Totally Random Trivia: 2022

Dumb luck ? and multi tasking. ?

2. A Goofy Movie

Drinking coffee and surfing the web doesn't count as multi tasking.

Answers to Tuesday, February 22, 2022

1. What Nepalese mountaineer was, along with Edmund Hillary, one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

Tenzing Norgay

2. Wallace Shawn voices the principal, Joey Lawrence voices the bully, and Tevin Campbell voices famous singer Powerline in what 1995 Disney movie?

“A Goofy Movie”

3. Professional baseball’s first commissioner was a federal judge named Kenesaw Mountain Landis. His first action in that role was to permanently ban eight players from the game. All eight came from what team?

The Chicago White Sox

(for their roles in the “Black Sox Scandal,” in which they threw the World Series)

4. Which U.S. state gets its name from the Aleut language word meaning “mainland,” or more literally, "the object towards which the action of the sea is directed"?

Alaska

5. Known for his "tenderness" as well as his tragic death in Madison, Wisconsin's Lake Monona in 1967, what singer is regarded as "The King of Soul"?

Otis Redding

Questions for Wednesday, February 23, 2022

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

1. Steffi Graf holds the world record for most weeks ranked number one on the women’s singles tennis charts, with 377 weeks. Who tops the men’s charts, with 360?

2. In 2013, Rusty became a worldwide social media sensation when he escaped from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. What kind of animal was Rusty?

3. Monopoly fans might know that what railroad—which was once the largest corporation in the world—is headquartered in Philadelphia but named for a city located 58 miles northwest of Philly?

4. Before he became famous for “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda co-wrote a musical adaptation of a 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst. Name that movie/musical.

5. The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648 and formed the template for pretty much all international treaties that came later. In what modern-day country is Westphalia located?

3. Reading Railroad

5. Germany

I think 1 is Joker.

I remember the Rusty story but can't recall which type of animal.

2) Rusty was a red panda.

4) Bring It on A cheerleader smack down!

I can’t believe I got TWO today. Normally I’m not early enough and all you smarty pants have answered the few I know.

A much better movie than one might think. I thoroughly enjoyed it for more than the obvious reasons. :p

1. Steffi Graf holds the world record for most weeks ranked number one on the women’s singles tennis charts, with 377 weeks. Who tops the men’s charts, with 360?

Novak Djokovic

2. In 2013, Rusty became a worldwide social media sensation when he escaped from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. What kind of animal was Rusty?

Red panda

3. Monopoly fans might know that what railroad—which was once the largest corporation in the world—is headquartered in Philadelphia but named for a city located 58 miles northwest of Philly?

Reading

4. Before he became famous for “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda co-wrote a musical adaptation of a 2000 film starring Kirsten Dunst. Name that movie/musical.

“Bring It On”

5. The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years’ War in 1648 and formed the template for pretty much all international treaties that came later. In what modern-day country is Westphalia located?

Germany

Questions for Theme Thursday, February 24, 2022

Today’s theme is: Other Rings. The Olympics are over. Let’s think about some other kinds of rings. Answers in tomorrow’s email.

1. “Ringu” was a very scary Japanese movie that was remade into an American horror movie (still scary) called “The Ring.” What British Australian actor starred in the American remake?

2. A donut is a type of ring. As N.K. Jemisin fans know, what is the proper term for the geometric shape that most people would call a “donut-shape”?

3. Who became the first person to view Saturn’s rings in 1610?

4. The Ring of the Fisherman, also known as the Pescatorio, is part of the official uniform for what position?

5. Tom Brady is the football player with the most Super Bowl rings, with seven. What retired linebacker and defensive end for the Cowboys and the 49ers has the second-most, with five?

2 Torus

4. The Pope

5. Charles Haley

1. Naomi Watts I think

3: Galileo

See! A bunch of Smarty pants! All answered before I even was out of the shower.

5 (related). Don Beebe has been to 5 Super Bowls, finally winning one with the Packers (Bills the other 4) yet he isn't on the list of most appearances. BULLSH*!

