Totally Random Trivia: 2022

3. Joints?

3: Eyes

4. Nashville

Posted by: @youngeagle

@greyeagle it’s not a national park (or the correct answer for the question) but I think there’s an international peace garden in ND that’s on the border and you can freely walk between the two countries. Cool spot. 

 

I think papa is correct.  Cause I'm pretty sure Waterton Lakes Nat'l Park is north of GNP.

Posted by: @gator

Posted by: @youngeagle

@greyeagle it’s not a national park (or the correct answer for the question) but I think there’s an international peace garden in ND that’s on the border and you can freely walk between the two countries. Cool spot. 

 

I think papa is correct.  Cause I'm pretty sure Waterton Lakes Nat'l Park is north of GNP.

Papa is right.  The fact that ND does not border Alberta makes that obvious.  ? 

The lad is thinking of the International Peace Garden on the border of ND & Manitoba.  He got dragged there on a family camping trip that I successfully avoided.  GE for the win on that one!  

@greyeagle I did say it’s not the correct answer of the question.. and added more conjecture after that! ?

Posted by: @youngeagle

@greyeagle I did say it’s not the correct answer of the question.. and added more conjecture after that! ?

You say that now.....but...

Guess the old man's not getting invited back to the cabin after this.

Nah, he'll be fine.  Age, experience and treachery have a long history of success over youthful vigor.

Plus, GE has lots of low friends in high places.

Answers to Tuesday, September 27, 2022

1. One of the only places where you can cross the U.S.-Canada border without documentation is within the bounds of the world’s first “international peace park.” This site connects the Waterton Lakes National Park of Alberta to which American national park?

Glacier

2. True or false: Composer Philip Glass and radio personality Ira Glass are related.

True
(they are cousins)

3. Rheum is a thin, crusty layer of mucus that most commonly collects around what part of the human body?

Eyes

4. Legend holds that notorious womanizer and chef Thornton Prince faced the ire of his girlfriend, who got revenge by making his chicken intolerably spicy. He liked it so much he started selling chicken that way. In what city will you find his restaurant today?

Nashville
(that’s the origin of Nashville hot chicken)

5. The chorus of “Stayin’ Alive” has a tempo of 100 beats per minute, which is why instructors in what skill use it to help students keep up an appropriate rhythm?

CPR

Questions for
Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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

1. In 1887, Joseph Binks of Chicago's Marshall Field's Wholesale Store developed a more efficient way to whitewash his basement, for which artists such as Banksy and Basquiat thank him. What did he invent?

2. The 200-year period known as the “Pax Romana,” Latin for “the Peace of Rome” began in 27 BCE with the ascension of what emperor, an adoptive son of Julius Caesar?

3. A defunct airline with a hub in St. Louis, a type of weather observation in sailing, and a popular short hairstyle worn at different times by Viola Davis, Willow Smith, and Solange Knowles are all known by what three-letter initialism?

4. By sheer coincidence, two separate comic strips with the same rhyming name both made their debuts on March 12, 1951—one in the U.S., the other in the U.K. The American version was made into a 1993 movie starring Walter Matthau. Name that comic.

5. Only one state designates an official pastry—the Kringle. The state's official fish is the muskellunge. Name that state!

1. Spray paint

3. TWA?

4. Dennis the Menace

4 - Dennis the Menace

5 - wisconsin?

2. Augustus

Answers to Wednesday, September 28, 2022

1. In 1887, Joseph Binks of Chicago's Marshall Field's Wholesale Store developed a more efficient way to whitewash his basement, for which artists such as Banksy and Basquiat thank him. What did he invent?

Spray paint

2. The 200-year period known as the “Pax Romana,” Latin for “the Peace of Rome” began in 27 BCE with the ascension of what emperor, an adoptive son of Julius Caesar?

Augustus Octavius
(or Gaius Octavian, same guy)

3. A defunct airline with a hub in St. Louis, a type of weather observation in sailing, and a popular short hairstyle worn at different times by Viola Davis, Willow Smith, and Solange Knowles are all known by what three-letter initialism?

