Totally Random Trivia: 2022

3.  Believe it's The Dude (Jeff Bridges)

3. Believe it’s The Dude (Jeff Bridges)

I was going to guess Billy Bob Thorton as I remember him playing in a band too.

3. Believe it’s The Dude (Jeff Bridges)

The Dude abides.

Answers to Wednesday, April 27, 2022

1. According to the record books, Lance Armstrong has never won the Tour de France. That makes what cyclist—who won three times between 1986 and 1990—the race’s only American winner?

Greg LeMond

2. William Bligh was deposed of his command of New South Wales during the 1808 Rum Rebellion, but disloyalty was nothing new to him. He’s best known for being the target of what event?

“The Mutiny on the Bounty”

3. What actor fronted a country band called "The Abiders" in the 2010s?

Jeff Bridges

4. If you get a letter in the mail, and someone has written “SWAK” on it—what does that acronym stand for?

“Sealed with a kiss”

5. The Yankees play in the Bronx. In which borough do the Mets play?

Queens

Questions for Theme Thursday, April 28, 2022

Portmanteaus: A portmanteau is a word that combines two words, like “spork,” which combines “spoon” and “fork.” This round, every answer will be a portmanteau.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What North American mythical creature originated as a Wyoming taxidermist’s prank in 1932?

2. What word was coined by Lakers player Byron Scott immediately after winning the NBA championship in 1988, and was trademarked by Lakers head coach Pat Riley the following year?

3. The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled their list of the “Seven Wonders of the Modern World” in 1994, the same year that their top pick was completed. Name that engineering wonder.

4. What definitional 2000s celebrity couple got engaged for a second time in April 2022?

5. In 1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met in a field halfway between French and English territory. Here they erected thousands of lavish tents and fountains that ran with red wine. Historians consider it one of the first examples of what portmanteau, coined in 2005 and added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016?

1. The jackalope
2. Threepeat?

5. Glamping

3.  Chunnel

4. Bennifer

 

1. Threepeat?

I seem to recall someone not affiliated with NBA trademarked the term “Quad Squad” during the heyday of the Bulls.

Answers to Thursday, April 28, 2022
1. What North American mythical creature originated as a Wyoming taxidermist’s prank in 1932?

Jackalope

2. What word was coined by Lakers player Byron Scott immediately after winning the NBA championship in 1988, and was trademarked by Lakers head coach Pat Riley the following year?

Three-peat
(Love the NBA? Come to NBA trivia in May!)

3. The American Society of Civil Engineers compiled their list of the “Seven Wonders of the Modern World” in 1994, the same year that their top pick was completed. Name that engineering wonder.

The Chunnel

4. What definitional 2000s celebrity couple got engaged for a second time in April 2022?

Bennifer

5. In 1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met in a field halfway between French and English territory. Here they erected thousands of lavish tents and fountains that ran with red wine. Historians consider it one of the first examples of what portmanteau, coined in 2005 and added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2016?

Glamping

Questions for Friday, April 29, 2022

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four main strokes in competitive swimming. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.

2. What war for the throne of England was waged from 1455 to 1487 between the houses of Lancaster and York?

3. What is the palindromic name of the tool that is likely to be the only thing in a carpenter’s toolbox that contains a bubble?

4. The “Star Trek” and “James Bond” universes both contain a character with what single-letter name?

5. Today is April 29. Happy 11th anniversary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge! In what building were they married?

2) War of the Roses (I think)

3) Level

1)Breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, front crawl

4)Q

5. Westminster Abbey

Answers to Friday, April 29, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four main strokes in competitive swimming. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.

Front crawl (or freestyle), butterfly, breaststroke, backstroke

2. What war for the throne of England was waged from 1455 to 1487 between the houses of Lancaster and York?

The War of the Roses

3. What is the palindromic name of the tool that is likely to be the only thing in a carpenter’s toolbox that contains a bubble?

Level

4. The “Star Trek” and “James Bond” universes both contain a character with what single-letter name?

Q

5. Today is April 29. Happy 11th anniversary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge! In what building were they married?

Westminster Abbey

Questions for Monday, May 2, 2022

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

1. Is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis on the west or east bank of the Mississippi River?

2. Surgical procedures that involve removing an organ often end in what six-letter suffix?

3. What do you add to a martini to make it “dirty”?

4. There is one apex predator—other than humans—that hunts and kills great white sharks. What is it?

5. What Johnson & Johnson brand was used to make the saliva in the “Alien” movies, the Dilophosaurus poison in “Jurassic Park,” and the glowing green blood in “Predator”?

