Alan Rock's Trivia!

Q:  Who is often called the father of the jazz saxophone?

A:  Coleman Hawkins!

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Question:

According to popular myth, windmills spin in a counter-clockwise direction except in what country?

Answer:

Ireland

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Question:

How many languages are actively spoken in the world?

Answer:

approximately 6,000

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Question:

How many miles does a hive of honeybees have to travel to create one pound of honey?

Answer:

Over 55,000 miles

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Question:

35% of people taking out ads for dating have what in common?

Answer:

They're married.

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Question:

On average, how many words do people utter during the course of a day?

Answer:

Roughly 4,800/day

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Question:

What is the maximum number of times you can fold a piece of paper in half?

Answer: 

The popular answer is seven.

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Question:

What is the one substance that weighs less in solid form than as a liquid?

Answer:

Water

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Question:

When numbers are spelled out, which number is the first to contain the letter "a"?

Answer:

One thousand

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Question:

If all the blood vessels in the human body were laid end-to-end, how far would they reach?

Answer:

60,000 miles

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Question:

Bob Hope was born on this date in 1903. He managed to wrangle some sweet perks in his various contracts for films and appearances, including lifetime supplies of automobiles, gas and what else?

Answer:

bubble gum

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Question:

Over the course of a lifetime, American women will spend on average, $20,557on these.

Answer:

shoes

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Questions:

1)  People tip more generously if their server does this.

2)  75% of people surveyed advise that you never do what on Facebook?

3)  One in ten parents at some point ask their kids for help with this.

Answers:

1)  People tip better if the server is wearing some item of clothing that's red.

2)  Never "friend" your boss.

3)  the TV remote

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Questions:

1)  According the the Food Network, the most hated food is liver, followed by lima beans. What is the third most-hated food?

2)  41% of people in romantic relationships do this, even though it bothers their partner.

3)  On average, a family of 4 spends $500 a year on this.

Answers:

1)  mushrooms

2)  stay in touch with an ex

3)  ordering pizza

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Questions:

1)  30% of Americans forget these more often than anything else.

2)  In a recent survey of 2,739 men, 14% (1 out of every 7) of them have their mothers still doing what?

Answers:

1) pin numbers

2) their laundry

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Questions:

1)  In Greek mythology what was the name for the goddess of victory?

2)  How many pints are in a gallon?

3)  Who wrote and recorded the 1972 hit, "A Horse With No Name"?

4)  What bone in the human body is the longest?

Answers:

1) Nike

2) 8

3)  America. The song was featured recently in season three of Breaking Bad.

4)  The femur, or thigh bone.

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Questions:

1)  Cryobiology is the study of the body's reactions to what kind of conditions?

2)  Where is the malleus bone?

3)  Lawrence Tero's birthday is today. I pity the fool who doesn't know who he is.

Answers:

1)  study the effects of cold on the body

2)  in the ear

3)  He's "Mr. T."

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Questions:

1)  How long was Joe DiMaggio married to Marilyn Monroe?

2)  Dry ice is the frozen form of what?

3)  What is the name of the preschool-aged child on The Jetsons?

4)  What animal's young is referred to as a pullet (singular)?

Answers:

1)  It was Marilyn's second marriage. They were married in January of 1954 and divorced in October; the entire marriage lasted only ten months - 274 days.

2)  Many confuse dry ice and liquid nitrogen because both are cold. Dry ice is pure carbon dioxide.

3)  Elroy

4)  chicken, specifically a hen

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Questions:

1)  What percentage of the earth's surface is covered in water?

2)  How old was Joan of Arc when she turned the "100-Year War" to France's favor?

3)  Who was the first Democratic presidential candidate to use an image of a donkey on his campaign posters?

4)  This U.S. president was the first to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Answers:

1)  71%

2)  17

3)  Andrew Jackson in 1828

4)  President Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906.

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Questions:

1)  According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this word has the most definitions in the English language.

2) This individual has been awarded the most Academy Awards.

3)  This song's lyrics begin with, "I think I'm gonna be sad; I think it's today, yeah"

4)  How many players are on a polo team?

Answers:

1)  "Set" has 464 definitions. Pretty close behind are "run" with 396 and "go" with 368.

2)  Walt Disney

3)  "Ticket to Ride"

4)  4

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Questions:

1)  Who played the title character in TV's The Six-Million Dollar Man?

2)  Who once quipped, "Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone"?

3)  Ichthyology is the study of what?

4)  Which U.S. president was first to appoint not just one, but two female generals?

Answers:

1)  Lee Majors

2)  The infinitely quotable Algonquin Round Table author and wag, Dorothy Parker.

3)  An ichthyologist studies fish, both fresh and salt water varieties. In case you're wondering, dolphins, walruses, seals, sea lions, manatees and whales are studied by marine mammologists.

4)  Richard Nixon did just that on this date in 1970.

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Questions:

1)  Benghazi is a large city in what country?

2)  Numismatics is the study of what?

