Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On November 14, 1954, Bill Haley's first hit record peaked at number 7.  What was the name of the song?

2) On November 14, 1980, Martin Scorsese's film Raging Bull opened in the U.S.  Actor Robert DeNiro played which boxer?

3) Who originally sang Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

4) What color is cerise?

Answers:

1) Shake, Rattle & Roll

2) Jake LaMotta

3) Dionne Warwick

4) Reddish pink

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who said in a letter to a friend, "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes"?

2) On November 13, 1977, the comic strip Li'l Abner appeared in newspapers for the last time.  Who was the creator of that comic?

3) Who was the first major league pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards?

4) Which breed of dog is historically associated with the fire service?

Answers:

1) Benjamin Franklin 

2) Al Capp

3) Greg Maddox of the Atlanta Braves

4) Dalmation

 

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) Who was the first NFL coach to win 100 regular season games in ten seasons?

2) Where would you wear a snood?

3) On what peninsula is Portugal situated?

Answers:

1) Don Shula

2) On your head.  A snood is historically a type of European female headgear or, in modern times, a tubular neck scarf.  In the most common form, the headgear resembles a close-fitting hood worn over the back of the head.  A tighter mesh band may cover the forehead or crown, then run behind the ears and under the nape of the neck.

              
3) Iberian

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What are the world's three most populous cities?

2)  What are the three most populous countries?

3)  On this date in 1997, this running back became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons.

Answers:

1)  Tokyo's population is 32,450,000; Seoul's is 20,550,000 and Mexico City's population is 20,450,000.

2)  The three most populous countries are 1) China - 1.3 billion, 2) India - 1.2 billion and 3) The U.S. - 312 million

3)  Barry Sanders 

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  She once said, "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

2)  He was the vibraphonist in the Modern Jazz Quartet.

3)  This song was and still is the theme song of the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Answers:

1)  Miss Mae West.

Mae West also said, "Those who are easily shocked, should be shocked more often."

2)  Milt Jackson

3)  "Moonlight Serenade"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In Paul Simon's song, how many ways are there to leave your lover?

2)  Who played the lead character, Jack Ryan, in the 1992 film, Patriot Games?

3)  Kenny Rogers' song "The Gambler" expresses the philosophy that the best you can hope for is this.

4)  This author once said of Huckleberry Finn that "all American writing comes from that. There was nothing before."

Answers:

1) "there must be 50"

2)  Harrison Ford

3) "The best you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

4)  Hemingway

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What is the oldest weekly television program?

2)  What did television news anchor Catherine Crier do before becoming a news presenter?

3) What does "bruxism" mean?

4)  The first organized football game was played on this date in 1869.  What two teams played?

Answers:

1)  Meet the Press is the oldest program; it was first broadcast on this date in 1947.

2) As a teenager Crier worked on her family's farm near Dallas. There she hauled hay, cleaned stalls, and competed in Arabian horse shows across the Southwest. In 1984, she was elected to the 162nd District Court in Dallas County as a State District Judge, becoming the youngest elected state judge in Texas history. During her tenure on the bench, Crier also served as Administrative Judge for the Civil District Courts and worked extensively with the ABA, National Judicial College, and Texas Legislature on legal issues.She has also authored 5 books: her first book, the NY Times bestseller, The Case Against Lawyers in October, 2002. Her second book, A Deadly Game: The Untold Story of the Scott Peterson Investigation became a #1 NY Times bestseller and was followed by Contempt—How the Right is Wronging American Justice, and Final Analysis: The Untold Story of the Susan Polk Murder Case. Her fifth book, Patriot Acts — What Americans Must Do to Save the Republic, was published on November 1, 2011. Fun fact: when Crier got married, she was escorted down the aisle by her favorite dog.



3) It means to grind one's teeth.

4) The game was between Rutgers and Princeton. Loosely based on Rugby and modified rules of the London Football Association, Princeton won with 6 goals to Rutgers' 4.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This university was the first to award athletic scholarships to women.

2)  On this date in 1946, this Boston Celtic player became the first to shatter a glass backboard.

3)  How many sovereign nations are there in the European Union?

4)  This automaker was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922.



Answers:

1)  The University of Miami was the first to awards athletic scholarships to women and started doing so on May 5, 1973.

2)  It was TV's Rifleman star, Chuck Connors. Connors also played pro baseball for the Los Angeles Angels, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs.

3)  27

4)  Jaguar

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The first U.S. postage stamps were sold in 1847. Whose images were on the 5-cent stamp and the 10-cent stamp?

2)  This letter is the oldest in the Phoenician alphabet.

3)  What's the difference between a nook and a cranny?

4)  How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?

Answers:

1)  Ben Franklin was on the 5-cent stamp and George Washington was on the 10-cent stamp.

2)  The letter "O" is the oldest, remaining unchanged from 1300, BCE.

3)  A nook is a corner and a cranny is a crack.


4)  24

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This song was set to the tune of what was once a popular drinking song and its original lyrics came from an 1814 poem. How is the song known today and what was its original title?

2)  Who are the top three best-selling music artists of all time?

3)  This alto/soprano sax player from Brooklyn achieved wide acclaim with his smooth jazz group, Spyro Gyra.

4)  This alto sax man is remembered for his solo on the 1974 Billy Joel hit, "Just the Way You Are." He comes in at about 2:58 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjCoBTzrN9E

Answers:

1)  The drinking song, originally known as "Defence of Fort McHenry."

