1999, Col. Eileen Collins achieved this milestone.

3)  He was the first person to be designated by the FBI as "Public Enemy #1."

4)  In South America,  he is known for having been "The Liberator."


Answers:

1)  Raymond Chandler

2)  She was the first woman to command a space shuttle.

3)  John Dillinger

4)  Simon Bolivar

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1940, Billboard published its first "music popularity chart." What was the first song to be ranked as # 1?

2)  What type of gemstone is the Star of India?

3)  Which London venue will play host to the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremonies?

4)   If you are a hedenophobe, what are you abnormally fearful of?

Answers:

1)  The Tommy Dorsey Band's "I'll Never Smile Again" was the first # 1.  The song featured Frank Sinatra on vocals.

2)   sapphire

3)  The Olympic Stadium

4)  You're extremely queasy over the prospect of experiencing pleasure.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which planet has the shortest day?

2)  Our Miss Brooks debuted on CBS Radio on this date in 1948. Who played Miss Brooks?



3)  On this date in 1957, American International Pictures released Michael Landon's first feature film.  What was it?

Answers:

1)  Jupiter's days are a little under 10 hours. Its years are 12 times longer than Earth's.









2)  Eve Arden

  3) I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This industry spends the most money on advertising, beating out the cereal industry.

2)  Cereal in the U.S. uses enough sugar every year to cover every American in this much sugar.

3)  What is an autodidact?

4)  Ford Motors bought this luxury car line in 1990.

Answers:

1)  Automobile manufacturers

2)  3 pounds

3)  A person who is self-taught

4)  Jaguar

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1963, the U.S. Postal Service began using ZIP codes, which now total over 43000. "ZIP' is an acronym meaning what?

2)  On this date in 1945, a plutonium device equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT became the the first atomic bomb. Where was it detonated?

3)  Mary Baker Eddy was born on this date in 1821.  She is regarded as this movement/organization's founder.

4)  This film was Stanley Kubrick's last. It opened on this date in 1999 and starred Tom Cruise and his then-wife, Nicole Kidman. What was the film's title?

Answers:

1)  Zone Improvement Plan
















2)  Visible for 180 miles, the blast went off in Alamagordo, NM.

3)  Church of Christian Science

4)  Eyes Wide Shut

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What country has the most doughnut shops per capita?

2)  Which of the Great Lakes is the only one that is entirely within U.S. territory?

3)  Which Constitutional Amendment provided women with the right to vote?

4)  Depressed at how his career was going in the early '70s, Harrison Ford (temporarily) gave up acting to work in what profession?

Answers:

1)  Canada

2)  Lake Michigan

3)  The Nineteenth Amendment, also known as the Women's Suffrage Amendment.

4)  Ford worked as a carpenter, then got his big break in American Grafitti (1973) - the same film that launched the careers of Richard Dreyfuss, Suzanne Somers, Rick Moranis, Cindy Williams and others - and introduced Ron Howard in his first adult role, leading to the TV hit, Happy Days.

Harrison Ford in American Grafitti

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which Bond girls were voiced by Ms. Nikki van der Zyl?

2)  Where would you find a gnomon?

3)  What is the English translation of the French word, "beaucoup"?

4)  When and where was it fashionable for a bride to wear red?

Answers:

1)  Ursula Andress, Shirley Eaton, Eunice Gayson and Claudine Auger all had voices that were less attractive than their visual presentations, so Nikki was the voice for these bombshells.

 
2)  On a sundial

3)  "Beaucoup" indicates "much" or "a lot."

4)  American brides wore red during the American Revolution as a sign of solidarity with the revolutionary soldiers.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many novels are in the entire Harry Potter series?

2)  Whose portrait is on the $20 bill?

3)  The adenoids are found in this part of the body.

Answers:

1)  7

2)  Andrew Jackson

3)  the throat

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who or what is Esperanto?

2)  The Thirty Year War was fought on this continent.

3)  Which bird lays its eggs in a nother bird's nest?

4)  Marie Antioinette was born in this country.

