Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Actor John Stamos was born on this date in 1963. In addition to his roles in television's Full House and ER - and forays into musical theater on Broadway, like his starring turns in Cabaret, Nine and Bye Bye Birdie - Stamos also has a standing musician's gig, performing with what band?

2) How many husbands did Calamity Jane have?

3) Who was the "victim" in the board game, "Clue"?

4) Who was the first world leader to send an e-mail?

Answers:

1) He plays drums from time to time for The Beach Boys.

2) 12

3) Mr. Boddy

4) Queen Elizabeth II

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:
1) The late Patrick Swayze was born on this date in 1952. Who played his love interest in the breakout hit, Dirty Dancing?

2) In the famous Abbott and Costello "Who's on 1st" skit, who played right field?

3) What was Little Red Riding Hood's given name?

4) This TV personality insured her legs for $2 million. Who is she?

Answers:

1) Jennifer Gray

2) Psych! There was no right fielder in that bit.

3) Blanchette

4) Mary Hart of Entertainment Tonight

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) How many different animal shapes are there in a typical box of animal crackers?

2) When plastic was first introduced, what kind of compound was used to create it?

3) Who helped George Washington write his farewell address?

4) Actor Sean Penn made his TV debut on what show?


Answers:

1) 18

2) Celluloid

3) Alexander Hamilton

4) Barnaby Jones

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Recycling one glass jar saves enough money to watch a television for how long?

2) What was the name of the ship sunk at Pearl Harbor?

3) The largest desert is in Africa. What is its name?

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

Answers:

1) 3 hours

2) The USS Arizona

3) The Sahara Desert is the largest at 3.5 million square miles

4) The smallest county is New York County, which is comprised only of the city of Manhattan.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:
1) Born on this date in 1899, this film director once famously said, "I never said actors were like cattle. What I said was they should be treated like cattle."

2) Who was the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court?

3) This commemorative U.S. postage stamp was the bestselling of all time.

Answers:

1) Alfred Hitchcock

2) Thurgood Marshall

3) The U.S. Postal Service's 1993 stamp commemorating Elvis Presley sold 122.3 million.

Trivia for August 12th, 2010

Questions:

1) On August 12th, 1973, Jack Nicklaus won the PGA championship for his 14th major title, surpassing Bobby Jones's record of 13 majors. Over his career, how many majors has Nicklaus won in total?

2) On August 12th, 1974, for the first time in history, two teammates were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame - together. Who were they?

3) What percentage of tornadoes happen in the U.S.?

4) Though a "blue moon" refers to the rare occurrence of a second full moon within a month, there are times when the moon actually appears to be blue. What is the explanation?

Answers:

1) Nicklaus won 18 major tournaments in his career.

2) NYY's Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford

3) 75%

4) Soot and water in the sky

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first president to use the line-item veto.

2) Today is Terry Gene Bollea's birthday. Terry Gene is better known as who?

3) There is only one vegetable/fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed or cooked? In other words, it is only sold fresh. What is it?

Answers:

1) Bill Clinton used the line-item veto on this date in 1997. Congress had granted the option the year before.

2) Hulk Hogan

3) lettuce

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What was the original title of the hit, "Eleanor Rigby"?

2) What popular festival is marked as the eve of All Saints' Day?

3) On this date in 1996, Republican presidential nominee, Bob Dole, chose this former NFL quarterback as his running mate. Who was it?

4) In 1996, this current U.S. senator was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Who is he?

Answers:

1) "Miss Daisy Hawkins" was Sir Paul's initial vision for those famous five syllables and opening notes to the famous tune. McCartney said he later came up with the name Eleanor from actress Eleanor Bron, who had starred with the Beatles in the film Help!. Rigby came from the name of a store in Bristol, Rigby & Evens Ltd, Wine & Spirit Shippers, that he noticed while seeing his then-girlfriend Jane Asher act in The Happiest Days Of Your Life. He recalled in 1984, "I just liked the name. I was looking for a name that sounded natural. Eleanor Rigby sounded natural."

2) All Saints Day is preceded by Hallowe'en.

3) Jack Kemp was Dole's running mate.

4) Senator Jim Bunning (R - KY).

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Actor Sean Penn won an Oscar for his role as this famous Belgian/Romani (gypsy) jazz guitarist in the biopic, Sweet and Low.

2) She said to her "Lover," I have a "Fever." He didn't care and she wondered, has "Somebody Else Has Taken My Place" and if that's so, then "Is that All There is?" Who is she?

3) This jazz pianist defined "cool jazz" due to his less frantic approach to the music. Miles Davis was an admirer and the music certainly was cool. After all, this was the fellow who composed "Snowfall."

4) This famous drummer never learned to read music. He first performed at 18 months old in his parents' vaudeville act, where he was billed as "Traps, the Drum Wonder." He played with the Tommy Dorsey Band where he first met and performed with Frank Sinatra and later played for Harry James before leading his own big band. He did session work for Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson and many others and is considered a drumming icon. Who was he?

Answers:

1) Django Reinhardt

2) The oddly constructed sentence used for the question incorporated the names of her hits. They were the songs of Miss Peggy Lee.

3) Claude Thornhill

4) Buddy Rich

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Timothy Dalton was the 4th actor to take on this movie role. What was it?

2) She began as a gospel singer, and got her big break as a vocalist with Lionel Hampton's band. Her signature tune was "What a Difference a Day Makes." Who was she?

3) What tune is the official march of the U.S.?

Answers:

1) That's Bond. James Bond.

2) Dinah Washington

3) "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This actress was discovered dead on this date in 1962. The circumstances of her death remain a mystery even to this day.

2) Which U.S. president signed the legislation designating that Martin Luther King be honored with a federal holiday?

