Rules of Chess - Random Trivia Questions

I was once a pretty good chess player for my age, but the scholastic competition locally was very weak, and I never rose any higher than low expert. Now my six-year-old son is learning to play chess mostly on his own from the Internet and books. I can still spot him a queen and win, but hopefully the handicap will shrink rapidly over the next few years until I'm the one who needs a handicap.

Rules of Chess Questions

• Q1) How many squares are on a chessboard?
• Q2) What is the most numerous chess piece?
• Q3) What is the only piece that can jump over another piece?
• Q4) What is the only maneuver in chess where you move two of your pieces at the same time?
• Q5) What is the only piece that captures in a different direction than it moves?
• Q6) What piece combines the power of a bishop and a rook?
• Q7) What special maneuver allows you to capture a piece on a square that it doesn't sit on?
• Q8) What can a pawn be promoted to when it reaches the eighth rank?
• Q9) What is the standard chess notation for castling with the king's rook?
• Q10) What is the result of the game if a player has no legal moves?
• Q11) How many times does the same position with the same player to move have to occur for a player to claim a draw?
• Q12) After how many moves by each side without a capture or pawn move can a player claim a draw?

Short and Long Foot -- Quiz Quilt 26 Solution

Category Answers:

Sports & Games	MISSOURI	The museum shares a building with the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City.
Geography & Nature	CAMBODIA	In 1993, the country again became the Kingdom of Cambodia, returning to the name it originally took upon gaining independence from France in 1953.
Math & Science	ANEURYSM	The problem most frequently occurs in arteries at the base of the brain and in the aorta.
Entertainment & Food	INVINCIBLE	Carlos Santana, Brandy, and the late Notorious B.I.G. also helped propel the album to a #1 Billboard debut ranking.
Literature & Arts	CONFUCIUS	Among the oft-quoted sage's many sayings are "Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it" and "Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses".
History & Government	DOUGLASS	Frederick Douglass, the "Lion of Anacostia", also recommended that they be given equal pay.

Quiz Quilt Answer: IAMBUS (8th letters)

In poetry, an iambus consists of an unstressed (short) and a stressed (long) syllable.

Short and Long Foot -- Quiz Quilt 26 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Sports & Games	In what state did the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum open in 1997?
Geography & Nature	What country was known as the Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975 and Kampuchea from 1976 to 1989?
Math & Science	What is the scientific term for a bulge in the weakened wall of a blood vessel?
Entertainment & Food	On what 2001 album did Michael Jackson collaborate with Teddy Riley, Babyface, R. Kelly, and Carole Bayer Sager?
Literature & Arts	What Chinese political and ethical philosopher lived in the 6th and 5th century B.C. but reached the height of his fame in the 2nd century B.C.?
History & Government	What former slave founded the abolitionist newspaper the North Star and convinced Lincoln to use blacks as soldiers?

General Trivia Answers #763-768

Answer 763: Entertainment & Food -- Safety Pants?

b) Hats

The Men Without Hats were a one-hit wonder, reaching #3 with the single in 1983 before fading into obscurity.

Answer 764: History & Government -- Warr Lord

d) Virginia

The administrator, who originally came to Jamestown in 1610 and boosted the settlers' sagging morale, was soon named governor for life but died at sea in 1618.

Answer 765: Math & Science -- Quark Question

b) 3

A hadron is a subatomic particle affected by the strong nuclear force.

Answer 766: Geography & Nature -- Coastal Canada

b) Newfoundland

The Gulf of Saint Lawrence separates it from the other three provinces.

Answer 767: Literature & Arts -- God It?

d) Vulcan

They are both gods of fire.

Answer 768: Sports & Games -- Cortland?

c) Golf

They laid out the country's first six-hole course in an apple orchard in 1888.

General Trivia Questions #763-768

Question 763: Entertainment & Food -- Safety Pants?

What item of clothing did the group that sang the "Safety Dance" elect not to wear?

a) Gloves
b) Hats
c) Shirts
d) Socks

Question 764: History & Government -- Warr Lord

Which colony was Thomas West De la Warr the first governor of?

a) Delaware
b) Maryland
c) Pennsylvania
d) Virginia

Question 765: Math & Science -- Quark Question

How many quarks are in a hadron?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 6

Question 766: Geography & Nature -- Coastal Canada

Which of the following is not one of the Canadian Maritime provinces?

a) New Brunswick
b) Newfoundland
c) Nova Scotia
d) Prince Edward Island

Question 767: Literature & Arts -- God It?

Who is the Latin counterpart of the Greek god Hephaestus?

a) Dis
b) Faunus
c) Vesta
d) Vulcan

Question 768: Sports & Games -- Cortland?

What sport's history in the U.S. dates back to the Apple Tree Gang?

a) Baseball
b) Football
c) Golf
d) Tennis

General Trivia Answers #757-762

Answer 757: Entertainment & Food -- Hip to Be Square

c) 9

Sitting in a huge vertical Tic Tac Toe board, the stars usually offer more wit than knowledge.

Answer 758: History & Government -- The Day Before Ground Pork Day

b) February 2

Groundhog Day was first observed in 1887 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where the local celebrity Punxsutawney Phil checks out his shadow each year.

Answer 759: Math & Science -- The O Zone

c) 3

The breathable oxygen molecules in the air we breathe contain two atoms each.

Answer 760: Geography & Nature -- Ocean Treasure

c) Mussels

They create them about a third as frequently as oysters do.

Answer 761: Literature & Arts -- Dust to Bust

a) California

The Joad family escapes the Dust Bowl but finds life just as difficult as sharecroppers.

Answer 762: Sports & Games -- Into the Mix

a) Major League Baseball

The American League and National League met in the regular season for the first time in 1997.

General Trivia Questions #757-762

Question 757: Entertainment & Food -- Hip to Be Square

How many celebrities answer trivia questions in each episode of Hollywood Squares?

a) 4
b) 6
c) 9
d) 12

Question 758: History & Government -- The Day Before Ground Pork Day

What day of the year is known as Groundhog Day?

a) January 1
b) February 2
c) March 3
d) April 4

Question 759: Math & Science -- The O Zone

How many atoms of oxygen are in each molecule of ozone?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Question 760: Geography & Nature -- Ocean Treasure

What shellfish besides oysters can produce pearls?

a) Abalones
b) Clams
c) Mussels
d) Scallops

Question 761: Literature & Arts -- Dust to Bust

Where does the main family in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath move from Oklahoma to?

a) California
b) Florida
c) New York
d) Texas

Question 762: Sports & Games -- Into the Mix

Which was the last major North American sport to add regular season interleague play?

a) Major League Baseball
b) National Basketball Association
c) National Football League
d) National Hockey League

General Trivia Answers #751-756

Answer 751: Entertainment & Food -- Red Head

b) Mick Hucknall

The name also reflects the band's support for the Manchester United Red Devils soccer team.

Answer 752: History & Government -- Return of the King

a) King Charles II

The Merry Monarch restored the monarchy after Oliver Cromwell had led a military dictatorship for the previous dozen years.

Answer 753: Math & Science -- Pellagra Problem

b) Niacin

The disease is characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances, skin redness, and nervous or mental disorders.

Answer 754: Geography & Nature -- Mock Apple Pine

a) Arkansas

The honeybee has been its state insect since 1973.

Answer 755: Literature & Arts -- Leda Lust

d) Swan

Leda was the queen of Sparta.

Answer 756: Sports & Games -- Rules of the Game

a) Jack of clubs

The jack of the other suit with the same color as the trump suit is called the Left Bower.

General Trivia Questions #751-756

Question 751: Entertainment & Food -- Red Head

For what singer's hair was the music group Simply Red named?

a) Fritz McIntyre
b) Mick Hucknall
c) Tim Kellett
d) Tony Bowers

Question 752: History & Government -- Return of the King

What king of England's reign from 1660 to 1685 is called the Restoration Period?

a) King Charles II
b) King George I
c) King James II
d) King William III

Question 753: Math & Science -- Pellagra Problem

Which vitamin's deficiency causes pellagra?

a) Cobalamin
b) Niacin
c) Riboflavin
d) Thiamine

Question 754: Geography & Nature -- Mock Apple Pine

What is the U.S. state whose official tree is the pine, flower is the apple blossom, and bird is the northern mockingbird?

a) Arkansas
b) New Hampshire
c) North Dakota
d) Washington

Question 755: Literature & Arts -- Leda Lust

In Greek mythology, what animal form did Zeus take when seducing Leda?

a) Horse
b) Lion
c) Pig
d) Swan

Question 756: Sports & Games -- Rules of the Game

In euchre, what is the highest card of the following when spades are the trump suit?

a) Jack of clubs
b) Queen of diamonds
c) King of spades
d) Ace of hearts

General Trivia Answers #745-750

Answer 745: Entertainment & Food -- Laughing All the Way to the Top

b) Billy Crystal

The show had been called the $10,000 Pyramid for the previous four years before inflation intervened.

