Totally Random Trivia: 2022

Indiana was off of DST for a long time but now observe it.

Answers to Tuesday, March 8, 2022

1. Lake Hylia, Kakariko Village, and Hyrule Castle are all landmarks in what video game franchise, originally released in 1986?

“The Legend of Zelda”

2. The woman known as “The Queen of Rock and Roll” renounced her U.S. citizenship in 2013 and has been living in Switzerland ever since. Her birth name is Anna Mae Bullock. What is her stage name?

Tina Turner

3. Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend! There are currently two states that do not observe DST. Name one of them.

Arizona, Hawaii

4. A survey of all the street names in the U.S. revealed that “First” is, ironically, not first on the list of most common street names. What is the most common street name in the U.S.?

Second

(a lot of First Streets are called “Main Street,” while pretty much all Second Streets are just called “Second Street”)

5. What is, by far, the most popular American fast food chain in China, with more than twice as many locations as McDonald’s?

KFC

Questions for

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. The file-sharing service Napster was shut down in 2001 after it was sued by two highly influential, California-based artists. One is a band; the other is a rapper. Name either of them.

2. If you are taking the St. Lawrence Seaway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, what is the first Great Lake you’ll encounter?

3. Janet Reno became the first female U.S. attorney general on March 13, 1993. The second woman to become attorney general left the job on January 20, 2017. What is her name?

4. Because Netflix is streaming, it isn’t beholden to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and therefore isn’t required to offer audio descriptions of its series to the visually impaired. It took a 2015 audience petition surrounding the release of what show to get them to finally offer this service?

5. What singer has penned songs such as “Boat Drinks,” “Why Don’t We Get Drunk (and Screw),” and “Too Drunk to Karaoke”?

2. Lake Ontario

5. Jimmy Buffett

5) Jimmy Buffett.

Fins up!

1. Metallica

4. Daredevil

3. Loretta Lynch

I now think I remember the rapper for #1: Dr. Dre?

Answers to Wednesday, March 9, 2022

1. The file-sharing service Napster was shut down in 2001 after it was sued by two highly influential, California-based artists. One is a band; the other is a rapper. Name either of them.

Metallica, Dr. Dre

2. If you are taking the St. Lawrence Seaway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, what is the first Great Lake you’ll encounter?

Lake Ontario

3. Janet Reno became the first female U.S. attorney general on March 13, 1993. The second woman to become attorney general left the job on January 20, 2017. What is her name?

Loretta Lynch

4. Because Netflix is streaming, it isn’t beholden to the Americans with Disabilities Act, and therefore isn’t required to offer audio descriptions of its series to the visually impaired. It took a 2015 audience petition surrounding the release of what show to get them to finally offer this service?

“Daredevil”

5. What singer has penned songs such as “Boat Drinks,” “Why Don’t We Get Drunk (and Screw),” and “Too Drunk to Karaoke”?

Jimmy Buffett

Questions for

Theme Thursday, March 10, 2022

Seasonal Concepts: All answers this round will contain the name of a season.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, what singer was described in her 2012 obituary as the "undisputed queen of the ‘70s disco boom"?

2. A popular 1988 computer game called “Wasteland” was resurrected in 1997 into one of the most successful video game series ever. Name that series.

3. What 57-year-old actor is best known for his roles Ryan O’Reily on “Oz,” Dennis Duffy on “30 Rock,” and Mayhem in those insurance commercials?

4. What Tony-winning Broadway rock musical, featuring music by Duncan Sheik, opened in 2006 with Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in the lead roles?

5. What jazz standard lent its name to a 2000 romantic film starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, and Anthony LaPaglia?

3. Dean Winters

5. Autumn in New York

1. Donna Summer

2: Fallout

4) Spring Awakening

I loved him on 30 Rock. He’s had a pretty scary life. Almost died from an infection. Had some digits amputated and several skin grafts.

He's also good as "The Vulture" on Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

This was driving me nuts trying to remember the name of it. Then I figured if I don’t remember it Kelly Red probably will

I’m just a Broadway Baby!

Answers to Thursday, March 10, 2022

1. Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, what singer was described in her 2012 obituary as the "undisputed queen of the ‘70s disco boom"?

Donna Summer

2. A popular 1988 computer game called “Wasteland” was resurrected in 1997 into one of the most successful video game series ever. Name that series.

“Fallout”

3. What 57-year-old actor is best known for his roles Ryan O’Reily on “Oz,” Dennis Duffy on “30 Rock,” and Mayhem in those insurance commercials?

Dean Winters

4. What Tony-winning Broadway rock musical, featuring music by Duncan Sheik, opened in 2006 with Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff in the lead roles?

“Spring Awakening”

5. What jazz standard lent its name to a 2000 romantic film starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, and Anthony LaPaglia?

“Autumn in New York”

Questions for

Friday, March 11, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four states in the U.S. that are technically not states, but commonwealths. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

2. What McDonaldland character may have originally been conceived of as a tastebud, used to have two sets of arms, and loves to steal Shamrock Shakes?

3. When is it easier to harvest clams: At low tide or high tide?

4. What Greek mythological woman was given the gift of prophecy and the curse of never being believed? She shares her nine-letter name with a Wonder Girl from DC Comics, an X-Men villain from Marvel, and Tia Carrere’s character in “Wayne’s World.”

