Totally Random Trivia: 2022

3) Damascus

Posted by: @steve-mn

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2: Las Vegas

It would interesting to see the amounts of shrimp consumed in Vegas pre and post pandemic.  Especially since every casino buffet had shrimp prior and now casino buffets are few and far between in Vegas.

Posted by: @gator

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Posted by: @steve-mn

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2: Las Vegas

It would interesting to see the amounts of shrimp consumed in Vegas pre and post pandemic.  Especially since every casino buffet had shrimp prior and now casino buffets are few and far between in Vegas.

1) okay I think I can name five:

Parasite

Roma

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Minari

Amour

I have no idea what the sixth is? 

Was "Pan's Labryinth" in there? 

Answers to Friday, February 10, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Between 2000 and today, there have been six films nominated for Oscars in both of the categories “Best Picture” and “Best International Feature Film” (formerly “Best Foreign-Language Film”). Name as many of those six films as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong!

“All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Drive My Car,” “Parasite,” “Roma,” “Amour,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

2. Although the actual figures are unconfirmed, what landlocked U.S. city reportedly eats more shrimp than the rest of the country combined?

Las Vegas

3. According to the New Testament, the Apostle Paul had his conversion to Christianity while on the road from Jerusalem to what Middle Eastern city?

Damascus

4. What animal’s tail is believed to exhibit the fastest sustained muscle movement in the animal kingdom—up to 90 movements per second, faster than the wingbeat of a hummingbird?

Rattlesnake

5. Today is February 10. Happy 23rd birthday to Minneapolis’ own Yara Shahidi. She has played the character Zoey Johnson on “Black-ish” and one of its spin-offs since 2014. Which spin-off is she on?

“Grown-ish”

Questions for
Monday, February 13, 2023

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

1. Cinnamon-flavored chili served over spaghetti noodles is a regional delicacy closely associated with what city?

2. Flamingos are pink because their bodies contain high levels of the pigment canthaxanthin, due to a diet heavy on algae and what invertebrate?

3. What actor won her second Oscar for her performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” following her previous win for “Gone With the Wind”?

4. What billiards game was invented by British military officers in India, and gets its name from military slang for a rookie officer?

5. David Johansen, Amanda Palmer, Johnny Rzeznik, and Nicole Scherzinger have all fronted groups with what plural noun in their name?

1:  Cincinnati

3. Vivian Legh

4. Snooker?

5.  Dolls

2. Shrimp

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2. Shrimp

Then I should be pink as well. The amounts of shrimp I eat... especially after last night... LoL!!! I've always said I should be in a shrimp eating contest.

Answers to Monday, February 13, 2023
1. Cinnamon-flavored chili served over spaghetti noodles is a regional delicacy closely associated with what Ohio city?

Cincinnati

2. Flamingos are pink because their bodies contain high levels of the pigment canthaxanthin, due to a diet heavy on algae and what invertebrate?

Shrimp
(typically brine shrimp)

3. What actor won her second Oscar for her performance as Blanche DuBois in Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” following her previous win for “Gone With the Wind”?

Vivien Leigh

4. What billiards game was invented by British military officers in India, and gets its name from military slang for a rookie officer?

Snooker

5. David Johansen, Amanda Palmer, Johnny Rzeznik, and Nicole Scherzinger have all fronted groups with what plural noun in their name?

Dolls
(New York Dolls, Dresden Dolls, Goo Goo Dolls, Pussycat Dolls)

Questions for
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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

1. What archipelago located off the northwest coast of Africa gets its name from the Spanish for “Islands of Dogs,” even though its English name would lead you to believe that the archipelago is named after a different type of animal?

2. Martin Scorsese’s highest-grossing film was released in 2013 and currently holds the record for the third-most “F”-bombs in a movie. Name that [REDACTED] movie!

3. What French company holds one of the world’s oldest trademarks, a cartoon mascot whose official name is Bibendum?

4. In 1974, the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery ever was performed on what baseball player, after whom the procedure is informally named?

5. The Clarke School for the Deaf has been teaching it since 1867. George H.W. Bush called on his supporters to do it in 1988. A YouTube channel with over 8 million subscribers is dedicated to doing it poorly today. What is it?