Answer 746: History & Government -- Boy King

a) Jacob

The new leader's reign reached eight years in 2006.

Answer 747: Math & Science -- Single-Letter Symbol

d) W

The element is known as wolfram in Latin.

Answer 748: Geography & Nature -- Chain Capital

b) Barbados

The Caribbean island gained its independence from the U.K. in 1966, and its economy, based on sugar products for over two centuries, now is sustained mostly by tourism.

Answer 749: Literature & Arts -- Do You Know Jack?

d) all of the above

The comedy play was first performed at the St. James' Theatre in London in 1895.

Answer 750: Sports & Games -- Chop Shop

a) Atlanta Braves

Choptalk is named for the rhythmic tomahawk chop that their fans chant to.

General Trivia Questions #745-750

Question 745: Entertainment & Food -- Laughing All the Way to the Top

What comedian cleared six categories in a record 26 seconds on The $20,000 Pyramid in November 1977?

a) Bill Cosby
b) Billy Crystal
c) Chevy Chase
d) Steve Martin

Question 746: History & Government -- Boy King

In 1999, what boy's name ended a 35-year reign by Michael as the most popular baby name in the U.S.?

a) Jacob
b) John
c) Joseph
d) Joshua

Question 747: Math & Science -- Single-Letter Symbol

What is the chemical symbol for the element tungsten?

a) T
b) U
c) V
d) W

Question 748: Geography & Nature -- Chain Capital

What country is the easternmost major island in the windward chain and has Bridgetown as its capital?

a) Antigua and Barbuda
b) Barbados
c) Dominica
d) Grenada

Question 749: Literature & Arts -- Do You Know Jack?

Which of the following is true about Jack Worthing in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest?

a) Fabricated an alter ego
b) Was born as Ernest John
c) Was found in a handbag as a baby
d) all of the above

Question 750: Sports & Games -- Chop Shop

What sports team's monthly magazine can you subscribe to by calling 1-800-700-CHOP?

a) Atlanta Braves
b) Cleveland Indians
c) Florida State Seminoles
d) Washington Redskins

General Trivia Answers #739-744

Answer 739: Entertainment & Food -- Don't Punch Judy

d) A puppet play

Samuel Pepys mentioned a Punch and Judy show as far back as 1662.

Answer 740: History & Government -- U.N.-Organized

a) CARE

The Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe was privately founded to help World War II survivors (now stands for Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere).

Answer 741: Math & Science -- If You Leave Me Now

c) Deciduous

Trees that keep their leaves are called evergreens.

Answer 742: Geography & Nature -- Marquette on the Map

c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Society of Jesus founded the college in 1881.

Answer 743: Literature & Arts -- Revering Revere

b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The 1860 poem appeared in Tales of a Wayside Inn three years later and assured Revere a prominent spot in American history.

Answer 744: Sports & Games -- Good But Not Great Golfer

c) Phil Mickelson

Lefty needed another three years to pass on the dubious crown.

General Trivia Questions #739-744

Question 739: Entertainment & Food -- Don't Punch Judy

What were Punch and Judy originally characters in?

a) A comic strip
b) A dramatic play
c) An opera
d) A puppet play

Question 740: History & Government -- U.N.-Organized

Which organization below was not founded by the United Nations?

a) CARE
b) ILO
c) IMF
d) WHO

Question 741: Math & Science -- If You Leave Me Now

What is the general classification for trees that lose their leaves every autumn?

a) Biennial
b) Coniferous
c) Deciduous
d) Perennial

Question 742: Geography & Nature -- Marquette on the Map

In what city is Marquette University based?

a) Chicago, Illinois
b) Indianapolis, Indiana
c) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
d) St. Paul, Minnesota

Question 743: Literature & Arts -- Revering Revere

What American poet wrote "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"?

a) Henry David Thoreau
b) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
c) Ralph Waldo Emerson
d) Robert Frost

Question 744: Sports & Games -- Good But Not Great Golfer

After David Duval won the 2001 British Open, what PGA golfer had won the most events without a major?

a) David Frost
b) John Cook
c) Phil Mickelson
d) Scott Hoch

Animal Etymology - Random Trivia Answers

• A6. Algonquian (American Indian) - chipmunk & muskrat. The chipmunk is a squirrel-like rodent whose name means "one who descends trees headfirst". The muskrat is a large, aquatic rodent named for its red color.
• B1. Arabic - albatross & gazelle. The albatross is a large diving bird known as the "sea eagle". The gazelle is an antelope with less speed but more endurance than a cheetah.
• C18. Australian Aboriginal - taipan & wombat. The taipan is a highly venomous snake that can reach lengths of nine feet. The wombat is a short, three-foot-long marsupial.
• D7. Chinese - chow chow & shar pei. The chow chow is a small, "puffy-lion" dog whose name means either "mixed" or "food". The shar pei is a blue-black tongued "sand skin" dog.
• E3. Congolese - basenji & zebra. The basenji is a barkless hunting dog. The zebra is the horse's black and white relative (white stripes on black, if you were wondering).
• F17. Dutch - meerkat & walrus. The meerkat is a small mongoose made famous by Timon in The Lion King movies (from the word for "monkey", although it looks like "lake cat"). The walrus is a semi-aquatic mammal that was either a "whale horse" or a "shore giant".
• G5. French - caterpillar & porpoise. The caterpillar is a "hairy cat" butterfly or moth larva. The porpoise is a large dolphin-like "pork fish" named for its piglike nose.
• H10. German - dachshund & rottweiler. The dachshund is a short-legged badger-hunting dog. The rottweiler is a large working dog named for a town in southern Germany.
• I11. Greek - dinosaur & rhinoceros. The dinosaur is a "terrible lizard" that did not coexist with cavemen. The rhinoceros is a large "horn-nosed" ungulate.
• J4. Indonesian - cassowary & komodo dragon. The cassowary is a large, flightless bird that lives in tropical forests. The komodo dragon is the largest lizard, named for the Indonesian island that it is native to.
• K12. Malay - gecko & orangutan. The gecko is a small to medium-sized lizard named for its chirps. The orangutan is a reddish-brown great ape "man of the woods".
• L14. Maori (New Zealander) - kiwi & moa. The kiwi is a small, flightless bird that gave its name to a similar looking fruit. The moa is a large, extinct, flightless bird native to New Zealand.
• M9. Nahuatl (Mexican Indian) - coyote & ocelot. The coyote is a prairie wolf whose scientific name Canis latrans means "barking dog". The ocelot is a painted leopard or McNenney's wildcat ("jaguar").
• N15. Old Norse - lemming & skate. The lemming is a vole and muskrat relative, falsely believed to regularly commit mass suicide by a staged scene in Walt Disney's 1958 documentary White Wilderness. The skate is a flat, carnivorous, bottom-dwelling fish.
• O13. Sanskrit - jackal & mynah. The jackal is a scavenging "howler" related to the dog. The mynah is a starling relative known for its ability to imitate sounds.
• P8. Spanish - cockroach & mosquito. The cockroach is a extremely adaptable insect whose Spanish name is well known from the song "La Cucaracha". The mosquito is a "little fly" whose female feasts on human and other mammal blood.
• Q2. Telugu (Indian [state of Andhra Pradesh]) - bandicoot & mongoose. The bandicoot is a omnivorous, marsupial "pig-rat", made famous by the video game character Crash Bandicoot. The mongoose is a small, cat-like carnivore, heroically represented by Rudyard Kipling's snake-fighting Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.
• R16. Tupi-Guarani (South American Indian) - macaw & piranha. The macaw is a colorful parrot, possibly named for the tree whose fruit it eats. The piranha is a carnivorous fish named for its scissor-like teeth.

You can look up your other favorite animals at the Online Etymology Dictionary.

Animal Etymology - Random Trivia Questions

When my nephew was single, he used to joke about borrowing his friend's pet dog to help him attract women. This week's themed quiz features a different kind of lending; all of these animal names have been imported into English from a foreign language. Your task is to match the animal pairs in the second column with their originating languages in the first column. (I've tried hard to avoid multiple possibilities, but when in doubt go with the oldest source.)