3)  Which planet is placed between Jupiter and Uranus?

4)  Not a herd, not a gaggle, not a pride - what is a group of beavers called?

Answers:

1)  Libya

2)  currency

3)  Saturn

4)  a colony

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Questions:

1)  Which Batman nemesis carried an umbrella?

2)  What was the name of Han Solo's spacecraft in Star Wars?

3)  What is the lowest hand that beats a flush in poker?

4)  What is triskaidekaphobia?

Answers:

1)  the Penguin

2)  the Millennium Falcon

3)  a full house

4)  an unreasoning fear of the number 13

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Questions:

1)  What decade was the Wizard of Oz released?

2)  Which U.S. president was the first to have a typewriter?

3)  What was the most number of Oscars awarded to one film?

4)  What two vegetables are the only ones that are perennials?


Answers:

1)  The 30s: the film came out in 1939.

2)  Rutherford B. Hayes

3)  11 Oscars have gone to three movies: Ben Hur, Titanic and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

4)  asparagus and rhubarb

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Questions:

1)  What was Louis Armstrong's first #1 hit on the Billboard charts?

2)   What is the largest life-supporting organism on the planet?

3)  What does the "I" in ISDN stand for?

4)  Before his career as a television journalist, Mike Wallace appeared in a commercial as a circus barker, complete with straw hat and cane. What was the product?

Answers:

1)  Armstrong's rendition of "Hello, Dolly" reached #1 on this date in 1964.

2)  the Great Barrier Reef

3)  integrated

4)  Peter Pan peanut butter

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Questions:

1)  What type of energy is exhibited when objects are in motion?

2)  Who is said to have begun the tradition if exchanging gifts at Christmas?

3)   This was the year Nixon resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal.

4)  This is the designation for a substance that cannot be broken down into simpler components by chemical means.

Answers:

1)  kinetic energy

2)  Some credit the Romans. Exchanging gifts was customary in the Roman celebration of Saturnalia. The tradition was banned in the Middle Ages by the Catholic Church but was later reinstated and Christianized by virtue of associations with St. Nicholas and Christmas and tied to the gift-bearing wise men at Jesus' birth.

3)  1974

4)  an element

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Questions:

1)  In 1926, she was the first woman to do this.

2)  Which part of a plant produces its own food?

3)  This actor had a brief term as a boxer and billed himself as "Packy East."

4)  This major-league pitcher, a noted knuckleballer, once struck out 5 batters in 1 inning.

Answers:

1)  Gertrude Ederle was just 19 when she made her historic swim across the English Channel.  She was the first woman to do so.

2)  leaves

3)  Bob Hope

4)  Joe Niekro

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Questions:

1)  This actor was the first to play Ian Fleming's iconic character, James Bond.

2)  This company manufactures the XBox gaming console.

3)  England's "one penny black" was first issued on this date in 1840.  What was it?

4)   On this date in 1954, Englishman Roger Bannister was the first to do this.

Answers:

1)  Barry Nelson portrayed Bond on a British TV show on October 21st, 1954.  Click here for details: http://www.007james.com/articles/who_played_james_bond.php

2)  Microsoft

3)  It was the world's first postage stamp.

4)  Bannister ran the mile in under 4 minutes.

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Questions:

1) Where is Cinco de Mayo celebrated the most?

2) When did people start celebrating Cinco de Mayo?

3) What famous American said, "Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything"?

4) NaCl is the chemical formula for what?

Answers:

1) The United States

2) A group of California State University students started celebrating Cinco de Mayo around 1967.

3) Charles Kuralt

4) Salt

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Questions:

1)  Who was the first horse to break the two-minute mark in the Kentucky Derby?

2)  Who was the oldest jockey to win the "Run for the Roses"?

3)  What goes into a mint julep?

4)  Racing rules hold that racehorses may only have names with 18 or less letters. Why is that?

Answers:

1)  Secretariat beat 0:02:00 with a time of 00:01:59.40. Interestingly, his time in the Preakness was corrected in 2012 from 01:54.4 to 01:53 flat to make him the fastest ever in that race.

2)  Willie Shoemaker was 54 when he rode Ferdinand in 1986.

3)  bourbon, spearmint and sugar

4)  Name length is limited to 18 letters so as to fit on one line on racing forms.

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Questions:

1)  How many zeros are there in 1 billion?

2)  What type of animal did Warner Brothers' Pepe le Pew represent?

3)  On this date in 1970, she became the first female jockey to ride in the Kentucky Derby.

4)  This famous figure "retired" on this date in 1975. He is also the only American to have his own zip code.
Answers:

1)  9

2)  skunk

3)  Diane Crump

4)  Smokey the Bear

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Questions:

1)  Which four words end in "_dous"?

2)  Besides "angry" and "hungry," what other words end in "_gry"?

3)  On this date in 1952, the first toy commercial appeared on television. What toy was it?

4)  What fairy tale was the first to be printed in English?