“T.W.A.”
(Trans World Airlines, true wind angle, Teeny Weeny Afro)

4. By sheer coincidence, two separate comic strips with the same rhyming name both made their debuts on March 12, 1951—one in the U.S., the other in the U.K. The American version was made into a 1993 movie starring Walter Matthau. Name that comic.

“Dennis the Menace”

5. Only one state designates an official pastry—the Kringle. The state's official fish is the muskellunge. Name that state!

Wisconsin

Questions for Theme Thursday, September 29, 2022

Schooled about Schools: What goes to school but never graduates? Fish! Here are five fishy questions.

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. Thunnus thynnus is the largest species of tuna. What is its common name?

2. A “fingerling” is a juvenile fish that is roughly the size of a finger. What’s the three-letter term for a recently hatched fish that is still younger than a fingerling?

3. By what name is “beluga sturgeon roe” more commonly known?

4. In “Finding “Nemo,” Nemo’s dad is a clown fish, but he’s named after a much, much larger fish. What’s his name?

5. “Plankton” is defined as any organism that lives in the ocean but can’t swim against the current. Plankton are often very small, but they can sometimes grow very big. The largest member of the plankton family is what kind of creature—which, despite its name, is not a fish?

3 - Cavier

2. Fry

4. Marlin

1. Atlantic bluefin

Posted by: @karlsson

1. Atlantic bluefin

Wrong - it's Charlie!!

5: Jellyfish

Answers to Thursday, September 29, 2022

1. Thunnus thynnus is the largest species of tuna. What is its common name?

(Atlantic) Bluefin
(they are as heavy as a horse!)

2. A “fingerling” is a juvenile fish that is roughly the size of a finger. What’s the three-letter term for a recently hatched fish that is still younger than a fingerling?

Fry

3. By what name is “beluga sturgeon roe” more commonly known?

Caviar

4. In “Finding “Nemo,” Nemo’s dad is a clown fish, but he’s named after a much, much larger fish. What’s his name?

Marlin

5. “Plankton” is defined as any organism that lives in the ocean but can’t swim against the current. Plankton are often very small, but they can sometimes grow very big. The largest member of the plankton family is what kind of creature—which, despite its name, is not a fish?

Jellyfish

Questions for
Friday, September 30, 2022

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: An EGOT is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in competitive categories. There are five women who have received that honor. Name as many as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

2. Brothers Leonard and Phil signed musicians like Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters to what short-lived record company, which had an even-shorter-lived spin-off called “Checker”?

3. Yugoslavia’s national flower inspired the iconic perfume made by French designer Christian Dior, and you might find it growing in Walter White’s backyard. What is it?

4. The Iron Cross, the Straddle Planche, and the Victorian are some of the more difficult feats of strength in which gymnastics event, which only allows men to compete at the Olympic level?

5. Today is September 30. On this day in 1207, a man named Jalāl al-Dīn was born in either present-day Afghanistan or Tajikistan. He is sometimes called the most popular poet in history. By what name is he better known?

1.  Rita Moreno and Audrey Hepburn

4.  Still Rings

2. Chess

3)  Lily of the Valley

1.  I think Jennifer Hudson too.

1 - Barbara Streisand ??

5. Rumi

Answers to Friday, September 30, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: An EGOT is someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony in competitive categories. There are five women who have received that honor. Name as many as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

Helen Hayes, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg, Jennifer Hudson

2. Brothers Leonard and Phil signed musicians like Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters to what short-lived record company, which had an even-shorter-lived spin-off called “Checker”?

Chess Records

3. Yugoslavia’s national flower inspired the iconic perfume made by French designer Christian Dior, and you might find it growing in Walter White’s backyard. What is it?

Lily of the Valley

4. The Iron Cross, the Straddle Planche, and the Victorian are some of the more difficult feats of strength in which gymnastics event, which only allows men to compete at the Olympic level?

Rings

5. Today is September 30. On this day in 1207, a man named Jalāl al-Dīn was born in either present-day Afghanistan or Tajikistan. He is sometimes called the most popular poet in history. By what name is he better known?

