Alan Rock's Trivia!

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

2)  It was on this date in 1960 that singer Connie Francis make her film acting debut. What was the movie?

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

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

Answers:

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

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

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



4)  Pepsi Cola

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1929, a comedy program starring Freeman Gosden  and Charles Correllas debuted on NBC Radio.  What was the name of the program?

2)  To date, how many Terminator films are there?

3) London's Big Ben is located at what building?

4)  Les Miserables was written by who?


Answers:

1)  Amos 'n' Andy.

2)  4

3)  Palace of Westminster

4)  Victor Hugo

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

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

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

3)  Where is the largest concentration of bones in the human body?

Answers:

1)  New York County - which is the borough of Manhattan.

2)  Cheetah

3)  Of the 206 bones in the body, 106 are in the hands and feet.

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Questions:

1)  This philosopher died after having been sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.

2)  In terms of land mass, which country is largest?

3) Which state's highways have the highest speed limit?

Answers:

1)  Socrates

2)  Canada

3)  Texas

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many moons does Mercury have?

2)  What was Ernest Hemingway's first published novel?

3)  The first known encyclopedias are associated with this country.

4)  This sign is the first in the Zodiac.

Answers:

1)  zero

2)  The Sun Also Rises

3)  Ancient Greece

4)  The Zodiac Calendar coincides with the vernal equinox. People born between March 21 and April 20 are born under the sign of the ram: Aries.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This basketball team is the world's most famous team.

2)  Born Ruth Lee Jones, this singer was equally at ease in jazz, soul and pop idioms. She performed with such jazz greats as Clifford Brown, Cannonball Adderley and Wynton Kelly. Her breakthrough crossover hit, "What a Difference a Day Makes" introduced her to the mainstream.  What was her stage name?

3)  What was odd about the Battle of New Orleans?

4)  The sociological term for the type of living arrangement where two people marry and establish their own residence?

Answers:

1)  The Harlem Globetrotters

2)  Dinah Washington

3)  What was odd about it was the timing. The Battle of New Orleans was fought two weeks after the War of 1812 ended.

4)  "neolocal"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many punctuation marks are in the English language?

2)  Where in the body are blood cells made?

3)  What does a chronometer measure?

4)  Today is Terry Jean Bollea's birthday. The public knows Terry as who?

Answers:

1)  14

2)  bone marrow

3)   time

4)  Hulk Hogan

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1) In what year was Twitter launched?

2) Where was Interpol founded?

3) How many 'A's' are there in a standard Scrabble set?

4) What is the name of President Obama's dog?


Answers:

1) 2006
Twitter is an online social networking service and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July, the social networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registered users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day.  Since its launch, Twitter has become one of the ten most visited websites on the Internet, and has been described as "the SMS of the Internet." Unregistered users can read tweets, while registered users can post tweets through the website interface, SMS, or a range of apps for mobile devices. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco, with additional servers and offices in New York City, Boston, and San Antonio.

2) Vienna, 1923
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries.  At INTERPOL, we aim to facilitate international police cooperation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our Constitution prohibits ‘any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character'.

3) Nine


4) Bo

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  A 19th-century entrepreneur started his empire at the age of 16 with a ferry service from Staten Island to Manhattan. Who was he?

2)  The name of this soft drink is a nickname for the illegal alcohol, moonshine. It was originally intended to be used as a whiskey mixer.

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

4)  Vexillology is the study of what?


Answers:

1)  Cornelius Vanderbilt Sr.

2)  Mountain Dew

3)  39,012 fans came out to see the first baseball game to be held at night.

4)  flags

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Questions:

1)  What famous North American landmark is eroding by 2.5 feet every year?

2)  According to U.S. flag codes, no flag is permitted to fly higher than the U.S. flag, with one notable exception. What is the exception?

3)  This sport is one where neither the participants nor the spectators know who's ahead or what the score is until the contest ends.

4)  Manuel Noriega was the military governor of what country?

