Totally Random Trivia: 2022

Questions for
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

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

1. The earliest depictions of a cannon appear in a sculpture in the Dazu Rock Carvings, dated to 1128. In what country was that art found?

2. After they ate from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve clad themselves in leaves from a ficus tree. What is the fruit of the ficus tree?

3. Described as “possibly the greatest lyricist ever,” who wrote the lyrics for “West Side Story,” and has won more Tonys than any other composer in history?

4. What shrub, sometimes called winterbloom, is often included in pharmaceutical products as a skin soothing agent?

5. Queen Nanny was a freedom fighter for enslaved African people in the 18th century. Today, she’s recognized as a national hero on the third-largest island in the Caribbean, where she appears on the $500 bill. Name that country.

3. Stephen Sondheim

2. Fig

2. Fig

4. Witch Hazel

1. China

5. Jamaica?

Answers to Wednesday, July 5, 2023

1. The earliest depictions of a cannon appear in a sculpture in the Dazu Rock Carvings, dated to 1128. In what country was that art found?
China

2. After they ate from the Tree of Knowledge, Adam and Eve clad themselves in leaves from a ficus tree. What is the fruit of the ficus tree?
Figs

3. Described as “possibly the greatest lyricist ever,” who wrote the lyrics for “West Side Story,” and has won more Tonys than any other composer in history?
Stephen Sondheim

4. What shrub, sometimes called winterbloom, is often included in pharmaceutical products as a skin soothing agent?
Witch hazel

5. Queen Nanny was a freedom fighter for enslaved African people in the 18th century. Today, she’s recognized as a national hero on the third-largest island in the Caribbean, where she appears on the $500 bill. Name that country.
Jamaica

Questions for
Theme Thursday, July 6, 2023

Space/Force: Five questions about space and/or force!

Answers in tomorrow’s email. 

1. The first typewriter to include a bar-shaped space key was manufactured by what company—which also happens to be America’s oldest gun maker?

2. Isaac Newton discovered that force equals mass times acceleration. Which of his laws of motion is that?

3. “All the lonely Starbucks lovers” is a “Mondegreen”—or a commonly misheard lyric—from what 2014 Taylor Swift song?

4. If you’re a “Star Wars” fan who was raised Catholic, there’s a good chance you’d respond to the phrase “May the Force be with you” with what four-word reply?

5. Before the Space Force came along, which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces was the youngest?

4.  And also with you

It's also fun at non Catholic weddings to hear the murmurs of the Catholics "also with you......" then "oh that's right..."  ? 

1. Remington

5. U.S. Air Force

2: Second Law

3. Blank Space

Answers to Thursday, July 6, 2023

Space/Force: Here are five questions about space and/or force! 

1. The first typewriter to include a bar-shaped space key was manufactured by what company—which also happens to be America’s oldest gun maker?
Remington 

2. Isaac Newton discovered that force equals mass times acceleration. Which of his laws of motion is that?
Second 
(the first is “a body in motion will remain in motion”; the third is “for every action, an equal and opposite reaction”) 

3. “All the lonely Starbucks lovers” is a “Mondegreen”—or a commonly misheard lyric—from what 2014 Taylor Swift song?
“Blank Space” 

4. If you’re a “Star Wars” fan who was raised Catholic, there’s a good chance you’d respond to the phrase “May the Force be with you” with what four-word reply?
“And also with you”
(it’s the response to “the Lord be with you.” Also acceptable: “And also with your Spirit,” because the church changed it in 2006)

5. Before the Space Force came along, which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces was the youngest?
Air Force
(founded in 1947; the others all date back to the 1700s)

Questions for
Friday, July 7, 2023

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Chipotle offers five types of meat and one tofu preparation on its menu. Name as many of these proteins as you can—as they are listed on the menu—for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong. 

2. Louis Sullivan was an American architect who is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Skyscrapers.” His most famous buildings were built in a city he moved to in 1873, after a fire decimated many of its buildings a few years prior. Name that city!