Answers:

1)  stupendous, horrendous, tremendous, hazardous

2)  There are no stand-alone words besides angry and hungry that end in "_gry" - unless you

• a) accept "gry," an obsolete unit of measurement invented by John Locke, or
• b) you treat the question as a trick and offer the word "energy," which ends in _g-r-y, just not in that order.

3)  Mr. Potato Head

4)  "The History of Tom Thumb" was the first fairy tale to be published in English; it was published in 1621.

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Questions:

1)  What iconic car was featured in Back to the Future?

2)  This nut is used in recipes to flavor macaroons.

3)  Rickets is a condition caused by a vitamin deficiency. Which vitamin?

4)  This was the only #1 hit to feature a zither.

Answers:

1) Back to the Future featured a Delorean

2)  almonds

3)  Vitamin D

4)   The song, "The Third Man Theme" by Anton Karas reached #1 on this date in 1950 and stayed there for 11 weeks.

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Questions:

1)  How many spark plugs are in a six-cylinder diesel engine?

2)  Pope Francis recently canonized two individuals as saints last week.  Who were they?

3)  Jay Leno went ten years before having a guest host on the Tonight Show. Who was his first sub?

4)  This famous actor inadvertently invented a mic boom by tying a microphone to a fishing pole.

Answers:

1)  none

2)  Pope John XXIII (1958 - 1963) and Pope John Paul II (1978 - 2005).

3)  Katie Couric

4)   Lionel Barrymore

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Questions:

1)  Who was the first to be sworn in as Vice-President?

2)  This quote is usually attributed to whom? -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

3)  How many Apollo missions to the moon have there been?

4)  What bodies of water are connected by the Panama Canal?

Answers:

1)  John Adams

2)  Voltaire

3)  17

4)  The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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Questions:

1)  This was the first big band to play George Gershwin's music, bringing it to a mainstream audience.

Big Bands were famous for having signature or theme songs. Name the bands for these songs:

2)  "One O'clock Jump"

3)  "Lullaby of Birdland"

4)  "Take the 'A' Train"

Answers:

1)  Paul Whiteman

2)  Count Basie

3)  George Shearing

4)  Duke Ellington

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Questions:

1)  What country is Pope Francis from?

2)  In the case of an emergency, what can coconut water be used for?

3)  The Cisco Kid had a black and white horse named, "Diablo" and a sidekick named "Pancho." Who was the actor who played him?

4)  This is the second most abundant element in the universe.

Answers:

1)  Argentina

2)  blood plasma

3)  Roald Amundsen

4)  helium

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Questions:

1)  On this date 100 years ago, Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher.  For what team did he first play?

2)  The unit of measurement known as the "furlong" is never really used nowadays; how many furlongs are in a mile?

3)  In an ad hominem attack, what "weapons" are used?

4)  During World War II, citizens were encouraged to create their own gardens at home to offset the food shortage. These gardens were popularly and patriotically referred to as what?

Answers:

1)  The Baltimore Orioles

2)  8

3)  The "weapons" employed in an ad hominem attack are words. An ad hominem attack is a rhetorical device employed in debates and often seen in political campaigns. It is a way to deflect attention away from an uncomfortable question by redirecting attention by denigrating his or her character, thereby appealing to the audience's emotions rather than their desire for information.

4) "victory gardens"

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Questions:

1)  Henry Winkler made "The Fonz" a 70s icon on Happy Days. What was the character's not-so-tough first name?

2)  Gene Roddenberry was the creator of what science fiction franchise?

3)  The quiz show Take It or Leave It debuted on CBS radio on this date in 1940. The title for the show's grand prize question became a catchphrase in the 40s.

4)  How many boroughs are there in New York City?

Answers:

1)  Arthur

2)  Roddenberry is responsible for having either directly written or inspired all things Star Trek.

3)  The show asked the "$64 Question, which later blossomed into the "$64,000 question." In the 40s, the "$64 question" became a catchphrase for a particularly vexing question or problem.

4)  There are five: Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

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

3)  How many incisor teeth do humans have?

4)  How many "deadly sins" are there?

Answers:

1)  Confucius

2)  Denmark

3)  8

4)  "The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a classification of vices (part of Christian ethics) that has been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct Christians concerning fallen humanity's tendency to sin. In the currently recognized version, the sins are usually given as wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony" (from Wikipedia).

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Questions:

1)  Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?

2)  Tanqueray is what kind of alcohol?

3)  What was unveiled at the New York World's Fair on this date in 1964 ?

4)  Who was the author of Fahrenheit 451?

Answers:

1)  Venus

2)  gin

3)  Ford Mustang

4)  Ray Bradbury

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Questions:

1)  Solid carbon dioxide is also known as what?

2)  Who was the star of the 80s TV show, Knight Rider?

3)  She was the first woman to be inducted into the National Comedy Hall of Fame.

4)  What material does craft quilling usually involve?

