Totally Random Trivia: 2022

Number 5....if memory serves a similar question was fun several years ago....

3) The Exorcist.  

4. 4

5. *deep breath* CLAVICLE

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4. 4

5. *deep breath* CLAVICLE

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4. 4

5. *deep breath* CLAVICLE

Answers to Wednesday, July 24, 2024

1. Daryl Dragon sang such hits as “Love Will Keep Us Together” as one half of what married musical duo?

Captain and Tennille

2. One of the most famous vomit scenes in movie history was filmed in 1973 using plastic tubing, a hand-cranked pump, and several quarts of pea soup-colored porridge. Name that movie.

“The Exorcist”

3. What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

Colorado River

4. The predecessor to the German carmaker Audi was named Auto Union, because it was the result of a 1932 merger of how many previously existing car manufacturers?

Four
(that’s why Audi’s logo has four rings)

5. The most commonly broken bone in the human body is the collarbone, which is better known among medical professionals by what eight-letter name?

Clavicle

Questions for
Theme Thursday, July 25, 2024

Post Mortem: Five questions about famous people who achieved great accomplishments from the grave.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. The first posthumously released song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts was released in 1968. It was recorded days before its singer perished in a plane crash, and doesn’t contain a final verse, which he intended to add later. Name that song.

2. In recognition of his bravery at the Battle of San Juan Hill, what American politician was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001?

3. The man who holds the record for winning the most Academy Awards won his last one posthumously in 1969, for “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.” What was his name?

4. “Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems” was not officially recognized by the Catholic Church until 1835, almost 200 years after its author’s death. Who wrote the “Dialogue”?

5. “Dreaming of You” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 in 1995. It was the fifth and final studio album from what “Queen of Tejano Music,” who died four months before its release?

2:  Teddy Roosevelt

4: Gallileo

1. Sitting on the dock in the bay

3. Walt Disney

5. Selena

Answers to Thursday, July 25, 2024

Post Mortem: Five questions about famous people who achieved great accomplishments from the grave.

1. The first posthumously released song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts was released in 1968. It was recorded days before its singer perished in a plane crash, and doesn’t contain a final verse, which he intended to add later. Name that song.

“(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay”

2. In recognition of his bravery at the Battle of San Juan Hill, what American politician was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2001?

Theodore Roosevelt

3. The man who holds the record for winning the most Academy Awards won his last one posthumously in 1969, for “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.” What was his name?

Walt Disney

4. “Dialogue Concerning Two Chief World Systems” was not officially recognized by the Catholic Church until 1835, almost 200 years after its author’s death. Who wrote the “Dialogue”?

Galileo (Galilei)

5. “Dreaming of You” debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 in 1995. It was the fifth and final studio album from what “Queen of Tejano Music,” who died four months before its release?

Selena (Quintanilla)

Questions for
Friday, July 26, 2024

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

1. There are seven children in the von Trapp family in the film “The Sound of Music.” Give as many of their first names as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. Xerxes the Great was the fourth “King of Kings” of the Achaemenid Dynasty. That means he was the king of what empire?

3. Stanford University’s athletic teams are called the Cardinal — after the color, not the bird — but their unofficial mascot is modeled on a local landmark named El Palo Alto. What is El Palo Alto?

4. If you were born between December 22 and January 19, you probably know that which zodiac sign is represented by a sea goat?

5. Today is July 26. Happy 60th birthday to one of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2010, who is also the only actor to win an Academy Award and a Golden Raspberry in the same year, for "The Blind Side" and "All About Steve," respectively. Name that actor!

2 Persia

3. A Tree

5. Sandra Bullock

Oh good golly, you’ve hit my sweet spot, in order!

1) Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitte, Marta and little Gretel

4) Capricorn 

5 is sorta misleading. Actress. 😉

Yeah, I'm being an arse, but, hey, you all know me...

Answers to Friday, July 26, 2024

1. There are seven children in the von Trapp family in the film “The Sound of Music.” Give as many of their first names as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, Gretl

2. Xerxes the Great was the fourth “King of Kings” of the Achaemenid Dynasty. That means he was the king of what empire?

Persia

3. Stanford University’s athletic teams are called the Cardinal — after the color, not the bird — but their unofficial mascot is modeled on a local landmark named El Palo Alto. What is El Palo Alto?