3 Michelin

4 Tommy John

2. Wolf of Wall Street

4. Tommy John

1 - Canary Islands  ???

5.  Lip reading

Answers to Tuesday, February 14, 2023
1. What archipelago located off the northwest coast of Africa gets its name from the Spanish for “Islands of Dogs,” even though its English name would lead you to believe that the archipelago is more avian in nature?

The Canary Islands
(from “Islas Canarias”)

2. Martin Scorsese’s highest-grossing film was released in 2013 and currently holds the record for the third-most “F”-bombs in a movie. Name that [REDACTED] movie!

“The Wolf of Wall Street”

3. What French company holds one of the world’s oldest trademarks, a cartoon mascot whose official name is Bibendum?

Michelin
(Michelin Man)

4. In 1974, the first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery ever was performed on what baseball player, after whom the procedure is informally named?

Tommy John

5. The Clarke School for the Deaf has been teaching it since 1867. George H.W. Bush called on his supporters to do it in 1988. A YouTube channel with over 8 million subscribers is dedicated to doing it poorly today. What is it?

Lip-reading
(Bush’s quote was “Read my lips: No new taxes”; YouTube channel: “Bad Lip Reading”)

Questions for
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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

1. What European country suffered greatly from 1845 to 1852 due to an outbreak of Phytophthora infestans?

2. “The Future is On Me” and “Absolutely Psychic” were working titles for what supernatural mid-2000s Disney Channel sitcom, which was ultimately named after its star?

3. What Brazilian native, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was named “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee in 1999?

4. Traffic lights in the U.S. always display red, yellow, and green in that order. That’s partly to make them usable for drivers with deuteranopia, a condition also known as what?

5. The northernmost country in Africa was named after the northernmost capital city in Africa. Name that city.

3 - Pele

4 - Color Blindness

1. Ireland 

5. Tunis

5: Tunisia

5. Tunis?

Posted by: @mnnavy

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5. Tunis?

Sorry, NPH. The answer to #2 is “That’s So Raven.”

Something I heard on my drive into work...

The English dictionary has one word that ends in 'mt', what is it?

Dreamt

Posted by: @chill-kessel

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Dreamt

Correct. Did you hear that on the Power Trip as well?  I actually had to look it up to verify before posting the question.

Answers to Wednesday, February 15, 2023
1. What European country suffered greatly from 1845 to 1852 due to an outbreak of Phytophthora infestans?

Ireland
(the potato famine)

2. “The Future is On Me” and “Absolutely Psychic” were working titles for what supernatural mid-2000s Disney Channel sitcom, which was ultimately named after its star?

“That’s So Raven”

3. What Brazilian native, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was named “Athlete of the Century” by the International Olympic Committee in 1999?

Pelé

4. Traffic lights in the U.S. always* display red, yellow, and green in that order. That’s partly to make them usable for drivers with deuteranopia, a condition also known as what?

Color blindness
(specifically red-green color blindness.)

5. Martin Scorsese’s highest-grossing film was released in 2013 and currently holds the record for the third-most “F”-bombs in a movie. Name that [REDACTED] movie!

“The Wolf of Wall Street”

Questions for
Theme Thursday, February 16, 2023

We Are the Mediocre Presidents: Next week is Presidents’ Day, so here are five questions about the adequate, forgettable, occasionally regrettable caretakers of the USA.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. William Henry Harrison is probably the least consequential president in U.S. history, since he died 32 days into his term. Prior to that, he fought Shawnee leader Tecumseh on the battlefield, which earned him what nickname?

2. The president who used the campaign slogan, “We Polked you in ’44, we shall BLANK you in ’52” regularly ranks among the worst presidents in history. Name that president.

3. The president who immediately preceded Abraham Lincoln spent one term in office, made no attempt to stop the outbreak of the Civil War, and then became one of the few presidents who voluntarily didn’t run for reelection. Name him!

4. In a 1997 episode of “Seinfeld,” Kramer is threatened by a New York street gang, who eventually leave him alone after he accidentally flashes their gang sign: Eight fingers, to represent the eighth president of the United States. Who was this president?

5. This title of this round—as well as its description—come from a 1993 episode of what TV show?

4 - Martin Van Buren 

3) Andrew Johnson

1. Tippecanoe

@gator Andrew Johnson SUCCEEDED Lincoln. The question is looking for the president who PRECEDED Lincoln.