Answers:

1)  Dry ice

2)  David Hasselhoff

3)  Minnie Pearl

4)  paper

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Questions:

1)  According to U.S. government estimates, what percentage of tax payers cheat when filing their income tax?

2)  Why was the first U.S. income tax implemented?

3)  The Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution passed in 1913. What did it establish?

4) The first President to implement an income tax in the U.S. was ______________.

5)  This President was responsible for the largest federal income tax cut in the 20th century.

6)  In the U.S., the income tax laws are written by which branch of the government.

7) As of 2000, the U.S. Internal Revenue code was how many pages long?

8)  Which country has the highest income tax percentage rate?

Answers:

1)  17%

2)  to fund the escalating costs of the Civil War

3)  The Sixteenth Amendment made the collection of an income tax permanent.

4)  Lincoln

5)  Reagan

6) the legislative branch - laws are written and passed by Congress

7)  4,500+ pages

8)  Belgium at 56%

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Questions:

1) Which planet has the most moons?

2) Where did coffee originate?

3) Which planet did Mork from the sitcom Mork & Mindy come from?

4) Snap, snow, and pigeon are varieties of which foodstuff?

Answers:

1) Jupiter

2) Ethiopia (according to the National Coffee Association)

3) Ork



4) Peas

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Questions:

1)  Joseph Yule, Jr. died this week. The world knew him by what name?

2)  Who was known for saying, "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."?

Answers:

1)  Actor Mickey Rooney passed away this week at the age of 93.

2)  Mae West

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Questions:

1)  Who was President following Abraham Lincoln?

2)  The Connecticut Huskies and the Kentucky Wildcats recently faced off in what sport?

3)  What song was the first father-daughter duet to hit #1 on the Billboard Pop chart?

Answers:

1)  Andrew Johnson

2)  NCAA Mens' Basketball

3)  Frank and Nancy Sinatra's "Somethin' Stupid" reached #1 on this date in 1967.

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Questions:

1) The 1947 Roswell, NM incident concerned what?

2) According to the Washington Irving story, how many years did Rip Van Winkle sleep?




Answers:

1) A UFO



2) Twenty

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Questions:

1)  What color does acid turn litmus paper?

2)  What was the name of Angela Lansbury's character in the long-running TV show, Murder, She Wrote?

Answers:

1)  pink

2)  Jessica Fletcher

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Questions:

1)  How many countries border Mexico?

2)  What is Prince George's mother's title?

3)  What color is the star on Captain America's chest?

Answers:

1)  three: United States, Guatemala and Belize

2)  The former Kate Middleton's is  properly referred to as the Duchess of Cambridge.

3)  white

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Questions:

1)  Usually associated with Country music, he had a pop hit with "To All the Girls I've Loved Before," the duet he sang with Julio Iglesias.

2)  This U.S. President was a Quaker.

3)  The Punic Cathaginian military commander, Hannibal, was famous for having led these animals over the Alps and into Italy to be used in war.

4) Under siege even this week, this country recorded the largest earthquake in 1960.

Answers:

1)  Willie Nelson

2)  Richard Nixon

3)  elephants

4)  Chile

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Questions:

1)  What color is gazpacho soup?

2)  Cobalt is a shade of what color?

3)  The Itchy & Scratchy Show is actually a show-within-a-show, featured on what television program?

4)  On this date in 1960, The Paul Winchell Show last aired on ABC-TV. Winchell was a  ventriloquist and his dummy's name was Jerry Mahoney. Later, Winchell invented something; what was it?

Answers:

1)  Gazpacho is tomato-based and typically ranges in color from red to orange.

2)  blue

3)  The Simpsons

4)  With the assistance of Dr. Henry Heimlich, Winchell designed the first artificial heart.

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Questions:

1)  What is the capital of Brazil?

2)  Where is the "Sea of Showers"?

3)  What helps the "medicine go down"?

4)  Who wrote the children's classic, The Jungle Book?

Answers:

1)  Brasilia

2)  the moon

3)  According to Mary Poppins, one should have "a spoonful of sugar."

4)  Rudyard Kipling

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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)  She was the first American actress to appear on a U.S. postage stamp.

2)  He wrote the poem, "Kubla Khan."

3)  He was one of the so-called Singing Cowboys of movie fame, but in WWII, he served as a pilot and flew "the hump," a treacherous area of the Himalayas.

4)  Ranidaphobia is the fear of what?

Answers:

1)  Grace Kelly was so honored in 1993.

2)  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

3)  Gene Autry

4)  frogs (see also batrachophobia)

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Questions:

1)  Who played Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie?

2)  Born Steven Demetre Georgiou in 1948, in 1977 he converted to Islam and took the name Yusuf Islam. He was taken off a London-to-Washington United Airlines flight on September 21, 2004, because his name had appeared on the government "no-fly" list.  However, in the early 70s, he was famous and went by what name?

3)  Who was the only U.S. president to have never married?

4)  This generic name for dogs is derived from the Latin word for "faithful."