Answers:

1)  Niagara Falls

2)  The United Nations building

3)  boxing

4)  Panama

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Questions:

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

2)  The Treaty of Versailles was signed in what year?

3)  In 1924, Harold Gray introduced this long-running comic strip.

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

Answers:

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

2)  The Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919. bringing World War I to an end.

3)  Little Orphan Annie

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

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

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

2)  The trophy awarded to the team winning the NBA finals has a name. What is the name of the trophy?

3)  What's the difference between a nook and a cranny?

4)  Which famous movie actress died under mysterious circumstances on August 5, 1962?


Answers:

1)  Ronald Reagan

2)  The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy

3)  A nook is  a corner and a cranny is a crack.

4)  Marilyn Monroe

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Questions:

1)  This president signed Medicare into law on this date in 1965.

2)  This fighter knocked out Mike Tyson in the 4th round on this date in 2004.

3)  What film roles got Hilary Swank her two Best Actress Oscars?

4)  This composer has garnered over 40 Academy Award nominations for his musical scores. You will recognize his music from Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars.

Answers:

1)  President Lyndon Baines Johnson

2)  Danny Williams

3)  She won for breakthrough portrayals in Boys Don't Cry and Million Dollar Baby.

4)  John Williams

Alan Rock's trivia!

Questions:

1)  "Fax" is the abbreviated term for what word?

2)  Jack Paar debuted as The Tonight Show host on this date in 1957. Who were the two hosts to precede him?

3)  This former NFL player was later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

4)  This actress was the first to have won the Best Actress Academy Award twice.

Answers:

1)  facsimile

2)  Steve Allen and Ernie Kovaks

3) Byron "Whizzer" White

4)  Luise Rainer won two Best Actress awards two consecutive  years: in 1936 for her role in The Great Ziegfeld and in 1936 for the lead in The Good Earth.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1984, this nightly program became the first U.S. television show to broadcast in stereo.

2)  What was Pierce Brosnan's last film as James Bond?

3)  How many hearts does an earthworm have?

Answers:

1)  The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson


2)  Die Another Day



3)  An earthworm has five hearts.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Louise Joy Brown set a precedent for being what?

2)  Who was the first American officer to reach the rank of general?

3)  How many English Kings named George have there been?

4)  He was the first actor to win three Oscars.

Answers:

1)  Born on this day in 1978, Louise Joy Brown was the first test tube baby.

2)  Ulysses S. Grant

3)  6

4)  Walter Brennan

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many official languages are there in the U.S.?

2)  What time of day (London, GMT) was the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son born?  The new baby is third in line to the throne.

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

4)  What is the #1 favorite musical instrument Americans like to play?

Answers:

1)  Trick question: there are no languages designated as "official."

2)  4:24 PM

3)  boxing

4)  piano

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Questions:

1)  She was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle.

2)  In South America, this country's leader is remembered as "The Liberator."

3)  This crime story author created the popular detective Phillip Marlowe in a series of books which included The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely and The Long Goodbye.

4)  He was the first criminal to have been designated by the FBI as "Public Enemy Number One."

Answers:

1)  In February 1995, after several years of training with NASA, Eileen Collins became the first female astronaut to pilot a space shuttle mission when she served as second-in-command of the shuttle Discovery during its unprecedented rendezvous with the Russian space station Mir. In May 1997, Collins piloted her second mission, on the shuttle Atlantis, during its delivery of 7,000 pounds of equipment to Mir.
Collins had logged 419 hours in space by the time she was chosen by NASA to become its first female shuttle commander. The shuttle Columbia, under Collin's command, made history on July 23, 1999, when it blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its way to the deployment of a $1.5 billion telescope into earth's orbit. (source: biography.com)

2)  Simon Bolivar

3)  Raymond Chandler

4)  John Dillinger

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was the original title of Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind?

2)  On this date in 1934, this famous gangster was gunned down by FBI
 agents in Chicago.

3)  She was 19 when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel.

4)  This university began as the "College of New Jersey."

Answers:

1)  Tomorrow Is Another Day was Mitchell's original choice for the title.