3) American Bandstand debuted on this date in 1957. Dick Clark was of course, the host. What was the first record played?

4) This storm was a Level 5 hurricane, making landfall in 1969. What was its name?

Answers:

1) Marilyn Monroe

2) Ronald Reagan

3) Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day"

4) Camille

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Yesterday was Jay North's birthday. What TV character did he play?

2) Ben Franklin believed a warm bed would sap his strength, so when his bed became warm, he'd switch to a cold one. How many beds did he sleep in per night?

Answers:

1) "Dennis the Menace"

2) 4

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Dino Crocetti and Joseph Levitch were a stage and screen duo of much fame under their adopted showbiz names. What were their stage names?

2) What commission is awarded to graduates from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point?

3) Who wrote "Tuxedo Junction"?

4) What is the longest river in Europe?

Answers:

1) Dino Crocetti and Joseph Levitch are known to us as Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

2) West Point graduates are awarded a Bachelor of Science degree and receive the rank of second lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

3) Erskine Hawkins

4) The Volga River in Russia is the longest at 2,300 miles.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the trombonist in Louis Armstrong's Hot Five combo?

2) What was Bud Powell's real first name?

3) How many countries make up the continent of Africa?

4) Because he was underweight, this movie star was turned away when he wanted to join the military in WWII. Who was he?


Answers:

1) Kid Ory

2) Earl

3) 55

4) James Stewart. Stewart eventually was accepted and went on to become a Brigadier General in the Air Force.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1957 Jack Paar debuted as host of The Tonight Show. Who hosted the show prior to Paar?

2) Who was the only WWII veteran to walk on the moon?

Answers:

1) Before Jack Paar, The Tonight Show was hosted by Steve Allen and Ernie Kovacs.

2) Alan Shepard

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1981, a certain momentous wedding took place in London. Who was the happy couple?

Answers:

1) Prince Charles and Lady Diana

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This lead singer for the Commodores went on to a very successful solo career. Who was he?

2) This 1953 broadcast was the first internationally televised event. What was it?

3) What actor was the first to win a second Best Actor Academy award?

4) Who was the NFL coach with the most wins?

Answers:

1) Lionel Richie sang for the Commodores, lending the lead vocals on "Easy (Like Sunday Morning)." Contrary to popular notion, he did not sing the lead vocal on their huge hit, "Brickhouse."

2) Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ceremony was the first internationally televised event.

3) Spencer Tracy was awarded Best Actor in both 1937 and 1938, for Captains Courageous and Boys Town, respectively.

4) Don Shula has the most wins in the NFL with 347 games.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) In the 1976 film inspired by the Bobbi Gentry hit, Ode to Billy Joe, who played Billy Joe McAllister?

2) Who was the first movie comic to be hit in the face with a pie?

3) How many songs did Irving Berlin write?

Answers:

1) Robby Benson

2) Fatty Arbuckle

3) More than 900 songs, 19 musicals and the scores of 18 movies

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1984, this TV show became the first to be broadcast in stereo. What was it?

2) Which singer/movie star is the only celebrity to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

3) How much can a thirsty camel drink?

Answers:

1) The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

2) Gene Autry

3) A thirsty camel can drink 25 gallons of water in less than 3 minutes.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1961 actor Woody Harrelson was born. He received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his starring role in what movie?

2) She called herself the "Empress of Blues." Who was she?

3) She wrote about contemporary issues of her day, issues such as women's suffrage, temperance, prison reform and child labor. Who was she?

Answers:

1) The People vs. Larry Flynt

2) Bessie Smith (1894 - 1937)

3) Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women.

Alan Rock's Trivia! (for July 22, 2010)

Questions:

1) On July 22, 1934, this famous gangster was gunned down by FBI agents in Chicago. Who was he?

2) She had just turned 19 when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Who was she?

Answers:

1) John Dillinger

2) Gertrude Ederle

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Thomas Edison had a fear of this.

2) On this date in 1955, the last episode of a popular radio program aired. Popular since its debut in 1944, it starred Leonard Slye. What was his character's name?

3) You are hired to be part of a claque. What will you be doing?

Answers:

1) the dark

2) Roy Rogers

3) You've been hired to applaud an act or a performer. For example, the people who pour out onto the football field to scream for Springsteen during the SuperBowl halftime are paid claquers.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) If you are hedenophobic, you have an aversion to what?

2) Which president issued the first military draft during peace time?

3) This state is known as the "Cowboy State," but it's also known as the "Equality State" for having been the first state to grant voting rights to women. Which state is it?

Answers:

1) You are averse to pleasure.

2) Harry S. Truman issued the first military draft during peace time on this date in 1948.

3) Wyoming

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What does AFL/CIO stand for?

2) Who won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of George M. Coohan?

3) The Beatles made their first U.S. appearance on what television show?

4) Did any women sign the Declaration of Independence?

Answers:

1) American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

2) James Cagney

3) The Ed Sullivan Show

4) No. Women were not participants in the Declaration of Independence

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1963, the U.S. Postal Service began using ZIP codes. ZIP is an acronym which stands for what?

2) Which two universities were headed by Robert E. Lee?

3) From where do we get oil of wintergreen?

Answers:

1) "Zone Improvement Plan"

2) Robert E. Lee was once superintendent of West Point prior to the Civil War. After the war, he was president of Washington University, later called Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA.

3) Oil of wintergreen does not come from the wintergreen plant but from the bark of the sweet birch.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Someone with the condition known as aphonia is affected in what way?

2) In which fictional city did Popeye live?

3) Which noted female author served as a nurse in the Civil War?

4) Which U.S. "founding father" is also referred to as the "Father of the Constitution"?

