Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Those of us with computers have seen the initials DHTML.  What does the "D" stand for?

2)  In Greek mythology, who flew too close to the sun and melted the wax from his wings?

3)  In what year did Disneyland in Anaheim open?

4)  Born on this date in 1885, he was the first man to drive a car faster than 300 mph -- who was he?


Answers:

1) D stands for Dynamic.  HTML is an acronym for hypertext markup language. It is a language that is used to produce documents for the World Wide Web.  HTML pages contain information about the fonts, text, text colors, justification, background colors, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks and other elements of a web page. Many tags can take attributes, which provide more information about how the page should be displayed. Web browsers can interpret this information to display the page in a manner which is both appealing and useful.

2)  Icarus. Read the story of Icarus here.





3) 1955
    

4) Sir Malcolm Campbell, who broke the world land speed record on nine occasions between 1924 and 1935.

Sir Malcolm at Brooklands for one of the Campbell Trophy races in the late 1930's.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This animal can go for longer periods without water than can a camel.

2)  This serialized radio program was the first successful spinoff of a nationally broadcast show. Name the  spinoff.and the original show.

3)  Only two presidents ever won their election races with the intervention of voting by members of the House of Representatives.  Who were they?

4)  Hugo Chavez died this week. How old was he?

Answers: 

1)  Kangaroo rats never drink water and can go without water longer than camels.  They live in arid environments, such as the Sonora Desert of the American Southwest, and are able to metabolize water from their food, which consists of primarily seeds. Giraffes are also able to endure longer periods without water than camels.

2)  The Great Gildersleeve was a spinoff of Fibber McGee and Molly.

Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

3)  Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams

4)  Chavez was 58 years old at the time of his death.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In 1925, Victor Lustig famously twice conned people into buying this landmark for scrap metal.

2)  This car manufacturer unveiled a two-seat, three-wheeled concept car this week.

3)  This rock group had a heavily jazz-influenced horn section and had a breakout hit with their 1969 cover of this Billie Holiday song. What was the name of the song? What was the name of the band? Extra credit: Who was the lead singer?

4)  Stalin died from this condition that is still a leading cause of death in the U.S.

Answers:

1)  The Eiffel Tower

2)  Toyota

3)  The song was "God Bless the Child," which has been covered by many artists, but none as popularly as the hit version by Blood Sweat and Tears. In addition to that great horn section, there were the powerful and soulful vocals by David Clayton Thomas.

4)  Stalin perished from having had a stroke.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which countries were involved in the Falklands War?

2)  This artery is the largest in the human body.

3)  Willie Nelson had a big hit and ultimately won a Grammy with "You Were Always on My Mind" in 1982. Ten years earlier another artist (or artists) recorded the song but didn't quite have the success with it that Willie did.  Who recorded the song in 1972?

4)  Which countries border Germany?

Answers:

1)   The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas or Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also known as the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The conflict resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which lie in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina. (Wikipedia)

2)  The largest artery is the aorta.

3)  Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley made their own recordings in 1972. Brenda's peaked at # 45 on the Country charts and Elvis's version was released as a double-sided hit with "Separate Ways," coinciding with his separation from wife, Priscilla.

Here's Brenda Lee's version.
Here's Elvis's
And let's not forget how crowded dance floors got when the DJ played the Pet Shop Boys 1987 cover !


4)  There are nine countries in all that border Germany: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   Elvis left active duty at Fort Dix, New Jersey, on March 5, 1960, and received his discharge from the Army Reserve on March 23, 1964. What rank was he when he was discharged from duty?

2)  The sun consists of which elements?

3)  Who said, "An Iron Curtain has descended..."

4)  How many recognized moons are in the Solar System?


Answers:

1)  Elvis was a sergeant when he completed his tour of duty with the Army.

2)  The Sun is made of hydrogen (74%) and helium (about 24%).

