Totally Random Trivia: 2022

3. Not

2. Method Man (Wu Tang Clan)

5 Toronto Raptors 

4. Braveheart

5. Cleveland Cavaliers

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5. Cleveland Cavaliers

Answers to Monday, February 27, 2023

1. What 1719 novel had a very lengthy subtitle, which began, “Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited island on the Coast of America”?

“Robinson Crusoe”

2. Rapper Clifford Smith, a member of a collective named for a 1983 Hong Kong film, took what alliterative stage name from a 1979 martial arts movie about a fighter who succeeds by following a very specific fighting style?

Method Man
(he’s a member of Wu-Tang Clan)

3. The “Wicked Bible” was a misprinted 1631 King James Bible that accidentally omitted what three-letter word from the Ten Commandments?

“Not”
(it read “Thou shalt commit adultery”)

4. Of all films set in the 13th century, which film, released in 1995, won the most Academy Awards, with five?

“Braveheart”

5. The NBA team located nearest to Pittsburgh is not from Pennsylvania. Name that team.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Questions for
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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

1. The highest-selling American author, and the best-selling living author globally, has published 190 books under her name. She is famously press-shy. Who is she?

2. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in a city whose name is a synonym for the upper-left-hand quadrant of a flag. Name that city!

3. “Have a Change of Heart” is the most recent slogan for what sweet breakfast cereal spin-off, which first hit shelves in 1979 and is the most popular cereal in America today?

4. What comic strip—a Cold War allegory created by Cuban expatriate Antonio Prohías—made its debut in MAD magazine in 1961?

5. The fifth-largest lake within Minnesota is known as Onamanii-zaaga'iganiing, or “The Lake of the Sunset Glow,” in Ojibwe. Its English-language name refers to a color originally made from powdered cinnabar. What is that lake?

2: Canton, OH

4. Spy vs Spy

5:  Vermilion

3. Honey Nut Cheerios?

1) Danielle Steele.  She lives in Paris.  Of course the guys didn’t know this ?

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3. Honey Nut Cheerios?

I think it’s just Cheerios, any flavor.  Favorite snack of toddlers! 

I’m proud I didn’t know #1!!?

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I’m proud I didn’t know #1!!?

Im so rarely up in time to answer most of the questions I’m always thrilled I get any correct! 

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3. Honey Nut Cheerios?

I think it’s just Cheerios, any flavor.  Favorite snack of toddlers! 

 

The question stated "which first hit shelves in 1979". I'm absolutely certain regular Cheerios have been around A LOT longer than that.

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3. Honey Nut Cheerios?

I think it’s just Cheerios, any flavor.  Favorite snack of toddlers! 

 

The question stated "which first hit shelves in 1979". I'm absolutely certain regular Cheerios have been around A LOT longer than that.

 

Missed the date.  You are correctomundo. 

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3. Honey Nut Cheerios?

I think it’s just Cheerios, any flavor.  Favorite snack of toddlers! 

 

The question stated "which first hit shelves in 1979". I'm absolutely certain regular Cheerios have been around A LOT longer than that.

 

Missed the date.  You are correctomundo. 

 

https://gfycat.com/limpingeducatedemeraldtreeskink

Answers to Tuesday, February 28, 2023

1. The highest-selling American author, and the best-selling living author globally, has published 190 books under her name. She is famously press-shy. Who is she?

Danielle Steel

2. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is located in an Ohio city whose name is a synonym for the upper-left-hand quadrant of a flag. Name that city!

Canton

3. “Have a Change of Heart” is the most recent slogan for what sweet breakfast cereal spin-off, which first hit shelves in 1979 and is the most popular cereal in America today?

Honey Nut Cheerios

4. What comic strip—a Cold War allegory created by Cuban expatriate Antonio Prohías—made its debut in MAD magazine in 1961?

“Spy vs. Spy”

5. The fifth-largest lake within Minnesota is known as Onamanii-zaaga'iganiing, or “The Lake of the Sunset Glow,” in Ojibwe. Its English-language name refers to a color originally made from powdered cinnabar. What is that lake?