1 - West

4 - Killer Whale/Orca ??

3. Olive brine

4. Orca?

2. ectomy?

5. K-Y

Answers to Monday, May 2, 2022

1. Is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis on the west or east bank of the Mississippi River?

West

2. Surgical procedures that involve removing an organ often end in what six-letter suffix?

“-ectomy”

3. What do you add to a martini to make it “dirty”?

Olive juice

4. There is one apex predator—other than humans—that hunts and kills great white sharks. What is it?

Orca/Killer Whale

5. What Johnson & Johnson brand was used to make the saliva in the “Alien” movies, the Dilophosaurus poison in “Jurassic Park,” and the glowing green blood in “Predator”?

K-Y Jelly

Questions for Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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

1. The most popular 84-mile walking path in northern England follows what ancient structure?

2. In the 1973 Disney animated version of “Robin Hood,” which of Robin’s band of merry men is depicted as a badger?

3. If you’re on a crew that consists of graders, gaugers, spikers, and bolters, what are you building?

4. At the close of the 19th century, Chicago was the largest U.S. city (by population) that had been founded during that century. What U.S. city held that same distinction for the 20th century?

5. What nation, which is made up of more than 17,000 islands including Krakatoa, accounts for two-thirds of the world’s volcano deaths?

2) The stupidest one.....and it probably went after a dead deer

5) Indonesia

3. a railroad

1. Hadrian's Wall

4) Detroit (For some reason, I recall hearing this years ago.).

NOTE: Reread the question after seeing Viking's answer and I'm wrong.  Misread the question and was way off.

4. I would guess Las Vegas.  Not sure when it was founded though.

4. I would guess Las Vegas. Not sure when it was founded though.

I bet you're right....founded in 1905 per Wiki.

Answers to Tuesday, May 2, 2022

1. The most popular 84-mile walking path in northern England follows what ancient structure?

Hadrian’s Wall

2. In the 1973 Disney animated version of “Robin Hood,” which of Robin’s band of merry men is depicted as a badger?

Friar Tuck

3. If you’re on a crew that consists of graders, gaugers, spikers, and bolters, what are you building?

A railroad

4. At the close of the 19th century, Chicago was the largest U.S. city (by population) that had been founded during that century. What U.S. city held that same distinction for the 20th century?

Las Vegas

5. What nation, which is made up of more than 17,000 islands including Krakatoa, accounts for two-thirds of the world’s volcano deaths?

Indonesia

Questions for Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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

1. In 1956, Grace Kelly gave up her Hollywood career to become the princess of what country?

2. In 1953, Mr. Potato Head met Mrs. Potato Head. Later that same year, they welcomed two children to the family: a daughter named Yam, and a son named… what?

3. The Latin phrase “primum non nocere” doesn’t actually appear in the Hippocratic Oath. What does it mean in English?

4. Lisa Simpson became vegetarian in a seventh-season episode of “The Simpsons.” What other famous vegetarian guest-starred on that episode, and joined in a performance of his song "Maybe I'm Amazed"?

5. Maryland’s Camp Hi-Catoctin was renamed “Shangri-La” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942. Dwight Eisenhower renamed it again in 1953 when he became president. What did he call it?

5) Camp David

1) Monaco

3) First do no harm

2. Spud

4. Paul McCartney

Answers to Wednesday, May 4, 2022

1. In 1956, Grace Kelly gave up her Hollywood career to become the princess of what country?

Monaco

2. In 1953, Mr. Potato Head met Mrs. Potato Head. Later that same year, they welcomed two children to the family: a daughter named Yam, and a son named… what?

Spud

3. The Latin phrase “primum non nocere” doesn’t actually appear in the Hippocratic Oath. What does it mean in English?

“First (or ‘above all’) do no harm”

4. Lisa Simpson became vegetarian in a seventh-season episode of “The Simpsons.” What other famous vegetarian guest-starred on that episode, and joined in a performance of his song "Maybe I'm Amazed"?

Paul McCartney

5. Maryland’s Camp Hi-Catoctin was renamed “Shangri-La” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1942. Dwight Eisenhower renamed it again in 1953 when he became president. What did he call it?

