Sunday, May 11, 2008

Bingo America - Random Trivia Answers

  • A1) New Jersey. A decade after the Holland Tunnel, the second Hudson River channel opened on December 22, 1937.
  • A2) The Golden Rule. The ethic of reciprocity provides the moral basis for many principles of modern human rights.
  • A3) Wisconsin. A wheel of cheese and the cow needed to produce it feature prominently on the state quarter released in 2004.
  • A4) The Daily Show. Carell had been with The Daily Show for six years and Helms for four before they joined The Office. Both continued their old roles for a season or more.
  • A5) Passions. Although the series has won four Daytime Emmy awards, all of them have been for music or sound.
  • A6) Mayonnaise. The name of the condiment derives either from the Spanish town of Mahon or the French word manier, meaning "to blend".
  • A7) Harrison Ford. The Falcon was his spaceship in the original Star Wars trilogy, while Air Force One opened in theaters two decades later.
  • A8) Mecca. The Five Pillars of Islam also include belief in God and the prophet Muhammad, daily prayers, concern for the needy, and self-purification through fasting.
  • A9) Pacific Coast Highway. The name officially refers to the section of State Route 1 between I-5 in Dana Point and U.S. Route 101 near Oxnard.
  • A10) Queen. When setting up a chessboard, remember that each queen goes on a square of the same color. The white queen starts on a white square and the black queen on a black square. In addition, remember "white on right"; the near right corner square is white.
  • A11) True. Actually, this is False. The singer met the actress in 2002, while the song was written in 2000 and released the following year.
  • A12) False. Actually, this is True. Air Force One is always used as the air traffic control call sign of whatever plane the U.S. President is flying in.

This was probably the easiest set of questions ever to appear as a Trivia Why's Random Quiz. Throw in the errors at the end (sadly, during the most important part of the game as far as the contestants were concerned), and you can see why I don't recommend Bingo America.

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