Totally Random Trivia: 2022

Questions for
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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

1. The famous line, “We’ll always have Paris” originally appeared in what 1942 movie?

2. Mariah Carey's 10th studio album was the best-selling record of 2005. It was her comeback album after a slump, and she named it to reflect her freedom from her past struggles. What is it called?

3. Which NBA team gets its name from its state’s rich auto and harness-racing history?

4. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant famously met at a building known as the McClean House in 1865. In which Virginia county is that historic house located?

5. Which U.S. territory’s quarter has a flying proa — which is a type of boat — on its reverse?

1. Casablanca

3. Indiana Pacers

4 Appomattox

4. Appamattox

4. Appomattox

5. Guam

Thanks to my submariner nephew that was recently deployed out there and went back the “funny looking money.”

2) The Emancipation of Mimi

Answers to Tuesday, May 21, 2024

1. The famous line, “We’ll always have Paris” originally appeared in what 1942 movie?
“Casablanca”

2. Mariah Carey's 10th studio album was the best-selling record of 2005. It was her comeback album after a slump, and she named it to reflect her freedom from her past struggles. What is it called?

“The Emancipation of Mimi”

3. Which NBA team gets its name from its state’s rich auto and harness-racing history?

Indiana Pacers

4. Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant famously met at a building known as the McClean House in 1865. In which Virginia county is that historic house located?

Appomattox

5. Which U.S. territory’s quarter has a flying proa — which is a type of boat — on its reverse?

Guam

Questions for
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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

1. A rooster under one year of age is known by an eight-letter name, the first four letters of which are a synonym for “rooster.” What is that eight-letter name?

2. What mausoleum, located on the Yamuna River in the city of Agra, is considered the world's greatest example of Mughal architecture?

3. The 1989 World Series between what two neighboring cities was interrupted by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck just before the start of Game 3?

4. An American novelty song from 1923 is now in the public domain. It tells the story of a friendly fruit-seller who begins every sentence with “Yes,” even when he’s out of something. It’s called “Yes, We Have No…” what?

5. A full-body plaster cast of German actor Brigitte Helm was used to create Maria, the iconic robot from what 1927 Fritz Lang movie?

2. Tan Mahal

edit- lol at my phone’s autocorrect

2. The Taj Mahal

3. San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's

1. Cockerel

4. Bananas

1. cockerel

5 Metropolis 

Answers to Wednesday, May 22, 2024

1. A rooster under one year of age is known by an eight-letter name, the first four letters of which are a synonym for “rooster.” What is that eight-letter name?

Cockerel

2. What mausoleum, located on the Yamuna River in the city of Agra, is considered the world's greatest example of Mughal architecture?

Taj Mahal

3. The 1989 World Series between what two neighboring cities was interrupted by a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck just before the start of Game 3?

Oakland, San Francisco

4. An American novelty song from 1923 is now in the public domain. It tells the story of a friendly fruit-seller who begins every sentence with “Yes,” even when he’s out of something. It’s called “Yes, We Have No…” what?

Bananas

5. A full-body plaster cast of German actor Brigitte Helm was used to create Maria, the iconic robot from what 1927 Fritz Lang movie?

“Metropolis”

Questions for
Theme Thursday, May 23, 2024

A Million Little Pieces: Each answer this round is a word that can also reference cutting up food. For example, if I said, "12-, 20-, and six-sided are the most common varieties of what game accessory?" you would answer, "Dice."

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. For a right-handed golfer, a golf shot that curves too far to the left is known as a hook. A shot that curves too far to the right is known as what?

2. What style of hip-hop remix originated in Houston, Texas, in the 1990s, and often involves slowing down songs or skipping beats?

3. In mathematics, a superscript of "3" denotes a number that has been… what?

4. Actor James Avery was probably best known for playing Philip Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," but '90s kids may also know he voiced cartoon supervillain Oroku Saki, better known by what name?