Rūmī

Questions for
Monday, October 3, 2022

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

1. United States nickels are 25 percent nickel and zero percent zinc. What metal is used for the remaining 75 percent?

2. The monarch in the oldest continuous monarchy in the world sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne. In which country do they reign?

3. Einstein kept pictures of three people on his wall: Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, and what English scientist? He helped coin such terms as “electrode,” “ion,” “anode,” and “cathode,” and things named for him include an SI unit, a constant, a cup, a cage, a wave, a wheel, a law, and a paradox.

4. What measurement is equal to one-sixteenth of a cup?

5. Quote: “I was incredibly flattered, it was very cool. It was a little embarrassing at times… It comes on and my son’s like, ‘Ugh.’” That’s Michelle Pfeiffer on being name-dropped in what song—the No. 1 hit of 2015?

3. Faraday

4. Tablespoon?

2. Japan

1 Copper 

5. Uptown Funk

Answers to Monday, October 3, 2022

1. United States nickels are 25 percent nickel and zero percent zinc. What metal is used for the remaining 75 percent?

Copper

2. The monarch in the oldest continuous monarchy in the world sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne. In which country do they reign?

Japan

3. Einstein kept pictures of three people on his wall: Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell, and what English scientist? He helped coin such terms as “electrode,” “ion,” “anode,” and “cathode,” and things named for him include an SI unit, a constant, a cup, a cage, a wave, a wheel, a law, and a paradox.

Michael Faraday

4. What measurement is equal to one-sixteenth of a cup?

Tablespoon

5. Quote: “I was incredibly flattered, it was very cool. It was a little embarrassing at times… It comes on and my son’s like, ‘Ugh.’” That’s Michelle Pfeiffer on being name-dropped in what song—the No. 1 hit of 2015?

“Uptown Funk”

Questions for Tuesday, October 4, 2022

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

1. What is the six-letter name for the complex set of enzymes used in the process of separating curds from whey in cheese production?

2. What is the only whole number that, when spelled out, has all of its letters in reverse-alphabetical order?

3. All but four U.S. state flags feature the color blue. Name two of the states with no blue in their flags.

4. The cricket position most analogous to the catcher in baseball is called the BLANK-keeper. Fill in that blank.

5. Where on your body can you find your antihelix, your auricle, and your intertragic notch?

3 - Maryland is one 

2. one

Posted by: @greyeagle

3 - Maryland is one 

California and New Mexico are two more.

5 Ear

4. Wicket

1. Rennet

3)  Alabama

Side Rant:  Minnesota's state flag is horrendous, and MN is missing out on a great opportunity to cash in.  State seals have way too much tiny detail.  Well designed flags are simple and can be identified from a great distance away.  Colorado has a great one.  Think of how well they market their state with the branding.  Stroll through the Denver airport or any souvenir shop in Colorado, and that unique state flag is all over everything (clothing, coffee mugs, trinkets, etc...)

Posted by: @hockeybum

Side Rant:  Minnesota's state flag is horrendous, and MN is missing out on a great opportunity to cash in.  State seals have way too much tiny detail.  Well designed flags are simple and can be identified from a great distance away.  Colorado has a great one.  Think of how well they market their state with the branding.  Stroll through the Denver airport or any souvenir shop in Colorado, and that unique state flag is all over everything (clothing, coffee mugs, trinkets, etc...)

That's how I knew one was Maryland, you can't swing a dead cat in MD without hitting something with its flag on it.

You are 100% correct on the MN flag.  

I love the Maryland flag. It’s a little much on the football helmets, though.

Answers to Tuesday, October 4, 2022

1. What is the six-letter name for the complex set of enzymes used in the process of separating curds from whey in cheese production?

Rennet

2. What is the only whole number that, when spelled out, has all of its letters in reverse-alphabetical order?

One

3. All but four U.S. state flags feature the color blue. Name two of the states with no blue in their flags.

Alabama, California, Maryland, New Mexico

4. The cricket position most analogous to the catcher in baseball is called the BLANK-keeper. Fill in that blank.

Wicket

5. Where on your body can you find your antihelix, your auricle, and your intertragic notch?

Ear (specifically outer ear)