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Trivia of the Day Blog
Friday, April 23, 2010
Trivia for 4/23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/22: From player Robert Yetter: What was Joe Friday's badge number? 714. When Jack Webb, who played Friday, died in 1982, Chief Darryl Gates of the Los Angeles Police Department officially retired Joe Friday's shield number. 43 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/23: From player Catherine (SpclDove):
How many years were there between the admission of the first and fiftieth states into the United States?
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Trivia for 4/22
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/21: Mr. Magoo has been around since 1949. In that time, he has had various pets, including a talking dog named McBarker. But before McBarker, Magoo had a watchdog he called Bowser. What was interesting about Bowser? Bowser was really a Siamese cat, the nearly-blind Magoo just thought he was a dog. 41 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/22: From player Robert Yetter: What was Joe Friday's badge number? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Trivia for 4/21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/20: On WKRP in Cincinnati, Howard Hesseman played DJ Dr. Johnny Fever. But what was the character's real last name? 42 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/21: Mr. Magoo has been around since 1949. In that time, he has had various pets, including a talking dog named McBarker. But before McBarker, Magoo had a watchdog he called Bowser. What was interesting about Bowser? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Trivia for 4/20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/19: From player Catherine (SpclDove):
A cygnet is the young of what bird? A swan. 47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/20: On WKRP in Cincinnati, Howard Hesseman played DJ Dr. Johnny Fever. But what was the character's real last name? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, April 19, 2010
Trivia for 4/19
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/16: Which was the lightest weight coin ever minted by the US Mint: A. Half-penny B. Three-cent coin C. Dime B. Three-cent coin, in 1851. It was composed of 75% silver and 25% copper, had a six-pointed star on one side, a Roman numeral III on the other, and weighed in at four-fifths of a gram. 38 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/19: From player Catherine (SpclDove):
A cygnet is the young of what bird? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Trivia 4/15
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/14: In grammar, what is an exonym? An exonym is a name used by foreigners to refer to a place or people, instead of the name actually used by those who live there. Examples include Cologne (native term: Köln), Florence (Firenze), Japan (Nihon/Nippon), Italy (Italia). 41 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/15: From player Carol Carrara: In 1986, artist John Wagner created the character of an abrasive, surly, stooped-back, gray-haired older woman for Hallmark's Shoebox Greetings card division. What is her name? Bonus point: What is her dog's name? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Trivia for 4/14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/13: The Wizard of Oz film was based on the books by L. Frank Baum. In the books, the Tin Man (or Tin Woodman) was originally a real man. What was his name? Nick Chopper. The name first appeared in The Marvelous Land of Oz. Chopper made his living cutting trees in the forests of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the East put a spell on his axe so he couldn't marry the girl he loved. The axe chopped his limbs off, one by one, and each time Chopper had it replaced by one of tin. Eventually, nothing was left of him but tin. 37 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/14: In grammar, what is an exonym? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Trivia for 4/13
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/12: From player Robert Yetter:
Whose famous catch phrase was "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"? J. Wellington Wimpy, generally referred to as Wimpy, from the Popeye the Sailor cartoons. 55 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/13: The Wizard of Oz film was based on the books by L. Frank Baum. In the books, the Tin Man (or Tin Woodman) was originally a real man. What was his name? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday, April 12, 2010
Trivia for 4/12
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/9: The cast included Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Patty Duke, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Jose Ferrer, Lee Grant, Fred MacMurray - seven Oscar winners in that bunch! The film they all starred in must have been awesome! Name that 1978 film. The Swarm. Yeah. One of many disaster films with mega-star casts from producer Irwin Allen (The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno), The Swarm probably achieves the least with the most amount of talent of any movie ever. This disaster includes a mutant strain of killer bees. 43 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/12: From player Robert Yetter:
Whose famous catch phrase was "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, April 9, 2010
Trivia for 4/9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer for 4/8: What now-commonplace item was called "Congreves" when the inventor first sold them in 1827? Hint: They were later called "lucifers" when marketed by someone else, since the inventor never patented his idea. Matches. In the 19th century, English chemist and pharmacist John Walker accidently came up with the thought of coating the end of a wooden stick with antimony sulfide, potassium chlorate, gum and starch. Once dried, he found he could ignite a fire by striking the stick anywhere. He called them "Congreves" after Congreve's rocket. 47 players answered correctly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question for 4/9: The cast included Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Patty Duke, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Richard Widmark, Katharine Ross, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Jose Ferrer, Lee Grant, Fred MacMurray - seven Oscar winners in that bunch! The film they all starred in must have been awesome! Name that 1978 film. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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