Answers to Thursday, February 24, 2022

1. “Ringu” was a very scary Japanese movie that was remade into an American horror movie (still scary) called “The Ring.” What British Australian actor starred in the American remake?

Naomi Watts

2. A donut is a type of ring. As N.K. Jemisin fans know, what is the proper term for the geometric shape that most people would call a “donut-shape”?

Torus

3. Who became the first person to view Saturn’s rings in 1610?

Galileo Galilei

4. The Ring of the Fisherman, also known as the Pescatorio, is part of the official uniform for what position?

The Pope

5. Tom Brady is the football player with the most Super Bowl rings, with seven. What retired linebacker and defensive end for the Cowboys and the 49ers has the second-most, with five?

Charles Haley

Questions for Friday, February 25, 2022

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

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are six world capitals located within 1,500 miles of Washington, D.C. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.

2. The best-selling jazz album of all time is Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue.” Davis played trumpet; name one of the two saxophone players on that record.

3. What company, which many “Seinfeld” viewers didn’t realize was a real business, made millions of dollars selling replicas of props from “Titanic,” including the Heart of the Ocean necklace?

4. When two letters combine to make one sound, that’s called a “digraph.” Examples include “S-H” making the “sh” sound, and “O-O” making the “oo” sound. Which letter of the alphabet was a digraph until the 14th century?

5. Today is February 25. Born on this day in 1873, what Italian operatic tenor, one of the first commercial recorded musicians, was known off-stage for being the victim of extortion by a gang known as the Black Hand?

2) John Coltrane

For my money the best album ever released

1. Ottawa, Mexico City, Havana, ???

5. Enrico Caruso

Edit: [hide]I looked after posting. Mexico City is wrong [/hide]

Reykjavík??

Nope. [hide]think Caribbean islands[/hide]

1. Nassau Bahamas, Port au Prince Haiti, & Santa Domingo in the Dominican Rep. is my guess

Would Bermuda be in the mix?

The exact same 3 came to my mind as well.

3. J. Peterman

4. If I had to guess it would be Y

It is an overseas territory so I doubt it. I think the tricky part with this question is that Mexico City is really far away. I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't on this list. Only thing I could think of not mentioned already is Kingston.

Cannonball Adderly is the other. It is a fantastic album

Karlsson is correct. Mexico City is beyond 1500 miles.

Ottawa - 457 mi

Nassau - 953 mi

Havana - 1125 mi

Port-au-Prince - 1427 mi

Kingston - 1442

Santo Domingo - 1461

Answers to Friday, February 25, 2022

1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are six world capitals located within 1,500 miles of Washington D.C. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.

Ottawa (Canada), Nassau (Bahamas), Havana (Cuba), Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Kingston (Jamaica), Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)

2. The best-selling jazz album of all time is Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue.” Davis played trumpet; name one of the two saxophone players on that record.

John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley

3. What company, which many “Seinfeld” viewers didn’t realize was a real business, made millions of dollars selling replicas of props from “Titanic,” including the Heart of the Ocean necklace?

J. Peterman

4. When two letters combine to make one sound, that’s called a “digraph.” Examples include “S-H” making the “sh” sound, and “O-O” making the “oo” sound. Which letter of the alphabet was a digraph until the 14th century?

W

(it used to be written “uu”)

5. Today is February 25. Born on this day in 1873, what Italian operatic tenor, one of the first commercial recorded musicians, was known off-stage for being the victim of extortion by a gang known as the Black Hand?

Enrico Caruso

Questions for

Monday, February 28, 2022

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

1. I-495 is a 64-mile interstate highway almost entirely in Maryland and Virginia. It is more commonly known by what nickname?

2. What British soap opera has been running continuously (COVID aside) on the BBC since its first episode in February of 1985, and now has broadcast over 6,400 individual episodes?

3. What large citrus fruit originated in Barbados as a natural cross between a sweet orange and a pomelo?

4. Every episode of the TV series “Fargo” opens with the same five words on the screen. They also appear, along with other text, at the beginning of the 1996 film of the same name. What are those five words?

