Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  A dactylogram is a formal term for what?

2)  In science, what does pH stand for?

3)  This pianist and Big Band leader had a cameo playing "April in Paris" in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles.

4)  Homicide, genocide and infanticide are familiar terms for different forms of killing.  "Uroxicide" is the specific term for the killing of ________.

Answers:

1)  fingerprint

2)  potential Hydrogen

3)  Count Basie

4)  Uroxicide refers to the killing of one's wife.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is a "hummock"?

2)  This show was the first TV western.

3)  What is the approximate rotational speed of the Earth at the equator?

4)  This island is the largest in the French Polynesia?

Answers:

1)  a knoll or low hill

2)  NBC debuted Hopalong Cassidy on this date in 1949.  William Boyd and Edgar Buchanan were the leads.

3)   1000 mph

4)  Tahiti

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions: 

1)  What is the official language of Austria?

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

3)  Which U.S. President was known as "Old Sink-or-Swim"?

4)  Who won this year's U.S. Open (golf)?

Answers:

1)  German

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

3)   John Adams

4)  This year's U.S. Open winner was Justin Rose. Rose is the first Englishman in 43 years to win the tournament.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the name of the current Secretary-General of the United Nations?

2)  These two men both signed the Constitution and went on to become president.

3)  The Eiffel Tower is named after the engineer who designed and built it. What was M. Eiffel's first name?

4)  More founding fathers trivia: how many men signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?

Answers:

1)  Ban Ki-Moon

2)  George Washington and James Madison.

3)  Gustave

4)  6

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   Where is the city of Delft located?

2)  This country will host the Davis Cup tennis tournament this year (2013).

3)  London's iconic Big Ben is part of what equally iconic building?

4)  Theater's Les Miserables is based upon a novel by this author.

Answers:

1)  The Netherlands

2)  Myanmar (former Burma)

3)  The Palace of Westminster, home of the British Parliament.

4)  Victor Hugo

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This toy manufacturer introduced the Frisbee, the sling shot, the hula hoop, slip 'n' slide, and the superball.

2)  These four states are still officially designated as commonwealths.

3)  Peanuts' Lucy's last name is _______________

4)  On this date in 1985, two tennis players were rated as number one seeds at Wimbledon.

Answers:

1)   Wham-O. The company celebrates its 65th year this year.

2)  Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

3)  Van Pelt

4)  Chris Evert-Lloyd and Martina Navratilova

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which ocean is the largest?


2)  Which presidents did not have college degrees?

3)  Before his breakout hit "Mandy," Barry Manilow worked as an accompanist for who?

4)  What is the score for a dead center bullseye in small-bore target shooting?

Answers:

1)  Pacific

2)  There were nine presidents in all who either didn't attend or graduate from college: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, and Harry Truman. 

3)  Bette Midler. Here is a video of them performing in 1971.

4)  A bullseye is worth 10.1 points.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was the first American novel to sell one million copies?

2)  In which century did Nostradamus make his predictions about the future?

3)  On June 14, 1983 the first man-made object to escape the solar system was named what?

4)  Who was the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio?


Answers:

1)  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.  She was born on this date in 1811.

2)  the 16th century


3)  Pioneer 10

4)  On June 14, 1922, Warren G. Harding became the first U.S. president to broadcast a message over the radio.  The occasion was the dedication of the Francis Scott Key Memorial in Baltimore.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  "When You Wish Upon a Star" is from which Disney movie?

2)  WWII Field Marshall, Erwin Rommel was known by what nickname?

3)  Who invented scissors?

4)  What is the longest word on a typical QWERTY keyboard that can be typed with only the left hand?

Answers:

1)  Pinocchio

2)  He was known as "The Desert Fox."  Rommel played a part in two very significant battles during the war – at El Alamein in North Africa and at D-Day.

3)  Leonardo da Vinci.

4)  "stewardess"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the largest planet in our solar system?

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

3)  William H. Bonney's nickname was _______________.

4)  Ambulophobia is a fear of what?

Answers:

1)  Jupiter

2)  Coleman Hawkins - "The Hawk"

3)  Billy the Kid

4)  walking

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   He wrote the songs for Broadway hits, Kiss Me Kate, and Anything Goes.

2)  The ancient city of Babylon was located in what is now known as  ______.

3)  Who was the voice of the beloved alien, E.T.?

4)  While playing in the NFL, these two quarterbacks each won 4 Superbowl rings.

Answers:

1)  Cole Porter

2)  Babylon was situated in Hillah, Babylon Province in what used to be called Mesopotamia, in modern day Iraq.

3) Debra Winger

4)  Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana have each won 4 Superbowl rings. There are players who've won more: Dan Rooney, Dick Hoak, Joe Greene, Charles Haley, Chuck Noll, Bill Belichick and Romeo Crennel each have 5 rings.  Mike Woicik has 6 and Neal Dahlen won 7.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How long is the average gestation period for an elephant?