Answers:

1)  Esperanto is a constructed language, created with the intent of having a language that could be used universally.
From Wikipedia: "As a constructed language, Esperanto is not genealogically related to any ethnic language. It has been described as 'a language lexically predominantly Romance, morphologically intensively agglutinative, and to a certain degree isolating in character.'  The phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and semantics are based on the western Indo-European languages. The phonemic inventory is essentially Slavic, as is much of the semantics, while the vocabulary derives primarily from the Romance languages, with a lesser contribution from the Germanic languages and minor contributions from Slavic languages and Greek." 

2)  Europe

3)  The cuckoo

4)  Austria

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  On July 9, 1955 the first Rock and Roll song hit number one.  Song and artist?

2)  Many people collect things like stamps and coins.  What does actor Tom Hanks collect?

3)  Speaking of Tom Hanks, what part did he play on the sitcom Family Ties?

4)  What entertainer is best known for singing "Alice's Restaurant" and "City of New Orleans"?


Answers:

1)  "Rock Around The Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets.

2)  Typewriters.

3)  He was Alex's (Michael J. Fox) alcoholic uncle.

4)  Arlo Guthrie.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In addition to Thomas Jefferson, how many other presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?

2)  Scientists at this research center think they've found the Higgs Boson particle.

3)  Who wrote the lyric, "you gotta have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?"

Answers:

1)  just one: John Adams

2)  CERN

3)  The lyric comes from "Happy Talk" (South Pacific), and was written by Oscar Hammerstein.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1947 the first African-American Major League baseball player signed with the Cleveland Indians. Who was he?

2)  On this date in 1975 Arthur Ashe defeated this player, thus becoming the first African-American to win the Men's Singles at Wimbledon.

3)  He was the first president to have been voted out of office after one term. Who was he and who defeated him?

4)  The 2nd Amendment to the Constitution guarantees this.

Answers:

1)  Larry Doby

2)  Ashe defeated Jimmy Connors

3)  John Adams was voted out after one term; he was defeated by Thomas Jefferson

4)  The 2nd Amendment guarantees citizens the right to keep and bear arms and to form militias

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  The Declaration of Independence begins with what words?

2)  Who said, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"?

3)  Which two patriots died on July 4, 1826?

4)  How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776?  Kuddos if you can name them!


Answers:

1)  "When in the course of human events..."

2)  Thomas Jefferson.

3)  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

4)  Two -- Charles Thomson as Secretary and John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  On July 3, 1922, Fruit Garden and Home magazine published its first issue.  Two years later the publication became known as what?

2)  Ambrosia, Smitten, and Lemonade are varieties of what?

3)  What was the name of the forerunner to Scientology?


Answers:

1)  Better Homes and Gardens.

2)  Apples

3)  Dianetics.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  What did President Lyndon Johnson sign into law on July 2, 1964?

2)  On July 2, 1881, which U.S. president was shot and fatally wounded by an assassin?

3)  On July 2, 1776, the delegates from the twelve North American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence to declare themselves the United States of America.  On July 3 and 4, the delegates made a few changes to the document and approved it again on July 4th, the day the United States now celebrates as Independence Day.  However, one of the delegates thought that July 2nd would be remembered in history as Independence Day.  Which founding father stated this belief in a letter to his wife?


Answers:

1)  The Civil Rights Act of 1964.  In the speech he gave prior to signing this act into law, President Johnson said, "We believe that all men are created equal, yet many are denied equal treatment... let us close the springs of racial poison."

2)  President James Garfield was shot by embittered attorney Charles Guiteau in a Washington railroad station.  The President struggled with his health over the next few months, and he ultimately died on September 19, 1881 from an infection and internal hemorrhage.  Garfield served as U.S. President for less than one year.

3)  John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, "The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epochs in the history of America... It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more."

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  When asked if there was anything she didn't play, which female athlete replied, "Yeah, dolls."?

2)  The founders of Portland, Oregon chose the name by flipping a coin.  If the coin had come up on the other side, what would Portland be named?