2)  John Dillinger

3)  The year was 1926 when Gertrude Ederle made her historic swim across the Channel.

4)  The "College of New Jersey"  is now Princeton University.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Prior to her success as a comedienne, Phyllis Diller had aspirations of becoming what?

2)   What major league baseball team was the first to have two triple plays in one game?

3)  Joe DiMaggio got hits in how many consecutive games?

4)  What is the name of Neptune's largest moon?

Answers:

1)  A concert pianist. She attended Chicago's Sherwood Music Conservatory. Here she plays a duet with Liberace.

2)  It was on this date in 1990 that the Minnesota Twins had two triple plays in one game.

3)  56

4)  Triton

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

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

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

3)  This television series holds the record for longest running Western.

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

Answers:

1)  "Zone Improvement Plan"

2) Alamogordo, NM. The blast was visible from as far as 180 miles away.

3)  Gunsmoke

4)  the Church of Christian Science

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which monarch was the first to reside at Buckingham Palace?

2)  Whose picture is on the American twenty dollar bill?

3)  What was the name of the U.S. vice president who shot Alexander Hamilton to death in a duel on July 11, 1804?

4)  How many novels are in the Harry Potter series?


Answers:

1) Queen Victoria


2) Andrew Jackson


3) Aaron Burr. 


4) seven

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Andy Murray is the first Brit to win the Wimbledon Tournament singles title in how many years?

2)  How many U.S. presidents have been assassinated?

3)  After China and India, which country is the most populous?

4)  Which of the canonical New Testament gospels is the briefest?

Answers:

1)  Many of the headlines around the world have heralded the Murray victory with sentiments such as, "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon, ends 77-year British drought" and "Inspired Murray ends 77 years of British hurt."  However, if you count women as people, it has actually been only 36 years. Murray is the first male to win in 77 years. Virginia Wade won at Wimbledon in 1977.

2)  Four: Garfield, McKinley, Lincoln and Kennedy.

3)  The U.S.

4)  The Gospel of St. Mark

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This architect designed his iconic geodesic dome for residential use.

2)  What language is spoken in the Canary Islands?

3)  Tom Hanks is a big collector of these.

4)  What gemstone signifies a 40th wedding anniversary?

Answers:

1)  Buckminster Fuller

2)  Spanish

3)  Tom Hanks collects typewriters

4)  The ruby

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What elected official heads the American Red Cross?

2)  He was the youngest tennis player to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon.

3)  How long was the Statue of Liberty closed in the aftermath of super storm Sandy?

4)  Beginning in 1904, he wrote, composed, produced, and appeared in more than three dozen Broadway musicals. One of his most popular songs, "Over There," was a favorite for soldiers serving in WWI. Who was this composer?

Answers:

1)  the President

2)  Boris Becker was 17 when he won the title in 1985.

3)  8 months - the landmark reopened in time for the Fourth of July.

4)  George M. Cohan

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1947,  this African-American baseball player became the first to sign with an American League team (Cleveland Indians).

2)  On this date in 1865, William Booth founded this "religious regiment" in London.

3)  The Peabody Award recognizes achievement in what field?

Answers:

1)  Larry Doby

2)  The Salvation Army

3)  The Peabody is awarded to recognize achievements in broadcasting, both for journalism and entertainment.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   a) How many individuals signed the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776? b) Who was the first to sign the document?

2)  Both of these famous patriots died on this date in 1826.

3)  The first ten amendments to the Constituion are known as what?

4)  Will Smith starred in this 4th of July-themed movie.

Answers:

1)  Two. John Hancock was the first, signing on behalf of Congress. Charles Thomson, Secretary, was the the witnessing signature.

2)  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

3)  The Bill of Rights

4)  Independence Day

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Varieties of this fruit include "Ambrosia," "Smitten" and "Lemonade."

2)  This plant's lesser known names are "sunroot" and "sunchoke."

3)  This book represented the beginnings of Scientology.

4)  Who was the composer of the opera, Il Barbiere di Seviglia (The Barber of Seville)?