Answers:

1)  Barbara Eden

2)  singer Cat Stevens

3)  James Buchanan, the 15th U.S. President, was born on April 23, 1791.  Buchanan's hobby was crocheting, but he tried to keep it a secret.  He figured if word got out that the President crocheted, everybody'd want an afghan.  So, with no wife in the White House, who do you suppose ran the country?

4)  Fido

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Questions:

1)  How many days does it take for the planet Mercury to orbit the sun?

2)  On this date in 1512 Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. What was Ponce de Leon's first name?

3)  What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

4)  In Scrabble, how many points is the letter "Q" worth?

Answers:

1)  88

2)  Juan

3)  The Colorado River

4)  10

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Questions:

1)  What is the traditional gift for a 30th wedding anniversary?

2)  The celebrated Route 66 runs between what two destinations?

3)  What is the capital of Afghanistan?

4)  On this date in 1937 spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas unveiled a statue of a man of special significance to them. Who was it?

Answers:

1)  pearls 

2)  Chicago and Los Angeles

3)  Kabul

4)  Popeye the Sailorman

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Questions:

1)  Acorns grow on what kind of tree?

2)  What is the world's second largest country in terms of area?

3)  A ganache is made using cream and what?

4)  What is a maharajah?

Answers:

1)  oak

2)  Canada (1-Russia, 3-U.S., 4-China, 5-Brazil)

3)  cream and chocolate

4)  an Indian prince

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Questions:

1)  What is a craftsman who works with stone called?

2)  In dental terms, what does an amalgam refer to?

3)  Which four gemstones belong to the "precious" category?

4)  Astigmatism is a condition that affects which of the senses?

Answers:

1)  stone mason

2)  The dentist creates an alloy of mercury (50%), silver (22 - 32%), tin (14%) and other trace metals to be used for fillings. That alloy is referred to as "amalgam." There is some controversy over the use of mercury in the amalgam due to its toxicity and harm to the environment and its use is being phased out in many places.  Mercury use has been discontinued in Scandinavian countries since 2008.

3)  diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sapphires

4)  sight

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Questions:

1)  What was Rambo's first name?

2)  What is the Taj Mahal made of?

3)  What was the name of the Beatles' UK debut album?

4)  What substance is present in several parts of the body, including the stomach walls?

Answers:

1)  John

2) marble

3)  "Please Please Me"

4)  mucous

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Questions:

1)  Where is the "Sea of Tranquility"?

2)  This cocktail is comprised of vodka and Kahlua.

3)  A turophile is fond of what?

4)  He is considered to be the father of modern medicine.

Answers:

1)  the moon

2)  Black Russian

3)  cheese

4)  Hippocrates

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Questions:

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

2)   Which U.S. city has the second highest population?

3)  On this date in 1953, the Academy Awards ceremony did this for the first time.

4)  How many Harry Potter movies are there?

Answers:

1)  Anne Francis

2)  Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the U.S.

3)  The Oscars were televised for the first time.

4)  8

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Questions:

1)  This mammal has the longest gestation period.

2)  What are the two main ingredients in a Bloody Mary?

3)  When do "Baily's Beads" appear?

4)  Henry Mancini's immortal ballad, "Moon River" was first sung by whom?

Answers:

1)  With an average 22 months, elephants have the longest gestation period.

2)  Vodka and tomato juice

3)  During a solar eclipse, as the moon "grazes" by the sun, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through. The phenomenon is named after Francis Baily, who was the first to provide a correct explanation.

4)  Audrey Hepburn sang the song in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Leprechauns do this as their vocation.

2)  According to legend, the snakes in Ireland were driven out by what?

3)  To gain the gift of eloquence, you must do what?

4)  Which two rivers in the U.S. are dyed green each year to commemorate St. Patrick's Day?

Answers:

1)  Cobbler/shoemaker

2)  pounding drums

3)  Kiss the blarney stone.

4)  The Chicago and the San Antonio Rivers are dyed green for St. Patrick's Day.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This fictional island was the home of King Kong.

2)  What is the difference between spirits and liqueurs?

3)  This state is home to these two national monuments: the Hangman Fossil Beds and Craters of the Moon.

4)  Who was the first Western explorer to visit China?

Answers:

1)  Skull Island (not to be confused with Captain Hook's Skull Rock).

2)  Liqueurs have added sugar

3)  Idaho

4)  Marco Polo

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many moons does Mercury have?

2)  How many bones are in the typical human body?

3)  They had a hit with the 1966 song, "Summer in the City."

4)  This state models its civil law after French and Spanish legal systems rather than British legal practices.

Answers:

1)  none

2)  206

3)  The Lovin' Spoonful

4)  Louisiana

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Vitamin K is important in helping the body to do what?

2)  In TV's Get Smart, Maxwell Smart was often referred to by his spy designation. What was it?

3)  Which Beatle was the youngest?