Animal Etymology Questions

Language	Animals
A. Algonquian (American Indian)	1. albatross & gazelle
B. Arabic	2. bandicoot & mongoose
C. Australian Aboriginal	3. basenji & zebra
D. Chinese	4. cassowary & komodo dragon
E. Congolese	5. caterpillar & porpoise
F. Dutch	6. chipmunk & muskrat
G. French	7. chow chow & shar pei
H. German	8. cockroach & mosquito
I. Greek	9. coyote & ocelot
J. Indonesian	10. dachshund & rottweiler
K. Malay	11. dinosaur & rhinoceros
L. Maori (New Zealander)	12. gecko & orangutan
M. Nahuatl (Mexican Indian)	13. jackal & mynah
N. Old Norse	14. kiwi & moa
O. Sanskrit	15. lemming & skate
P. Spanish	16. macaw & piranha
Q. Telugu (Indian [state of Andhra Pradesh])	17. meerkat & walrus
R. Tupi-Guarani (South American Indian)	18. taipan & wombat

Annie's Eyewear -- Quiz Quilt 25 Solution

Category Answers:

Geography & Nature	OLYMPIA	The Washington capital's latitude is 47° North, 17 miles closer to the North Pole than Bismarck, North Dakota.
Entertainment & Food	CHEERS	Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo collaborated on the catchy tune in 1982.
Math & Science	GOLD	The soft metal has been known since prehistoric times and was mentioned in Egyptian hieroglyphics around 2600 B.C.
History & Government	ANKH	The sacred cross is also known as the crux ansata.
Sports & Games	CLAY	Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942.
Literature & Arts	WOOD	The representational work features Grant Wood's dentist and sister Nan posing as an Iowa farmer and his unmarried daughter.

Quiz Quilt Answer: OAKLEY (3rd letter going up)

Annie Oakley and Oakley sunglasses.

Annie's Eyewear -- Quiz Quilt 25 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Geography & Nature	What is the northernmost state capital of the 48 contiguous U.S. states?
Entertainment & Food	What TV show's theme song observed, "Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name"?
Math & Science	What was the first metal known to mankind?
History & Government	What cross, with a loop as its upper vertical arm, was the emblem of life to the ancient Egyptians?
Sports & Games	What was boxer Muhammad Ali's original last name?
Literature & Arts	What artist painted American Gothic in 1930?

General Trivia Answers #733-738

Answer 733: Entertainment & Food -- Meat-iocre

d) Utility

The top two grades are prime and choice.

Answer 734: History & Government -- Minister of the Peace

b) John Adams

On September 27, 1779, the diplomat unsuccessfully visited in the hope of drawing up a treaty of peace and commerce.

Answer 735: Math & Science -- Roulette's Roots

a) Blaise Pascal

The Frenchman also invented the hydraulic press and the syringe.

Answer 736: Geography & Nature -- Serengeti Site

d) Tanzania

The park is known for its annual wildebeest migration and its Cape buffaloes, elephants, leopards, lions, and rhinoceroses.

Answer 737: Literature & Arts -- Fact or Fiction

c) Sir Walter Scott

In 1814, the Scotsman anonymously printed Waverley, a tale of the Jacobite rebellion, on his own press.

Answer 738: Sports & Games -- Team Trophy

a) Jennings

The trophy, named for former New York Rangers president William M. Jennings, has been presented to the winning team's main goalie since 1982.

General Trivia Questions #733-738

Question 733: Entertainment & Food -- Meat-iocre

What is the lowest grade of meat on the USDA scale?

a) Commercial
b) Good
c) Standard
d) Utility

Question 734: History & Government -- Minister of the Peace

Which U.S. President was also the first American minister to England?

a) James Monroe
b) John Adams
c) John Quincy Adams
d) Thomas Jefferson

Question 735: Math & Science -- Roulette's Roots

What mathematician devised roulette while trying to attain perpetual motion?

a) Blaise Pascal
b) David Hilbert
c) John Napier
d) Leonardo Fibonacci

Question 736: Geography & Nature -- Serengeti Site

What country is home to the 3.6-million acre Serengeti national park?

a) Congo
b) Kenya
c) Sudan
d) Tanzania

Question 737: Literature & Arts -- Fact or Fiction

What author invented the historical fiction novel?

a) Erik Haugaard
b) James Collier
c) Sir Walter Scott
d) T.H. White

Question 738: Sports & Games -- Team Trophy

What trophy is awarded to the NHL team that gives up the fewest goals each season?

a) Jennings
b) Norris
c) Selke
d) Vezina

General Trivia Answers #727-732

Answer 727: Entertainment & Food -- Clarinet Creature

a) Cat

Sergei Prokofiev composed the orchestra-accompanied children's story in 1933.

Answer 728: History & Government -- Early Days of Detroit

b) France

The original settlement was called Fort Ponchartrain du De Troit, meaning "at the straits".

Answer 729: Math & Science -- Compass Count

d) 32

Seven other markings sit between each pair of the four cardinal points.

Answer 730: Geography & Nature -- Summit City

a) Akron

The Acropolis of Athens shares the same root.

Answer 731: Literature & Arts -- Well-Heeled Dog

c) Dollar

The dollarmation, a dollar-sign spotted dalmatian, is sole heir to Richie's $24.7 billion fortune.

Answer 732: Sports & Games -- Tamed by Tiger

b) Ernie Els

The South African finally won his third major at the 2002 British Open, to accompany his 1994 and 1997 U.S. Open titles.

General Trivia Questions #727-732

Question 727: Entertainment & Food -- Clarinet Creature

In Peter and the Wolf, what animal character does the clarinet represent?

a) Cat
b) Dog
c) Horse
d) Wolf

Question 728: History & Government -- Early Days of Detroit

What country founded Detroit as a military post in 1701?

a) England
b) France
c) Germany
d) Netherlands

Question 729: Math & Science -- Compass Count

How many points does a mariner's compass have?

a) 4
b) 8
c) 16
d) 32

Question 730: Geography & Nature -- Summit City

What Ohio town's name comes from the Greek word for "summit"?

a) Akron
b) Canton
c) Dayton
d) Toledo

Question 731: Literature & Arts -- Well-Heeled Dog

In the Richie Rich comic strip, what is the name of the title character's dog?

a) Bill
b) Buck
c) Dollar
d) Grand

Question 732: Sports & Games -- Tamed by Tiger

What golfer finished second at the 1999 PGA Championship, the 2000 U.S. Open, and the 2000 British Open, losing to Tiger Woods each time?

a) David Duval
b) Ernie Els
c) Justin Leonard
d) Sergio Garcia

General Trivia Answers #721-726

Answer 721: Entertainment & Food -- Percussion Discussion

a) Bassoon

It is the tenor member of the woodwind family.

Answer 722: History & Government -- Not So Fine

b) Coca-Cola

2,000 black workers successfully sued for being underpaid and underpromoted.

Answer 723: Math & Science -- Theorize the Size

c) Pyramid

The formula applies regardless of whether the pyramid has three, four, or more triangular sides.

Answer 724: Geography & Nature -- Tennessee Town

d) Nashville

The former Fort Nashborough is nicknamed Music City, U.S.A.

Answer 725: Literature & Arts -- Aristotle Originals

a) Paeans

Pindar composed the choral songbook over a century earlier.

Answer 726: Sports & Games -- Chess Mess

a) Anatoly Karpov

The Russian held the title until 1985 and later claimed the FIDE title from 1993 to 1999.

General Trivia Questions #721-726

Question 721: Entertainment & Food -- Percussion Discussion

Which of the following is not a percussion instrument?

a) Bassoon
b) Cymbal
c) Timpani
d) Xylophone

Question 722: History & Government -- Not So Fine

What corporation agreed in November 2000 to pay a record $192.5 million fine for racial discrimination?

a) American Airlines
b) Coca-Cola
c) Kellogg
d) UPS

Question 723: Math & Science -- Theorize the Size

What regular solid's volume equals the area of the base times the height divided by three?

a) Cone
b) Cylinder
c) Pyramid
d) Sphere

Question 724: Geography & Nature -- Tennessee Town

What is the capital of Tennessee?

a) Chattanooga
b) Knoxville
c) Memphis
d) Nashville

Question 725: Literature & Arts -- Aristotle Originals

Which of the following did Aristotle not write?

a) Paeans
b) Poetics
c) Politics
d) Rhetoric

Question 726: Sports & Games -- Chess Mess

What chess grandmaster inherited the world championship crown when Bobby Fischer refused to play in 1975?

a) Anatoly Karpov
b) Boris Spassky
c) Garry Kasparov
d) Victor Korchnoi

Counterfeit Countries - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Bill France, Sr.. His son, Bill France, Jr. took over the reins on January 10, 1972 and led the organization until 2000.
• A2) Norman Chad. He lent an air of realism by portraying himself in the 2005 ESPN drama Tilt.
• A3) Chynna Phillips. Despite her success with Wilson Phillips and as a solo artist, she will always be known as the daughter of John and Michelle Phillips from the Mamas and the Papas.
• A4) Iran Barkley. The Bronx native captured the WBC Middleweight crown in June 1988, the IBF Super Middleweight crown in January 1992, and the WBA Light Heavyweight crown in March 1992.
• A5) Kathy Ireland. She graced the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine's swimsuit issue in 1989.
• A6) Kelly Monaco. She has had regular soap opera roles as Olivia Locke in Port Charles and Samantha McCall on General Hospital.
• A7) India. She hates Scarlett O'Hara for gaining his affection and attention. Leslie Howard played the role in the 1939 film.
• A8) Togo. The terrier first appeared in The Whispering Statue, morphing from a Scottish Terrier to a Bull Terrier sometime during the series.
• A9) Cuba Gooding, Jr.. His character, wide receiver Rod Tidwell, made the emphatic request of the title character in Jerry Maguire in 1996.
• A10) Hamilton Jordan. President Jimmy Carter's advisor and strategist became the chief executive of the new Association of Tennis Professionals in 1990.
• A11) Chili Davis. Born on January 17, 1960 as Charles Theodore Davis, the outfielder and designated hitter clouted 350 roundtrippers for six different teams over 19 seasons. He was originally nicknamed Chili Bowl for a particularly bad haircut when he was twelve.
• A12) Georgia O'Keeffe. She was also the subject of many of her husband Alfred Stieglitz's photographs, which caused a stir in 1921 because she had no clothes in some of them.