3)  Where would you find a tonsure?

4)  Roughly what percent of a person's body weight is blood?


Answers:

1)  Babe Didrikson.

2)  Boston.

3)  On a Monk's head.










4)  Seven to eight percent.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  What airline was the first to have regularly scheduled commercial transatlantic service from New York to Europe?

2)  Which U.S. president declared Labor Day a federal holiday to be celebrated on the first Monday in September?

3)  What was the number on Ty Cobb's baseball uniform?

4)  On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed. What did it do?


Answers:

1)  Pan American, which began on June 28, 1939.

2)  Grover Cleveland, on June 28, 1894.

3)  Major League baseball clubs didn't start putting numbers on uniforms until the 1930s.  As a result, Ty Cobb, who broke many batting and base-stealing records while playing with the Detroit Tigers (1905-1926), didn't have his uniform number retired.  This was, simply, because Cobb never was issued a number.

4)  The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  Sam Malone, Cliff Calvin, and Norm Peterson were all characters on which TV show?

2)  How many megabytes make a gigabyte?

3)  Where does the dish "goulash" come from?

4)  On June 27, 1950, an 8-pound bear cub that had been seriously burned three weeks earlier in a New Mexico forest fire left for the National Zoo in Washington where he lived to the ripe old bear age of 26.  Originally named Hot Foot Teddy by the firemen who saved his life, he became better known by what name?


Answers:

1)  Cheers

2)  1024.

3)  Hungary

4)  Smokey the Bear

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  Perhaps the most popular of jazz tunes, "Take Five" was written by whom?

2)  As a teenager, Miles Davis got his first big break playing gigs with what giant?

3)  Who was the longest serving senator in U.S. history?

4)  On June 26, 1980, Frances Haskell died at age 89.  In 1930 she was the first female to be a part of what organization?


Answers:

1)  Paul Desmond.

2)  Charlie Parker.

3)  Strom Thurmond.  He died on June 26, 2003 at age 100 after serving 47 years as a U.S. senator.

4)  The Texas Rangers.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  On June 25, 1973, who announced on national television that President Nixon, his staff, and the Justice Department conspired to cover up Watergate?

2)  At his heaviest, what did U.S. President James Madison weigh?

3)  In the film Blazing Saddles, what pianist was shown playing April in Paris?

4)  One of the most influential persons to popularize jazz was Louis Armstrong.  He played trumpet and cornet, and sang with many bands over his career.  His large mouth was responsible for his nickname.  What was it?


Answers:

1)  John Dean.

2)  98 pounds.

3)  Count Basie.

4)  Satchmo, a shortened version of "Satchelmouth"!

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1) On June 22, 1937, Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, knocked out which fighter in the 8th round of a boxing match in Chicago to become the world heavyweight champion?

2) M&M's is the American version of which candy created in Great Britain?

3) Nicknames are fun.  Who was Leo the Lip?


Answers:

1) Jim Braddock.

2) Smarties.

3) Leo Ernest Dorocher (1905-1991), nicknamed Leo the Lip because he always had something to say, was a great American infielder (shortstop) and manager in major league baseball.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1)  What was the theme song of the Glenn Miller Orchestra?

2)  Which U.S. President was known as Old Sink or Swim?

3)  What do stars Merv Griffin, Ted Knight, Soupy Sales, Adam West, and Ernest Borgnine have in common?

4)  Which famous author once said of Huckleberry Finn, "All American writing comes from that.  There was nothing before.  There has been nothing as good since."?


Answers:

1)  "Moonlight Serenade"  A band's theme song is its signature tune.  Miller wrote the song in 1923, long before he formed his own band.  Moonlight Serenade is not as well known as Miller's hits like In The Mood, Little Brown Jug, or Pennsylvania 6-5000, but it does have that distinctive Miller sound.

2)  John Adams.

3)  They all started their careers as local children's television hosts.

4)  Ernest Hemingway.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  These two signers of the Constitution later went on to become president.

2)  How many people signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States?