4)  On this date in 1974, Wonder Woman, starring Lynda Carter, made its television debut. Charles Moulton was the original creator of the DC Comics character. What else was he notable for doing?

Answers:

1)  Vitamin K is important for blood clotting

2)  "Agent 86"

3)  George Harrison

4)  Moulton also was the inventor of the lie detector.

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Questions:

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

2)  Who is the main character in the film 12 Years a Slave?

3)  What is the name of the boat in the cult thriller Jaws?

4)  Born on March 11, 1885, he was the first man to drive a car faster than 300 mph.  Who was he?

Answers:

1)  Dynamic HTML.

2)  Solomon Northup.



3)  Orca



4)  Sir Malcolm Campbell

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In the Peanuts comic strip, whose brother was Linus?

2)  What did Harry Houdini receive a patent for in 1921?



3)  What does a numismatist study?

4)  How old was Tutankhamun (King Tut) when he died?

Answers:

1)  Lucy



2)  A diving suit.

3)  Coins

4)  Eighteen

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The Federal Communications Commission regulates cell phones, but another federal agency regulates cell phones as well. Which agency is it?

2)  This government program was modeled after the British Poor Law of 1601.

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

4)  What does the Kelvin scale measure?

Answers:

1)  The FDA monitors the health effects related to cell phone use.

2)  Social Security

3)  the Eiffel Tower

4)  temperature

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which countries were involved in the Falklands War?

2)  On this date in 1982, Willie Nelson's cover of "Always On My Mind" entered the Pop chart at #88, topped at #5 and won a Grammy that year for best Country song. The song originally was recorded 10 years earlier by who?

3)  It is the largest artery in the human body.

4)  The television series In the Heat of the Night was based on the movie of the same name. It debuted on this date in 1988, with Carroll O'Connor as the Chief and Howard Rollins as Detective Tibbs ("They call me Mister Tibbs!"). Who played those roles in the movie?

Answers:

1)  The brief conflict between Argentina and Great Britain was never officially declared a war. The conflict was started when Argentine forces occupied the Falkland islands.

2)  Gwen McRae was first to record the song (as "You Were Always On My Mind") in 1972. That same year Brenda Lee recorded it and so did Elvis Presley. The song has been covered over 300 times, including the hit version by the Pet Shop Boys in 1987.

3)  The aorta

4) Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture this year.

2)  Who is considered to be the world's richest individual?

3)  In chemistry, how many "noble" metals (resistant to corrosion and oxidation in moist air) are there?

4)  Why add pectin when making jam?

Answers:

1)  12 Years a Slave

2)  According to Forbes, that would be Bill Gates, whose net worth is 76 billion.

3)  There are 8:

• ruthenium
• rhodium
• palladium
• silver
• osmium
• iridium 

4)  To help the jam set

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

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

2)  What was notable about the 1896 Anglo-Zanzibar War?

3)  Where is the River Kwai?

4)  Malacology is the study of what?

Answers:

1)  Thomas Jefferson was the first, having been inaugurated in Washington, D.C. on this date in 1801.

2)  It lasted 38 minutes.

3)  Thailand

4)  Mollusks

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The piccolo is a smaller version of what instrument?

2)  In golf, four strokes under par is referred to as what?

3)   This is the most frequently-portrayed fictional character in films.

4)   Anna Pavlova was a __________ by vocation.

Answers: 

1)  Also a member of the woodwind family of instruments, the piccolo is the smaller sibling of the flute.

2)  According to Wikipedia, 4 strokes under par is known as a "Condor."

Numeric term	Name	Definition
−4	Condor	4 strokes under par
−3	Albatross or Double Eagle	3 strokes under par
−2	Eagle	2 strokes under par
−1	Birdie	1 stroke under par
E	Par	equal to par
+1	Bogey	1 stroke over par
+2	Double bogey	2 strokes over par
+3	Triple bogey	3 strokes over par

3)  Sherlock Holmes

4)  Pavlova was a ballerina. She was most famous as "The Dying Swan."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Harry Connick, Jr. is from what city?

2)  What is the cubic root of 729?

3)  What type of animal is an ibis?

4)  What does the Latin phrase en toto mean?

Answers:

1)  New Orleans

2)  9

3)  bird

4)  entirely

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the character Mr. Magoo's first name?

2)  In electrical terminology, what does the "D" in "DC" stand for?

3)  How is 1999 expressed in Roman numerals?

4)  What is chromatics the science of?

Answers:

1)  Quincy

2)  direct

3)  MCMXCIX

4)  Colora

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was Marilyn Monroe's second husband?

2)  Fuji, Jazz and Cox Orange Pippin are types of this fruit.

3)  What metals combine to make the alloy we know as brass?

4)  Which planet is furthest from the sun?

Answers:

1)  Joe DiMaggio

2)  apples

3)  copper and zinc

4)  Neptune

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What does "URL" stand for?

2)  How many prongs does a tuning fork have?

3)    On this date in 1793, George Washington convened the first U.S. Cabinet meeting. Where was it held?