Camp David (he named it after his grandson)

Questions for Theme Thursday, May 5, 2022

Mexican History: Happy Cinco de Mayo. Five questions about Mexican history!

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. You’re a discerning, educated person so you know that Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexican Independence Day. In which month is Mexican Independence Day celebrated, along with the independence days of other Spanish-speaking countries like Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua?

2. You probably also know that Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory of Mexican forces at the Battle of Puebla. Who did México defeat?

3. The name “México” comes from the Mexica people, a part of the Aztec Empire. What language is associated with the Mexica people?

4. Since 1994, a socialist, largely Indigenous group called the EZLN has controlled substantial territory in the state of Chiapas. By what one-word name are the EZLN usually referred to in English?

5. Who is the current president of México?

2. France

4:  Zapatistas

1. Sept.

3. Nahuatl - Surprised I remember this from Spanish class.
5. Obrador

Answers to Thursday, May 5, 2022

1. You’re a discerning, educated person so you know that Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexican Independence Day. In which month is Mexican Independence Day celebrated, along with the independence days of other Spanish-speaking countries like Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua?

September
(that’s why Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15)

2. You probably also know that Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory of Mexican forces at the Battle of Puebla. Who did México defeat?

France

3. The name “México” comes from the Mexica people, a part of the Aztec Empire. What language is associated with the Mexica people?

Nahuatl
(1.7 million people speak Nahuatl today!)

4. Since 1994, a socialist, largely Indigenous group called the EZLN has controlled substantial territory in the state of Chiapas. By what one-word name are the EZLN usually referred to in English?

Zapatistas
(Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional)

5. Who is the current president of México?

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Questions for Friday, May 6, 2022

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Happy The Day After Cinco de Mayo! Of the 10 most popular imported beers in the U.S., five are imported from Mexican breweries. Name as many of those breweries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

2. “Every political system in the world might be rigged.” That was one journalist’s conclusion in 2016 following the release of 11.5 million files leaked from a prominent law firm based in what country?

3. Which is the only U.S. state capital named after a French city?

4. Twice voted “Most Popular Dog” by the readers of TV Guide, Murray was the pet of apartment-dwellers Paul and Jamie Buchman on what '90s sitcom? Their dog walker, Nat Ostertag, was played by Hank Azaria.

5. Today is May 6. Happy 30th birthday to singer Baekhyun of the band Exo. He released his first solo album in 2019, which shares what name with a Charlie Chaplin film, a pop-punk band, and an independent bookstore in San Francisco?

3) Montpellier (??)

4) Mad About You

3. Montpelier

4. Mad About You

2 Panama

1. I'm going to go for it.

Modelo, Tecate, Dos Equis, Corona, Pacifico.

Answers to Friday, May 6, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Happy The Day After Cinco de Mayo! Of the 10 most popular imported beers in the U.S., five are imported from Mexican breweries. Name as many of those breweries as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

Modelo, Corona, Dos Equis, Pacifico, Tecate

2. “Every political system in the world might be rigged.” That was one journalist’s conclusion in 2016 following the release of 11.5 million files leaked from a prominent law firm based in what country?

Panama (“The Panama Papers”)

3. Which is the only U.S. state capital named after a French city?

Montpelier (Vermont)

4. Twice voted “Most Popular Dog” by the readers of TV Guide, Murray was the pet of apartment-dwellers Paul and Jamie Buchman on what '90s sitcom? Their dog walker, Nat Ostertag, was played by Hank Azaria.

“Mad About You”

5. Today is May 6. Happy 30th birthday to singer Baekhyun of the band Exo. He released his first solo album in 2019, which shares what name with a Charlie Chaplin film, a pop-punk band, and an independent bookstore in San Francisco?

“City Lights”

Questions for Monday, May 9, 2022

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

1. According to the video game manufacturer NAMCO, the basic premise of “Pac-Man”—that the main character eats to grow stronger—was inspired by what cartoon character, which debuted 50 years earlier?

2. What natural substance, known to scientists as cera alba, is considered the world’s first plastic?

3. In the song “Puff the Magic Dragon,” where did Puff live?

4. The world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome was built for the Roman emperor Trajan, and still stands in Rome today. What is it called?

5. In 2018, after 30 years of research, Bayer released a variety of onion called “sunions.” What makes sunions unique?

3:  By the sea, in a land called Honah Lee

1. Popeye?

3. Honah Lee