A tree
(Redwood)

4. If you were born between December 22 and January 19, you probably know that which zodiac sign is represented by a sea goat?

Capricorn

5. Today is July 26. Happy 60th birthday to one of Time’s 100 most influential people of 2010, who is also the only actor to win an Academy Award and a Golden Raspberry in the same year, for "The Blind Side" and "All About Steve," respectively. Name that actor!

Sandra Bullock

Questions for
Monday, July 29, 2024

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

1. A defined carpal bone in the wrist has evolved into a thumb-like digit that helps what mammal in the Ursidae family eat their diet, which consists primarily of bamboo?

2. Finish the Biblical analogy: Perez is to Zerah as Jacob is to whom?

3. “Armed and Fabulous” is the subtitle of the lesser-known sequel to what 2000 movie starring Sandra Bullock?

4. The late, great Jerry Orbach played detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 seasons on “Law and Order.” Before that, he lent his velvety baritone singing voice to which “Beauty and the Beast” character?

5. A 90-second commercial from 2002 starring Britney Spears was at one point, according to Guinness World Records, the most expensive advertising campaign in television history. What brand of soda was being advertised?

1 Giant Panda

3.  Miss Congeniality  

4. Lumière

5. Pepsi 

2) Esau.  He was Jacob’s twin brother.  Perez and Zerah were also twins.  

Answers to Monday, July 29, 2024

1. A defined carpal bone in the wrist has evolved into a thumb-like digit that helps what mammal in the Ursidae family eat their diet, which consists primarily of bamboo?

(Giant) Panda

2. Finish the Biblical analogy: Perez is to Zerah as Jacob is to whom?

Esau
(They’re twins)

3. “Armed and Fabulous” is the subtitle of the lesser-known sequel to what 2000 movie starring Sandra Bullock?

“Miss Congeniality”

4. The late, great Jerry Orbach played detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 seasons on “Law and Order.” Before that, he lent his velvety baritone singing voice to which “Beauty and the Beast” character?

Lumière

5. A 90-second commercial from 2002 starring Britney Spears was at one point, according to Guinness World Records, the most expensive advertising campaign in television history. What brand of soda was being advertised?

Pepsi

Questions for
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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

1. Roughly 60 percent of the world’s geysers are located in what country?

2. The Zombies’ classic song “A Rose For Emily” is a retelling of a short story with the same name, written in 1930 by what Nobel Prize-winning author?

3. The dwarf leopard can be found as far south as Argentina and as far north as Texas. What is its more common six-letter name?

4. A Snapple bottle cap once claimed that Hawai'i has its own time zone. But that time zone also contains the Aleutian Islands, which are located in what state?

5. Rum may have been the drink of choice on U.K. ships, but it’s not the U.K.’s most-shipped drink. What liquor accounts for more than one-fifth of the country’s annual food and beverage exports?

4 Alaska

1. U.S.A. (Yellowstone)

5.  Must be Scotch Whisky. 

2. Faulkner?

3. Ocelot

Answers to Tuesday, July 30, 2024

1. Roughly 60 percent of the world’s geysers are located in what country?

The United States
(in Yellowstone National Park)

2. The Zombies’ classic song “A Rose For Emily” is a retelling of a short story with the same name, written in 1930 by what Nobel Prize-winning author?

William Faulkner

3. The dwarf leopard can be found as far south as Argentina and as far north as Texas. What is its more common six-letter name?

Ocelot

4. A Snapple bottle cap once claimed that Hawai'i has its own time zone. But that time zone also contains the Aleutian Islands, which are located in what state?

Alaska

5. Rum may have been the drink of choice on U.K. ships, but it’s not the U.K.’s most-shipped drink. What liquor accounts for more than one-fifth of the country’s annual food and beverage exports?

(Scotch) Whisky

Questions for
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

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

1. If you want to order beef tongue in Mexico, what is the Spanish-language ingredient you should ask for?

2. What two letters are connected by the arrow in the Amazon logo?

3. Actors Elizabeth Montgomery, Christina Ricci, and Chloë Sevigny have all portrayed what criminal defendant who stood trial in Massachusetts in 1893?