Lake Vermilion

Questions for
Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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

1. In 1992, a group called Girl's Tyme appeared, and lost, on “Star Search.” Seven years later they were on top of the Billboard charts, after changing their name to a phrase adapted from the Book of Isaiah. What did they change their name to?

2. What University of New Orleans dropout went on to have five different TV shows named after her, and has won more People's Choice Awards than any other individual?

3. Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latine justice on the Supreme Court. How many women had served on the court before her?

4. Rosario Dawson, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Vanessa Hudgens have all played the role of Mimi Márquez in what musical, as well as its film adaptations?

5. A 5-year-old named Mary Gibbs voiced a character named Boo in what 2001 Pixar film?

5. Monsters Inc

#3. Two - Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg

2. Ellen DeGeneres

4. Rent

1) Destiny’s Child

Answers to Wednesday, March 1, 2023

1. In 1992, a group called Girl's Tyme appeared, and lost, on “Star Search.” Seven years later they were on top of the Billboard charts, after changing their name to a phrase adapted from the Book of Isaiah. What did they change their name to?

Destiny's Child

2. What University of New Orleans dropout went on to have five different TV shows named after her, and has won more People's Choice Awards than any other individual?

Ellen DeGeneres

3. Sonia Sotomayor is the first Latine justice on the Supreme Court. How many women had served on the court before her?

Two
(she is the third)

4. Rosario Dawson, Daphne Rubin-Vega, and Vanessa Hudgens have all played the role of Mimi Márquez in what musical, as well as its film adaptations?

“RENT”

5. A 5-year-old named Mary Gibbs voiced a character named Boo in what 2001 Pixar film?

“Monsters, Inc.”

Questions for
Theme Thursday, March 2, 2023

Alrighty Then: Five acceptable questions.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What rock band is noted for its elaborate one-take music videos for such songs as "Here It Goes Again" and "This Too Shall Pass"?

2. TheSpark.com was a literary website launched by Harvard students in 1999. Its most popular section was SparkMatch, a series of quizzes that matched users based on their answers. In 2004, SparkMatch was spun off as its own website, and renamed… what?

3. “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police,” and “Lucky” all appear on what 1997 album, included in the Library of Congress as culturally significant in 2014?

4. What short-lived early-’90s beverage featured such marketing slogans as "Well, what's the point of anything?" and "There is no real secret to feeling OK"?

5. An 1881 event did not actually take place at what Arizona business, but rather six doors to the west in a vacant lot?

5. Shootout at the OK Corral

*Edit: Question asked for the business so I guess the OK Corral is the answer

4) Ok Soda... only because the answer for 5 gave it away.

1:  OK Go

Here it goes again is an OK video, but This Too Shall Pass I've watched dozens of times.

3. OK Computer

2. OK Cupid

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4) Ok Soda... only because the answer for 5 gave it away.

One of the best pops ever. I used to sell that on secondary market when I was at tUMD. Brought it back from MPLS, sold it for 3x cost.

Loved that pop. 

Answers to Thursday, March 2, 2023
Alrighty Then: Five acceptable questions.

1. What rock band is noted for its elaborate one-take music videos for such songs as "Here It Goes Again" and "This Too Shall Pass"?

OK Go

2. TheSpark.com was a literary website launched by Harvard students in 1999. Its most popular section was SparkMatch, a series of quizzes that matched users based on their answers. In 2004, SparkMatch was spun off as its own website, and renamed… what?

OKCupid

3. “Paranoid Android,” “Karma Police,” and “Lucky” all appear on what 1997 album, included in the Library of Congress as culturally significant in 2014?

“OK Computer”

4. What short-lived early-’90s beverage featured such marketing slogans as "Well, what's the point of anything?" and "There is no real secret to feeling OK"?

