Totally Random Trivia: 2022

2. Hubby Hubby from Chubby Hubby

3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

5) Richard "The Trickster" Nixon.

It never ceases to amaze me how baseball has a stat for everything. It's crazy... almost like prop bets in Vegas for the Super Bowl.

This is probably the best thing I’ve read from

Maddux regarding Gwynn

“You just can’t do it,” Maddux said. “Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different release points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitcher’s hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision.

“Except for that (expletive) Tony Gwynn.”

Answers to Tuesday, April 5, 2022

1. Residents of Panama, Suez, and Madison, Wisconsin might know that what seven-letter geography term comes from the Greek for “neck”?

Isthmus

2. In September 2009, Ben and Jerry’s temporarily dropped the first letter from the name of one of its most popular ice cream flavors. They did this in response to something that had recently happened in their home state of Vermont. What new name was created after that letter was dropped?

Hubby Hubby

(normally “Chubby Hubby”—Vermont had just legalized same-sex marriage)

3. What 1798 poem contains the famous line, “Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink”?

“Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

4. Megalon, Hedorah, and King Ghidorah are among the many antagonists who have tangled with what character on the big screen since 1954?

Godzilla

5. Only one person has been elected U.S. vice president twice and U.S. president twice. Name him.

Richard Nixon

Questions for Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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

1. What basketball Hall of Famer and current TV analyst holds the record for most free throws attempted in a single postseason game, going 18-for-39 in Game 2 of the 1999-2000 NBA Finals?

2. India has the world’s largest Hindu population by far. What landlocked country has the second-largest Hindu population?

3. What technology, which was first mastered by the Roman Empire, gets its name from the Latin for “to direct water”?

4. Puerto Rico’s official name is “The BLANK of Puerto Rico.” Fill in that blank.

5. In the 1971 film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Veruca Salt demands her father buy her something that first appeared in an Aesop fable. What animal is it, and what makes it special?

2) Nepal?

1) Shaq

4) Commonwealth

3. Aqueduct

5) A goose; it lays golden eggs.

2. Bangladesh?

Bangladesh is not land locked. I cheated and looked it up. Would not have guessed it.

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p.s. US is third.

Not landlocked and was created as the east part of Pakistan when the British Raj ended in India. I would guess the population is > 90% Moslem.

So I was wrong 2 ways. :ddown:

@[mention]Norm[/mention] That was a real complex question. I don't know what I would have guessed if it wasn't for the " landlocked" clue.

Answers to Wednesday, April 6, 2022

1. What basketball Hall of Famer and current TV analyst holds the record for most free throws attempted in a single postseason game, going 18-for-39 in Game 2 of the 1999-2000 NBA Finals?

Shaquille O’Neal

2. India has the world’s largest Hindu population by far. What landlocked country has the second-largest Hindu population?

Nepal

3. What technology, which was first mastered by the Roman Empire, gets its name from the Latin for “to direct water”?

Aqueduct

4. Puerto Rico’s official name is “The BLANK of Puerto Rico.” Fill in that blank.

Commonwealth

5. In the 1971 film “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Veruca Salt demands her father buy her something that first appeared in an Aesop fable. What animal is it, and what makes it special?

A goose that lays golden eggs

Questions for Theme Thursday, April 7, 2022

Modest Beginnings: Five questions about some early low-profile acting jobs from people who would go on to big things.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. Before they hit it big, Bryan Cranston, Courteney Cox, Debra Messing, and Patton Oswalt all had small roles on what ‘90s-era NBC sitcom?

2. Whose legendarily long filmography began to a small degree with roles in “Animal House” and “Friday the 13th”?

3. What actor, currently hosting a podcast called “Welcome to Our Show” with Lamorne Morris and Hannah Simone, had one of her first roles on a 10th-season episode of “Frasier” as Roz’s judgmental cousin?

4. What actor, whose middle name is Bakari, had his first roles in 1999 on one episode of “The Sopranos” and a movie called “Black and White,” in which he played “Teen 2”?

5. What actor—who has played Jamie Foxx’s wife in two Oscar-nominated movies—got her start in a PBS educational series called “Standard Deviants” and had a small role in the 2001 film “Save the Last Dance”?