2)  The Space Needle is a landmark in what state?

3)  An adult male swan is called a cob.  What is the female swan called?

4)  Who was the first African-American to win an Oscar?

Answers:

1)  22 months

2)  Washington

3)  The female swan is called a "pen."

4)  Hattie McDaniel won for her role in Gone With the Wind.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Before her success as a comedienne, Ellen DeGeneres once considered pursuing a career doing what?

2)  On this date in 1955, the isolation booth was first introduced  on the $64,000 Question quiz show, a format which subsequently was imitated by many shows thereafter. Contestants were for shut away in the soundproof glass chamber for the final series of questions as a way to ensure that they weren't being fed the answers.  The show had been the subject of great scandal for rigging the outcome of the game.  Who was the host of the program?

3)  In 1976, 155 women were the first to be admitted to a U.S. military academy. Others followed, but which institution was the first to break the barrier?

4)  Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is under the protection at the Ecuadorian Embassy - in what city?

Answers:

1)  Ellen wanted to be a professional golfer.

2)  Hal March

3)  The U.S. Air Force Academy

4)  London

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Of plants that do not have a wooden stem, which one is the largest?

2)  Many think of Shakespeare as having contributed the most words to the English language. It was actually someone else. This writer introduced 630 words as compared with Shakespeare's 229.

3)  This is the only mammal with four knees.

4)  In the 1954 movie, Rear Window, there's a major continuity gaffe that occurs in the scene where Jimmy Stewart's character argues with Grace Kelly's character.  What was the goof?

Answers:

1)  Banana plants are the largest plants that do not have wooden stems.

2)  Poet and author of Paradise Lost, John Milton.

3)  An elephant has four knees

4)  Stewart's character's cast switches from his left leg to his right.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  If you're prone to motion sickness when flying it's best to sit where?

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

3)  Who was the youngest female pilot to cross the Atlantic?

4)  In the Sammy Davis, Jr. song, "The Candy Man" mixed this with his candy to make the world taste good.

Answers:

1) According to Better Homes and Gardens, you should sit over the wing.

2) Julie Krone in 1993

3)  12 year-old Vicki Van Meter followed Earhart's route from Maine to Scotland.

4)  LOVE

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1937 grocery chain owner Sylvan Goldman introduced this contraption.

2)  If a recipe calls for the oven to be set at 325 degrees, what would the Celsius setting be for the same temperature?

3)  What special ingredient is in French macaroons?

4)  Where is Hamid Karzai president?

Answers:

1)  Goldman conceived of the shopping cart.  One night, in 1936, Goldman sat in his office wondering how customers might move more groceries. According to Wikipedia, "he found a wooden folding chair and put a basket on the seat and wheels on the legs. Goldman and one of his employees, Fred Young, a mechanic, began tinkering. Their first shopping cart was a metal frame that held two wire baskets. Since they were inspired by the folding chair, Goldman called his carts 'folding basket carriers.'"

2)  165 degrees Celsius

3)  almond paste

4)  Afghanistan

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which American city is the windiest?

2)  Which president established Thanksgiving as a national holiday?

3)  Who joined Dan Rather as anchor for the CBS Evening News June 1, 1993?

4)  Born this date in 1925, this actor appeared in The Defiant Ones, Houdini, and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Answers:

1)  While Chicago is known as the "Windy City," the most windy city in America is actually Dodge City, Kansas, with an average of 13.9 mph wind speed. Chicago's average annual wind speed is 10.3.

2)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt established Thanksgiving as a national holiday

3)  Connie Chung

4)  Born Bernard Schwartz, his name was changed to Tony Curtis. Curtis appeared in more than 100 films, including the ones mentioned above. 

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many masts does a sloop have?

2)  The first copyright law was signed on this date.  Who was president at the time?

3)  How many squares are on a standard chess board (as opposed to an "interdimensional" chess board as shown here) ?

4)  On what part of the body does one wear winklepickers?

Answers:

1)  1

2)  President George Washington signed the first copyright law in this country May 31, 1790.

3)  64

4)  The feet. Winklepickers, typically narrow-toed shoes and boots, were the fashion for late 50s, early 60s British rockers, and even now are considered pretty cool.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Thomas Jefferson was among the first to cultivate this crop in America.

2)  A sanative plant indicates that a plant has what kind of characteristic?

3)  When 1 - 10 are cumulatively added, what is the total?

4)  What sport is played at the Roland Garros in Paris?

Answers:

1)  tomatoes

2)  Sanative is a term indicating that a plant is believed to have curative properties.

3)  55

4)  tennis

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first president to have been born in a hospital?

2)  Grenadine syrup is traditionally made from what fruit?

3)  What is the largest island in the Mediterranean?

4)  Comedian Bob Hope managed to wrangle some sweet perks in his various contracts for films and appearances, including lifetime supplies of automobiles, gas and what else?

Answers:

1)  Jimmy Carter

2)  pomegranates

3)  Sicily

4)  bubble gum