Saturday, November 1, 2008

NOVember NOVelty - Random Trivia Questions

NOVember and the other eleven months of the year are this week's theme. Each answer will include one of their three-letter abbreviations. Don't disMAY if you can't figure them all out.

NOVember NOVelty Questions

  • Q1) What soap's ads introduced the term B.O. for body odor in 1928?
  • Q2) What cooking term describes carrots cut into long, thin rectangles?
  • Q3) In 2001, what tennis player returned to the French Open semifinals, eleven years after last reaching that far?
  • Q4) In what James Bond movie does he try to stop a Russian general from launching a nuclear attack on NATO in Europe?
  • Q5) What doctor founded the St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota in 1889 with his two sons?
  • Q6) In what town is Dartmouth College located?
  • Q7) What singer's albums include Texas Flood, The Sky Is Crying, In Step, and Couldn't Stand the Weather?
  • Q8) What 14-year-old was kidnapped at knife-point on June 5, 2002 and finally freed over nine months later?
  • Q9) What unit of measure is equal to about 746 watts?
  • Q10) What author's book The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea was turned into a movie in 2000?
  • Q11) What 2001 Fox comedy starred Timm Sharp and Jay Baruchel as college freshmen?
  • Q12) What is the capital of Slovenia?

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