1. Well, I know Bryan Cranston was on Seinfeld, so that's what I will guess.

2. Kevin Bacon

Seinfeld is definitely correct. I remember all of those roles except Patton Oswalt.

Maybe I’m late to the party on this but I just learned yesterday it’s impossible to hum if you plug your nose

I guess they’re at least teaching my daughter something in school

Edited since the initial post from my phone maybe it seem like i drunk posted

Same. It was like a 30-second appearance in episode:

Edit: Guessing #4 is Michael B. Jordan.

3. Zooey Deschanel

Is 5 Kerry Washington? Guessing because of Django.

Answers to Thursday, April 7, 2022

1. Before they hit it big, Bryan Cranston, Courteney Cox, Debra Messing, and Patton Oswalt all had small roles on what ‘90s-era NBC sitcom?

“Seinfeld”

(and come to “Seinfeld” trivia in May!)

2. Whose legendarily long filmography began to a small degree with roles in “Animal House” and “Friday the 13th”?

Kevin Bacon

3. What actor, currently hosting a podcast called “Welcome to Our Show” with Lamorne Morris and Hannah Simone, had one of her first roles on a 10th-season episode of “Frasier” as Roz’s judgmental cousin?

Zooey Deschanel

4. What actor, whose middle name is Bakari, had his first roles in 1999 on one episode of “The Sopranos'' and a movie called “Black and White,” in which he played “Teen 2”?

Michael B. Jordan

5. What actor—who has played Jamie Foxx’s wife in two Oscar-nominated movies—got her start in a PBS educational series called “Standard Deviants” and had a small role in the 2001 film “Save the Last Dance”?

Kerry Washington

(“Ray,” “Django Unchained”)

Questions for Friday, April 8, 2022

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Yugoslavia broke up in 1991. Seven modern-day countries sit on the land that was once Yugoslavia. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.

2. What famed Greek biographer wrote “Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans” shortly before his death around 120 CE?

3. An innovator named Dan Robbins was inspired by a teaching method used by Leonardo Da Vinci to create one of the biggest arts and crafts crazes of the 1950s. What did he invent?

4. In biology, a cell whose nucleus and organelles are enclosed within a membrane is called… what? The word comes from the Greek for “kernel.”

5. Today is April 8. On this day in 1820, a statue was rediscovered. While we can’t tell from what’s left, some theorize the subject was originally depicted hand-spinning wool, and that despite its common name, it may depict the sea goddess Amphitrite. What is that statue?

1) Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina,

Montenegro, North Macedonia ( The hardest to come up with)

Edit. Went back & reread the ? & counted. The status of Kosovo can be also deemed as qualifying so I'll add Kosovo.

Having a Ranger son in law who is 100% Slovene does cause some research into Balkan history

5) Venus de Milo?

3. Paint by number

4. Eukaryote?

2. Plutarch?

Answers to Friday, April 8, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Yugoslavia broke up in 1991. Seven modern-day countries sit on the land that was once Yugoslavia. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

2. What famed Greek biographer wrote “Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans” shortly before his death around 120 CE?

Plutarch

3. An innovator named Dan Robbins was inspired by a teaching method used by Leonardo Da Vinci to create one of the biggest arts and crafts crazes of the 1950s. What did he invent?

Paint by numbers

4. In biology, a cell whose nucleus and organelles are enclosed within a membrane is called… what? The word comes from the Greek for “kernel.”

Eukaryote

5. Today is April 8. On this day in 1820, a statue was rediscovered. While we can’t tell from what’s left, some theorize the subject was originally depicted hand-spinning wool, and that despite its common name, it may depict the sea goddess Amphitrite. What is that statue?

Venus de Milo

Questions for Monday, April 11, 2022

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

1. Known for its large areas of floating seaweed, what is the only sea without any coasts?

2. “The Thick of It” was a popular political series on the BBC in the mid-2000s. It spawned a spin-off movie in 2009, and inspired an American remake in the 2010s, both of which featured Anna Chlumsky. Name the movie and the TV show for one point each.

3. The “Race to the Sea” took place in World War I, with the German and Franco-British armies both trying to outflank each other. To which sea did they race?