Answers:

1) Someone with aphonia is unable to speak. It is a severe form of a vocal disorder. A primary cause of aphonia is bilateral disruption of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which supplies nearly all the muscles in the larynx. Damage to the nerve may be the result of surgery (e.g., thyroidectomy) or a tumor.

2) Sweetwater (though there are some who insist it's Sweethaven). Since 1977, Popeye has been honored with his own statue in Chester, Illinois - so perhaps that's his new hometown.

3) Louisa May Alcott

4) James Madison

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What river forms the northern border of Kentucky?

2) What did the first vending machines in this country dispense?

3) In what country did the kilt originate?

4) Practitioners of this profession use the most extensive vocabulary. What do they do?


Answers:

1) The Ohio River

2) chewing gum

3) France (surprised?)

4) They are journalists.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which of the Great Lakes is entirely within U.S. territory?

2) Which country has the highest number of doughnut shops per capita?

3) Which Constitutional Amendment provided women voting rights?

Answers:

1) Lake Michigan

2) Canada

3) The 19th Amendment provided voting rights to women.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first woman to serve as U.S. National Security Advisor?

2) Who was the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress?

3) Who was the first balloonist to fly solo around the world, landing in Australia, July 4th, 2002?

4) Who was the U.S. military's first female four-star general?

Answers:

1) Condoleeza Rice

2) Halle Berry (Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress in 1940)

3) Steve Fossett

4) Ann Dunwoody

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) A vexillologist specializes in what?

2) Only one U.S. state has a unicameral legislature. Which one is it?

3) In 1833, this educational institution was the first college to go co-ed. Which college was it?

4) According to a recent survey, what percentage of people sing along with their radios?

Answers:

1) A vexillologist is an expert on flags.

2) Nebraska

3) Oberlin College in Ohio

4) 75%

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Two presidents -two!- died on the Fourth of July in 1826. Who were they?

2) What was Flipper's real name?

3) On this date in 1932, the Dow Jones bottomed out at what?

4) On this date in 1958, the RIAA presented the first gold album for this recording having sold one million copies. What was it?

Answers:

1) John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

2) For Flipper, the movie, the real dolphin's name was Mitzi. For the TV series, Flipper was played by Suzy and Cathy.

3) 41.22

4) The Oklahoma soundtrack received that first gold album. Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star" received gold for the first single to have sold one million copies.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which governmental official heads up the American Red Cross?

2) He was the president of the Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. Who was he?

3) Who coined the term "Iron Curtain" in order to describe the Soviet Union?

Answers:

1) the President

2) John Hancock

3) Winston Churchill, in a speech given in Fulton, Missouri in 1946.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Along with Thomas Jefferson, how many other presidents signed the Declaration of Independence?

2) On this date in 2002, Serena Williams beat sister, Venus, to win her first Wimbledon title and her second straight Grand Slam tournament. Who was the first black player to win a Wimbledon singles title?

3) Disney's The Lion King was inspired by a Shakespeare play. Which one?

Answers:

1) One other president signed - John Adams.

2) Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a singles title at Wimbledon when she defeated Darlene Hard (6-3, 6-2)in 1957.

3) Hamlet.

Alan Rock's Trivia for 7/5/2010

Questions:

1) What was the city and building where the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence?

2) In 1781, this state was the first to declare a holiday to celebrate Independence. Which state was it?

3) Who was the first U.S. president to be voted out of office?

4) On July 5, 1947, the first black player in the American League signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians. What was his name?

Answers:

1) Philadelphia and Independence Hall

2) Massachusetts

3) John Adams was voted out of office during his run for a second term; he was defeated by Thomas Jefferson.

4) Larry Doby

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Paul McCartney is a citizen of which country/ies?

2) What is the name of the Camel cigarette's mascot?

3) What four states are known as commonwealths?

4) Leslie Lynch King, Jr. was adopted and renamed. What was his new name?

Answers:

1) Sir Paul has dual citizenship both in Great Britain and in the U.S.

2) "Old Joe"

3) Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky

4) Gerald R. Ford

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) How many official holidays are observed in the U.S.?

2) On this date in 1941, NBC broadcast the first FCC-sanctioned television commercial, during a Dodgers - Phillies game. The ad cost $9.00. What product was advertised?

3) Where was the pledge of allegiance first published?

Answers:

1) 10

2) Bulova watches

3) The Youth's Companion

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast went on to star as Peter Pan on Broadway. Who was she?

2) Who was the first woman to compete in the Indianapolis 500?

3) In which instance is it acceptable to fly the American flag upside down?

Answers:

1) Cathy Rigby

2) Janet Guthrie

3) In times of national distress

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

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

2) Why is the monarch butterfly never eaten?

Answers:

1) Babe Didrickson

2) It's poisonous

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This day in 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed. What did it do?

2) Which country, according to recent figures, provides the highest number of adopted children in U.S. households?

3) Congress ordered that the motto, "In God We Trust" be stamped or printed on all U.S. currency as of what year?

4) This South Dakota mountain that bears the sculpted images of presidents Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt and Lincoln. What is its name - and - can you name the artist who created the work?

Answers:

1) The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I.

2) Figures from 2008 show that Guatemala has provided the most, with 4,802 children adopted and sent to the U.S.

3) 1955

4) Mount Rushmore, and its creator is Gutzon Borglum.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) At his heaviest, how much did James Madison weigh?

2) On this date in 1949, Billboard began charting what is now called "Country & Western" songs. What did they initially call the genre?

3) The human kidney is comprised of over a million small tubes. Placed end-to-end, these tubes, from both kidneys are a total length of how long?

4) Which language has the longest alphabet?

Answers:

1) 98 pounds

2) Hillbilly music

3) Approximately 40 miles

4) The Cambodian alphabet has 74 letters, compared with 26 letters in English.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) NBC debuted this show, the first television western, on this date in 1949. What was the name of the show?

