Alan Rock's Triva

Q:Who is the only US president to have been married in the White House?

 A: Grover Cleveland

Q:Who was the only US president never to be married?  

A: James Buchanan

Q:Who was the only US president to earn a doctorate?  

A: Woodrow Wilson

Q:Who was the first U.S. President to hold a press conference on television?  

A: JFK

Alan's Trivia

Q:How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July Fourth?  

A: Two

Q:What day did most signers of the Declaration of Independence actually sign the document? 

A Aug. 2, 1776.

Q: What three Presidents died on July 4^th? 

A: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe. Adams, the second president, and Jefferson, the third, died on the same day in 1826, the 50th anniversary.

Q: Which president was born on the Fourth of July?

A: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president, in 1872.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:On July 5, 1947, the first African American player, in the American League, signed a contract with baseball's Cleveland Indians, What was his name?  

A: Larry Doby

Q: On July 5, 1975 Arthur Ashe defeated who to become the first African American men’s singles champion at Wimbledon? 

A: Jimmy Connors.

Q: What state first declared Independence Day as a holiday in 1781? 

A: Massachusetts was the first state to declare Independence Day as a celebration day. 

Q:Who was the first U.S. president to be voted out of office, and which President won that election? A: John Adams, our second president, was voted out of office in his run for a second term and Thomas Jefferson defeated him.

Q: On July 5 1865, William Booth founded what Army in London? 

A: The Salvation Army

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What famous drink was originally marketed as “Fruit Smack”? 

A: Kool-Aid

Q:When a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a "jaywalker;" where did we get that expression?  

A: "Jay" used to be slang for "foolish person."

Q: What do you call that thing you use to dot your lowercase "i"?  

A: It’s called a tittle.

Q: What is the only number whose letters are in alphabetical order? 

A: F-O-R-T-Y

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:What is the lifespan of the dragonfly? 

A: 24 hours

Q:How many teeth can a snail have? 

A: about 25,000

Q: What is the only continent without reptiles or snakes? 

A: Antartica

Q:The world oldest piece of chewing gum is how old? 

A: 9,000 years old

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What creature has caused more human deaths than any other creature in the world? 

A” The Mosquito Sharks kill just 10 people a year, lions 100 and crocodiles 1,000

Q: What is the most produced crop in the world? 

 A: Corn

Q:What is the largest bone in the human body? 

A: The femur  

Q: What does the prefix “mega” represent? 

A: One million

 

 

 

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: How many ridges in a US dime? 

A: standardized now and the Mint lists its reeding specifications as follows: dimes, 118; quarters, 119; half dollars, 150; dollar, 198; Susan B. Anthony dollar, 133.

Q:How many muscles in a cat’s ear? 

A: A cat has 32 muscles in each ear, compared to a human's 6 muscles each. A cat can rotate its ears independently 180 degrees, and turn in the direction of sound 10 times faster than those of the best watchdog.

Q: What fish is the only one that can blink with both eyes?  

A: A Shark

Q:What is the only English word that ends in the letters ‘MT’? 

A: Dreamt and its derivatives are the only common English words that end in mt.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q:What is the longest word typed with only the Left hand? 

A: Stewardess. Lollipop the longest with the right hand.

Q:Who invented sissors?  

A: Leonardo Da Vinci

Q:What are the four common English words that end in “dous”?  

A There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous":  tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.

Q:What do the stairs leading to the gallows; the blade in a guillotine; and a hangman a hangman's noose all have in common?  

A: There are 13 stairs leading to the gallows, the blade in a guillotine fell from a height of 13 feet, and a hangman’s noose has 13 knots in it.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What three major horse races make up the Triple Crown? 

A: Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes.

Q:In 1976, 155 women were admitted into a U.S. military academy, ending its all-male attendance roster. Which academy first enrolled women?  

A: The U.S. Air Force Academy was the first to enroll women.

Q: Before her success as a comedienne, what did Ellen DeGeneres consider becoming a professional at?  

