Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On April 22, 1976, who became network television's first news anchorwoman when she accepted an offer to co-anchor the evening news?  Who was her co-anchor?

2)  On April 22, 1914, Babe Ruth made his professional baseball debut as a pticher for what team?

3)  During World War II, home gardening was encouraged as a means of freeing up the food supply that was being sent to the U.S. troops.  What was the popular name for these suburban gardens?

4)  Carrying electrical signals that control the body, these cells come from the brain and the spinal cord.  What are they called?


Answers:

1)  Barbara Walters with Harry Reasoner



2)  The Baltimore Orioles



3)  Victory Gardens



4)  Neurons carry electrical signals that control the body.

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Questions:

1)  Which state is the Grand Canyon in?

2)  This city is the first to have recorded having a population of 1 million people.

3)  Which country presently has the second largest population?

Answers:

1)  Arizona

2)  Rome

3)  India is 2nd, with a population of 1.2 billion. China is the most populous with 1.3 billion. The U.S. is 3rd, with 314 million.

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Questions:

1)  He is credited for having said, "Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life."

2)  Journalism is known as which "estate"?

3)  Who was the first African-American coach in the NBA?

4)  On this date in 1902 this country became the first to adopt fingerprinting to identify criminals.

Answers:

1)  Confucius

2)  the 4th estate

3)  Bill Russell was named player-coach of the Celtics on this date in 1966. Under his leadership, the Celtics won 11 championships in 13 seasons.

4)  Denmark

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Questions:

1)  What does a tachometer measure?

2)  On this date in 1964, this woman was the first  to successfully circumnavigate the earth flying solo.

3)  What year did the Berlin Wall get torn down?

4)  What is the name of the new strain of bird flu from China?

Answers:

1)  rotation speed

2)  Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock.  The flight took 291 days, 21 stopovers and covered about 50, 300 km. Born in nearby Newark, Ohio in 1925, she called her aircraft the Spirit of Columbus.

3)  1989

4) H7N9

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Questions:

1)  Cervical vertebrae on humans are labeled C1 - C?

2)  What does a phlebotomist do?

3)  On this date in 1962, Walter Cronkite began his stint as anchor of the CBS Evening News.  What was the name of the anchorman he replaced?

Answers:

1)  C1 - C7

2)  The phlebotomist is the medical technician that "vants to draw your blood."

3)  Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards

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Questions:

1)  Competitive golfers know the 11th, 12th and 13th holes of the Augusta National golf course as what?

2)  Someone with a BMI of 32 would be considered what?

3)  By water content, how much snow is equivalent to one inch of rain?

4)  This seaboard state has the shortest ocean coastline.

Answers:

1)  "The Amen Corner" was a term coined by Herbert Warren Wind in his 1958 Sports Illustrated article chronicling that year's tournament. It's the stretch of play on Augusta's famed back nine that starts with the second shot on the 11th hole and continues through the tee shot on the 13th hole.

 2)  obese

3)  Ten inches of snow is equal to one inch of rain.

4)  New Hampshire

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Questions:

1)  This animal has a body part called a "plastron."

2)  They are credited with having been the first racially-integrated group of jazz musicians.

3)  How many events are in a decathlon?

4)  This TV series was the first to feature two inter-racial leads.

Answers:

1)  A plastron is the segmented underside of a turtle.

2)  The Benny Goodman Quartet - Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton and Gene Krupa.

3)  The decathlon is a 10-event competition spread over two days:

• First Day: 100 meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meter run 
• Second Day: 110 meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1500 meter run

4)  I Spy, which debuted in 1965, starred Robert Culp and Bill Cosby.

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Questions:

1)  This jazz trumpeter gained the nickname, "Prince of Darkness" due to his reticent and even surly demeanor with the media.

2)  Located on the U.S. Eastern seaboard, this state has registered 16 earthquakes since 1974.

3)  When naming aircrafts, what do the letters, "T," "F" and "B" stand for?

4)  The ancient Romans called this symbol the "king of birds" and used its likeness to precede each marching legion. 

Answers:

1)  Miles Davis

2)  Maine

3)  Trainer, Fighter and Bomber

4)  The Golden Eagle

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Questions:

1)  In the story by Washington Irving, how many years did Rip van Winkle sleep?

2)  This album, commonly referred to as the "White Album," was officially titled what?

3)  On this date in 2005, Prince Charles married his longtime sweetheart, Camilla Bowles. Upon marrying Charles, she took on this title...

4) The Golf Hall of Fame opened on this date in 1974, in what city?

Answers:

1)   20

2)  The Beatles

3) Camilla's official tile is Duchess of Cornwall

4)  The Golf Hall of Fame is in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

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Questions:

1)  According to the story of the Knights of the Round Table, which knight found the Holy Grail?