3. What Shakespeare play contains a character typically named Prospero, whose name was changed to Prospera when Helen Mirren assumed the role in 2010?

4. The Decepticons are a militant group of evil political dissidents from the planet Cybertron whose leader can turn himself into a huge gun. What is that leader’s name?

5. Today is July 7. On this day in 1898, the U.S. Congress annexed the Hawaiian Islands through a joint resolution signed by which president?

2. Chicago

1. Chicken, Steak, Carnitas, Barbacoa, Sofritas

4. Megatron

3. The Tempest

5. McKinley

4 meats, sofritas, and veggie are the chipotle options no? Where’s Cooley when you need him?!

posted on the Gopher Hockey Twitter page today.

Answers to Friday, July 7, 2023

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: Chipotle offers five types of meat and one tofu preparation on its menu. Name as many of these proteins as you can—as they are listed on the menu—for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong. 
Barbacoa, Carnitas, Chicken, Chicken al Pastor, Sofritas, Steak

2. Louis Sullivan was an American architect who is sometimes referred to as the “Father of Skyscrapers.” His most famous buildings were built in a city he moved to in 1873, after a fire decimated many of its buildings a few years prior. Name that city!
Chicago

3. What Shakespeare play contains a character typically named Prospero, whose name was changed to Prospera when Helen Mirren assumed the role in 2010?
“The Tempest”

4. The Decepticons are a militant group of evil political dissidents from the planet Cybertron whose leader can turn himself into a huge gun. What is that leader’s name?
Megatron 
(from “Transformers”)

5. Today is July 7. On this day in 1898, the U.S. Congress annexed the Hawaiian Islands through a joint resolution signed by which president?
William McKinley

Questions for
Monday, July 10, 2023

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

1. What South African man won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, nine years before Nelson Mandela won it?

2. What city, now home to 6.5 million people, got its name from a group of European explorers who showed up in January of 1502 and mistook its bay for the mouth of a river?

3. What Danish author wrote “The Little Mermaid” in 1837?

4. The largest hot air balloon festival in the world takes place in the USA. What Southwest city is its host, despite it never being mentioned on “Breaking Bad” or “Better Call Saul”?

5. “The Poky Little Puppy,” “The Little Red Caboose,” and “The Little Red Hen” are all titles in what 81-year-old line of children’s literature?

1.  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

4.  Albuquerque , NM

2: Rio de Janeiro

3. Hans Christian Andersen?

5. Little Golden Books

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1.  Archbishop Desmond Tutu

4.  Albuquerque , NM

4 is misleading. It was mentioned, in a way, in Jesse Pinkman's voicemail:

Jesse Pinkman's Answering Machine Message: Yo yo yo. 148-3 to the 3 to the 6 to the 9, representing the ABQ, what up, biatch?!

Answers to Monday, July 10, 2023

1. What South African man won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, nine years before Nelson Mandela won it?
Desmond Tutu

2. What city, now home to 6.5 million people, got its name from a group of European explorers who showed up in January of 1502 and mistook its bay for the mouth of a river?
Rio de Janeiro
(“River of January”) 

3. What Danish author wrote “The Little Mermaid” in 1837?
Hans Christian Andersen

4. The largest hot air balloon festival in the world takes place in the USA. What Southwest city is its host, despite it never being mentioned on “Breaking Bad” or “Better Call Saul”?
Albuquerque (New Mexico)

5. “The Poky Little Puppy,” “The Little Red Caboose,” and “The Little Red Hen” are all titles in what 81-year-old line of children’s literature?
Little Golden Books

Questions for
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

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

1. The name of what instrument is derived from the Italian word for “soft” — though its original name meant “soft-loud”?

2. Casamigos is a brand of tequila founded in 2013. In 2017, it sold for more than $1 billion. What Academy Award winner co-founded that tequila company?

3. When he began writing “A Brief History of Time,” Stephen Hawking was warned that for every equation he included, his readership would be cut in half. So he included just one equation. What was it?