2) How many presidents were born British subjects?

3) Gunther Schuller is responsible for forging elements of jazz and classical music together, creating the movement that is referred to as what?

4) Who was the oldest person to have been elected president?

Answers:

1) Hopalong Cassidy

2) There were eight: Washington, both John and John Quincy Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson and W.H. Harrison.

3) "Third Stream"

4) Ronald Reagan. He famously deflected any objections related to his age by humorously remarking in his debate that he would not "exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1888, Frederick Douglass became the first African American to have done what?

2) Ho Chi Minh City was formerly known as what?

3) Prior to moving to its own headquarters in the J. Edgar Hoover building, where were the FBI offices?

Answers:

1) Frederick Douglass was the first African-American to have been nominated for president.

2) Saigon

3) The Department of Justice

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Name the first operating state university in the U.S.

2) On this date in 1937, Joe Louis, AKA the Brown Bomber, knocked out his opponent in the 8th round in this fight held in Chicago, winning the world heavyweight champion title. Who did Joe defeat?

3) Phoebe Ann Moses was a star of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Revue." What was Phoebe's stage name?

Answers:

1) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2) Jim Braddock

3) Annie Oakley

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:
1) What are the three longest running Broadway shows?

2) Which denominations of currency are in use (as of 1969)?

3) Name the three corporations to have the largest revenues in 2009 (according to Fortune Magazine).

4) Name the seven people whose portraits are on seven denominations of U.S. currency.

Answers:

1) Phantom of the Opera is number one, with over 9,300 performances, Cats, with nearly 7,500 performances, and Les Miserables, with nearly 6,700 performances.

2) Currently printed denominations are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. Notes above the $100 denomination ceased being printed in 1946 and were officially withdrawn from circulation in 1969. These notes were used primarily in inter-bank transactions or by organized crime; it was the latter usage that prompted President Richard Nixon to issue an executive order in 1969 halting their use.

3) In order, they are: Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Oil), with $458.4 billion, Exxon, with $442.9 billion, and Wal-Mart, with $405.6 billion.

4) $1 - George Washington, $1.00; Thomas Jefferson, $2.00; Abraham Lincoln, $5.00; Alexander Hamilton, $10.00; Andrew Jackson, $20.00; Ulysses Grant, $50.00; Benjamin Franklin, $100.00.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who dubbed Lauren Bacall's singing voice in her screen debut "To Have and Have Not"?

2) Who was the first head of a Cabinet-level department to become president? For bragging rights, also name the department he headed.

3) Who was the only baseball player in sports history to be named Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the same season?

4) What designation does the Atlantic Ocean have on wall maps in Philadelphia's Independence Hall?

Answers:

1) It was dubbed by teenager Andy Williams.

2) Thomas Jefferson, who had headed the Department of State, was elected president in 1800.

3) Fred Lynn of the Boston Red Sox. On June 18, 1975 he hit three home runs, a triple, and a single in a game in which Boston massacred the Detroit Tigers 15-1.

4) Western Ocean.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This day in 1955 was a historic one for Anaheim, California. What happened?

2) Before he had his big hit "Mandy," Barry Manilow used to be the accompanist for which singer?

3) What is the proper term for a "bunch" of bananas?

4) How many presidents never attended college?

Answers:

1) It's the day DisneyLand first opened.

2) The Divine Miss M, herself - Bette Midler.

3) A cluster or bunch of bananas is called a hand; a single banana is a finger.

4) Nine presidents did not attend college: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland and Harry Truman.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Question:

1) Michael Jackson was known to collect these.

2) Who was the first president to have been inaugurated in Washington, D.C.?

Answers:

1) Mannequins

2) On March 4, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was the first president to have been inaugurated in Washington, D.C.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) For what was the screwdriver first used?

2) In hot weather, avoid foods high in what?

3) What color clothing is best to wear in high heat?

4) Who was the first Speaker of the House to have gone on to be elected president?

Answers:

1) The screwdriver helped knights put on their armor.

2) Protein

3) White

4) James K. Polk

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

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

2) Elephant herds are unique among mammal herds. What's different about them?

3) In Hawaii's ecology, what is unique about the hoary bat and the monk seal?

Answers:

1) On this date in 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.

2) Unlike most mammal herds, females are the heads of elephant herds.

3) They are the only two mammals native to Hawaii.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1979, Marion Morrison died. Marion is better known as who?

2) Oceanographer Jacques Cousteau was born on this date in 1910. Scuba is an acronym that stands for what?

3) The box office hit, E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial , was released on this date in 1982. Who did the voicing for E.T. in the movie?

Answers:

1) Marion Morrison is better known as John Wayne.

2) Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

3) Debra Winger

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which worldwide organization was founded by two friends, Dr. Robert Smith and William G. Wilson, on this date in 1935?

2) Actress Elizabeth Shue made her debut in this movie. Hint: it was a movie whose sequel is currently showing in theaters.

3) The first TV debate between vice-presidential candidates was held in 1976. Who were the participating candidates?

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

Answers:

1) Alcoholics Anonymous

2) The Karate Kid

3) Walter Mondale and Bob Dole

4) Hattie McDaniel received the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Gone With the Wind.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1934, this cartoon character made his debut doing a bit part in the Walt Disney cartoon The Little Wise Hen. Who was he?

2) The first president to appear on a U.S. coin was who?

3) Who was the first president to appear in a live telecast, coast-to-coast?

4) Who transformed popular music by inventing the solid body electric guitar?

Answers:

1) Donald Duck

2) Abraham Lincoln, appearing on the penny in 1909.

3) Harry Truman, in 1951.

4) Les Paul

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) By water content, how much snow is equal to one inch of rain?

2) Pepperoni is the most popular pizza topping in the U.S. Which topping is the least popular?