4)  Who was the youngest man to serve as President?

Answers: 

1)  "Uniform Resource Locator"

2)   Two

3)   in Washington's home

4)   Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in when he was 42.  John F. Kennedy was the youngest to be elected.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the highest number on a standard roulette wheel?

2)  How many squares are on a chess board?

3)   On this date in 1938, this product by DuPont went on sale in New Jersey. It was the first item to use nylon.  What was it?

4)  Who launched the first rocket to reach outer space on this date in 1949?

Answers:

1)  36

2)  64

3)  the toothbrush

4)  German engineer, Werner Von Braun launched the first rocket in a test launch at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Though there are many fashionable versions of it, this cocktail historically is comprised of gin, vermouth and olives (sometimes lemon).

2)  The sternum is commonly referred to as what?

3)  In economics, what does the "P" in "GDP" stand for?

4)  Where was JRR Tolkien born?

Answers:

1)  the Martini

2)  the breastbone

3)  product

4)  South Africa

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which of the Great Lakes is the only one to lie entirely within the United States?

2)  George Washington referred to what later came to be called "Washington, D.C." as what?

3)  This U.S. President was arrested and fined $20 for speeding -- on his horse.

4)  According to the New Testament story, Judas was awarded how many pieces of silver for betraying Jesus?

Answers:

1)  Lake Michigan

2)  "Federal City"

3)  Ulysses S. Grant

4)  30

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Actor Lee Marvin was born on this date in 1924 (died: 1987).  he won a Best Actor Academy Award 1n 1965 for what movie?

2)  Alexander the Great was king of what country?

3)  On this date in 1922 this Vaudevillian became the first "star" to sign on to be in a regular radio show.

4)  She was the only one (so far!) to have received a Congressional medal of Honor.

Answers:

1)  Cat Ballou

2)  Macedonia

3)  Ed Wynn

4)  Mary Edwards Walker

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   Who was the first African-American to win an individual gold medal in the Winter Olympics?

2)  The shortest verse in the New Testament is just two words: "Jesus wept."  Where is this scripture found?

3)  What is the internal angle of the corners in an equilateral triangle?

4)  The U.S. Table Tennis Association originally sought to call the sport by another name. What did they want to call it?

Answers:

1)  Shani Davis won gold in the 1,000 meter speed-skating event in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino (Turin), Italy.

2)  John 11:35

3)  60 degrees

4)  Ping-Pong. The name Ping-Pong was already patented by Parker Brothers, so "table tennis" it was.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  He was the first U.S. President to visit all 50 states.

2)  This President was the first to travel by air.

3) Who was the first President to have been born a U.S. citizen?

4)  George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were all avid collectors and players of what?

Answers:

1)  Richard Nixon

2)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first to fly - the year was 1943.

3)  Martin Van Buren. He was born December 5, 1782, making him the first President born after the Declaration of Independence.

4)  marbles

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first president to have been photographed while in office?

2)  This president presented his SOTU speech six times in person and twice in written form.

3)  This Creole musician from New Orleans claimed to be the "Inventor of Jazz."

4)  Whose band was Louis Armstrong going to join when he left New Orleans for Chicago?

Answers:

1)  James Polk was photographed by Mathew Brady on this date in 1849. Brady later became famous for his Civil War photographs.

2)  Woodrow Wilson.  He delivered the speech in person six times, then suffered a stroke, necessitating the last two addresses to be in written form.

3)  One of the most influential musicians in the beginning of jazz - Jelly Roll Morton.

4)  King Oliver

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Whose picture is on the 2-dollar bill?

2)  Passion-fruit is native to which continent?

3)  This was the first novel to have been written entirely on a typewriter.

4)  What is the capital of the state of Mississippi?

Answers:

1)  Thomas Jefferson

2)  South America

3)  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

4)  Jackson

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  They had a pet dinosaur named Dino, but what was the name of The Flintstones' pet sabre-tooth tiger?

2)  What state holds the Westminster dog show every year?

3)  What year was it when the Cuban Missile Crisis happened?

4)  The character Atticus Finch is from what novel?

Answers:

1)  "BabyPuss"

2)  New York

3)  1962

4) To Kill a Mockingbird

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This writer was the creator of the character "Tarzan."

2)  The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was seen by over 73 million people. How much were the Fab Four paid to perform?

3)  The first interracial kiss on television was between what two characters.

4)  What is the Superbowl trophy called?

Answers:

1)  Edgar Rice Burroughs

2)  $2,400, or $600 each.

3)  Captain James T. Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura kissed on Star Trek.

4)  The Vince Lombardi trophy.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which states begin with the letter "I"?

2)  Where is Ipanema Beach?

3)  In what state is Cornell University located?

4)  Who had a hit with the song, "All Shook Up"?

Answers:

1)  Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa

2) Brazil

3)  New York

4)  Elvis Presley

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On February 7, 1998, the Winter Olympics opened in which city?