3)  While the term "Iron Curtain" in reference to Communist Russia appeared as early as 1918, Allen Dulles was responsible for the familiar quote in a December 1945 speech: "[a]n iron curtain has descended over the fate of these people and very likely conditions are truly terrible. The promises at Yalta to the contrary, probably 8 to 10 million people are being enslaved."
The first recorded occasion on which Churchill used the term "iron curtain" was in a 12 May 1945 telegram he sent to U.S. President Harry S. Truman regarding his concern about Soviet actions, stating "[a]n iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind." He was further concerned about "another immense flight of the German population westward as this enormous Muscovite advance towards the centre of Europe." Churchill concluded "then the curtain will descend again to a very large extent, if not entirely. Thus a broad land of many hundreds of miles of Russian-occupied territory will isolate us from Poland." (from Wikipedia)

<sup>4)  Counting only those moons orbiting what are considered to be accepted planets, there are 166 natural satellite moons in the solar system.

Mercury and Venus-0.
Earth-1.
Mars-2.
Jupiter-63.
Saturn-60.
Uranus-27.
Neptune-13.</sup>

Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/15516/how-many-moons-are-in-the-solar-system/#ixzz2MfzyXhSN

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which president was the first to be inaugurated in Washington D.C.?

2) Who was the first female member of Congress?
3) Jazz musician nicknames:

     a) Roland Berrigan was known as ______________
     b) William Cole ______________
     c) Joseph Oliver ______________
     d) Julian Adderly ______________

4)  Who was the first female Cabinet member?

Answers:

1)  Thomas Jefferson

2)  Jeanette Rankin. She was sworn in on this date in 1917.

3)  a) Bunny
     b) Cozy
     c) King
     d) Cannonball

4)  Frances Perkins. She was sworn in on this date in 1933 and served as Secretary of the Department of Labor..

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was Superman's father's name?

2)  On this date in 1780, this state became the first to abolish slavery.

3)  How many degrees are there in each internal angle of a pentagon?

Answers:

1)  Jor-El

2)  Pennsylvania

3)  108

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Comedian Eddie Anderson died at the age of 71 after 21 years on radio followed by 15 years on television. He was known mainly for playing this character.

2)  What do etymologists study?

3)  Established in 1804, this was the world's first black republic.

4) What are the most common symbols on a national flag? the least?

Answers:

1)  Eddie Anderson played the role of Rochester, Jack Benny's valet.

2)  Etymology is the study of word origins, usage and evolution over time.

3)  Haiti

4)  The most commonly used symbol are stars, which appear on over 50 national flags. The second most common symbol is the crescent, which is featured on 9 flags. The least common symbol is an image of the Bible, which is on the Dominican Republic flag.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Where is the historic sanctuary, Machu Picchu located?

2)  How many Wimbledon Men's Singles titles did tennis player Bjorn Borg win?

3)  When discussing electricity, what does the "D" in "DC" indicate?

4)  Chromatics is the science of what?

Answers:

1)  Peru

2)  Borg won five Wimbledon titles. This photo was from his 1977 victory against Jimmy Connors.

3)  DC stands for "Direct" current (AC = "alternating current").

4)  Chromatics is the science of colors.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Mattel introduced the Ken doll as a boyfriend for Barbie. What was Ken's last name?

2)  Demi Moore posed nude twice for the cover of this magazine. The first photo was for the cover of the August 1991 issue and showed Demi in an advanced stage of pregnancy. The second cover was published a year later and showed Demi in fighting trim, obscuring her nakedness with a hand-painted man's suit.

3)  This one corporation owns all the following products and brands - and then some: Kool-Aid, Cheez-Whiz, Jell-O, Miller Beer, Marlboro, Oscar Mayer, Post, Velveeta, Tombstone Pizza and Maxwell House.

4)  Brass is comprised of what metals/minerals?

Answers:

1)  Ken "Carson"

2)  Vanity Fair

 

3)  Phillip Morris Company

4)  Copper and zinc

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the youngest man to have served as President?

2)  Which canal was first to open - the Panama Canal or the Suez Canal?

3)  What does "url" stand for?

4)  The island of Zanzibar is in which ocean?