Counterfeit Countries - Random Trivia Questions

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it could very easily be a mechanical imposter. This week's answers are like Chiffon margarine; they sound like countries, but they're not!

Counterfeit Countries Questions

• Q1) What "Big Bill" founded the NASCAR stock racing circuit on February 21, 1948 with the help of several other drivers?
• Q2) What Los Angeles reporter cohosts the World Series of Poker on ESPN with Lon McEachern?
• Q3) What female singer joined sisters Carnie and Wendy Wilson to form a harmonious trio in 1989?
• Q4) What boxer, nicknamed the Blade, scored the Ring magazine Upset of the Year with a third-round technical knockout of Thomas Hearns on June 6, 1988?
• Q5) What supermodel made her forgettable acting debut in Alien From L.A. in 1988 and starred as screenwriter Taylor Christopher in Amore! in 1993?
• Q6) What actress won the first season of Dancing With the Stars with Alec Mazo?
• Q7) In the novel and movie Gone With the Wind, what is the first name of Ashley Wilkes's sister, who is nearly engaged to Stuart Tarleton?
• Q8) Who is teenage detective Nancy Drew's dog?
• Q9) What actor's movie character asked his agent to "Show me the money!"?
• Q10) What Georgian served as White House Chief of Staff from 1979 to 1980?
• Q11) What Major League Baseball player was the first to be born in Jamaica and had the fourth most career home runs for a switch hitter, trailing only Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray, and Chipper Jones?
• Q12) What Southwestern American artist painted the Grey Hills landscape and lived to age 98?

Inspected by #86 -- Quiz Quilt 24 Solution

Category Answers:

Geography & Nature	DETROIT	The 'W' is for Wayne County, Michigan.
Entertainment & Food	LIFE	Eagle is the highest rank.
Sports & Games	KING	Billie Jean King collected $117,000 in tennis prize money in 1971.
Math & Science	HAND	Dr. Earl Owen performed the operation on the criminal, who lost his hand in a circular saw accident in 1984 while serving two years in prison for fraud.
Literature & Arts	DIANA	The daughter of Jupiter and Latona and the twin sister of Apollo was known for her athleticism and her chastity.
History & Government	PIG	Pigasus was the Yippie candidate.

Quiz Quilt Answer: GADGET (Last letters going up)

Don Adams played Agent 86 on Get Smart and was the voice of Inspector Gadget.

Inspected by #86 -- Quiz Quilt 24 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Geography & Nature	What city's three-letter airport code is DTW?
Entertainment & Food	What is the second highest rank that a Boy Scout can attain?
Sports & Games	Who was the first female athlete to win over $100,000 in a single season in any sport?
Math & Science	In September 1998, what body part was first successfully transplanted in Lyon, France to New Zealander Clint Hallam?
Literature & Arts	In Roman mythology, who was the goddess of the moon, forests, animals, and women in childbirth?
History & Government	What type of animal did the Youth International Party nominate for President at the Democratic Convention in Chicago in 1968?

General Trivia Answers #715-720

Answer 715: Entertainment & Food -- Singing Soap

b) Days of Our Lives

Former cast member Macdonald Carey opens each episode by saying, "Like sands through the hourglass... so are the Days of Our Lives."

Answer 716: History & Government -- Constitution Non-Contributor

d) Rhode Island

Over the course of four months, 55 men from the other colonies convened at what is now called Independence Hall in Philadelphia.

Answer 717: Math & Science -- Plane Cone

d) none of the above

If the plane cuts straight across, a circle results. A small tilt produces an ellipse, and a large tilt makes a parabola if the plane intersects one side and a hyperbola if it touches both.

Answer 718: Geography & Nature -- Point to the Pole

a) Arctic Ocean

The pole is moving about 25 miles northwest each year and passed through the northern islands of Canada during the 20th century.

Answer 719: Literature & Arts -- Heavenly Hostess

a) Beatrice

Virgil had guided the poet through Hell and Purgatory.

Answer 720: Sports & Games -- Rick-Creation

d) Slinky

As a Naval engineer on a ship, James had witnessed a torsion spring falling to the floor. His wife Betty used a dictionary to come up with the name, which is Swedish for "sinuous".

General Trivia Questions #715-720

Question 715: Entertainment & Food -- Singing Soap

What NBC soap opera, which debuted on November 19, 1965, was the first to incorporate musical numbers?

a) Another World
b) Days of Our Lives
c) General Hospital
d) The Young and the Restless

Question 716: History & Government -- Constitution Non-Contributor

Which was the only one of the original thirteen colonies that did not send a delegate to create the U.S. Constitution?

a) Connecticut
b) New Hampshire
c) New Jersey
d) Rhode Island

Question 717: Math & Science -- Plane Cone

Which shape below cannot be produced by the intersection of a cone and a plane?

a) Ellipse
b) Hyperbola
c) Parabola
d) none of the above

Question 718: Geography & Nature -- Point to the Pole

Where is the Earth's North Magnetic Pole currently located?

a) Arctic Ocean
b) Greenland
c) Nunavut, Canada
d) Siberia, Russia

Question 719: Literature & Arts -- Heavenly Hostess

Who was Dante's guide to Paradise in The Divine Comedy?

a) Beatrice
b) Eve
c) Grace
d) Mary

Question 720: Sports & Games -- Rick-Creation

What toy did Richard James conceive in 1946?

a) Frisbee
b) Pogo stick
c) Skateboard
d) Slinky

General Trivia Answers #709-714

Answer 709: Entertainment & Food -- In His Element

c) Cab driver

Willis played Korben Dallas opposite a super-skinny Milla Jovovich as Leeloo in the 1997 movie.

Answer 710: History & Government -- Ground Breakers

d) U.S. astronauts

John Glenn and Alan Shepard complete the list.

Answer 711: Math & Science -- Lion and Tiger Time

a) Cenozoic Era

Although mammals existed before the era began, they were only small and simple animals.

Answer 712: Geography & Nature -- Speaking in Suriname

a) Dutch

The Netherlands had ruled the country since 1667 and granted its independence on November 25, 1975.

Answer 713: Literature & Arts -- The City of Sodom

c) 10

They could not be found, and the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Zoar were all destroyed.

Answer 714: Sports & Games -- To D or Not to D

b) Noseguard

Flanker and split end are offensive positions, while tackle can be offensive or defensive.

General Trivia Questions #709-714

Question 709: Entertainment & Food -- In His Element

What is the profession of Bruce Willis's character in The Fifth Element?

a) Bartender
b) Bouncer
c) Cab driver
d) Policeman

Question 710: History & Government -- Ground Breakers

What were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, and Donald Slayton the first of?

a) All-white jazz band
b) Casualties of the Vietnam War
c) NBA champion starting lineup
d) U.S. astronauts

Question 711: Math & Science -- Lion and Tiger Time

Which geological era is known as the Age of Mammals?

a) Cenozoic Era
b) Mesozoic Era
c) Paleozoic Era
d) Precambrian Era

Question 712: Geography & Nature -- Speaking in Suriname

What is the official language of Suriname?

a) Dutch
b) English
c) French
d) Portuguese

Question 713: Literature & Arts -- The City of Sodom

In the book of Genesis, how many righteous men were needed to be found to spare Sodom?

a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) 12

Question 714: Sports & Games -- To D or Not to D

Which of the following refers only to a defensive position in American football?

a) Flanker
b) Noseguard
c) Split end
d) Tackle

General Trivia Answers #703-708

Answer 703: Entertainment & Food -- Producers Director

a) Mel Brooks

The comedy writer was born as Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, but took his stage name from his mother's maiden name Brookman, not the city.

Answer 704: History & Government -- Shocking Shot

b) Malcolm X

A week after his house had been firebombed, the black leader was killed by Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler, and Thomas 15X Johnson in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom.

