Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1931, this individual won the Nobel Peace Prize. She was the first American woman to do so. Who was she?

2) Who wrote the 1823 poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas"?

3) British Airways passengers consume approximately six tons of it yearly. What?

Answers:

1) Jane Addams, an ardent feminist and ethicist, was a co-recipient that year for her work for peace, voting rights for women and housing for the poor.

2) Clement Clark Moore

3) Caviar

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1992, a famous couple announced their separation. Who were they?

2) In the Christmas classic, It's a Wonderful Life, which character lost the $8,000?

Answers:

1) Charles and Diana

2) Uncle Billy

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Actor David Carradine was born on this date in 1936. Paying homage to both the Three Stooges and his own Kung Fu iconic role, he did a series of TV ads for which brand of iced tea?

2) Architect James Hoban died this date in 1831. He was famous for designing what building?

3) American Airlines cut their costs by $40,000 in 1987 by doing what?

Answers:

1) Lipton ("this ain't no sippin' tea" was the tag line). Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFcNasduOYQ

2) The White House

3) They stopped including olives in the passengers' salads.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:
1) Every episode of Seinfeld contains an image or reference to what superhero?

2) Who was the only regular cast member of TV's M*A*S*H to actually serve in the Army in Korea?

3) On November 27, 1952, this drama was released, based on the true story of the Tsavo man-eaters. It was written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler, and is considered the first American color 3-D feature and was considered responsible for starting the brief (1952 - 1954) 3-D craze in U.S. film-making. It starred Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, and Nigel Bruce. The film's tagline was: "The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!" Can you name that film?

Answers:

1) Superman

2) Jamie Farr

3) Bwana Devil!

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What was the first U.S. holiday by presidential proclamation?

2) Which department store was the first to hold a Thanksgiving parade?

3) The word turkey comes from the Hebrew "tukki" which means what?

4) Captain John Smith founded what colony in Virginia?


Answers:

1) President Washington declared November 26, 1789 to be Thanksgiving Day.

2) Gimbel's in 1920

3) Big bird or pheasant bird

4) Jamestown

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Over what attack did Admiral Nagano mastermind and execute?

2) Which United States river is the longest?

3) What was the celebrity nickname given to the short-term boxer known as Packy East?

4) There are 7 ways a baseball player-at-bat can get on base. Name them.

Answers:

1) Admiral Nagano was responsible for plotting out and commanding the attack on Pearl Harbor.

2) 2,466 miles long, the Missouri River is the longest river in the U.S.

3) "Bob Hope"

4) a hit, a walk, fielder's error, fielder's choice, being hit by a pitch, catcher's interference and a dropped third strike

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) The first U.S. president to travel abroad made his journey on this date in ____. Who was it and when?

2) What is the nutritional value of coffee?

Answers:

1) Woodrow Wilson sailed for France on this date in 1918.

2) Trick question - there is none, per se, although many of us swear we're not fully functioning until we have some.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard was the first to perform this. What procedure was it?

2) In the 1952 movie musical fantasy about Hans Christian Andersen, who played the lead?

3) Before he wrote the Sherlock Holmes series, Arthur Conan Doyle made his living doing what?

Answers:

1) He performed the world's first successful heart transplant.

2) Danny Kaye played Hans Christian Andersen.

3) Arthur Conan Doyle.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Britney Spears was born on this date in 1981. Raised in Louisiana, at the age of nine, she competed at the state level as an athlete. What sport did she compete in?

2) Which sport has a "sin bin"?

3) On this date in 1927, Henry Ford unveiled his exciting new Model A, the first Ford available in a choice of colors. But beauty was expensive and the sporty new Model A roadster sold for how much?

4) In what battle was the quote, "We have the enemy, and they are ours."

Answers:
1) Gymnastics

2) "sin bin" is a nickname

3) $385

4) It was uttered during the War of 1812's Battle of Lake Erie.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Where is the world's only museum dedicated to roller skating located?

2) The first telephone in the White House was installed on this date in 1878. Who was the president?

3) Bette Midler was born on this date in 1945. She won an Emmy for her appearance on a TV show - what show?