Answers:

1)  Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest to have served, as he was 42 when he was sworn in following McKinley's assassination. At 43, Kennedy was the youngest President ever elected.

2)  the Suez Canal

3) "universal resource locator"

4)  Zanzibar is in the Indian Ocean

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The role of Harry Callahan ("Dirty Harry") was offered to three actors prior to Clint Eastwood. Who were they?

2)  On a dart board, what number is at the top?

3)  On this date in 1965, the Beatles began filming their second movie. What was its title?

4) Who wrote Jacob's Room?

Answers:

1)  Frank Sinatra, John Wayne and Paul Newman, in that order, were offered and rejected the iconic role.

2)  20

3) Help!

4)  Virginia Woolf 

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  These two are the only presidents to have been buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

2)  This president began the custom of throwing out the first pitch of baseball season.

3)  Who was the only grandchild of a president to become president?

4)  Who was our tallest president? Our shortest?

Answers:

1)  John F. Kennedy and William Taft

 2) William Howard Taft started the tradition of throwing out the first pitch of the season.

3)  Benjamin Harrison

 4)  Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at 6'4" and James Madison, at 5'4", was the shortest.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many pieces of silver did Judas Iscariot get for betraying Jesus?

2)  This U.S. president was arrested and fined for speeding ---- while on his horse.

3)  Obviously he couldn't call it "Washington, D.C." What did George Washington call the nation's capital?

4)  Of the five Great Lakes, this is the only one that lies entirely within U.S. borders.


Answers:

1)  30

2)  Ulysses S. Grant

3)  Federal City

4)  Lake Michigan

The Lighthouse of Chicago on Lake Michigan

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who described Margaret Thatcher as being "the best man in England"?

2)  Lee Marvin was born on this date in 1924. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in this 1965 movie.

3) Who was the author of Treasure Island?

4) On this date in 1922, this vaudevillian became the first "big name" star to sign on as a regular in a radio show.

Answers:

1) Ronald Reagan

2) Cat Ballou

3)  Robert Louis Stevenson

4)  Ed Wynn

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympic games?

2) What is the hormone epinephrine also known as?

3) Name the Russian cosmonaut who flew the first manned space flight.

4) What did the U.S. Table Tennis Association want to call its sport?


Answers:

1) On February 18, 2006, American Shani Davis won the men's 1000 meter speed skating event in Turin.


2) Adrenaline

3) Yuri Gagarin, in 1961.


4) Ping-Pong, but Parker Brothers already owned the rights to the name.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How much were the Beatles paid for their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show?

2)  These two television actors made headlines when they kissed on their show in the 60s.

3)  Miles Davis cut his teeth playing for this jazz giant when he was a teenager.

4)  What is the Superbowl trophy called?

Answers:

1)  They were paid approximately $2,400.

2)  Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhuru (William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols) kissed on the original Star Trek series. It was the first kiss between an interracial couple to be shown on television.

3)  Charlie Parker

4) It's called the "Vince Lombardi" trophy.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1968 Planet of the Apes opened in theaters nationwide. Who were the three actors playing the main characters in the movie?

2)  This president was the first to have a radio in the White House.

3)  This was Jane Austen's first published novel.

4)  Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?

Actors:

1)  Charlton Heston, Roddy MacDowell and Kim Hunter

2)  Warren G. Harding

3)  Sense and Sensibility

4)  Daniel Defoe

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  If a dish's title includes the word, "florentine," what does that mean?

2)  According to Greek mythology, Prometheus stole this from the gods.

3)  This is the only state in the U.S that has no caves.


Answers:

1)  It means that it has spinach.

2)  Fire

3) Delaware

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1943, this singer debuted on Your Hit Parade.

2)  Leonardo da Vinci died in what country?

3)  What was the flight number of the PanAm plane that was bombed over Lockerbie, Scotland?

4)  Whose remains were discovered under a parking lot in England?

Answers:

1)  Frank Sinatra

2)  France

3)  Flight #103

4)  Richard III