Answer 705: Math & Science -- Star Gazing

b) Eagle

Its name is the Latin word for the predatory bird.

Answer 706: Geography & Nature -- The High Life

d) New York

140 of the tall buildings dot the skyline, more than twice as many as runner-up Chicago.

Answer 707: Literature & Arts -- The Play's the King

a) Edward

The Bard of Avon penned seven historical plays about King Henry IV, V, VI, and VIII, two about King Richard II and III, and one about King John.

Answer 708: Sports & Games -- Bronx Pride

c) Lou Gehrig

The first baseman played for the New York Yankees for seventeen seasons, including six World Series winners.

General Trivia Questions #703-708

Question 703: Entertainment & Food -- Producers Director

Who was the director of The Producers, Twelve Chairs, High Anxiety, and Life Stinks?

a) Mel Brooks
b) Sidney Lumet
c) Warren Beatty
d) Woody Allen

Question 704: History & Government -- Shocking Shot

What leader was shot on February 21, 1965?

a) John F. Kennedy
b) Malcolm X
c) Martin Luther King, Jr.
d) Robert F. Kennedy

Question 705: Math & Science -- Star Gazing

What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?

a) Bear
b) Eagle
c) Horse
d) Swan

Question 706: Geography & Nature -- The High Life

What city has the most skyscrapers over 500 feet tall?

a) Chicago
b) Hong Kong
c) Kuala Lumpur
d) New York

Question 707: Literature & Arts -- The Play's the King

Which of the following is not the first name of a king that Shakespeare wrote a historical play about?

a) Edward
b) Henry
c) John
d) Richard

Question 708: Sports & Games -- Bronx Pride

What Baseball Hall of Famer was known as the Pride of the Yankees?

a) Babe Ruth
b) Joe DiMaggio
c) Lou Gehrig
d) Mickey Mantle

General Trivia Answers #697-702

Answer 697: Entertainment & Food -- Moore Bond

b) Live and Let Die

The Brit was available to film the 1973 movie only because his TV series The Persuaders! bombed. Before that he had been busy portraying The Saint.

Answer 698: History & Government -- Florence's Flying Friend

b) Owl

The bird, named Athena, was stuffed after its death and is now on display at the Florence Nightingale Museum in London.

Answer 699: Math & Science -- Martin's Metal

d) Uranium

The chemist also found zirconium and titanium.

Answer 700: Geography & Nature -- Land at HND

d) Tokyo, Japan

The code consists of the consonants of Haneda Airport.

Answer 701: Literature & Arts -- The Speaker Speaks

b) Newt Gingrich

The Republican Georgia representative was Speaker from 1995 to 1999.

Answer 702: Sports & Games -- Supportive Spouse

c) Lee Trevino

Supermex has five children with his wife Claudia.

General Trivia Questions #697-702

Question 697: Entertainment & Food -- Moore Bond

In what movie did Roger Moore first play James Bond?

a) Diamonds are Forever
b) Live and Let Die
c) The Man with the Golden Gun
d) The Spy Who Loved Me

Question 698: History & Government -- Florence's Flying Friend

What type of pet bird did Florence Nightingale travel with in her pocket?

a) Nightingale
b) Owl
c) Parakeet
d) Pigeon

Question 699: Math & Science -- Martin's Metal

What silvery, radioactive metal did Germany's Martin Klaproth discover in 1789?

a) Actinium
b) Polonium
c) Thorium
d) Uranium

Question 700: Geography & Nature -- Land at HND

What city is home to the airport whose three-letter code is HND?

a) Hong Kong, China
b) Seoul, Korea
c) Taipei, Taiwan
d) Tokyo, Japan

Question 701: Literature & Arts -- The Speaker Speaks

What former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote the books 1945 and To Renew America?

a) Jim Wright
b) Newt Gingrich
c) Thomas Foley
d) Tip O'Neill

Question 702: Sports & Games -- Supportive Spouse

What golfer jested, "My wife doesn't care what I do when I'm away, as long as I don't have a good time"?

a) Arnold Palmer
b) Chi Chi Rodriguez
c) Lee Trevino
d) Seve Ballesteros

General Trivia Answers #691-696

Answer 691: Entertainment & Food -- Super-Size Me

c) Olives

The fruit is typically pitted and cured with lye or brine to reduce its bitterness.

Answer 692: History & Government -- Late at the Gate

d) 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The end of the business day is a popular time to fly and suffers from any accumulated delays.

Answer 693: Math & Science -- Know Your Rights

c) Sine

The cosine equals the adjacent divided by the hypotenuse, and the tangent is the opposite divided by the adjacent. The acronym SOHCAHTOA summarizes the equations.

Answer 694: Geography & Nature -- Cold Capital

b) Regina

The hamlet was known as Pile of Bones until 1882, when it took the Latin for "queen" to honor Queen Victoria.

Answer 695: Literature & Arts -- Painting Practice

b) Edgar Degas

The former law student finished the work around 1878.

Answer 696: Sports & Games -- Daytona Driver

d) Richard Petty

The king of stock car racing won the race seven times between 1964 and 1981. His father Lee captured the inaugural race in 1959.

General Trivia Questions #691-696

Question 691: Entertainment & Food -- Super-Size Me

What food comes in small, medium, large, extra large, jumbo, colossal, and super colossal sizes?

a) Eggs
b) Grapefruits
c) Olives
d) Tomatoes

Question 692: History & Government -- Late at the Gate

According to Air Travel Consumer Report, at what time of day are the lowest percentage of planes on time?

a) 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
b) 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
c) 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
d) 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Question 693: Math & Science -- Know Your Rights

In a right triangle, what function of an angle equals the length of the opposite side divided by the length of the hypotenuse?

a) Cosine
b) Secant
c) Sine
d) Tangent

Question 694: Geography & Nature -- Cold Capital

What is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada that was capital of the Northwest Territories until their split in 1905?

a) Prince Albert
b) Regina
c) Saskatoon
d) Yellowknife

Question 695: Literature & Arts -- Painting Practice

What French artist painted The Rehearsal?

a) Claude Monet
b) Edgar Degas
c) Edouard Manet
d) Paul Gauguin

Question 696: Sports & Games -- Daytona Driver

Which driver has won the Daytona 500 the most times?

