Saturday, March 21, 2009

Spring Things - Random Trivia Questions

Using the fact that today is the first day of spring as a springboard, can you figure out all of the following answers with "spring" in them?

Spring Things Questions

  • Q1) What singer said "hello" to the world with his Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. on January 5, 1973?
  • Q2) What type of dog was President George Bush's family dog Millie?
  • Q3) In the animated Disney movie Fantasia, what music is illustrated by the formation of the Earth and the evolution of animals up to the extinction of the dinosaurs?
  • Q4) Which Australian singer had the Top 10 albums Working Class Dog and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet?
  • Q5) Off what pitcher did Barry Bonds hit his Major League Baseball record 73rd home run of the season on October 7, 2001?
  • Q6) What company did Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky leave Palm Computing to form in June 1998?
  • Q7) What singer was born in England on April 16, 1939 as Mary Isabel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien?
  • Q8) What Billy Joel album featured "She's Got a Way" and "Everybody Loves You Now"?
  • Q9) What band's only top 10 Billboard pop hit was "For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)", which peaked at #7 in 1967?
  • Q10) What Rachel Carson book about the dangers of insecticides was published in 1962?
  • Q11) In what city was basketball invented in 1891?
  • Q12) In what city were potato chips supposedly invented in 1853 when chef George Crum attempted to silence a customer's complaint about soggy potatoes?

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