Answers:

1)  apple

2)  the artichoke

3)  Dianetics

4)  Rossini

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1776, delegates from the 12 colonies signed the Declaration of independence. On July 3rd and 4th, the delegates did some tweaking to the Declaration then signed it again on the Fourth.  One of the Founding Fathers thought Independence Day should be celebrated on the 2nd, the date when the delegates convened and originally signed the document.

2)  Thurgood Marshall was born on this date in 1908. He was the first African-American to be appointed to this position.

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

4)  In U.S. history: A U.S. president was assassinated on this date - which one?

Answers:

1)  John Adams thought the 2nd was the better choice to commemorate the occasion. He wrote to his wife Abigail, "The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epochs in the history of America... It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more."

2)  Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American to serve as a United States Supreme Court Justice.

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

4)  James Garfield was shot and killed July 2, 1881 by embittered attorney, Charles Guiteau.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1941 the first FCC-sanctionedTV commercial aired during a Dodgers-Phillies baseball game. What product did the commercial feature?

2)  In which decade was the first Coca-Cola served?

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

4)  In the flag, the "canton" refers to which part?


Answers:

1)  Bulova watches

2)  1880s

3)  There are 11 observed holidays: New Years Day, MLK, Inauguration Day (every 4 years), Persidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.

4)  The blue field is the canton.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This president declared Labor Day a federal holiday.

2)  What is genuphobia?

3)  Among other inventions, he designed the first mechanical ventilating fan.

4)  On this date in 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed. What did that document represent?

Answers:

1)  On this date in 1894, President Grover Cleveland established Labor Day as a federal holiday.

2)  fear of knees and/or kneeling

3)  Leonardo da Vinci

4)  The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that in its signing, ended World War I.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What did Kim and Kanye name their baby?

2)  What are the primary ingredients of tabouleh?

3)  Hypotension refers to what condition?

4)  How many megabytes are in a gigabyte?

Answers:

1)  They named the child, born June 15th, "North."

2)  Bulgar wheat and parsley

3)  low blood pressure

4)  1024

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  An octopus has eight arms/legs, but it also has more than one heart. How many hearts does an octopus have?

2)  Disney's Goofy started out with a different name. What was it?

3)  Which literary detective solves the case in A Study in Scarlet?

4)  Who was the longest serving member of Congress?

Answers:

1)  According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an octopus has three hearts, nine brains and blue blood.

An octopus has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood. Two hearts pump blood to the gills, while a third circulates it to the rest of the body. The nervous system includes a central brain and a large ganglion at the base of each arm which controls movement. Octopus blood contains the copper-rich protein hemocyanin, which is more efficient than hemoglobin for oxygen transport at very low temperatures and low oxygen concentrations. - See more at: http://theterramarproject.org/thedailycatch/an-octopus-has-3-hearts-9-brains-and-blue-blood/#sthash.0lYBs0NH.dpuf

An octopus has three hearts, nine brains, and blue blood. Two hearts pump blood to the gills, while a third circulates it to the rest of the body. The nervous system includes a central brain and a large ganglion at the base of each arm which controls movement. Octopus blood contains the copper-rich protein hemocyanin, which is more efficient than hemoglobin for oxygen transport at very low temperatures and low oxygen concentrations - See more at: http://theterramarproject.org/thedailycatch/an-octopus-has-3-hearts-9-brains-and-blue-blood/#sthash.0lYBs0NH.dpuf

2)  Dippy Dog

3)  Sherlock Holmes

4)  The answer used to be Senator Robert Byrd from West Virginia until his length of service was recently surpassed by 86 year-old John Dingell of Michigan who has so far served 57 years and 6 months.

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

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This president added the words, "under God" to the pledge of allegiance.

2)  On this date in 1986, participants of Dick Clark’s TV special America Picks the Number One Songs chose three songs to represent the top songs of the rock era. What were they?

3)  The New York Yankees started out with another team name as well as another town. What was the original team name and what city was their home?

4) Bismarck is the capital of what state?

