The 12 Days of Trivia - The 13 answers
by Andy Moseley - reprinted with permission from the December 2000 Mariners’ Log
1. B: Shirley Jones. Susan Day was on the show but she was not the mom. Florence Henderson is better known as Carol Brady, and Bea Arthur is one of the Golden Girls.
2. A: A diet of seeds. They do enjoy an occasional feast of worms, however.
3. D: poule. Coq is French for rooster.
4. B: 10-10-912. The others you’ve probably had drilled into your head by Arsenio Hall, Paul Reiser, David Arquette, and Alyssa Milano.
5. C: water. There’s no water in those golden rings!
6. A: four to seven.
7. A: United States, followed by the rest in the order they appear in the question.
8. D: 100. That’s a LOT of milk.
9. C: “Charlamaine.” The others are perfectly acceptable.
10. B: Robert W. Bly.
11. A: Pennsylvania.
12. B: Tris Imboden. Tommy Lee is part of the group formerly known as Motley Cru, Mongoose McQueen is part of Fozzy, and Sammy Sosa is part of the Chicago Cubs.
13. A: $14,040.17.
