Alan Rock's TriviaToday is the birthday of Big Crosby. He sang four Academy Award-winning songs – "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "White Christmas" (1942), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) – and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in what 1944 film ? A:Going My Way. Can you name the three sisters who recorded more than 100 songs, selling more than 90 million records with a strong series of appearances to troops in World War II? A: It was the Andrews Sisters: LaVerne, Maxene and Patty. What movie actress served on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations from 1967 to 1970?A: Actress Shirley Temple Black has been an ambassadorial figure for several decades. Who was the only athlete to win gold in both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics. For Bragging Rights, name the year he set this record. A: Jim Thorpe won gold in both the Olympic pentathlon and the decathlon in 1912.

Q: Today is the birthday of Big Crosby. He sang four Academy Award-winning songs – "Sweet Leilani" (1937), "White Christmas" (1942), "Swinging on a Star" (1944), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951) – and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in what 1944 film ?  

A:Going My Way.

Q:Can you name the three sisters who recorded more than 100 songs, selling more than 90 million records with a strong series of appearances to troops in World War II?  

A: It was the Andrews Sisters: LaVerne, Maxene and Patty.

Q:What movie actress served on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations from 1967 to 1970? 

A: Actress Shirley Temple Black has been an ambassadorial figure for several decades.

Q:Who was the only athlete to win gold in both the pentathlon and the decathlon in the Olympics. For Bragging Rights, name the year he set this record.  

A: Jim Thorpe won gold in both the Olympic pentathlon and the decathlon in 1912.

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Q:Who was the oldest jockey to win the Run for the Roses? 

 A: Bill Shoemaker at a mere 54 in 1986 when he rode Ferdinand

 

Q: Who was the first horse to break the two minute plateau for the Derby? 

A: Secretariat (1973 1:592/5 & became the first triple crown winner in 25 years)

Q: How many fillies have won the Darby? 

A: 3 Regret in 1915, Genuine Risk in 1980 and Winning Colors in 1988

Q:The traditional beverage of the Derby is the Mint Julep. What makes up a Mint Julep? 

A: The Mint Julep, an iced drink consisting of bourbon, mint and a sugar syrup

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Q: Who composed the jazz standard "Misty"?  

A: Erroll Garner

Q: Becky Thatcher is the love interest of which literary leading man? 

A: Tom Sawyer

Q: What breed of dog was Stephen King’s Cujo? 

A: St. Bernard

Q: Where is Benghazi? 

A: Libya

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Q: On Apr. 25, 1950, in the NBA draft, the Boston Celtics used their second-round pick to select the first African-American to play in the NBA. What was his name?  

A: Chuck Cooper of Duquesne.

 Q: Who said this the quote, “ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is usually attributed to?  

A: Voltaire

Q:Who was sworn in as the first United States vice-president? 

A: John Adams

Q: Many reasons have been given for the decline of the Big Band Era. World War Two ended in 1945 and as the nation struggled to convert from a war economy to a peace time economy many had less to spend on entertainment. Civil rights developed as an issue affecting the type of music played. The expenses of maintaining a big band, with its high payrolls and brutal traveling schedules contributed to their decline in tough economic times. Also popular music tastes shifted from big bands to featured singers, jazz combos, and bebop and rock and roll. But what is generally cited as the start of their demise? 

A: Two year Musicians Union strike.

 

 

Q:In which state is The Grand Canyon? 

A: Arizona

Q:How many seasons were made of the TV series Lost? 

A: Six

Q:What country drinks the most tea per capita? 

As of 2014, Turkey, Morocco, Ireland, the top three with the United Kingdom 5^th and the U.S.A. 69th

Q:What percent of the world's population speaks more than one language?  

A: it's generally said that more than half of the world speaks 2+ languages

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Q: What is the most Northern, Eastern, AND Western state in all of the United States?  

A: Alaska

  Q: Who is credited with the quote: “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life”? 

 A: Confucius

Q: Where to Croissants come from? 

A: Not from Paris but from Vienna, Austria

Q: Where were tea bags invented? 

 A: The United States invented tea bags in 1904.Some purest consider this the worst invention ever.

 
 

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Q: Easter Island belongs to which South American country?
 

A: Chile

 

Q: Which Old Testament book is read in temple during Passover?  

A: Song of Songs

Q: What sweet objects are commonly 'hunted' by children at Easter time?  

 A: Chocolate Eggs

Q: What is the name of the unleavened bread eaten during Passover?  

A: Matzah

 

 

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Q: What type of hat do women and girls traditionally wear at Easter services and parades?  

A: An Easter bonnet

 Q: Passover, the popular Jewish holiday, is celebrated in remembrance of what?  

A: the Exodus of the Jews from Egypt.

 

Q: The Dutch were the first Europeans to discover Easter Island on Easter Sunday of what year? 

A: 1722

Q: How did God first appear to Moses?  

A: Burning Bush

 

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Q: Who is the only person to have been named to the College Basketball Hall of Fame both as a player and as a coach? 

A: John Wooden holds that honor.

Q: What former movie star served as a member of the U.N. delegation and as ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia?  

A: The ambassador was Shirley Temple Black, the famed little dancing girl in movies.

Q: What WWII fighter pilot was the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947?  

A: The record-breaking pilot was Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager.

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Q: How many varieties of apples are there? 

A: There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world. The apples from one tree can fill 20 boxes every year. Each box weighs an average 42 pounds.

Q: Who was the only U.S. president to enter and complete his term as a bachelor?  

A: Our only full-term bachelor was James Buchanan, our 15th president.

Q: Who played the genie in the TV sitcom ‘I Dream of Jeannie’?  

A: Barbara Eden

Q: What common dog name comes from the word meaning ‘faithful’?  

A: Fido (a Latin name meaning "I am faithful.")

 
 
 

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Q:What city became known as the "Second City" of jazz? 

A: Chicago. During the late teens, a great migration North from the deep South occurred because people wanted out of the agricultural industry. Up North, they had a chance of finding a more desirable factory job.

Q:For what band did Lester Young play?  

A: Count Basie. Lester Young played his saxophone at an unusual angle. It almost looked like he held it like a flute.

Q:Dwight D. Eisenhower won two landslide elections in the 1950s. Whom did he defeat on both occasions?  

A : Adlai Stevenson

Q:Which state's name comes from French words for "green" and "mountain"?  

A:  The words are "vert" for green and "mont" for mountain, resulting in "Vermont."

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Q:What is the first day of Spring is called?  

A: the Vernal Equinox, and sometimes referred to as the Spring Equinox.

Q: According to myth, you can do on the first day of Spring?  
A: balance a raw egg on its end.

Q: It is said that on the first day of Spring, the day and night are how many hours long?  

A:of equal length - 12 hours each. Although, it doesn't always work out that way.

Q:In what month does Spring begin in Australia? 

 A: Australians live in the Southern Hemisphere where the seasons are reversed. Spring begins in September, and Autumn begins in March.