A: Golfer.

Q:On June 7, 1955, the "isolation booth" was introduced on TV's $64,000 Question. Contestants were locked inside the sound-proof glass booth for the final series of questions that led to the grand prize. Who was the host of the show? 

A: Quizmaster Hal March.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What is the only mammal in the world with four knees?  

A: Elephant

Q: Thelonius Monk, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Brubeck are the only five jazz musicians to be featured on what?  

A: The cover of Time. Louis Armstrong (2/1949) Dave Brubeck (11/1954) Duke Ellington (8/1956) Thelonius Monk (2/1964) Wynton Marsalis (10/1990)

Q:What is the longest word that can be made in the English language using the letters from only one row of the keyboard?  

A: Typewriter

Q:What is the average number of people airborne over the United States at any given hour?  

A: 61,000 (it's to be hoped they're all in aircraft.....)

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: What vegetable did Thomas Jefferson and others introduce into our nation? A: Thomas Jefferson was one of the first Americans to grow tomatoes, which were then known as "love apples."

Q:How many dreams a year does the average person have? 

A: over 1,460

Q: During your lifetime, about how many pounds of food would you eat, on average? 

A: You'll eat about 60,000 pounds of food. That's the weight of about 6 elephants.

Q:If all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, how far would they reach?  

A: They would reach about 60,000 miles.

Q:Memorial day was started to remember those who died in what conflict? 

A: Civil War. In 1868. Following World War I, Memorial Day was expanded to honor those who died in all U.S. wars.

Q:In what war were American soldiers widely called "doughboys?"  

A: WW I

Q: Why is General John Alexander Logan important to the celebration of Memorial Day? 

A: He ordered that the holiday be observed by decorating the graves of the war dead.

Q: On what date was Memorial Day first observed? 

A: May 5th, 1866

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: According to the Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL), what language does the most people currently speak?  

A: Chinese is the language spoken by the most people. There are currently 937,132,000 million Chinese speakers, followed by Spanish 332,000,000, then English, 322,000,000. Number four five and six in order are: Bengali (189,000,000); Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000); Arabic ( 174,950,000).

Q: What decade is the TV show ‘Madmen’ set in? 

A: 1960’s

Q: What is the world’s largest ocean? 

A: The Pacific

Alan Rock's Trivia

Mother's Day Trivia:

Q:What was the first state to issue a proclamation for a day honoring mothers? A: West Virginia

Q:What flower symbolizes Mothers Day?  

A: A White Carnation

Q:Who is credited with founding Mother's Day? 

A: Anna M. Jarvis

Q:What is the highest officially recorded number of children born to 1 mother? A: 69, 67 survived infancy

Q:What mother who holds the record for the shortest interval between 2 children?   

A: Annie Jessica Joyce, 208 days a part.

Q:What mother who holds the record for the longest interval?  

A: Elizibeth Ann Buttle, 41 years 185 days apart,

Q:How old was the oldest mother in history? 

A: The oldest verified mother to conceive naturally (listed currently in the Guinness Records is Dawn Brooke (UK); she conceived a son at the age of 59 years in 1997 while taking oestrogen.

Q:How old was the youngest mother in history? 

A: Lina Medina (born September 27, 1933) is a Peruvian woman who is the youngest confirmed mother in medical history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and 17 days. She lives in Lima, the capital of Peru.

Alans Trivia

Q:What was Louis Armstrong’s first #1 hit on the Billboard pop charts?   

A: May 9, 1964 "Hello, Dolly!" It was Satchmo’s first #1 hit in his 41-year career.

Q: Mike Wallace once appeared in a TV commercial as a circus barker with a straw hat and cane. What was the product?  

 A: Peter Pan Peanut Butter.

Q: Who was regarded as the ‘ James dean of Jazz ‘ in the 1950’s?  

A: Chet Baker

Q: What is the largest living structure on this planet? 

A: The Great Barrier Reef