3)  Glenn Miller co-wrote "Room 1411" with what other Big Band leader?

4)  This newspaper is the oldest, continuously published daily American paper still in circulation.

Answers:

1)  George Washington and James Madison

2)  6 of the signers of the Declaration of Independence also signed the Constitution.

3)  Benny Goodman

4)  Though the Hartford Courant was founded in 1756, it was published as a semi-weekly paper and did not go to a daily schedule until 1836. The New York Post then is able to boast that it has been in continuous daily publication since November 16, 1801.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This holiday was celebrated for the first time in Spokane, Washington, on this date back in 2010.

2)  Warren G. Harding played this game almost daily.

3)  Who draws the comic strip, Dilbert?

Answers:

1)  Father's Day

2)  Table Tennis

3)  Scott Adams

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the last name of Charles Schulz's character, "Lucy"?

2)  This was the first time two Wimbledon competitors shared the #1 seed ranking.

3)  On this date in 1983, she became the first woman to go into space.


 Answers:

1) "van Pelt"

2)  Chris Evert and Martina Navritilova shared the #1 spot on this date in 1985.


3)  Sally Ride

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first Speaker of the House to go on to become President?

2)  For what purpose was the screwdriver first used?

3)  What is the minimum age requirement for a person to have a Facebook account?

4)  Tim Berners-Lee was awarded the prestigious Millennium Technology Prize in 2002 for having come up with this innovation, now used regularly by billions of people.

Answers:

1)   James K. Polk is the only president who was once the Speaker of the House before becoming President of the United States. 

 2)  The first documentation of the tool is in The Medieval Housebook of Wolfegg Castle, a manuscript written sometime between 1475 and 1490. These earliest screwdrivers had pear-shaped handles and were made for slotted screws (diversification of the many types of screwdrivers did not emerge until the Gilded Age). The screwdriver remained inconspicuous, however, as evidence of its existence throughout the next 300 years was based primarily on the presence of screws. Screws were used in the 15th century for constructing screw-cutting lathes, for securing breastplates, backplates, and helmets on medieval jousting armor, and eventually for multiple parts of the emerging firearms, particularly the matchlock. Screws, hence screwdrivers, were not used in full combat armor, most likely to give the wearer freedom of movement.


3)  You have to be at least 13 to create a Facebook account.

4)  Berners-Lee hit upon the notion of joining hypertext with the Internet.  He says, "I just had to take the hypertext idea and connect it to the Transmission Control Protocol and domain name system ideas and—ta-da!—the World Wide Web."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This was the first American novel to have sold 1 million copies.

2)  Who was the first president to broadcast a message over the radio?

3)  How many top best-selling children's books were written by Dr. Seuss?

4)  On this date in 1983, this man-made object was the first to go beyond our solar system.

Answers: 

1)  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

2)  Warren G. Harding broadcast a message dedicating the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore on this date in 1922.

3)  Four: The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, and One Fish, Two Fish Red Fish, Blue Fish.

4)  Pioneer 10

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Of all the contributing factors, this event is considered to be the first that led to the decline of Big Band era.

2)  Stan Kenton was known for being an especially creative and experimental band leader. Nonetheless, he maintained the Big Band tradition of having a theme song as a signature. What was his band's theme song?

3)  This bandleader was probably the most respected of all. He was the total package: a musician, composer and arranger who elevated the genre with multiple performances at Carnegie Hall. He even was honored by the U.S. Postal Service with a limited edition series of stamps bearing his profile. Who was he?

4)  Who invented scissors?

Answers:

1)  Most consider the nail in the coffin to be the musician strikes, but by that time much of the permanent damage had already been done. Large numbers of musicians had been drafted to serve in WWII, gas rationing made touring difficult for both the bands and those attending shows.  Also there was a 20% tax on entertainment which discouraged dancing. A postwar recession kept many people, who also were beginning to raise families, at home.  Eventually maintaining a Big Band became impossible; they were priced out of the market (http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2011/10/big-band-renaissance.html).