a) Bill Elliott
b) Bobby Allison
c) Cale Yarborough
d) Richard Petty

Ad and Commercial Quotes - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Visa credit cards. Their more recent "Priceless" ads have been everywhere, too, including sports arenas banners and Saturday Night Live spoofs.
• A2) Crest toothpaste. The first fluoride-containing toothpaste also had kids saying, "Look, Ma, no cavities".
• A3) Brylcreem. The hair styling product is mostly water, mineral oil, and beeswax.
• A4) Marines. The Navy has used the slogans "Full Speed Ahead" and "Accelerate Your Life", and the Air Force suggests that you "Aim High".
• A5) Canada Dry ginger ale. Before the heydey of karaoke, Jimmy Connors and other celebrities monotonically sang this jingle.
• A6) Morton salt. Calcium silicate, which replaced magnesium carbonate, keeps the NaCl flowing even in humid conditions.
• A7) M&M's. The candy-coated chocolates began life under the name Smarties in Europe but had to be renamed for the U.S. market.
• A8) Coca-Cola. The soda really did once contain trace amounts of cocaine, possibly more than the company will admit.
• A9) Sunkist. The soda cracked the top ten within three years and is still the best-selling orange soda.
• A10) Chiffon margarine. Another ad series warned, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature".
• A11) Taco Bell. As a competitor of McDonald's and Burger King, the company also wants you to "Think outside the bun".
• A12) Alka-Seltzer. TV Guide named the 1969 "Spicy Meatball" ad the #2 television commercial of all time (behind Apple's "1984").
• A13) Tropicana Twisters. The drink comes in many standard single flavors plus combinations of two or three fruits.
• A14) Clairol hair coloring. The substance penetrates the hair shaft rather than just covering it.
• A15) 9-Lives cat food. The finicky cat, whose real name was Lucky, began making his preference known in 1968.
• A16) South Pacific. The original tune is "Gonna wash that man right out of my hair".
• A17) Energizer. The Energizer bunny has indeed kept going, and going, and going... since 1989.
• A18) Perdue. Frank Perdue himself appeared in the commercials until he was unable to and was replaced by his son Jim.
• A19) A&W Root Beer. The letters stand for the names of creators Roy Allen and Frank Wright.
• A20) Delta Air Lines. The "Airline of the South" is based in Atlanta, Georgia, "is ready when you are", and "gets you there".
• A21) Maxwell House. The coffee was named for a Nashville, Tennesee hotel that had burned down. The slogan supposedly was a direct quote from President Theodore Roosevelt.
• A22) Greyhound Bus lines. Swedish immigrant Carl Wickman founded the company in 1914.
• A23) Frosted Flakes. The presweetened cereal was ironically created to prevent kids from spooning too much sugar onto their flakes.
• A24) Volkswagen. The real German word means "driving pleasure".
• A25) Andre. The company introduced a screw-top bottle for its low-priced bubbly just in time to ring in 2005.
• A26) Prego. Introduced by the Campbell Soup Company in 1981, the tomato sauce's name is Italian for "I pray" and is a common response to "Thank you".
• A27) Army. After two decades, they changed the slogan to "An Army of One" in 2001. "Strength for now. Strength for later" was also used.
• A28) Zenith. The company invented the first portable radio and the first wireless remote control.
• A29) Yellow Pages. AT&T opened up its market to competitors by failing to renew its trademark on "Yellow Pages" in the 1950s.
• A30) Pringles potato chips (officially they're potato crisps). The saddle-shaped reconstituted potato snacks are also marketed as being much less greasy than regular potato chips.
• A31) Secret. The deodorant and antiperspirant began its life as a cream in 1956. A roll-on version debuted two years later.
• A32) American Express cards. David Ogilvy of Ogilvy & Mather created the 1975 ad, featuring Karl Malden.
• A33) Texaco. The company's logo is an upper-case 'T' inside a five-pointed star.
• A34) McDonald's. When Dick and Mac McDonald founded the company in 1940, fast food wasn't an alternative to the home-cooked, sit-down meal.
• A35) Noxema Medicated Shave Cream. Although initially marketed in the late 1960s for men's facial hair, the product is also used by women to shave their arms and legs.
• A36) Avis. The world's largest car rental company was, and still is, Hertz.
• A37) Bud Light. The bull terrier began hawking the beer in a 1987 Super Bowl commercial.
• A38) Campbell's Soup. The famous condensed soup, with half of the water removed, was created in 1897. The cans sport a gold medal won at the 1900 Paris Exposition.
• A39) Mazda. Their current "Zoom zoom" ads hope you feel the need for speed.
• A40) BMW. The Bavarian Motor Works (Bayerische Motoren Werke in German) began crafting high end automobiles in 1913.
• A41) Wisk. The ads obnoxiously but effectively made Wisk the top-selling liquid detergent in the 1960s and 1970s.
• A42) Wendy's. The actress, Clara Peller, was fired the following year for claiming, "I found it" in Prego spaghetti sauce commercials.
• A43) Folgers (in your cup). James Folger bought out his partners to create the San Francisco-based J. A. Folger & Co. in 1872.
• A44) Tropicana orange juice. Its logo features a drinking straw inserted directly into an orange.
• A45) Pepsi. The product has had more than 40 slogans since 1898.
• A46) Parker pens. George Stafford Parker began manufacturing fountain pens in Wisconsin in 1891, but the company is now based in England.
• A47) Panasonic. Since 2003, the company has sold "Ideas for life".
• A48) Betty Crocker. The brand's fictitious name was initially created by the Washburn Crosby Company in 1921 to respond to written customer inquiries and evolved over time as the company merged into General Mills seven years later.
• A49) Sprite. The Coca-Cola Company introduced the lemon-lime 7-Up imitation in 1961.
• A50) Doritos. Nacho Cheese was the only flavor from 1966 until Cool Ranch debuted in 1987.
• A51) AT&T. Back in 1982, the Baby Bells had yet to be split off, and MCI was the only real competitor.
• A52) Schlitz. The beverage also recommended that you "Go for the gusto".
• A53) Busch. The beverage began as Busch Bavarian Beer in 1955.
• A54) Paul Masson. The French immigrant was actually known as the "Champagne King of California", but Orson Welles's pitch made the company famous.
• A55) Burger King. They wanted to let you know that fast service didn't mean you couldn't "Have it your way".
• A56) American Airlines. American is the largest airline in the world in both passenger volume and fleet size.
• A57) Lay's potato chips. In 1944, Frank Lay's company was the first to advertise snacks on television.

(Bonus answer: Heinz. They once had 57 varieties of pickles and condiments, although it was over 60 by the time they chose to use the number on their products.)

Ad and Commercial Quotes - Random Trivia Questions

Reading about how MythTV detects commercials really got me thinking. I haven't really watched many television ads since I bought my first VCR about sixteen years ago. That is, I haven't watched many in real-time. The interruptions just whiz by in fast-play mode, and if they look interesting enough, I'll watch them once.

Alas, my childhood was spent without VCRs, and probably worse still, without remote controls. Which means that I had viewed umpteen million television ads by the time I left home for college. Some of the following questions cover recent pitches, but most of them go back to the golden era of "don't touch that dial" TV commercials. (Bonus question: what brand is most associated with the number of questions in this quiz?).

Ad and Commercial Quotes Questions

• Q1) What product claims, "It's everywhere you want to be"?
• Q2) What product would "Give your kids a fighting chance"?
• Q3) What product asserted "A little dab'll do ya"?
• Q4) Which branch of the U.S. military consists of "The Few, The Proud"?
• Q5) What beverage wanted you to know, "It's not too sweet"?
• Q6) "When it rains, it pours" what?
• Q7) What candy's "Milk chocolate melts in your mouth - not in your hand"?
• Q8) What product says, "It's the real thing"?
• Q9) What beverage was introduced in 1978 to the Beach Boys song "Good Vibrations"?
• Q10) "If it tastes like butter, but it's not, it's" what?
• Q11) What restaurant wants you to "Head for the Border"?
• Q12) What should I take if "I can't believe I ate the whole thing"?
• Q13) What beverage comes in "Flavors Mother Nature never intended"?
• Q14) What product's ads wondered, "Does she or doesn't she?"
• Q15) What brand did Morris the Cat help sell?
• Q16) What musical did Clairol borrow their "Wash that grey right outta your hair" jingle from?
• Q17) What battery "Keeps going, and going, and going..."?
• Q18) What company believes, "It takes a tough man to make a tender turkey"?
• Q19) What beverage gives you "That frosty mug sensation"?
• Q20) What airline's employees "Love to fly and it shows"?
• Q21) What drink is "Good to the last drop"?
• Q22) What company asked you to "Leave the driving to us"?
• Q23) What cereal does Tony the Tiger think is "Great!!!"?
• Q24) What car gives you "Fahrvergnugen"?
• Q25) What champagne's TV commercial features "The Carol of the Bells" punctuated by clinking glasses?
• Q26) What spaghetti sauce insists, "It's in there"?
• Q27) Which branch of the U.S. military wanted you to "Be all that you can be"?
• Q28) What consumer electronics company claims, "The quality goes in before the name goes on"?
• Q29) Where should you "Let your fingers do the walking"?
• Q30) What product does its maker hope that "Once you pop, you can't stop!"?
• Q31) What hygiene product is "Strong Enough for a Man, pH Balanced for a Woman"?
• Q32) What product suggested that you "Don't leave home without it"?
• Q33) What gas company wants you to "Trust your car to the man who wears the star"?
• Q34) What fast food chain empathized that "You deserve a break today"?
• Q35) What product encouraged you to "Take it off. Take it all off"?
• Q36) What company claimed, "We're number two. We try harder"?
• Q37) What specific product did Spuds MacKenzie pitch?
• Q38) What product is "M'm M'm Good"?
• Q39) What car company musically hoped you'd take "Just one look" and buy?
• Q40) What is "The ultimate driving machine"?
• Q41) What laundry detergent specifically targeted "Ring around the collar"?
• Q42) What company was wondering "Where's the beef?" in 1984?
• Q43) What is "The best part of waking up"?
• Q44) What product claimed, "If it tasted any fresher it would still be on the tree"?
• Q45) What beverage is "The choice of a new Generation"?
• Q46) What is "The mark of distinction"?
• Q47) What consumer electronics company is "Just slightly ahead of our time".
• Q48) What food brand believes you can "Bake someone happy"?
• Q49) What beverage ordered you to "Obey Your Thirst"?
• Q50) What snack suggested that you "Crunch all you want. We'll make more"?
• Q51) Who wanted you to "Reach out and touch someone"?
• Q52) What is "The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous"?
• Q53) What beer asks you to "Head for the mountains"?
• Q54) Who promised, "We will sell no wine before its time"?
• Q55) What fast food chain didn't mind if you told them to "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce"?
• Q56) What airline was "Something special in the air"?
• Q57) What snack food challenged, "Betcha can't eat just one"?