3) Which country was the first to grant women the right to vote?

Answers:

1) Ten inches of snow = one inch of rain.

2) Anchovies are the least popular pizza topping.

3) New Zealand was the first, granting women voting rights in 1893. Australia followed in 1902, then Finland in 1906. A total of fifteen nations gave women the right to vote before the U.S. acquiesced in 1920.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This WWI flying ace's nickname was "Captain Eddie." What was his real name?

2) Before her success as a comedienne, Ellen Degeneres considered becoming another profession. What was it?

3) In 1976, this military academy was the first to enroll women. It admitted 155 women that year, ending a tradition of all male attendance. Which military academy was it?

4) Who was the lone dissenter in the House vote for declaration of war against Japan, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor?

Answers:

1) Edward "Eddie" Rickenbacker

2) Ellen was eager to pursue a career as a professional golfer.

3) The U.S. Air Force Academy

4) Rep. Jeannette Rankin (R - Montana) dissented. She was the first woman elected to Congress.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Question:

1) What city was the home base for King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bix Beiderbecke and Benny Goodman?

Answer:
1) Chicago

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the original host of the evening version of The Gong Show?

2) He got his start playing with such greats as Art Blakey, Maynard Ferguson and Miles Davis. He is the legendary tenor player and co-founder of jazz fusion group Weather Report. Who is he?

3) This Massachusetts alto man was greatly influenced by Charlie Parker and is remembered for his solo work on Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are." Who is he?

4) This Hollywood star was born this date in 1925. He appeared in The Defiant Ones, Houdini, and The Count of Monte Cristo, but perhaps most remembered for his role in drag opposite Marilyn Monroe, in Some Like It Hot. Who is he?

Answers:

1) Gary Owens (Rowan and Martin's Laugh In) hosted initially, then the show's creator and producer, Chuck Barris, took on hosting duties.

2) Wayne Shorter

3) Phil Woods

4) Tony Curtis

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Congress granted citizenship to these people on this date in 1924. What people?

2) On this date in 1886, a president did something while in office no president had done. What was it?

3) What was Disney's first feature-length animated film?

4) If your doctor tells you your otoplasty was successful, what does it mean?

Answers:

1) All American Indians

2) Grover Cleveland got married.

3) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

4) Your ears will no longer stick out.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) According to the National Climatic Center, which U.S. city is the windiest?

2) How many member nations make up the United Nations?

3) What phrase was designated by Congress in 1956 as the U.S. national motto?

4) Name the highest point in the U.S.

Answers:

1) Dodge City, Kansas. Ironically, Chicago - the famed "Windy City" - is ranked 53rd.

2) 192

3) "In God We Trust."

4) Mount McKinley, in Alaska has the highest point at 20,320 feet.

Alan Rock's Trivia! 5/31/2010

Questions:

1) The tradition of observing Memorial Day began as a way to honor veterans of which war?

2) On what date was Memorial Day first observed?

3) Memorial Day used to be known as ______________ Day.

4) Which community was declared to be the birthplace of Memorial Day?

5) Which war had the highest percentage of U.S. casualties, based on number of troops served?

6) Why is Gen. John Alexander Logan important to the celebration of Memorial Day?

Answers:

1) The Civil War

2) May 5th, 1866

3) Decoration Day

4) Waterloo, New York

5) The Civil War

6) He ordered thaat the holiday be observed by decorating the graves of the fallen.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Originally, what were the New York Yankees' name and original city?

2) What does OPEC actually stand for?

Answers:

1) The Yankees used to be the Baltimore Orioles until 1903, which begs the question who did the Baltimore Orioles used to be?! (so confusing!) So here's that scoop, from Wikipedia: [The Baltimore Orioles was] "one of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901; it spent its first year as a major league club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the Milwaukee Brewers before moving to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Browns."

2) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) To make one tablespoon of honey, bees need to collect nectar from how many flowers?

2) Which religious denomination is also known as the "Society of Friends"?

3) Which state was originally named "Kanawha"?

Answers:

1) 2,000 flowers

2) The Quakers

3) West Virginia

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Actor James Arness got the part of Gunsmoke's Matt Dillon after the part was turned down by what actor?

2) Who was the first president to have died in office?

3) Which USO entertainer was nicknamed "Colonel Maggie"?

4) Which war resulted in establishing the Memorial Day holiday?

Answers:

1) John Wayne

2) William Henry Harrison contracted pneumonia during his cold and rainy inauguration and died one month later.

3) Martha Raye

4) The Civil War. In the South, after the war, both Confederate and Union soldiers' graves were decorated.

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Questions:

1) Who invented bifocal lenses?

2) Which state is nicknamed the "Treasure State"?

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

4) Which bird is the only one with the ability to fly backward?

Answers:

1) Benjamin Franklin

2) Montana

3) Five: U.S. Military Academy (West Point), U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

4) the hummingbird

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Questions:

1) What is the world's smallest republic? Clue: It's 24 square miles and joined the United Nations only recently, in 1992. This little country is in northeastern Italy, and may be, according to The New American Desk Encyclopedia, the oldest state in Europe.

2) What horror story did Bram Stoker write?

3) What was the title of the 1942 biopic about the life of George M. Cohan?

Answers:

1) The Republic of San Marino.

2) Dracula

3) Yankee Doodle Dandy

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Questions:

1) Which American sports association was formed on this day in 1881?

2) Today is Lawrence Tero's birthday. We know him better as who?

Answers:

1) U.S. Lawn Tennis Association

2) Mr. T

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Cher was born on this day in 1946. She and Sonny Bono had a daughter. What was her name?

2) What is a "pullet"?

3) What are the top five languages, measured by number of native speakers?

Answers:

1) Chastity

2) A pullet is a young hen.