4. Which planet—the second-largest in the Solar System—is the farthest planet visible from Earth with the naked eye?

5. What athlete, whose birth name was Wa-Tho-Huk, was voted the “Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century” by ABC Sports fans?

3) North

5. Jim Thorpe

2. In the Loop, Veep

4. Saturn

1. Sargasso Sea

4). Actually, Uranus (further away than Saturn) is visible to the naked eye, but Saturn is the 2nd largest planet. They missed this one.

Pretty sure Uranus and Neptune aren't visible to the naked eye. That's why Uranus is the first planet to be "discovered". Everything out to Saturn was visible to the naked eye and known for millennia.

Edit: just checked. At opposition, with the perfect viewing conditions and extremely good eyesight, Uranus can be seen un-aided. That is not, however, considered to be visible to the naked eye.

I’m not sure how a planet that is visible to the naked eye can be considered as not being visible to the naked eye.

Because it's a fraction of humans that have vision good enough, and it has to be under completely clear skies with no light polution.

We’ve already had issues with clavicles here. Won’t don’t need it to stretch to Uranus

I don't want to hear about Uranus being stretched.

Wait. That was not the best way to say what I'm thinking.

Answers to Monday, April 11, 2022

1. Known for its large areas of floating seaweed, what is the only sea without any coasts?

Sargasso Sea

2. “The Thick of It” was a popular political series on the BBC in the mid-2000s. It spawned a spin-off movie in 2009, and inspired an American remake in the 2010s, both of which featured Anna Chlumsky. Name the movie and the TV show for one point each.

“In the Loop,” “Veep”

3. The “Race to the Sea” took place in World War I, with the German and Franco-British armies both trying to outflank each other. To which sea did they race?

The North Sea

4. Which planet—the second-largest in the Solar System—is the farthest planet visible from Earth with the naked eye?

Saturn

5. What athlete, whose birth name was Wa-Tho-Huk, was voted the “Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century” by ABC Sports fans?

Jim Thorpe

Questions for Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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

1. What body of water divides the Italian and the Balkan peninsulas?

2. The SI unit of electrical resistance is named after the German physicist who first described it. What was his last name?

3. What corporate mascot’s weirdly dark backstory claims that he was orphaned when he was very young and never knew his own birthday, which is why he loves throwing birthday parties for other kids? Hint: His middle name is “Entertainment.”

4. Bassist Mike Kroeger worked at an Alberta coffee shop in the early ‘90s, where he sold cups of coffee for $1.45. What did he later name his band?

5. How many times are refried beans fried?

1) Adriatic Sea

4. Nickelback

2. Ohm

3. Chuck E Cheese?

5. Once

Answers to Tuesday, April 12, 2022

1. What body of water divides the Italian and the Balkan peninsulas?

The Adriatic Sea

2. The SI unit of electrical resistance is named after the German physicist who first described it. What was his last name?

Ohm

3. What corporate mascot’s weirdly dark backstory claims that he was orphaned when he was very young and never knew his own birthday, which is why he loves throwing birthday parties for other kids? Hint: His middle name is “Entertainment.”

Chuck E. Cheese

4. Bassist Mike Kroeger worked at an Alberta coffee shop in the early ‘90s, where he sold cups of coffee for $1.45. What did he later name his band?

Nickelback

5. How many times are refried beans fried?

Once

(it’s a mistranslation of its Spanish-language name, “frijoles refritos,” which just means “fried beans”)

Questions for Wednesday, April 13, 2022

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

1. What type of celestial object gets its name from the Greek for "long haired"?

2. What hit 1975 song returned to the top of the Billboard charts in 1992 following its inclusion in a movie, and soared up the YouTube charts in 2019 following the release of another movie?

3. In 1832, five years after Beethoven’s death, a poet named Ludwig Rellstab wrote that the composer’s “Sonata No. 14” reminded him of watching the waters of Lake Lucerne at night. What has that piece of music been known as ever since?

4. A palmetto is a small palm tree. Which U.S. state calls itself “the Palmetto State,” and features one on its state flag?

5. The highest-grossing live-action movie in Hollywood history with a dog as its title character has a name that derives from a Frank Sinatra lyric. Name that movie/dog.

2) Bohemian Rhapsody

4) South Carolina