Answers:

1) Lincoln, Nebraska

2) Rutherford B. Hayes

3) She was awarded the Emmy for her appearance on Johnny Carson's final night hosting The Tonight Show.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first European to land in America?

2) Which former president's son served as Secretary of War, then later as Minister to the Court of St. James in Great Britain?

3) What does anaerobic mean?

4) Which months have 30 days or less?

Answers:

1) Leif Ericson, nearly 500 years prior to Christopher Columbus's fabled landing!

2) Robert Todd Lincoln

3) does not require oxygen for growth

4) Five months have 30 days or fewer. The old rhyme helps: "30 days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31, excepting February alone, which hath twenty-eight days clear, and twenty-nine in each leap year."

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) According to the Butterball Corporation, they recommend that you thaw a wrapped turkey in the refrigerator how long per four pounds of bird?


2) Which president was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the fourth Thursday in November?

3) In Canada they celebrate Thanksgiving in what month?

Answers:

1) One day.

2) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

3) October.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which famed movie star's real name was Archibald Leach?

2) What does GI stand for?

3) In what war did those in service first become tagged as GI's?

4) FDR signed Public Law #773 on November 23, 1942, creating the SPARS. What were they?

Answers:

1) Cary Grant.

2) GI refers to government-issued supplies and equipment.

3) World War II.

4) SPARS was the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve. The name is an acronym of the Coast Guard motto Semper Paratus and its English translation, Always Ready. The name also refers to a spar in nautical usage. Like the other women's reserves such as the WACS and the WAVES, it was created to free men from stateside service in order to fight overseas. Its first director was Captain Dorothy C. Stratton.

Alan Rock's Trivia

Questions:

1) What is the only food that does not spoil?

2) Rosita Alverio won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1961, but accepted it with her stage and screen name. What was her stage name?

3) What musician patented a method for coordinating music in a large orchestra?

Answers:

1) Honey

2) Rita Moreno

3) Harry Connick, Jr.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Which U.S. president was arrested - while he was still in office - for running over an elderly woman with his horse?

2) On this date in 1789, this state became the first to ratify the Bill of Rights. Which state was it?

Answers:

1) Franklin Pierce

2) New Jersey

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Inscribed on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty are these words: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." etc. Who was the author?

2) On this date in 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts made a second landing on the moon. Who were they?

3) What was Larry King's first radio job?

Answers:

1) Poet Emma Lazarus was the author. The inscription on the Statue of Liberty is excerpted from her poem, "New Colossus."

2) Charles Conrad and Alan Bean

3) Larry King began his broadcasting career as a janitor at an AM station in Miami.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Marlon Brando patented four devices, all with the same name, for a particular musical instrument. Which instrument was it?

2) For what item did Harry Houdini receive a patent in 1921?

3) What countries signed on as members and participants in NAFTA in 1994?

Answers:

1) Brando patented the "drumhead tensioning device and method," designed for the snare drum.

2) A diving suit

3) U.S., Canada and Mexico

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who created the first known design of a robot?

2) What Hollywood actress patented a missile guidance system?

3) Which of the Marx Brothers invented a special watch for cardiac patients?

4) Who originally held the patent for stand-up advertising cards on restaurant tables?

Answers:

1) Leonardo da Vinci

2) Hedy Lamar

3) Zeppo

4) Lawrence Welk

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) What was Whoopi Goldberg's given name?

2) Whoopi won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1990 for what role in what movie?

3) What product was featured in the first television commercial?

Answers:

1) Whoopi's birth name was Caryn Johnson.

2) She won for her part as Oda Mae Brown in Ghost.

3) The first commercial showed a Bulova watch with the famous ticking second hand.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Controversial figure skater Tonya Harding was born this date in 1970. In 2002 she appeared as a featured contender in a Fox Celebrity Boxing event. Who was her opponent?

2) Baby dogs are puppies, cats give birth to kittens. What are baby eels called?

3) Ralph Waldo Emerson was famous for saying that "for every minute you are angry, you lose..." what?

Answers:

1) Former Clinton accuser, Paula Jones.

2) A baby eel is an elver.

3) sixty seconds of happiness