4. What restaurant chain’s name—which it has long insisted is ornithological in nature—was inspired by a 1980 Steve Martin “Saturday Night Live” monologue?

5. What practice's name comes from the Greek for "good death"?

1) piano

2) George Clooney, my fantasy husband

3) E=mc squared

5) euthanasia (I had to check spelling)

4.  Guessing it's Hooters

5. Euthanasia

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4.  Guessing it's Hooters

damn you, one shot away from a perfect trivia day!  The skies will never align again.  

Posted by: @kelly-red

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Posted by: @greyeagle

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4.  Guessing it's Hooters

damn you, one shot away from a perfect trivia day!  The skies will never align again.  

 

It's yours!  ? 

Answers to Tuesday, July 11, 2023

1. The name of what instrument is derived from the Italian word for “soft” — though its original name meant “soft-loud”? 
Piano
(originally called “pianoforte”)

2. Casamigos is a brand of tequila founded in 2013. In 2017, it sold for more than $1 billion. What Academy Award winner co-founded that tequila company?
George Clooney

3. When he began writing “A Brief History of Time,” Stephen Hawking was warned that for every equation he included, his readership would be cut in half. So he included just one equation. What was it?
E=MC2

4. What restaurant chain’s name—which it has long insisted is ornithological in nature—was inspired by a 1980 Steve Martin “Saturday Night Live” monologue?
Hooters

5. What practice's name comes from the Greek for "good death"?
Euthanasia

Questions for
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

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

1. What animated Disney movie won an Oscar for “Best Original Song” for the song “Colors of the Wind”?

2. The only city to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympics hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022. Name that Asian city!

3. What TV show, which debuted in 1982, was conceived by producer Glen Larson as “The Lone Ranger with a car”? 

4. Most of the Earth’s coal dates back to a geologic period that occurred roughly 300 to 350 million years ago. Name that period.

5. A 1971 civil war in Pakistan led to the creation of what new nation, which is now more than 1,200 miles from Pakistan?

1. Pocahontas

3. Knight Rider

2. Beijing

2.  Beijing - thinking back to the '08 summer games always makes me sad....
5.  Bangladesh  

4: Carboniferous

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3. Knight Rider

Most favorite show ever!  And the reason I own a trans am (albeit a much newer model).  ?

Posted by: @cowgirl

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Most favorite show ever!  And the reason I own a trans am (albeit a much newer model).  ?

No disrespect, but IMO, there is only ONE Trans Am worth owning.

Posted by: @mnnavy

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No disrespect, but IMO, there is only ONE Trans Am worth owning.

Answers to Wednesday, July 12, 2023

1. What animated Disney movie won an Oscar for “Best Original Song” for the song “Colors of the Wind”?
“Pocahontas”

2. The only city to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympics hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022. Name that Asian city!
Beijing

3. What TV show, which debuted in 1982, was conceived by producer Glen Larson as “The Lone Ranger with a car”? 
“Knight Rider”

4. Most of the Earth’s coal dates back to a geologic period that occurred roughly 300 to 350 million years ago. Name that period.
Carboniferous Period

5. A 1971 civil war in Pakistan led to the creation of what new nation, which is now more than 1,200 miles from Pakistan?
Bangladesh

Questions for
Theme Thursday, July 13, 2023

Fox News: Five trivia questions about foxes.

Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. What comedy legend starred alongside Demond Wilson in the TV show “Sanford and Son”?

2. The Norwegian musical comedy duo Ylvis is best known for posing what vulpine quandary in the most viral video of 2013?

3. What Sunday comic strip, by artist Bill Amend, shares its name with an element from the NATO phonetic alphabet?

4. If you believe “the truth is out there,” you'd get along with what fictional character, who appeared on the Fox network from 1993 to 2002?

5. A DC Comics character, one of Santa’s reindeer, and an all-woman glam metal band from the ’80s all share what fox-related name?

1.  Redd Foxx

5.  Vixen 

3. Foxtrot

2. What does the fox say?

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2. What does the fox say?

Elizabeth?   

(if you were looking for an answer ? )