5. What dating app's popularity reportedly surged in the U.K. after comedian Stephen Fry demonstrated it on a 2009 episode of "Top Gear"?

1: Slice

3: Cubed

1. Slice

3. Cubed

4. Shredder

5. Grindr

2. Chopped and screwed

Answers to Thursday, May 23, 2024

A Million Little Pieces: Each answer this round is a word that can also reference cutting up food. For example, if I said, "12-, 20-, and six-sided are the most common varieties of what game accessory?" you would answer, "Dice."

1. For a right-handed golfer, a golf shot that curves too far to the left is known as a hook. A shot that curves too far to the right is known as what?

Slice

2. What style of hip-hop remix originated in Houston, Texas, in the 1990s, and often involves slowing down songs or skipping beats?

Chopped and Screwed

3. In mathematics, a superscript of "3" denotes a number that has been… what?

Cubed

4. Actor James Avery was probably best known for playing Philip Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," but '90s kids may also know he voiced cartoon supervillain Oroku Saki, better known by what name?

The Shredder
(from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”)

5. What dating app's popularity reportedly surged in the U.K. after comedian Stephen Fry demonstrated it on a 2009 episode of "Top Gear"?

Grindr

Questions for
Friday, May 24, 2024

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four U.S. state capitals that contain the word “city” in their name. List as many of those capitals as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

2. What brand of rum takes its nautical name from a legendary tattoo artist who first set up shop in Honolulu after leaving the U.S. Navy in the 1930s?

3. Who has been played in movies by such actors as Morgan Freeman, George Burns, and Alanis Morissette?

4. What show, which was canceled in 2020 and revived in 2022, holds the record for longest-running live-action program on the Fox network?

5. Today is May 24. On this day in 1956, what contest was held for the first time in Switzerland, becoming an instant hit?

1 Carson City, Jefferson City, Salt Lake City

3 God

2. Sailor Jerry?

1. Oklahoma City

5) Eurovision.  My EU friends are obsessed.

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2. Sailor Jerry?

The tattoo shop I’ve been to in Burnsville has ties to said Sailor Jerry!

https://alohamonkeytattoo.com/about

4. Cops?

Answers to Friday, May 24, 2024

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four U.S. state capitals that contain the word “city” in their name. List as many as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

Carson City, Jefferson City, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City

2. What brand of rum takes its nautical name from a legendary tattoo artist who first set up shop in Honolulu after leaving the U.S. Navy in the 1930s?

Sailor Jerry

3. Who has been played in movies by such actors as Morgan Freeman, George Burns, and Alanis Morissette?

God

4. What show, which was canceled in 2020 and revived in 2022, holds the record for longest-running live-action program on the Fox network?

“Cops”

5. Today is May 24. On this day in 1956, what contest was held for the first time in Switzerland, becoming an instant hit?

Eurovision Song Contest

Questions for
Monday, May 27, 2024

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

1. A “sombrero vaquero” is also known as what clothing accessory?

2. In 2017, a Pittsburgh-based company trolled the city of Chicago when it rebranded its signature product as "Chicago Dog Sauce." Name that company.

3. In 1942, Bing Crosby recorded a song that Guinness cites as the best-selling single of all time. What song is it?

4. France passed a law requiring all vehicles on the road to always carry what item of clothing, which protestors used when marching in the streets in 2018?

5. “Glass,” “Unbreakable,” and  “Split” are three psychological thriller films in a trilogy directed by whom?

3. White Christmas

4) High Viz vests 

1) cowboy hat

5) M. Night Shyamalan

2. Heinz

Answers to Monday, May 27, 2024

1. A “sombrero vaquero” is also known as what clothing accessory?

Cowboy hat

2. In 2017, a Pittsburgh-based company trolled the city of Chicago when it rebranded its signature product as "Chicago Dog Sauce." Name that company.