2)  "Artistry in Rhythm"

3)  Duke Ellington

4)  Leonardo Da Vinci

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In the cartoon series Mighty Mouse, what were the names of Mighty Mouse's girlfiriend and his arch-enemy?

2)  He is often referred to as the "father of the jazz saxophone."

3)  He was the vibraphonist in the Modern Jazz Quartet.

4)  Someone with ambulophobia has a fear of doing this.

Answers:

1)  Pearl Pureheart and Oil Can Harry

2)  Coleman Hawkins

3)  Milt jackson

4)  Walking

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  American Idol debuted on this day in 2002. Who was the first Idol?

2)  On this day in 1982, Spielberg's beloved E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial premiered. Who was the voice of E.T.?

3)  Which NFL quarterbacks have four championship rings for winning four Superbowls?

4)  This musician and recording effects innovator is best known for designing the first solid-body electric guitars.

Answers:

1)  Kelly Clarkson

2)  Debra Winger

3)  Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana have four championship rings. Dan Rooney, Dick Hoak, Joe Greene, Charles Haley, Chuck Noll, Bill Belichick and Romeo Crennel have five; Mike Woicik has six and Neal Dahlen has seven!

4)  Les Paul

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What country was first to give women the vote?

2)  This band leader helped bring the improvisational Dixieland style.

3)  Which pizza topping is the least favorite?

4)  What weather-related experience can, in actual fact, "knock one's socks off"?

Answers:

1)  New Zealand

2)  Paul Whiteman

3)  anchovies

4)  being struck by lightning

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What three horse races make up the Triple Crown?

2)  Before she became a successful comedienne, Ellen DeGeneres wanted to pursue another career as what?

3)  On this date in 1955, the "isolation booth" became a featured part of the game show The $64,000 Question. A contestant would be placed in the sound-proof booth as a visible sign to the audience that he or she was in no way coached or provided any answers for the final round of questions. Who was the show's host?

4)  In 1976, 155 women were admitted into this heretofore all-male military academy, becoming the first of the nation's military academies to admit women.  Which academy was it?


Answers:

1)  The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.

2)  She wanted to play professional golf

3)  Hal March

4)  The U.S. Air Force Academy

Alan Rock"s Trivia!

Questions:  

1)   What is the only mammal that has four knees?

2)  What is the largest plant to not have a wooden stem?

3)  What nation was the first to use an airplane in warfare?

Answers:

1)  the elephant











2)  the banana plant

3)  Italy

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   In the song "Candy Man," what did the Candy Man mix with the candy to make the world taste good?


2)  Who was the first female jockey to win a leg of the Triple Crown?


3)  Who was the youngest college graduate?

4)  If you're prone to motion sickness, it's best to sit in this seat location on the plane.


Answers:

1)  love

2)  Julie Krone won at Belmont in 1993.

3)  Michael Kearney was 10 when he earned his B.A. from University of  South Alabama.

4)  over the wing

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1) On June 4, 1937, grocery chain owner Sylvan Goldman introduced something new to his Humpty Dumpty store in Oklahoma City.  What was it?

2) On June 4, 1896, Henry Ford took his first car for a night-time drive in Detroit.  The test was delayed briefly because the car was wider than the door of the shed in which it was built.  What did he call his first car?

3) Who was the first author in history to have both the #1 and #2 books on the New York Times best-seller list?


Answers:

1) The first shopping cart, which involved merely installing wheels and a basket on a folding chair.

2) Ford called his first car a quadricycle.  It was steered with a rudder and had no reverse.

3) Robert Fulghum in 1989.  The books were "It was On Fire When I Lay Down On It" (#2) and "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the only sovereign state not recognized by the United Nations?

2)  He was the first President to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

3)  According tho the National Climatic Data Center, this city is actually the windiest in the U.S.

4)  What is the highest elevation in the United States?


Answers:

1)  Vatican City

2)  Franklin D. Roosevelt

3)  Dodge City. Even though it's called the "Windy City," Chicago ranks 53rd.

4)  Alaska's Mount McKinley is highest at 20,320 ft.