3) In order they are: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, English, Arabic and Hindi.

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Questions:

1) Who was the first Democrat candidate to use the donkey as an image on campaign posters?

2) Who was the first American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answers:

1) Andrew Jackson, in his 1828 presidential campaign.

2) President Theodore Roosevelt was so honored in 1906.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What are the two later additions to the English alphabet?

2) Who is the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a perfect game, retiring all 27 batters?

3) Where can you see the original Declaration of Independence?

Answers:

1) The English alphabet originally had only 24 letters. The letter "J" was the last to be added to the alphabet; the other latecomer was "U."

2) On May 18, 2004, at age 40, Randy Johnson led the Arizona Diamondbacks over the Atlanta Braves 2-0.

3) At the National Archives Building in Washington, DC.

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Questions:

1) Which former U.S. president worked as a radio announcer?

2) According to the 2010 Farmer's Almanac, what language, measured by number of people who speak it, is the most widely used?

3) What is Europe's largest mountain range?

Answers:

1) Ronald Reagan. He auditioned to be a sports announcer at WOC in Davenport, Iowa.

2) Chinese (Mandarin)

3) The Alps.

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Questions:

1) The Olympic Games were revived in modern times on this date in 1904. These first games were held in the U.S. in what city?

2) Born this date in 1936, this Bronx-born singer's birth name was Walden Cassotto. Who do we know him as?

Answers:

1) St. Louis, MO

2) Bobby Darin

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Questions:

1) Who was the first president to have a typewriter in the White House?

2) Of all vegetables, only two can live top produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables have to be replanted every year. What are the two perennials?

3) In many liquor stores you can buy a pear brandy with a real pear in the bottle. The pear is whole and genuine and so is the bottle, meaning it hasn't been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

4) Mary Pickersgill, a seamstress from Baltimore, is famous for what?

Answers:

1) Rutherford B. Hayes

2) Asparagus and rhubarb are the two perennials.

3) The pear grew inside the bottle. The bottles are placed over pear buds when they are small, and are wired in place on the tree. The bottle is left in place for the entire growing season. When the pears are ripe, they are snipped off at the stems.

4) Pickersgill sewed the flag honored in Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner."

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Questions:

1) How many Oscars did Katharine Hepburn win?

2) On this day in 1932, a new Disney character, "Dippy Dawg," appeared in the cartoon, "Mickey's Revue." Dippy's name was later changed to what?

3) Florence Nightingale was born on this date in 1820. She was called "the lady with the lamp." Why?

Answers:

1) Four. Morning Glory, 1933; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1967; The Lion in Winter, 1968; and On Golden Pond in 1981. In addition to those wins, she was nominated for Best Actress in eight other films. She also picked up an Emmy for Best Actress for her role in Love Among the Ruins, which aired in 1975.

2) Goofy

3) She got the nickname because she carried a pet owl with her everywhere.

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Questions:

1) The automobile was first invented in what country?

2) What was the first novel to have been written on a typewriter?

3) What was the name of the sorcerer who had Mickey Mouse as his apprentice?

4) On this date in 1997, a computer managed to do something it had never done before. What was it?

Answers:

1) France. The U.S. went on to create, thanks to Henry Ford, the assembly line method of manufacturing automobiles.

2) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.

3) In the final credits, the sorcerer's name is given as "Yensid," which is Disney spelled backwards.

4) IBM's Deep Blue super computer beat world champion chess play, Gary Kasparov.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) There are very few English words that begin with "dw." Name three.

2) What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

3) Which famous North American landmark is constantly receding?

Answers:

1) Dwarf, dwell, and dwindle are pretty much it, unless you count "dweeb," which has been accepted by Merriam-Webster.

2) strawberries

3) Niagara Falls. Its rim is worn down about two and a half feet every year as a result of the millions of gallons of water that rush over it every minute.

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Questions:

1) Which major league pitcher struck out five batters in one inning?

2) President William McKinley signed for the annexation of this land on this date in 1898. What land was it?

3) What was the name of the airplane Charles Lindbergh flew in his famous 1927 transatlantic flight?

Answers:

1) Joe Niekro, of the Houston Astros struck out five batters in a 1977 exhibition game.

2) That was the day Hawaii was annexed to the U.S.

3) The Spirit of St. Louis

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Questions:

1) On this date in 1954, Roger Bannister was the first to do this. What?

2) George Clooney pursued acting after not getting to do what?

3) This famous tourist destination first became open to the public on this date in 1889. What is it?

4) Sigmund Freud was born on this date in 1856. He had a phobia - what was it?

Answers:

1) Bannister was the first to run a mile in under four minutes.

2) He had hoped for a career in major league baseball. He tried out for center field position with the Cincinnati Reds, but was not accepted.

3) The Eiffel Tower

4) He had a morbid fear of ferns.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What university was the first to award athletic scholarships for women?

2) Who was the first American in outer space?

3) On The Brady Bunch, what part did Ann B. Davis portray?

Answers:

1) The University of Miami was the first to do so, and it was on today's date in 1973.

2) On this date in 1961, Alan Shepard was the first American in space. The entire flight lasted a mere fifteen minutes.

3) She played "Alice," the family's live-in maid.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first U.S. president to have been inaugurated in Washington, D.C.?

2) Who was the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace?

3) Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first woman to do what?

4) Who was the first U.S. president to have been born west of the Mississippi?

Answers:

1) Thomas Jefferson in 1801.

2) Queen Victoria

3) She was the first woman to become a certified dentist, graduating from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery.

4) Herbert Hoover

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Questions:

1) Today is Bing Crosby's birthday. He sang four Academy Award winning songs: "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "White Christmas" (1942), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), and "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951). He also won the Academy Award for Best Actor in what 1944 film?