2)  If a dish is served Florentine, what is usually included?

3)  How many tiles are used in the Chinese game of Mah-Jong?

4)  Where will David Beckham's major league soccer franchise be based?

Answers:

1)  Nagano, Japan

2)  spinach

3)  144

4)  Miami

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many sports (not events) are in the Winter Olympics?

2)  Dhaka is the capital of what country?

3)  What was the name of Kirstie Alley's character on Cheers?

4)  What does the "A" in SCUBA stand for?

Answers:

1)  15: Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Bobsled, Cross-Country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Freestyle skiing, Ice Hockey, Luge, Nordic-Combined, Short Track Speed skating, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Snowboard, and (regular) Speed skating.

2)  Bangladesh

3)  Rebecca Howe

4)  "Apparatus"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Gettysburg is located in which state?

2)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt identified "four freedoms" in a 1941 Congressional address. What were they?

3)  Who was the first television couple to be shown sharing the same bed?

4)  Which president was the first to have been buried in Washington, DC?

Answers:

1)  Pennsylvania

2)  freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear

3)  Fred and Wilma Flintstone

4)  Woodrow Wilson - he was buried on this date in 1924 in the National Cemetery.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which Apollo mission was the first manned mission to the moon?

2)  The chrysanthemum is the national flower of what country?

3)  What two metals form an alloy known as "rose gold"?

4)  Hamlin is a variety of which fruit?

Answers:

1)  Apollo 11

2) Japan

3)  gold and copper

4)  orange

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In softball, how many defensive  players from each team are on the field.

2)  This kind of currency was issued for the first time in America back on this date in 1690.

3)  This carmaker makes the "Ka" and the "Mondeo."

4)  Roland Berrigan's nickname is ___________.

Answers:

1)  10

2)  paper

3)  Ford

4)  "Bunny"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who is Angelina Jolie's celebrity father?

2)  After this week's State of the Union address, this Congressman, upon having given an opposing response, was pressed by the reporter there about allegations regarding a federal investigation into his campaign's fundraising practices. He told the reporter, "I'll break you in half" and threatened to throw him off the rotunda balcony in the Capitol Building. What was the Representative's name?

3)  Yellowstone National Park is located in which state?

4)  What does the "T" stand for in CT scan?

Answers:

1)  Jon Voight

2)  Michael Grimm

3)  Wyoming

4)  tomography  (Computed Tomography scan)

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which city has the world's tallest building?

2)  The city of Honolulu is located on which Hawaiian island?

3)   This actress is Goldie Hawn's daughter.

4)  The first of 2,956 episodes of The Lone Ranger first aired on this date in 1933 on Detroit's WXYZ. Before settling on the permanent name of "Scout," what did Tonto call his horse for the first few episodes?

Answers:

1)  Dubai

2)  Oahu

3)  Kate Hudson

4)  The first horse, used for that first episode only, was called "White Fellah."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who once said, "Being President is like running a cemetery; you've got a lot of people under you, but nobody's listening."

2)  William Claude Dukenfeld was born on this date in 1880. What was his stage name?

3)  On this date in 1953 the first movie to have been filmed in Cinemascope premiered. What was the movie?

4)  On January 29, 1951, actress Elizabeth Taylor divorced her first husband. What was his name?

Answers:

1)  Bill Clinton

2)  W.C. Fields

3)  The Robe

4)  Conrad Hilton, Jr.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Caroline Kennedy is currently serving as U.S. Ambassador to what country?

2)  Who directed The Wolf of Wall Street?

3)  This U.S. city is known for its large population of polydactyl cats.

4)  How many presidents have been impeached?

Answers:

1)  Japan

2)  Martin Scorcese

3)  Key West, Florida. The cats are affectionately called "Hemingway" cats, as the famed author made his home there and had many of those cats with the extra toes. In his honor, about 50-60 kitties continue to "reside" at the Hemingway Home and Museum.

4)  Two, and both men were acquitted - Andrew Johnson, who was accused of violating the Tenure of Office Act, and William Clinton, who was accused of perjury and obstruction of justice in relation to the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1785, the first state university in the U.S. was chartered. Which university was it?

2)  Who played Agent 99 on TV's Get Smart?

3)  The commonly-prescribed Lipitor pill is used to control what?

4)  On this date in 1976,the popular TV show Laverne and Shirley debuted as a spin-off of what show?

Answers:

1)  University of Georgia

2)  Barbara Feldon

3)  cholesterol

4)  Happy Days

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This town in Switzerland will host peace talks regarding the Syrian conflict.

2)  Who was this year's Golden Globes winner of Best Actress in a TV Series - drama?

3)  Which city is known as the "Eternal City"?

4)  Jazz musician Jerry Mulligan played what instrument?

Answers:

1)  Actually, the talks began in Montreaux then moved to Geneva.

2)  Robin Wright (House of Cards). All the winners can be found here.

3)  Rome

4)  baritone saxophone