4. The only short film to win the Oscar for “Best Screenplay” was made in 1956. It is 35 minutes long and contains almost no dialogue. Name that movie.

5. Meaning “an extraordinary thing, person, or event” according to Dictionary.com, what 12-letter word shares the name of a music festival taking place in Chicago every August?

3. Lizzie Borden

5. lollapalooza?

2. A and Z

4) The Red Balloon 

1. Lengua 

Answers to Wednesday, July 31, 2024

1. If you want to order beef tongue in Mexico, what is the Spanish-language ingredient you should ask for?

Lengua

2. What two letters are connected by the arrow in the Amazon logo?

A, Z
(because it sells “everything from A to Z”)

3. Actors Elizabeth Montgomery, Christina Ricci, and Chloë Sevigny have all portrayed what criminal defendant who stood trial in Massachusetts in 1893?

Lizzie Borden

4. The only short film to win the Oscar for “Best Screenplay” was made in 1956. It is 35 minutes long and contains almost no dialogue. Name that movie.

“The Red Balloon”

5. Meaning “an extraordinary thing, person, or event” according to Dictionary.com, what 12-letter word shares the name of a music festival taking place in Chicago every August?

Lollapalooza

Questions for
Theme Thursday, August 1, 2024

Fawn n’ Dandy: Every answer in this round contains the name of a baby animal.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. In January 2024, what actor reacted to his Oscar nomination by saying, “there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie”?

2. Comedian Redd Foxx in the 1970s and actor Billy Dee Williams in the 1980s were celebrities who made advertisements for what brand of malt liquor now owned by the Pabst Brewing Company?

3. What fictional club has been recreated within Broadway’s August Wilson theater as the setting for an immersive performance of the classic musical “Cabaret”?

4. He insists on buying the surgically implanted eyePhone, despite its high price and lousy battery life. That’s the story of the meme called “Shut Up and Take My Money,” featuring what “Futurama” character?

5. Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin, as a rap duo, are better known by what name, which they used to record songs like “Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody” and appear in five films in the “House Party” franchise?

2:  Colt 45

1.  Ryan Gossling

5. Kid n Play

3. Kit Kat Club

4. Philip J. Fry

Answers to Thursday, August 1, 2024

Fawn n’ Dandy: Every answer in this round contains the name of a baby animal.

1. In January 2024, what actor reacted to his Oscar nomination by saying, “there is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie”?

Ryan Gosling

2. Comedian Redd Foxx in the 1970s and actor Billy Dee Williams in the 1980s were celebrities who made advertisements for what brand of malt liquor now owned by the Pabst Brewing Company?

Colt 45

3. What fictional club has been recreated within Broadway’s August Wilson theater as the setting for an immersive performance of the classic musical “Cabaret”?

Kit Kat Club

4. He insists on buying the surgically implanted eyePhone, despite its high price and lousy battery life. That’s the story of the meme called “Shut Up and Take My Money,” featuring what “Futurama” character?

(Philip J.) Fry

5. Christopher Reid and Christopher Martin, as a rap duo, are better known by what name, which they used to record songs like “Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody” and appear in five films in the “House Party” franchise?

Kid ‘N Play

Questions for
Friday, August 2, 2024

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

1. William Shakespeare wrote six tragic plays set in Italy. Name as many of those tragedies (as classified by the Royal Shakespeare Company) as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any incorrect.

2. August is National Goat Cheese Month. How do you say “goat” in French?

3. Owen Wilson played one in a 2006 movie. You might have played as one the last time you played Monopoly. What is it?

4. Known as the father of genetics, what monk and biologist discovered through his experiments with different pea plants that genes passed down could be recessive or dominant?

5. Today is August 2. On this day in 1992, American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee became the first person to win the gold medal in what event in consecutive Summer Olympic Games?

4 Gregor Mendel

5. Long Jump

5. Heptathlon

3.  Race Car 

2. Chèvre

1) Ahhh, my years of the Guthrie are paying off!

Othello, Winters Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Romeo and Juliet

In any language, goat cheese is still one of the most disgusting foods that exist.  🤢🤮