2) Can you name the three sisters who recorded more than 100 songs, selling more than 90 million records, with a strong series of appearances to troops in WWII?

3) Who was the only athlete to win gold in both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics? For bragging rights, name the year he set this record.

Answers:

1) Going My Way.

2) They were LaVerne, Maxene, and Patty -- The Andrews Sisters.

3) Jim Thorpe, in 1912.

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Questions:

1) On this date in 1947, the Hoover Dam became "the Hoover Dam" - again. What was its other name?

2) Who was the only performer to perform live instead of lip-synching on American Bandstand?

3) On this date in 1952, this toy was the first to be advertised on television. What was it?

4) Queen for a Day debuted on this date in 1945 on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Who was the show's first host?


Answers:

1) "Boulder Dam." Here's the rest of the story, courtesy of the Hoover Dam Tour Company: Initially the surveyors suggested the dam should be built at Boulder Canyon due to the granite rock floor. This brought about the name "Boulder Dam." Once the dam's height was reviewed it was determined that Black Canyon would be more suitable since the dam would not have to be as high as at Boulder Canyon.

While preparing for the dam's construction, the railroad had to lay track to the dam site. To officially begin the railroad track project, on September 17, 1930, Secretary of the Interior, Ray L. Wilbur, named the dam "Hoover Dam" at the spike driving ceremony. This announcement came as a surprise to reporters.

Then in 1933 the country changed political party representation by voting Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt into office. Early in his term on May 8, 1933 Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior changed the name back to "Boulder Dam."

After 14 years congress felt compelled to pass a joint resolution to change the name back to "Hoover Dam" in honor of the United States 31st president, Herbert Hoover.

2) Jerry Lee Lewis performed live in 1957.

3) Mr. Potato Head

4) Jack Bailey

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What material is traditionally used for the first-year anniversary gift?

2) What was the one and only instrumental hit featuring a zither?

3) One heavyweight boxing champion is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, close to the tomb of the unknown soldier. Who was he?

Answers:

1) Paper

2) "The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas hit #1 on this date in 1950 and remained there for 11 weeks.

3) Joseph Louis Barrow, commonly known as Joe Louis, is buried there. He was the heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949.

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Questions:

1) On this day in 2001, millionaire Dennis Tito did something nobody else had done before. What?

2) Jay Leno went for ten years before having someone else guest host. Who was the first to sub for Leno?

3) The shortest war on record was between Britain and Zanzibar. How long did it last?

4) The 5th U.S. president, James Monroe was born on this date in 1758. He was the third of five presidents to do this on the 4th of July. What was it?

Answers:

1) Tito was the first "space tourist." He paid $20,000,000 to join a Russian crew and visit the international space station.

2) Katie Couric filled in for Leno

3) 38 minutes

4) He died. Congress later banned the firing of cannons at 4th of July celebrations.

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Questions:

1) On this date in 1981, Ringo Starr married a former "Bond girl." Who was this actress?

2) On this date in 1937, the first of these payments were issued. What were they?

3) Who was the only heavyweight boxing champ to have retired undefeated?

4) In the original Olympics Greek runners were naked, or almost naked. What did some of them wear?

Answers:

1) Barbara Bach

2) The first Social Security checks went out.

3) Rocky Marciano

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What are the only two planets in our solar system without moons?

2) Comets have three main parts: the nucleus, tail and what else?

3) What year was the first postage stamp introduced?

Answers:

1) Mercury and Venus

2) The third part of a comet is called its "coma."

3) The world's first postage stamp, the "Penny Black," was from Great Britain. It featured the image of Queen Victoria and was introduced in 1840.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Question:

1) On this date in 1985, one of America's most trusted brands announced it was going to make a change to its main product. This change was so soundly rejected, it became a synonym for failure or flop. What was it?


Answer:

1) "New" Coke. Classic Coke was back on the market to pick up the pieces within three months.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Jack Nicholson was born on this date in 1937. He won Best Actor in 1975 for his role in what movie?

2) Who was television's first news anchorwoman?

3) What TV series was Aaron Spelling's first as writer/producer?

Answers:

1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

2) Barbara Walters for ABC. She first co-anchored with Harry Reasoner, with whom she had an uneasy relationship.

3) Johnny Ringo

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Today is Tony Danza's birthday. Before landing a role on TV's Taxi, what did Danza do for a living?

2) Of all individuals on public assistance, 66% have this in common.

3) CBS had a radio quiz show that premiered on this date in 1940 called Take It or Leave It. The grand prize question was called what?

Answers:

1) Danza was a professional boxer, middleweight division.

2) 66% of those on public assistance are too young to vote.

3) The "$64 Question." That phrase was adopted into the U.S. lexicon as a common expression for people whenever they were stumped by a question or faced with a conundrum.

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Questions:

1) On this date in 2008, Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. Which race did she win?

2) Who was the first world leader to send an e-mail?

3) What modern-day assignment did the church give the Virgin Mother?

Answers:

1) The Indy Japan 300

2) Queen Elizabeth II

3) Mary is the patron saint of aircraft.

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Questions:

1) Who was the first U.S. Postmaster General?

2) Who in the MLB led in number of games played?

3) Which was the first state to abolish slavery?

4) Where did Memorial Day originate?

Answers:

1) Benjamin Franklin, in 1775.

2) Pete Rose

3) Then a colony, Rhode Island was the first to abolish slavery in 1774.

40) Memorial Day was first commemorated in the South, honoring the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers.

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Questions:

1) This day in 1926 was especially meaningful for bookworms. Why?

2) Who was the second man ever to fly in an airplane?

3) According to an 8-year study published in 1994 by the National Institute for Highway Safety in Canada, side and front impact two-car accidents are reduced by doing what simple thing?