Bahamas Golf Game -- Quiz Quilt 23 Solution

Category Answers:

Sports & Games	UNITAS	From 1956 to 1973, Johnny Unitas threw 290 career touchdown passes, all but the final three with the Baltimore Colts.
Entertainment & Food	SAKE	In Japan, the word refers to any type of alcoholic beverage.
Literature & Arts	ASHE	In that same year, U.S. Open and Australian Open tennis champ Arthur Ashe contracted HIV from blood transfusions and would succumb five years later.
Math & Science	BSE	Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is a fatal infection which attacks the nervous system and brain and can cause variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans.
Geography & Nature	TARRYTOWN	The name Sleepy Hollow is still used to refer to north Tarrytown.
History & Government	CUBA	The U.S. imposed sanctions after Fidel Castro took over and allied his country with the Soviet Union.

Quiz Quilt Answer: NASSAU (2nd letters)

A nassau is a gamble in which the front nine, back nine, and full 18 holes are all separate bets.

Bahamas Golf Game -- Quiz Quilt 23 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Sports & Games	What quarterback held the NFL career touchdown record before Fran Tarkenton?
Entertainment & Food	What is the name for Japanese fermented liquor made from rice?
Literature & Arts	What author chronicled the history of blacks in sports in A Hard Road to Glory, released in 1988?
Math & Science	What is the official acronym of the disease commonly known as mad cow disease?
Geography & Nature	What New York town was formerly known as the legendary Sleepy Hollow?
History & Government	What country has the U.S. had a trade embargo on since 1961?

General Trivia Answers #685-690

Answer 685: Entertainment & Food -- Ad In

c) Subaru

The tennis player appeared in a 1996 ad with golfers Juli Inkster and Meg Mallon and Olympic skier Diann Roffe-Steinrotter, ending with the line, "What do we know? We're just girls."

Answer 686: History & Government -- Boxer Base

a) Beijing

Locals led by the Fists of Righteous Harmony society revolted against Westerners in China, killing the minister of Germany and hundreds of other foreigners before the army subdued them.

Answer 687: Math & Science -- Essence of Element

a) Atom

Each atom of an element has the same number of protons and electrons, but the number of neutrons can vary.

Answer 688: Geography & Nature -- Nearby Nation

a) Bahamas

The archipelago is about forty miles closer than Cuba is.

Answer 689: Literature & Arts -- Clothes Call

b) Nothing

The 1837 short story tells of a cloth that is supposedly invisible to the foolish and unworthy.

Answer 690: Sports & Games -- Wrong Kind of Century Team

d) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Bucs went 45-106-1 for the decade and reached double digits in losses every season from 1983 to 1994.

General Trivia Questions #685-690

Question 685: Entertainment & Food -- Ad In

What car maker was one of the first companies to sign Martina Navratilova to do TV commercials?

a) Chevrolet
b) Ford
c) Subaru
d) Volkswagen

Question 686: History & Government -- Boxer Base

What city did the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 both start and end in?

a) Beijing
b) Canton
c) Hong Kong
d) Shanghai

Question 687: Math & Science -- Essence of Element

What is the smallest unit of a chemical element having the properties of that element?

a) Atom
b) Compound
c) Nucleus
d) Proton

Question 688: Geography & Nature -- Nearby Nation

What foreign country is closest to Florida?

a) Bahamas
b) Cuba
c) Dominican Republic
d) Haiti

Question 689: Literature & Arts -- Clothes Call

What were the clothes in Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" made of?

a) Gold
b) Nothing
c) Silk
d) Silver

Question 690: Sports & Games -- Wrong Kind of Century Team

Which NFL team lost over 100 games in the 1980s?

a) Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
b) New Orleans Saints
c) St. Louis/Arizona Cardinals
d) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

General Trivia Answers #679-684

Answer 679: Entertainment & Food -- Scat Scale

b) 7

The standard scale achieved popular fame with the song "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music in 1965.

Answer 680: History & Government -- End of the Reign of Spain

d) Venezuela

The nation split off on July 5, 1811.

Answer 681: Math & Science -- Nerve Numbers

d) Thoracic

There are twelve pairs, four more than the cervical nerves.

Answer 682: Geography & Nature -- High Capital

d) Santa Fe, New Mexico

Its altitude is just under 7,000 feet, nearly 1,570 feet above Denver.

Answer 683: Literature & Arts -- Fruits of Roots

c) Queen

The historical fiction books appeared in 1976 and 1993.

Answer 684: Sports & Games -- William, Tell Me the Score

a) 5

The five pairs of colored rings (gold, red, blue, black, and white) score from 10 points for the innermost to 1 point for the outermost.

General Trivia Questions #679-684

Question 679: Entertainment & Food -- Scat Scale

How many different tones are in the diatonic scale?

a) 2
b) 7
c) 8
d) 12

Question 680: History & Government -- End of the Reign of Spain

What was the first South American country to declare independence from Spain?

a) Argentina
b) Colombia
c) Paraguay
d) Venezuela

Question 681: Math & Science -- Nerve Numbers

Which major type of nerves does the human body have the most pairs of?

a) Cervical
b) Lumbar
c) Sacral
d) Thoracic

Question 682: Geography & Nature -- High Capital

What is the highest U.S. state capital?

a) Denver, Colorado
b) Montpelier, Vermont
c) Olympia, Washington
d) Santa Fe, New Mexico

Question 683: Literature & Arts -- Fruits of Roots

What maternal sequel did Alex Haley put out seventeen years after Roots?

a) Mother
b) Nana
c) Queen
d) Soil

Question 684: Sports & Games -- William, Tell Me the Score

According to FITA archery rules, what is the value of the inner blue ring?

a) 5
b) 10
c) 20
d) 25

General Trivia Answers #673-678

Answer 673: Entertainment & Food -- Host With the Most

c) Bob Barker

The Price Is Right host won eight Emmys out of a record twelve nominations.

Answer 674: History & Government -- Just Put One Foot in Front of the Other

b) Lao-Tzu

The 4th-century B.C. philosopher also suggested, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."

Answer 675: Math & Science -- Aid on Flux

d) Rheumatism

Arthritis and rheumatism are general terms that encompass about 200 different problems of the bones and joints.

Answer 676: Geography & Nature -- Port Port

d) Mumbai

Mumbai is on India's west coast while the bay is on the east side.

Answer 677: Literature & Arts -- More Than Tan

d) Mona in the Promised Land

The 1996 book was written by Gish Jen, no relation to this trivia author although we both attended the same college and subsequently lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Answer 678: Sports & Games -- In Another League

c) New Jersey Generals

The running back rushed for 4,562 yards for the team in three seasons before joining the NFL when the USFL folded.

General Trivia Questions #673-678

Question 673: Entertainment & Food -- Host With the Most

Who has won the most Emmy Awards for Best Game Show Host?

a) Alex Trebek
b) Bill Cullen
c) Bob Barker
d) Jack Barry

Question 674: History & Government -- Just Put One Foot in Front of the Other

Which historic Chinese figure first observed, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step"?

a) Confucius
b) Lao-Tzu
c) Mao Zedong
d) Mencius

Question 675: Math & Science -- Aid on Flux

What ailment, whose name comes from the Latin for "flux", is sometimes treated with bee stings?

a) Epilepsy
b) Migraine headaches
c) Parkinson's disease
d) Rheumatism

Question 676: Geography & Nature -- Port Port

Which city below is not a port on the Bay of Bengal?

a) Chennai
b) Chittagong
c) Kolkata
d) Mumbai

Question 677: Literature & Arts -- More Than Tan

Which of the following novels is not by Amy Tan?

a) The Hundred Secret Senses
b) The Joy Luck Club
c) The Kitchen God's Wife
d) Mona in the Promised Land

Question 678: Sports & Games -- In Another League

Which USFL team signed Herschel Walker for $5 million over three years on February 23, 1983?

a) Arizona Wranglers
b) Michigan Panthers
c) New Jersey Generals
d) Philadelphia Stars

General Trivia Answers #667-672

Answer 667: Entertainment & Food -- Network News

b) CBS

Westinghouse was already the biggest operator of radio stations in the U.S.

Answer 668: History & Government -- Passing Away Patriotically

a) James Madison

The fourth President missed by six days on the early side in 1836. Adams and Jefferson passed away on July 4, 1826, and Monroe succumbed exactly five years later.

Answer 669: Math & Science -- Look Before You Leap

a) 2000 only

A year that is divisible by 100 is not a leap year unless it is also divisible by 400.

Answer 670: Geography & Nature -- Mother of Maine

b) Massachusetts

Maine split off into its own state in 1820.

Answer 671: Literature & Arts -- Another Artist

d) The Yellow Christ

Paul Gauguin created the masterpiece in 1889.

Answer 672: Sports & Games -- Sultan of Hot

a) A cabbage leaf

The Sultan of Swat replaced the frozen vegetable every other inning.