OK Soda

5. An 1881 event did not actually take place at what Arizona business, but rather six doors to the west in a vacant lot?

O.K. Corral

Questions for
Friday, March 3, 2023

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Wayne Gretzky played for four NHL teams in his career. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

2. There is a Belgian town that has been famous for its mineral waters since the time of the Roman empire. Some have wrongly claimed that its name is an acronym for a Latin phrase meaning "health through water.” What is that town's name?

3. In the books, the Waterworks are the first destination. In the TV show, outer space comes first. What field trip-based series am I talking about?

4. Seattle gets about 39 inches of rain per year. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the rainiest city in the U.S. Ketchikan gets more than four times as much rain as Seattle. Which state is it in?

5. Today is March 3. Born on this day in 1911, what screen legend known as “the Blonde Bombshell,” “the Laughing Vamp,” and “the Baby” passed away of kidney failure at age 26?

1) Oilers, Kings, Blues and Rangers

4. Alaska

4) Alaska

5. Jean Harlow? I know she died kind of young, but I didn’t think it was that young. The time frame seems close.

2. Spa

3. Magic School Bus

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5. Jean Harlow? I know she died kind of young, but I didn’t think it was that young. The time frame seems close.

Correct.  She died of uremic poisoning and renal kidney failure.  

Answers to Friday, March 3, 2023
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Wayne Gretzky played for four NHL teams in his career. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero points total if you get any wrong.

Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers

2. There is a Belgian town that has been famous for its mineral waters since the time of the Roman empire. Some have wrongly claimed that its name is an acronym for a Latin phrase meaning "health through water.” What is that town's name?

Spa

3. In the books, the Waterworks are the first destination. In the TV show, outer space comes first. What field trip-based series am I talking about?

“The Magic School Bus”

4. Seattle gets about 39 inches of rain per year. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the rainiest city in the U.S. Ketchikan gets more than four times as much rain as Seattle. Which state is it in?

Alaska

5. Today is March 3. Born on this day in 1911, what screen legend known as “the Blonde Bombshell,” “the Laughing Vamp,” and “the Baby” passed away of kidney failure at age 26?

Jean Harlow

Questions for
Monday, March 6, 2023

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

1. Which country, worldwide, is home to the largest number of redheads?

2. The first animated film to receive an X rating is also the highest-grossing independent animated film of all time. It came out in 1972 and was based on a cat drawn by Robert Crumb. Name that cat.

3. “The Book of Changes” is the English name for what Chinese divination text, which converts random numbers into meaning using hexagrams?

4. Which time signature—or how many beats per measure—is typically used in polka music: 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4?

5. What 1970s-era car’s name is in the dictionary as “a small gnome responsible for equipment malfunction,” while AMC’s marketing defined it as “a pal to its friends and an ogre to its enemies”?

5. Gremlin

1. Ireland??

1. I would guess USA

4. 2/4

1) Its Ireland, by far.

2) Fritz the Cat.  

1:  United States.   Ireland has a higher percentage, but Ireland has fewer people than Minnesota, much less the rest of the country.

3. I Ching

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1:  United States.   Ireland has a higher percentage, but Ireland has fewer people than Minnesota, much less the rest of the country.

Ill be interested to see this answer because NATURAL redheads are different then Clairol ones. ?

As a real redhead I’m still going with Ireland or maybe Scotland.  I know all kinds of weird facts about redheads.  1) We burn through anesthesia faster for instance.  When I had surgery I was asked flat out if I was a natural redhead because they would need to adjust the amount.  2) We have a higher pain tolerance.  

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1:  United States.   Ireland has a higher percentage, but Ireland has fewer people than Minnesota, much less the rest of the country.

Ill be interested to see this answer because NATURAL redheads are different then Clairol ones. ?

As a real redhead I’m still going with Ireland or maybe Scotland.  I know all kinds of weird facts about redheads.  1) We burn through anesthesia faster for instance.  When I had surgery I was asked flat out if I was a natural redhead because they would need to adjust the amount.  2) We have a higher pain tolerance.