2)  The wheelbarrow was invented in what country?

3)  She was the first African-American to sing with New York's Metropolitan Opera company died on this date in 1993.

4)  This country produces the most olive oil.

 Answers:

1)   Sir Galahad - shown here with Monty Python's Michael Palin as the incorruptible knight.

2)  China

3)  Marian Anderson. She also famously sung on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the request of First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt - to the chagrin of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

4)  Spain

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Question:

1)  What color is the cross in the Swedish flag?

Answer:

1)  Yellow

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Questions:

1)  In Les Miserables, what color is the "world about to dawn"?

2)  Where is your pineal gland located?

Answers:

1)  red

2) in the brain

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Questions:

1)  It's Doris Day's 89st birthday today! Who wrote the lyrics to the song, "Please Don't  Eat the Daisies"?

Answers:

1)  Jay Lubin

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Questions:

1) What animal did Lewis and Clark find during their expedition? They decided to send it back to Jefferson as a pet?

2)  Who wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence?


Answers:

1)  The explorers sent Jefferson a prairie dog.

2)  It was Jefferson who wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence.

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Questions:

1)  This computer company was the first to reach $1 billion in annual sales.

2)  What is the most traded currency in terms of value?

Answers:

1)  Apple hit the $1 billion mark in sales in 1982.

2)  The U.S. dollar

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Questions:

1)  What World War II fighter pilot was the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947?

2)  What was the first name of the man behind the Pritikin Diet?

3)  Which former movie star served as a member of the U.N. delegation and as ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia?

4)  What year was the polio vaccine created?

Answers:

1)  Charles "Chuck" Elwood Yeager. Jackie Cochran was the first woman to break the speed of sound.

2)  Nathan

3)  Shirley Temple Black

4)  1955

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Questions:

1)   What does "sibilance" mean?

2)  He was the only president to enter and complete a full term as a bachelor.

3)  How many varieties of apples are there?

Answers:

1)  Sibilance is when there is a pronounced hissing sound when pronouncing words with "hard" S sounds.

2)  James Buchanan

3) There are more than 7000 varieties of apples that are grown  in the world.

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Questions:

1)  This river flows through the Grand Canyon.

2)  Who was the cartoonist and creator of Garfield?

3)  He was credited with having once said, "Some cause happiness wherever they go, others, whenever they go."

4)  Just this week, this auto manufacturer had to apologize for an ad campaign that depicted women bound and gagged, being forced into the trunk of a car.

Answers:

1)  the Colorado River

2)  Jim Davis

3)  Oscar Wilde

4)  The company was Ford. At issue was an insensitive (to say the least) series of ads that began running in India where there is a widespread problem with sex trafficking.

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Questions:


1)  Where were brothers Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm born?

2) What year was John Lennon shot?

3)   On this date in 1937 spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas unveiled a statue of a man who meant a great deal to them. Who was it?

4)  On this date in 1885, something momentous occurred for the motion picture industry. What was it?

Answers:

1)  Hanau in Hasse-Kassel, Germany

2)  1980

3)  Popeye the Sailor (the statue remains today).

4)  The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company of Rochester, New York manufactured the first commercial motion picture film.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  2011 marked the silver anniversary of the long-running series of Nintendo's Legend of what?

2) What car succeeded the Ford Model T?

3)  What actor provides the voices of Principal Skinner and Mr. Burns on The Simpsons?


Answers:

1)  Zelda


2)  Model A



3)  Harry Shearer

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Tiger Woods, competing in town right now at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and his new girlfriend, Lindsey Vonn, have gone public with their romance this week. They deliberately released pictures to the press in order to devalue paparazzi photos. Lindsey is also an athlete. What is her sport?

2)  Oryza sativa is the botanical name for this food.

3)  Where are the parotid glands located?

Answers:

1)  Lindsey is an accomplished skier. She has won four overall World Cup championships – one of only two female skiers to do so, along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009, and 2010,plus another in 2012.Vonn also won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman. She has also won six consecutive World Cup season titles in the downhill discipline (2008-2013), four consecutive titles in Super G (2009-2012), and three consecutive titles in the combined (2010-2012).
Vonn is one of six women to have won World Cup races in all five disciplines of alpine skiing – downhill, super G, giant slalom, slalom, and super combined – and has won 59 World Cup races in her career through January 26, 2013. Only two ski racers have more World Cup victories in their careers, Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria with 62 and Ingemar Stenmark of Sweden with 86. With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus three silver medals in 2007 / 2011), and four overall World Cup titles, Vonn has become the most successful American skier in history.
Vonn received the Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year for 2010. She was also honored again as the USOC's sportswoman of the year for 2010 (courtesy Wikipedia)

 2)  Oryza sativa is rice.

