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Trivia of the Day Blog
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Trivia for 2/17
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/16: From player SpclDove: How many letters of the alphabet are used in Roman numerals? Seven (C, D, I, L, M, V, X).
53 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/17: In the early Mickey Mouse comics, Mickey had a different dog other than Pluto. What was this dog's name? A. Shorty B. Buddy C. Weenie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Trivia 2/16
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/12: Where would you find celebrity parodies including Dirth Nader, The Beetles, Bruce Stringbean and the S Street Band, Placido Flamingo, Polly Darton, Baabaa Walters, Henry Wadsworth Wrongfellow, Showered Rosell, Virginia the Wolf, Sherlock Hemlock, Vincent Twice and Merryl Sheep, among many others? Sesame Street or The Muppet Show. They are Muppet parodies of well known famous figures. 46 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/16: From player SpclDove: How many letters of the alphabet are used in Roman numerals? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, February 12, 2010
Trivia for 2/12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/11: What is unique about Creme Puff, a cat once owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas? (A) Fattest cat on record (B) Only cat to live with two heads (C) Oldest cat on record Ans: (C) Oldest cat on record. Creme Puff is listed in the Guinness World Records, after living from August 3, 1967 to August 6, 2005 - 38 years and 3 days. There are other, unproven records of cats living into their 40s. 50 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/12: Where would you find celebrity parodies including Dirth Nader, The Beetles, Bruce Stringbean and the S Street Band, Placido Flamingo, Polly Darton, Baabaa Walters, Henry Wadsworth Wrongfellow, Showered Rosell, Virginia the Wolf, Sherlock Hemlock, Vincent Twice and Merryl Sheep, among many others? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Trivia for 2/11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/10: In 1930, 11-year-old Venetia Burney contributed what to astronomy? She came up with the name Pluto for the then-newly discovered ninth planet. Her grandfather passed on the suggestion, and it was liked because the first two letters matched the initials of Percival Lowell, who had predicted its existence. Her grandfather's brother, Henry Madan, had also suggested the names of Phobos and Deimos for the moons of Mars in 1878. 52 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/11:
What is unique about Creme Puff, a cat once owned by Jake Perry of Austin, Texas? (A) Fattest cat on record (B) Only cat to live with two heads (C) Oldest cat on record ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Trivia for 2/10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/9: Daltonism is the inability to do what? Daltonism is another name for color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish between red and green. The name comes from chemist and physicist John Dalton (1766-1844), who wrote Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures. He also studied his own color blindness. 55 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/10: In 1930, 11-year-old Venetia Burney contributed what to astronomy? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Trivia for 2/9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/8: Who are Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober and Red? The Fraggles, from Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock. 47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/9: Daltonism is the inability to do what? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, February 8, 2010
Trivia for 2/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/5: What is the last name of saxophonist Kenny G.? 50 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/8: Who are Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober and Red? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, February 5, 2010
Trivia for 2/5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/4: What comes in sizes that include Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar? Wine or Champagne bottles. Starting with Standard (1 champagne bottle), the sizes move up to Magnum (2 bottles), Jeroboam (4 bottles), Rehoboam (6 bottles), Methuselah (8 bottles), Salmanazar (10-12 bottles), Balthazar (16 bottles) and Nebuchadnezzar (20 bottles). 55 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/5: What is the last name of saxophonist Kenny G.? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Trivia for 2/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/3: Who was the very first recipient of the Disney Legends Award? (A) Walt Disney (B) Julie Andrews (C) Fred MacMurray (D) Mickey Mouse Ans: (C) Fred MacMurray. He left his cement handprints at Disney Studios in 1987. The award recognizes significant contributions over the years by Disney personalities and employees. 42 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/4: What comes in sizes that include Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Trivia for 2/3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 2/2: People who practice tasseography do what? They claim to be able to read patterns in tea leaves, coffee grounds or wine sediments, and are able to divine your future or fortune from these remains. Tasseography is also known as tasseomancy or tassology). 53 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 2/3: Who was the very first recipient of the Disney Legends Award? (A) Walt Disney (B) Julie Andrews (C) Fred MacMurray (D) Mickey Mouse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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