2)  The Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson

3)  Jay Beckenstein

4)  Phil Woods

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the only Peanuts character to believe in the Great Pumpkin?

2)  Snoopy dressed as a WWI flying Ace and imagined this as his airplane.

3)  This country is associated most closely with mummies.

4)  Who kept getting rocks instead of candy when the gang was out trick-or-treating?

Answers:

1)  Linus

2)  Snoopy imagined his dog house was his airplane.

3)  Egypt

4)  Charlie Brown

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capital Rotunda?

2)  On this date in 1938, Orson Welles stirred a national panic with his radio drama. Listeners believed the "simulated" news bulletins in the drama were real and that Grovers Mill, NJ, actually was being invaded by men from Mars.

3)  Boxing fans may recall that on this date in 1974, Muhammed Ali regained the world championship title by knocking out this heavyweight champ.

4)  On this date in 1984, Linda Ronstadt performed

Answers:

1)   Rosa Perks was interred in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on this date in 2005.

2)  It was a dramatization of H.G. Wells' novel War of the Worlds.

3)  George Foreman

4)  Ronstadt attempted the role of Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme.  The performance was a production of Joseph Papp for the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was Superman's given name by his father?

2)  Cleek, mashie and niblick are varieties of these.


3)  On this date in 1997, he was made an honorary U.S. veteran at the age of 94.

4)   On this date in 1956, The Huntley-Brinkley Report debuted on NBC TV, replacing what other news show?

Answers:

1)  Kal-El

2)  golf clubs

3)  Bob Hope was awarded this honor, the first of its kind in recognition of his many years entertaining U.S. troops via the USO.

4)  The Huntley-Brinkley Report's predecessor was The Camel News Caravan. Its catchphrase was "bringing you today's news today," which now seems silly, but then the idea of getting news of events in the same day was a new technological development.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions: 

!)  Kilts were first worn in which country?

2) This style of jazz, at the height of popularity in the 30s and 40s, dominated social events and dances. What was the name of this style?

3) In a deck of playing cards, which king does not have a moustache?

4)  This jazz genre, associated with Dave Brubeck, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan and Lee Konitz, de-emphasized blues in favor of crisper tones. What was the name of this style of jazz?

Answers:

1)  Though most strongly associated with Scotland, kilts first appeared in France. Here's some history if you're interested.

2)  Swing

3)  The King of Hearts

4)  "Cool Jazz"

Alan Rick's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Gout is a condition caused by elevated levels of this.

2)  Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC on this date in 1975. Who was the first host?

3)  This auto maker recently recalled 7.43 million cars due to a problem with a sticky power window switch.

4)  This female shuttle astronaut was the first woman to walk in space.

Answers:

1)  uric acid

2)  George Carlin

3)  Toyota. "Recalled in North America are the Yaris, Corolla, Matrix, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Tundra, Sequoia and Scion models xB and xD, spanning 2.47 million vehicles" (Detroit Free Press, October 11, 2012).

4) Kathy Sullivan

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)   As of 2012, only five jazz musicians have been featured the cover of Time magazine. Who were they?

2)  Who wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People?

3)  What is the capital of Pakistan?

4)  What is the current official name of Chicago's Sears Tower?

Answers:

1)  Louis Armstrong (Feb. 1949), Dave Brubeck (Nov. 1954), Duke Ellington (Aug. 1956), Thelonius Monk (Feb. 1964), and Wynton Marsalis (Oct. 1990).

2)  Stephen R. Covey

3)  Islamabad

4)  Though Sears' naming rights expired in 2003, people persist in still referring to the skyscraper as the Sears Tower.  In 2009, Willis Group Holdings purchased the building and its official name became the Willis Tower.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1930, Laura Ingalls Wilder became the first woman to do this.

2)  On this date in 1967, Doc Henderson became the new musical director for The Tonight Show.  Who did he replace?

3)  In our solar system, which planet is the largest?

4)  What color is Midori liqueur?

Answers:

1)  She was the first woman to fly across the U.S., completing a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field in New York to Glendale, California.

2)  Skitch Henderson

3)  Jupiter

4)  green

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:


1)  Who was the only pitcher to pitch a perfect game in the World Series?

2)  What do deltiologists collect?

3)  In what sport is sabermetrics used for analysis?

4)  When is the next presidential election?

Answers:

1)  Don Larson pitched a perfect game for the Yankees on this date in 1956.

2)  postcards

3)  Baseball. Saber metrics gets its name from the acronym, SABR, which stands for the Society of Baseball Research. The book and subsequent movie, Moneyball, made Sabermetrics famous.

4)  November 6.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was Che Guevera's given first name?

2)  According to Greek mythology, Arges, Brontes and Steropes were all  _______________.

3)  The temporalis muscle is used to do this.

Answers:

1)  Ernesto

2)  They were all cyclops.

3)  The temporalis muscle is used for chewing.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) When was Halley's Comet last visible to the naked eye?

2)  The Beatles released their first single ____ years ago.

3)  For what film did Susan Sarandon win an Oscar for Best Actress?

4)  This is blood type the rarest.

Answers:

1) 1986

2)  The song was "Love Me Do." It was released 50 years ago, October 5th, 1962.

3)  Dead Man Walking.

4)  Type AB is rarest. There is even the extremely rare type A-H; it's so rare, only three people in the world are known to have it.