2. Franklin Pierce

Posted by: @mnnavy

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@gator Andrew Johnson SUCCEEDED Lincoln. The question is looking for the president who PRECEDED Lincoln.

Good call. I didn’t read the question seeing someone answered it. 

3. James Buchanan

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@gator Andrew Johnson SUCCEEDED Lincoln. The question is looking for the president who PRECEDED Lincoln.

Good call. I didn’t read the question seeing someone answered it. 

3. James Buchanan

 

LoL... I read it wrong... lol!!! I even said to myself that's weird "made no attempt to stop the outbreak of the Civil War" when answer the question. 

5 - Finally got it!

Posted by: @zwak

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5. Martin Scorsese’s highest-grossing film was released in 2013 and currently holds the record for the third-most “F”-bombs in a movie. Name that [REDACTED] movie!

“The Wolf of Wall Street”

Posted by: @gator

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Posted by: @chill-kessel

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Dreamt

Correct. Did you hear that on the Power Trip as well?  I actually had to look it up to verify before posting the question.

 

 

I did not. It's just one of the pieces of trivia I know for no good reason.

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It's just one of the pieces of trivia I know for no good reason. 

I glided though high school with a 2.5 and college with a 3.0.  I somewhat embarrassed cause I never tried in either.  Did the very minimum just to get by.  Though my brain is full of useless info and memories.  One night at trivia night at OC back in the day.  The category was jelly beans and I knew all 5 questions... lol!!!

Friday morning extra…

A)  How many folds does a chefs hat have and why?

B) Which band/artist has the most songs reaching #2 on the Billboards without reaching #1?

B. I believe I’ve heard this is CCR before. 

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B. I believe I’ve heard this is CCR before. 

Correct.

Funny thing about CCR. Growing up I would go to summer bible camp for a couple weeks every summer.  One of the rules was we were suppose to not play secular music.  The cabin I was in, we were playing CCR.  A counselor came by and asked us what kind of music we were playing.  Our reply was "revival music".  He just walked away shaking his head with a chuckle. 

Answers to Thursday, February 16, 2023

1. William Henry Harrison is probably the least consequential president in U.S. history, since he died 32 days into his term. Prior to that, he fought Shawnee leader Tecumseh on the battlefield, which earned him what nickname?

Tippecanoe
(from the Battle of Tippecanoe)

2. The president who used the campaign slogan, “We Polked you in ’44, we shall BLANK you in ’52” regularly ranks among the worst presidents in history. He was also a namesake of Alan Alda’s character in “M.A.S.H.” Name that president.

Franklin Pierce

3. The president who immediately preceded Abraham Lincoln spent one term in office, made no attempt to stop the outbreak of the Civil War, and then became one of the few presidents who voluntarily didn’t run for reelection. Name him!

James Buchanan

4. In a 1997 episode of “Seinfeld,” Kramer is threatened by a New York street gang, who eventually leave him alone after he accidentally flashes their gang sign: Eight fingers, to represent the eighth president of the United States. Who was this president?

Martin Van Buren
(the gang was called “The Van Buren Boys”)

5. This title of this round—as well as its description—come from a 1993 episode of what TV show?

“The Simpsons”

Questions for
Friday, February 17, 2023

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Eight U.S. presidents were born west of the Mississippi River. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

2. What popular fast food menu item got its name from a historic rail line that connected Brooklyn to Manhattan?

3. In 1991, John Singleton wrote and directed “Boyz n the Hood.” Afterward, he told one of the stars of that movie, “If you can write a record, you can write a movie.” What 1995 movie was the result of that advice?

4. “Aeneid” is a poem about Aeneas, who fled to Italy after the Fall of Troy and whose descendants became the Romans. Like the poem and its subject, its author is also known by one name. Name that poet!

5. Today is February 17. On this day in 2008, a tiny, landlocked country of 1.8 million people declared its independence from Serbia. Name that country.

4 Virgil

1 - Truman, Nixon, Johnson, Hoover, Obama, Clinton, Ford

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1 - Truman, Nixon, Johnson, Hoover, Obama, Clinton, Ford

Eisenhower!