General Trivia Questions #667-672

Question 667: Entertainment & Food -- Network News

Which television network did Westinghouse purchase in 1995?

a) ABC
b) CBS
c) Fox
d) NBC

Question 668: History & Government -- Passing Away Patriotically

Which U.S. President below did not die on a July 4th?

a) James Madison
b) James Monroe
c) John Adams
d) Thomas Jefferson

Question 669: Math & Science -- Look Before You Leap

Which of the following are leap years?

a) 2000 only
b) 2100 only
c) Both 2000 and 2100
d) Neither 2000 nor 2100

Question 670: Geography & Nature -- Mother of Maine

Which state was Maine originally a part of?

a) Connecticut
b) Massachusetts
c) New Hampshire
d) Vermont

Question 671: Literature & Arts -- Another Artist

Which of the following did Leonardo da Vinci not paint?

a) The Last Supper
b) Madonna on the Rocks
c) Mona Lisa
d) The Yellow Christ

Question 672: Sports & Games -- Sultan of Hot

What did baseball player Babe Ruth keep under his cap on hot days to stay cool?

a) A cabbage leaf
b) An ice cube
c) A watermelon slice
d) A wet handkerchief

General Trivia Answers #661-666

Answer 661: Entertainment & Food -- Wish Upon a Pop Star

d) You have to rub her the right way

Aguilera advises, "You gotta rub me the right way / If you wanna be with me."

Answer 662: History & Government -- Spain Saint

d) James

The Apostle, also known as Santiago, is also the patron saint of Guatemala, Nicaragua, laborers, and rheumatism.

Answer 663: Math & Science -- Volcano Variety

b) Composite cone

Also known as stratovolcanoes, their cones are made from both hardened lava and volcanic ash.

Answer 664: Geography & Nature -- Home of Lome

d) Togo

Germany owned the colony until forced to give it up in 1918 after losing World War I.

Answer 665: Literature & Arts -- Thanks for Giving

b) James

James Smithson was an English scientist who bequeathed $500,000.

Answer 666: Sports & Games -- Throwing in the Towel

d) Muhammad Ali

A year after he changed his name from Cassius Clay, he married Sonji Roi in August 1964, only a month after they met. They divorced a year later.

General Trivia Questions #661-666

Question 661: Entertainment & Food -- Wish Upon a Pop Star

According to Christina Aguilera's song, why is she like a "Genie In a Bottle"?

a) She'll give you three wishes
b) She wants you to be her master
c) She wants you to set her free
d) You have to rub her the right way

Question 662: History & Government -- Spain Saint

Who is the patron saint of Spain?

a) Andrew
b) Anthony
c) George
d) James

Question 663: Math & Science -- Volcano Variety

Which kind of volcano are Mt. Fuji and Mt. St. Helens?

a) Cinder cone
b) Composite cone
c) Lava dome
d) Shield volcano

Question 664: Geography & Nature -- Home of Lome

Which West African country, whose capital is Lome, was administered by France until 1960?

a) Benin
b) Equatorial Guinea
c) Ivory Coast
d) Togo

Question 665: Literature & Arts -- Thanks for Giving

What is the first name of the man for whom the Smithsonian Institution was named?

a) Henry
b) James
c) Roger
d) Thomas

Question 666: Sports & Games -- Throwing in the Towel

What boxer joked, "My toughest fight was with my first wife"?

a) George Foreman
b) Joe Frazier
c) Ken Norton
d) Muhammad Ali

Technology - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Illinois. The mobile phone, computer, and radio company began as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928.
• A2) Integrated. The Integrated Electronics Corporation was born in Santa Clara, California in 1968.
• A3) Common. The COmmon Business Oriented Language has been used to program computers since 1959. As recently as 1997, the Gartner Group estimated that four-fifths of the lines of code used for business was in COBOL.
• A4) Gateway. Known as Gateway 2000 before the turn of the century, the company is now based in Irvine, California but continues to honor its Sioux City, Iowa roots with its trademark black-and-white cow-patterned boxes.
• A5) Symbolics registered http://www.symbolics.com on March 15, 1985. The Cambridge, Massachusetts company spun out of the MIT AI Lab and manufactured LISP machines until the market crashed in the early 1990s. A company bearing the same name still supports the old products, but the original company is dead.
• A6) Nokia Corporation. The Finnish company was officially created by a 1967 merger of three companies, including the Finnish Rubber Works.
• A7) Tux. Linus Torvalds began the Unix-like operating system in 1991, and the penguin was adopted five years later.
• A8) Bluetooth. The wireless protocol, created by Ericsson in 1994, allows short-range radio communication between mobile phones, headsets, computers, printers, and more.
• A9) Sosumi. Added to System 7, the pseudo-Japanese name is a respelling of "So sue me".
• A10) Subscriber. Digital Subscriber Lines evolved from the mostly unsuccessful ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network), which never managed to supplant dial-up lines in any significant number of households.
• A11) Mouse. Engelbart created the first wheeled device for SRI International in the mid-1960s, applied for a patent in 1967, and received his X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System patent on November 17, 1970.
• A12) BubbleBoy. The October 7, 1992 Seinfeld episode revolved around a fan who suffered from immune deficiency, and hence was susceptible to viruses. This episode is famous for its "Moops" Trivial Pursuit typo that leads to the Bubble Boy's demise.

Technology - Random Trivia Questions

Without technology, I don't know what I would have majored in during my undergraduate years (computer science), what I would have chosen as a profession (computer programmer), or what I'd be doing at this very moment (since there would be no Internet and no blogs and no PalmPilots for me to write trivia games for). With that in mind, please enjoy the following completely random Technology questions...

• Q1) In which state are the headquarters for Motorola, Inc. located?
• Q2) What is the "Int" in the company name Intel short for?
• Q3) What does the 'C' in the COBOL programming language stand for?
• Q4) What computer company was formerly known as TIPC Network?
• Q5) What was the first Internet domain name ever registered?
• Q6) What cell phone maker previously was best known for making rubber boots?
• Q7) What is the name of the Linux penguin mascot?
• Q8) What technology was named for the nickname of Harald Blatand II, the King of Denmark from A.D. 940 to 981 who pacified and Christianized the Danes?
• Q9) What Macintosh alert sound's name was a commentary on Apple Records' legal actions against Apple Computer?
• Q10) In communications, what does the 'S' in DSL stand for?
• Q11) For what computer input device was Dr. Doug Engelbart inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame?
• Q12) What computer virus, discovered in November 1999, was named after a Seinfeld episode?

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Peanut Color -- Quiz Quilt 22 Solution

Category Answers:

Geography & Nature	PORTUGAL	The structure was named for the date of the Carnation Revolution in 1974, when soldiers put flowers in their rifles.
Entertainment & Food	ROGERS	Princeton alumnus Wayne Rogers played a gambler in the movie, five years before he became famous as Trapper John.
Literature & Arts	GOULD	After Chester Gould's retirement in 1977, Max Allan Collins and Rick Fletcher took over writing and drawing the strip, and they turned it over to Michael Kilian and Dick Locher.
Math & Science	CORONA	Viewing the corona with the naked eye is safe during a total eclipse, but looking at the sun directly at any other time can damage the eyes.
History & Government	GODIVA	Leofric had promised to reduce taxes if Lady Godiva rode naked on horseback through the streets. He was surprised that she agreed, but he kept his word.
Sports & Games	CLEVELAND	They were the first incarnation of the Cleveland Browns.

Quiz Quilt Answer: VIOLET (Fourth letters going up)

Violet is a character in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip.

Peanut Color -- Quiz Quilt 22 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Geography & Nature	In what country is the April the 25th Bridge located?
Entertainment & Food	What M*A*S*H actor had previously appeared in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke?
Literature & Arts	What cartoonist first inked the Dick Tracy comic strip on October 4, 1931?
Math & Science	What is the halo of sunlight seen during an eclipse called?
History & Government	Who was Earl Leofric of Mercia's English wife whom Peeping Tom of Coventry was struck blind for looking at?
Sports & Games	Where did the Baltimore Ravens play before moving in 1996?

General Trivia Answers #655-660

Answer 655: Entertainment & Food -- Go Cowboys!

d) Track and field

The country star threw the javelin. Beginning in 1998, he began playing with the San Diego Padres during Spring Training.

Answer 656: History & Government -- A Ross by Any Other Name...

b) Henry

The Navy lieutenant, businessman, and politician was born as Henry Ross Perot in Texarkana, Texas on June 27, 1930.

Answer 657: Math & Science -- Math Million

d) Riemann Hypothesis

The problem was first pondered in 1859.

Answer 658: Geography & Nature -- Canine Class

d) Toy

Pekingeses captured Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show in 1960, 1982, and 1990.

Answer 659: Literature & Arts -- Heaps for Keeps

a) Autographs

The name comes from the Greek philo ("loving") and graph ("writing").

Answer 660: Sports & Games -- C.U.B. Crown

c) Lee Trevino

The former Marine captured all three tournaments during his career year of 1971.