Heinz

3. In 1942, Bing Crosby recorded a song that Guinness cites as the best-selling single of all time. What song is it?

“White Christmas”

4. France passed a law requiring all vehicles on the road to always carry what item of clothing, which protestors used when marching in the streets in 2018?

Yellow vest

5. “Glass,” “Unbreakable,” and  “Split” are three psychological thriller films in a trilogy directed by whom?

M. Night Shyamalan

Questions for
Tuesday, May 28, 2024

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

1. What Texas-based company trademarked the term "brain freeze" in 1994?

2. What rapper and “From Crook to Cook” cookbook co-author accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a speech in which he said, “I want to thank me for believing in me”?

3. What actor’s contract forbade him from wearing a tuxedo in any movie other than those stipulated by the contract, from 1995 to 2002?

4. “Coprolite” is the scientific word for a particular type of fossilized material. What is that material?

5. What former prime minister of Prussia and first chancellor of the German Empire was born on April 1, 1815?

3 Pierce Brosnan

4 Poop

3.Pierce Brosnan

5. Otto von Bismarck

2. Snoop Dogg

1.  7-11  ??

Answers to Tuesday, May 28, 2024

1. What Texas-based company trademarked the term "brain freeze" in 1994?

7-Eleven

2. What rapper and “From Crook to Cook” cookbook co-author accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a speech in which he said, “I want to thank me for believing in me”?

Snoop Dogg

3. What actor’s contract forbade him from wearing a tuxedo in any movie other than those stipulated by the contract, from 1995 to 2002?

Pierce Brosnan
(while he was James Bond)

4. “Coprolite” is the scientific word for a particular type of fossilized material. What is that material?

Feces

5. What former prime minister of Prussia and first chancellor of the German Empire was born on April 1, 1815?

Otto Von Bismarck

Questions for
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

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

1. What Russian American writer and philosopher is best known for her two best-selling novels and introducing a philosophical system she called “objectivism”?

2. What Sony product was originally called the “Soundabout” when it was introduced in the U.S. in 1979?

3. What groundbreaking 1959 Lorraine Hansberry play has received three film adaptations, featuring Sidney Poitier, Danny Glover, and Sean Combs in the lead role?

4. Although the term was first used by Snoop Dogg in 1992, what hit Destiny’s Child song title was added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the following definition? “Adjective: (of a woman) sexually attractive.”

5. This month in 1786, “The Marriage of Figaro” made its debut. Who composed that opera?

2.  Walkman

5.  Gioachino Rossini  Doh!

2. Walkman

5. Mozart

1. Ayn Rand

4. Bootylicious

3) A Raisin in the Sun

Answers to Wednesday, May 29, 2024

1. What Russian American writer and philosopher is best known for her two best-selling novels and introducing a philosophical system she called “objectivism”?

Ayn Rand

2. What Sony product was originally called the “Soundabout” when it was introduced in the U.S. in 1979?

The Walkman

3. What groundbreaking 1959 Lorraine Hansberry play has received three film adaptations, featuring Sidney Poitier, Danny Glover, and Sean Combs in the lead role?

“A Raisin in the Sun”

4. Although the term was first used by Snoop Dogg in 1992, what hit Destiny’s Child song title was added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the following definition? “Adjective: (of a woman) sexually attractive.”

“Bootylicious”

5. This month in 1786, “The Marriage of Figaro” made its debut. Who composed that opera?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Questions for
Theme Thursday, May 30, 2024

Chinese Neighbors: Five questions about countries that border China.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. The Gobi Desert stretches between China and what neighboring country?

2. Of all the countries that border China, two have national flags that use the same color scheme as the flag of China. Name either of those countries.

3. What landlocked country — with a majority Buddhist population of around 700,000 — is led by an individual referred to as the “Dragon King”?

4. “The Bear Trap” is a Western nickname for a war that some say led to the downfall of the Soviet Union. What country fought against the Soviets in that war?

5. The world's largest landlocked country borders China to the northwest. Name that country!