Answers:

1) Eisenhower

2) Participants  chose Bill Haley’s "Rock Around the Clock," Simon & Garfunkel’s "Bridge Over Troubled Waters," and Lionel Richie’s "All Night Long" as the top three songs of the era.

3)  The Yankees began as the Baltimore Orioles and relocated to New York in 1903.

4)  North Dakota

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?

2)  He is the cartoonist who created Garfield?

3)  Damascus is the capital of what country?

4)  Inventor Gottfried Wilhelm Daimler invented what type of motorized vehicle?

Answers:

1)  The Colorado River

2)  Jim Davis

3)  Syria

4)  Daimler created the first motorcycle in 1885.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  By tradition, the winner of the Indianapolis 500 drinks this beverage to celebrate the victory.

2)  This sporting event facility seats more spectators than any other in the world.

3)  Windsor Castle was built in what century?

 


Answers:

1)  Milk. According to Wikipedia, the tradition began when Louis Meyer requested a glass of buttermilk after winning his second Indy 500 race in 1933. After winning his third title in 1936, he requested another glass but instead received a bottle. He was captured by a photographer in the act of swigging from the bottle while holding up three fingers to signify the third win. A local dairy company executive recognized the marketing opportunity in the image and, being unaware Meyer was drinking buttermilk, offered a bottle of milk to the winners of future races. Milk has been presented each year since then apart from 1947 to 1955. Modern drivers are offered a choice of whole, 2%, and skim.
At the 1993 Indianapolis 500, winner Emerson Fittipaldi, who owned and operated an orange grove, notoriously drank orange juice instead of milk following the win. He eventually relented and also drank milk later in the post-race ceremonies.

2)  The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with seating for some 250,000 fans. The IMS is so large that Churchill Downs, Yankee Stadium, the Rose Bowl, the Roman Colosseum and Vatican City can all fit inside the IMS oval, which covers 253 acres.

^{3)  The 11th century.}

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1964 this singer became the first to chart in the UK with a cover of The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love."

2)  Who sang the Bond theme "You Only Live Twice"?

3)  "The Fonz" was a character for what television series?

4)  What is a "homburg"?


Answers:

1)  Ella Fitzgerald. Listen here for Ella's swinging rendition from her 1964 album, Hello, Dolly!

2)  Nancy Sinatra sang the title song from the 1967 Sean Connery film. It was recently incorporated into the last scene of last season's finale of Mad Men.

3)  Henry Winkler's  Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli lightened his tough biker/greaser persona from Lords of Flatbush (a movie that launched his career and those of Sylvester Stallone and Perry King) and became the comic counterweight for the wholesome Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard) for TV's Happy Days.

4)  A homburg is a type of gentleman's hat and is a bit on the dressy side.



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(from plainolas.com)  

Hats for Dress Occasions and the Business Office
     You have two options, the Derby and the Homburg.  The Derby or Bowler is familiar to most of us who’ve seen old movies and it always seemed that it’s what the butler wore, but seems to have been pretty much on it’s way out in terms of popularity with the general public (Based on the fact that it's not featured in any of the era catalogs I've perused).  The black, rounded top (generally around 5” tall) and the flat rather slim brim (around 2”) are distinctive.  Less obvious is the 1 ½  inch black hatband. They were generally worn at daytime with a business suit or even with a tuxedo. 

     The Homburg was more often seen in daytime formal dress and in the business office and were either black (or very dark blue), brown, or grey colored.  It Featured a stiff brim about 2 ½ “ wide (sometimes narrower in the front) with an upward curl molded around the edge of the brim.  (Some catalogs call it a “rolled brim” hat.)  The crown was somewhat tapered and around 5 ½ inches tall featuring a lengthwise fold (the “center crease” style) running evenly from the front to the back of the hat.  The Homburg had straight, “un-pinched,” sides as befitting a serious hat and was set off with a 2 ¼ inch black (or complementary colored) hatband.  Some authorities rank the Homburg just below the top hat and above the derby, or order of formality.