Answers:

1) The "Book of the Month" club was started.

2) Wilbur Wright

3) Turning on the car's headlights during the daytime.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and MVP that broke the color barrier by being the first African-American to play in the Major League? For what team did he play?

2) Which state was ceded to the U.S. (in 1819) after having previously belonged to another country?

Answers:

1) Jackie Robinson

2) Florida was ceded to the U.S. after having been under Spain's rule.

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Questions:

1) Born in India this date in 1941, she appeared in Dr. Zhivago, Shampoo, Separate Tables, and more recently in the blockbuster Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Akzaban and the Oscar-nominated Away From Her. Who is she?

2) President William Howard Taft started what is now a tradition on this date in 1910. What did he do?

3) It was on this date in 1775 that the first U.S. abolitionist organization was formed. Who were the organizers?

Answers:

1) Julie Christie

2) Throwing out the first baseball of the season.

3) Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush

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Questions:

1) Why was TV's The Muppet Show banned in Saudi Arabia?

2) Who was the first African-American (male) to win an Oscar for Best Actor?

3) Which state bears the nickname, "Ocean State"?

4) On this date in 1782, this town was the first of what would be many in the U.S. to be named "Washington." In which state was the first Washington?

Answers:

1) Due to the Islamic prohibition against pork, the show's heroine, Miss Piggy, was viewed as unacceptable and therefore the show was banned.

2) Sidney Poitier

3) Rhode Island

4) North Carolina

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Name the world's largest desert.

2) Which president had the greatest electoral vote victory?

3) How many events are included in the modern Olympic decathlon?

4) How many days after Robert E. Lee surrendered, was Lincoln assassinated?

Answers:

1) The Sahara Desert in North Africa is the largest at 3.5 million miles.

2) The 1980 win of Ronald Reagan, where he won 525 electoral votes versus Mondale's 13.

3) As the Latin suffix would imply, there are ten.

4) Lincoln was shot only five days after Lee's surrender.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor of England was a happy Prince on April 9, 2005. Why?

2) In the film The Right Stuff, who played test pilot Chuck Yeager?

3) Who did the United States make an honorary citizen on this date in 1963?

4) What was the name of the plane Charles Lindbergh flew during his famed solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927?

Answers:

1) At long last, he married Camilla Parker-Bowles.

2) Sam Shepard.

3) British statesman Sir Winston Churchill. As of 2008, six people have had this honor bestowed upon them, three during their lifetime. They were: (1) Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette (or Lafayette), a French general in the American Revolution (On 28 December 1784 the Maryland General Assembly honored Lafayette. He was made an honorary citizen of Maryland again in 1823 as well as of Connecticut the same year. He was also recognized as an honorary citizen in a 2002 joint congressional resolution); (2) Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II (posthumously 1963); (3) Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat who rescued Jews in the Holocaust (posthumously 1981); (4) William Penn, 17th and 18th century proprietor and governor of the American colony of Pennsylvania (posthumously 1984); (5) Hannah Callowhill Penn, second wife of William Penn and administrator of Pennsylvania (posthumously 1984); and (6) Mother Teresa, Albanian Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity in India (1996).

4) The Spirit of Saint Louis.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the actress, born on April 8, 1893, known as "America's Sweetheart"?

2) What food product was patented on April 8, 1873?

3) It was on this date in 1960 that the U.S. Senate passed this landmark bill. What was it?

Answers:

1) Mary Pickford

2) Margarine

3) The Civil Rights Bill.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Eleanora Fagan was born this date in 1915. We know her by her stage name which was what?

2) Where are the taste buds on a butterfly?

3) On this date in 1970, actor John Wayne did something for the first -- and last -- time. What?

4) What was actor James Garner's first film?

Answers:

1) Famous jazz singer Billie Holiday.

2) Their feet.

3) He won an Oscar (for "True Grit").

4) 1948's Joan of Arc starring Ingrid Bergman, in which he played a peasant. It was six years before his next film role.

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Questions:

1) The first version of a Cinderella story appeared in what country?

2) The U.S. government began operations under the Constitution on March 4, 1789 with the meeting of the first Congress in what city?

3) Who was the first man to stand at the North Pole?

4) During World War II, a select group of young women pilots became pioneers, heroes, and role models. These WASPs were the first women in history trained to fly American military aircraft. The U.S. Congress recently bestowed the highest civilian honor on those we have lost and those we still cherish. What does WASP stand for?

Answers:

1) China

2) New York City.

3) Robert Peary, on April 6, 1909.

4) Women Airforce Service Pilots. For more information, go to http://www.wingsacrossamerica.us/wasp/.

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Questions:

1) Name the son of a U.S. president who served in a presidential cabinet in 1881.

2) Which famed author created the fictional character Perry Mason?

3) Name the top five highest populated U.S. cities:

4) Which U.S. president's wife had the same maiden name as his family name?

Answers:

1) Robert T. Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, served as secretary of war under Presidents James Garfield and Chester Arthur.

2) Erle Stanley Gardner (1889-1970).

3) New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix.

4) Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Questions:

1) Born this date in 1725, he was known as the world's greatest lover. What was his name?

2) What animal did Lewis and Clark find during their exploration and send back to Jefferson as a pet?

3) From where was Christopher Columbus?

Answers:

1) Casanova, an Italian nobleman who had many lovers.

2) A prairie dog.

3) Italy.

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Questions:

1) Actress Ali MacGraw was born this date in 1938. She was married her co-star from the movie The Getaway in 1973. They divorced in 1978. Who was he?

2) MacGraw was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her starring role in which film?

3) The first personal computer company to $1 billion in sales was ____________.

Answers:

1) Steve McQueen

2) Love Story

3) Apple. Apple Computers achieved over $1 billion in sales in 1982.