5. Today is March 11. Born on this day in 1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota, Wanda Gág was the author of the oldest American picture book still in print today. Name that 1928 book about a lonely older couple!

1. Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and ??

Kentucky is the fourth.

2: Grimace

4: Cassandra

3–Low

5. "Millions of Cats". Bought this for my daughter when she was a wee lass. She has since passed it along to her daughters.

Wasn't there something a couple years back where North Dakota wasn't officially a state? I swore I heard about some technicality....

Found it:

https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/07/14/because-of-constitution-error-north-dakota-is-not-a-state-and-never-has-been/#:~:text=Next-,Because%20of%20Constitution%20Error%2C%20North%20Dakota%20is%20Not,State%20(and%20Never%20Has%20Been)&text=A%20constitutional%20error%20recently%20discovered,fit%20the%20requirements%20for%20statehood.

Is it actually a province? :dance:

LOL, I think it would be still a territory? They've solved the issue by now, obviously, but that was funny when it came up.

Answers to Friday, March 11, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four states in the U.S. that are technically not states, but commonwealths. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

Massachusetts, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky

2. What McDonaldland character may have originally been conceived of as a tastebud, used to have two sets of arms, and loves to steal Shamrock Shakes?

Grimace

3. When is it easier to harvest clams: At low tide or high tide?

Low tide (that’s why clams at high tide are happy)

4. What Greek mythological woman was given the gift of prophecy and the curse of never being believed? She shares her nine-letter name with a Wonder Girl from DC Comics, an X-Men villain from Marvel, and Tia Carrere’s character in “Wayne’s World.”

Cassandra

5. Today is March 11. Born on this day in 1893 in New Ulm, Minnesota, Wanda Gág was the author of the oldest American picture book still in print today. Name that 1928 book about a lonely older couple!

“Millions of Cats”

Questions for

Monday, March 14, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle.

1. What stand-up comedian, who, despite widespread false memory, did not play a genie in the ‘90s, got his stage name from an ancient fictional Persian hero?

2. Which continent is smaller than North America by area but larger than North America by population?

3. For what movie did Halle Berry become the first Black person to win the “Best Actress” Oscar in 2002?

4. What 1943 novella takes place partially on an asteroid called “B-612”?

5. What two breeds of dog got their names from the same Canadian province?

1: Sinbad

1) Sinbad (??)

EDIT - missed it by this much!

5) Labrador Retriever & Newfoundland

Tricky question because the province is Newfoundland and Labrador

2. Europe

3. Monster's Ball

4. The Little Prince

Answers to Monday, March 14, 2022

1. What stand-up comedian, who, despite widespread false memory, did not play a genie in the ‘90s, got his stage name from an ancient fictional Persian hero?

Sinbad

2. Which continent is smaller than North America by area but larger than North America by population?

Europe

3. For what movie did Halle Berry become the first Black person to win the “Best Actress” Oscar in 2002?

“Monster’s Ball”

(Love the Oscars? Come to Oscars Trivia all this month!)

4. What 1943 novella takes place partially on an asteroid called “B-612”?

“The Little Prince”

5. What two breeds of dog got their names from the same Canadian province?

Labrador, Newfoundland

Questions for

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What region of the Eastern United States, located between the Atlantic coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, gets its name from the Italian for “foothills”?

2. Race cars, lasers, and aeroplanes are among the day-to-day hazards encountered by the denizens of what fictional city?

3. “Diligence” is one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues, although some folks use a four-letter synonym instead. What is that synonym?

4. If you have a “circumorbital hematoma,” what do you have?

5. What architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which, when it opened in 1959, was described as an “indigestible hot cross bun”?

4. Black eye

1. Piedmont

5. Frank Lloyd Wright

4: Black eye

3. Work?

2) Total guess & truth be told I've never played the game (actually any video game other than chess vs a computer), but Sim City?

3. CYA is only 3 letters.

I know I know this one, but don't recall it.

Answers to Tuesday, March 15, 2022

1. What region of the Eastern United States, located between the Atlantic coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains, gets its name from the Italian for “foothills”?

Piedmont

2. Race cars, lasers, and aeroplanes are among the day-to-day hazards encountered by the denizens of what fictional city?

Duckburg

(taken from the theme song to “DuckTales”)

3. “Diligence” is one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues, although some folks use a four-letter synonym instead. What is that synonym?

Zeal

4. If you have a “circumorbital hematoma,” what do you have?

A black eye

5. What architect designed the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, which, when it opened in 1959, was described as an “indigestible hot cross bun”?

Frank Lloyd Wright

Questions for

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What one-word state motto comes from the Ancient Greek for "I have found it"?

2. Hydrated iron oxide is better known by what four-letter name?

3. The southern half of Belgium speaks French and is known as Wallonia. “Simpsons” fans might know that the northern half speaks Dutch and is known as… what?

4. The top three best-selling sodas of 2018 were Coke, Pepsi, and Diet Coke. What impossible-to-categorize beverage was number four—making it the country’s best-selling non-cola?

5. Which country gained independence from its European colonizer first: Canada or Mexico?

4) Mountain Dew ?

:puke:

1. Eureka?

2. Rust?

1. Eureka?

1. Eureka! (California)