5. Which NBA team is named after a type of boat, dating from their time in San Diego?

3. Grapefruit

5. LA Clippers

1. Capital Beltway

4. "This is a true story"

4. EastEnders

Kind of a weird question since if you're asking about long-running British soap operas, Coronation Street has been on for over 60 years and aired over 10,000 episodes. I guess maybe it's because EastEnders was picked up in the US by PBS for a long time.

Answers to Monday, February 28, 2022

1. I-495 is a 64-mile interstate highway almost entirely in Maryland and Virginia. It is more commonly known by what nickname?

The Beltway (or the Capital Beltway)

2. What British soap opera has been running continuously (COVID aside) on the BBC since its first episode in February of 1985, and now has broadcast over 6,400 individual episodes?

“EastEnders”

3. What large citrus fruit originated in Barbados as a natural cross between a sweet orange and a pomelo?

grapefruit

4. Every episode of the TV series “Fargo” opens with the same five words on the screen. They also appear, along with other text, at the beginning of the 1996 film of the same name. What are those five words?

“This is a true story.”

5. Which NBA team is named after a type of boat, dating from their time in San Diego?

Los Angeles Clippers

Questions for

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

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

1. Although it is the southernmost of the Great Lakes, which Great Lake is the likeliest to freeze over, due to its also being the shallowest of the five?

2. In 1935, what athlete had “the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport,” when he tied the world record for the 100-yard dash, and set world records in the 220-yard sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the long jump, the last of which would stand for 25 years?

3. Batman's butler is named Alfred. What is his last name?

4. The Principle of Parsimony states that most things in nature operate in the simplest or most economical way possible. It has a more common name, which comes from a 14th-century Franciscan friar. What is it?

5. The skin care brand Aveeno takes its name from the scientific name for what edible ingredient, which appears in all of the company’s products?

1. Lake Erie

2. Jesse Owens

4. Occum's Razor

3. Pennyworth

5. Oatmeal

Jesse Owens set his four world records at Ferry Field in Ann Arbor.

2. Jim Thorpe?

I think Jesse Owens is correct. Thorpe came to mind for me as well, but I recall he was born pre-1900 and probably aged out by 1935.

Two things made it a no-brainer.

* 1935 - it was just one year later that Owens dominated the Berlin Olympics.

* The long jump record standing for 25 years.

For some reason, I associated Jesse Owens with the 1940's and the only other athlete that came to mind was Jim Thorpe.

Answers to Tuesday, March 1, 2022

1. Although it is the southernmost of the Great Lakes, which Great Lake is the likeliest to freeze over, due to its also being the shallowest of the five?

Lake Erie

2. In 1935, what athlete had “the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport,” when he tied the world record for the 100-yard dash, and set world records in the 220-yard sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles, and the long jump, the last of which would stand for 25 years?

Jesse Owens

3. Batman's butler is named Alfred. What is his last name?

Pennyworth

4. The Principle of Parsimony states that most things in nature operate in the simplest or most economical way possible. It has a more common name, which comes from a 14th-century Franciscan friar. What is it?

Occam’s Razor

5. The skin care brand Aveeno takes its name from the scientific name for what edible ingredient, which appears in all of the company’s products?

Oats

Questions for

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

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

1. It’s Lent, which means it’s officially Filet-O-Fish season at McDonald’s. The Alaskan fish that McDonald’s uses in its Filet-o-Fish shares its name with a famous painter. Name that fish.

2. Which two New York City boroughs are separated by the Harlem River?

3. The 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Starlight Express” is famously produced with the cast in what type of footwear?

4. What square-dancing song contains such lyrics as “I lost my partner, what’ll I do?” and “I’ll get another, pretty as you”?

5. In 1797, Goethe wrote a poem titled “Der Zauberlehrling,” about a young man who doesn’t want to do his chores. It was popularized 143 years later when it was animated under what title?

1. Pollock

4. Skip to My Lou