3)  The parotid glands are in your mouth.

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Questions:

1)  The FNMA was founded in 1938 as part of FDR's New Deal.  What does the acronym stand for and what is its popular nickname?

2)  On this date in 1989, Dick Clark announced he was leaving American Bandstand after having hosted the show 33 years.  Who was his replacement?

3)  Who was the author of the book, Lolita?


Answers:

1)  The Federal National Mortgage Association - otherwise known as "Fannie Mae."

2)  American Bandstand's next host was David Hirsh.

3)  Vladimir Nabakov.

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Questions:

1)  This actor won an Oscar for his role as "Randy the Ram" in The Wrestler.

2)  Radar was first used on this date in 1934.  Where?

3)  This physicist wrote the popular science book, A Brief History of Time.

Answers:

1)  Mickey Rourke

2)  Radar was first used in Germany for military purposes in order to detect air, ground and sea targets.

 3)  Stephen Hawking

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The show Honey West featured television's first female private eye. Who played her on the show?

2)  What is the second most populous city in the U.S.? In the world?

3)  A hippophile is someone who is fond of what?

4)  Actor and occasional musician Bruce Willis is celebrating his 58th birthday. What is the name of his blues band?

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5)   On March 19, 1988, Michael Jackson bought a ranch near Santa Ynez, California, and built his own personal zoo and amusement park. What did he call it?

6)  On March 19, 1953, the Academy Awards ceremony did this for the first time. Did what?

Answers:

1)  Anne Francis. It lasted only one season, from 1965-66.

2)  Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the U.S. Guangzhou, China (formerly known as Canton) is the second-most populous in the world.

Guangzhou, China

3)  A hippophile is fond of horses.

4)  Bruno

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5)  Neverland

6)  The Academy Awards ceremony was televised for the first time from Hollywood and New York. That year The Greatest Show on Earth was named best picture of 1952; John Ford won as best director for The Quiet Man; Gary Cooper won best actor for "High Noon," while Shirley Booth received best actress for Come Back, Little Sheba.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   What part of the chicken is called "the parson's nose"?

2)  This alto saxophonist was behind the landmark 1959 release, The Shape of Jazz to Come.

3)  This virus' official name is varicella. By what name is it more commonly known?

4)  This pianist/keyboardist is best known for his fusion group, Return to Forever.

Answers:

1) It's the fatty, fleshy, somewhat nose-shaped flap that's attached to the chicken's anus. Some people say it's their favorite part of the chicken!

2)   Ornette Coleman

3)  Chicken Pox

4)  Chick Corea

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1968, Life magazine proclaimed him to be the "most spectacular guitarist in the world."

2)  On this date in 1869, the first American professional baseball team was formed who were they?

3) This be-bop musician died tragically, not of substance-related issues, but from a car accident in June, 1956. WHo was he?

4)  This major-league team had two players that hit more than 50 home runs within the same season. What team was it and who were the hitters?

Answers:

1)  Jimi Hendrix

2)  The Cincinnati Red Stockings.

3)  Clifford Brown

4)  It was the 1961 season; the team was the Yankees and the hitters were Roger Maris, who had 61 home runs and Mickey Mantle who had 54 homers.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This fictional island was home to King Kong.

2)  What is the difference between spirits and liqueurs?

3)  This state is home to the Hagerman Fossil Beds and Craters of the Moon.

Craters of the Moon - Pahoehoe "Ropy" Lava

4)  Billy Crystal went to college on an athletic scholarship. What kind of athlete was he?

Answers:

1)  Skull Island

2)  A liqueur is a sweet distilled spirit with sugar contents starting at 2.5 percent. Spirits do not have the added sugar.

3)  Idaho

4)  Baseball 

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the speed of sound in dry air?

2)  How old is Tina Turner?

3) What group had the hit, "Summer in the City" in 1966?

4) What years were the second Boer War fought?

Answers:

1)  768 mph

2)  The seemingly ageless Ms. Turner, seen here performing the John Waite hit, "Missing You," where her legs almost steal the show.

3)  The Lovin' Spoonful. Watch here.

4)  1899 - 1902

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Questions:

1)  Wonder Woman, the TV series starring Lynda Carter, premiered on this date in 1974. The original Wonder Woman comic book character was created by Charles Moulton. Moulton was also notable for having invented what device?

2)   He was the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions.

3)  Yogi Berra's real first name wasn't Yogi - what was it?

4)  Liza Minnelli won an Oscar for her role in this film.

Answers:

1)  Charles Moulton invented the polygraph.

2)  Wally Schirra

3)  "Lawrence" - Lawrence Peter Berra! Here is a page devoted to some of his famous sayings:

4)  Minnelli won for her role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret.