Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: In what year was Thanksgiving declared by Congress to be a legal holiday, held on the fourth Thursday in November? 

A: 1941

Q: The Thanksgiving Feast that the Pilgrims had with the Natives in 1621 lasted how long? 

A: three days.

Q: It is not a sure thing that turkey was part of the Thanksgiving Feast, but what other meat was definitely part of the meal?

A: venison

Q: Cats are one of only three four-footed animals that walk by moving their front and hind legs, first on one side and then the other. Name the other two animals with this trait. 

A: Camels and giraffes walk similarly to cats.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: On Nov. 9, 1997, which running back became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons? 

A: Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders In the same game Sanders passed former Dallas Cowboy Tony Dorsett for third place on the all-time rushing list.

Q: How many paintings do you think Vincent Van Gogh sold during his entire life? 

A: One, to his brother.

Q: Why did Babe Ruth keep a Cabbage leaf under his cap? 

A: To keep cool.

Q: How much did the largest baby ever born weigh? 

A: Andrew Jacob Cervantez weighed 15 pounds, 2 ounces, when he was born by emergency cesarean section on Jan. 16 at Desert Valley Hospital in California's San Bernardino County. In May 2011, California celebrated the arrival of another large infant, Matthew Anthony Maldanado, who weighed 14 pounds, 3.8 ounces when he was born in Salinas, Calif. However both Matthew and Andrew pale in comparison to the world's heaviest baby. Born to mother Anna Bates in 1879, that infant reportedly weighed 23 pounds, 12 ounces at birth, according to Guinness World Records. Sadly, the child died 11 hours later.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What is the estimate of the number of actively spoken languages in the world today? 

A: About 6,500. However, about 2,000 of those languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers. The most popular language in the world is Mandarin Chinese. There are 1.2 billion people in the world that speak that language.

Q: Pinocchio is Italian for what? 

A: Pine Head

Q:What is a palindrome? A: A palindrome is a word that is spelled the same way from both ends. For example: racecar

Q: We have all had the hiccups, but what is the record for the longest bout? 

A: The world record for the longest continuous bout of hiccups goes to Charles Osborne (1894–1991) from Anthon, Iowa. The hiccups started in 1922 at a rate of 40 times per minute, slowing to 20 and eventually stopping in February 1990 – a total of 68 years.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:In 1847, the first U.S. postage stamps were sold. Whose images were on the 5-cent and 10-cent stamps?  

A: Ben Franklin's image was on the nickel stamp, while George Washington's image was on the dime stamp.

Q:What is the shortest complete sentence in the English language? 

A: GO. The understood subject is "You". "[You] go" makes sense to me.

Q:Approximately how many people are airborne over the US in any given hour?  A: 61,000

Q:What book holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries? 

A: The Guinness Book of Records

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:Who are the top three best-selling music artists of all time?  

A: the three best-selling artists (based on total certified sales): The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.

Q:What is the world’s fastest bird? 

A: The fastest bird is the peregrine falcon. It can fly at a speed of 168-217 miles per hour.

Q:What is the largest animal that ever lived? 

A: The blue whale is the largest animal that ever lived (it could reach 100 feet long and weight up to 150 tons!)

Q:How long did the longest movie made last? 

A: 85 hours and is fittingly titled “The Cure for Insomnia.”