One Man Band - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Person. Stuart Leslie Goddard renamed himself after a nervous breakdown, although he did also once call his band Adam and the Ants.
• A2) Band. The English group won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest with "Making Your Mind Up".
• A3) Person. Although Johann Holzel is Austrian, he hit the U.S. pop charts with English and German lyrics in "Rock Me Amadeus" and "Der Kommisar".
• A4) Person. James Newell Osterberg, Jr. took his stage name from his first band, the Iguanas.
• A5) Person. Clyde Jackson Browne was born in Germany in 1948 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.
• A6) Band. The English group melded the word "jam", as in "jam session", with "Iroquois", as in "Iroquois Indians".
• A7) Band. Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood, and Hillary Scott formed their country group in 2006.
• A8) Band. The British girl group recorded with Alesha Dixon, Su-Elise Nash, Sabrina Washington, and Zena McNally from 1999 to 2001 before McNally left the band.
• A9) Band. Cousins Gary LeVox and Jay DeMarcus teamed up with Joe Don Rooney for ten number one country songs.
• A10) Band. The Florida alt-rock band was named for nun Sister Hazel Williams in 1994.
• A11) Band. Milton Bradley forced the band to change its name from Shrinky Dinx, which was too close to toy's name.
• A12) Band. Carol Decker's group was named for the Star Trek Vulcan priestess in 1986 and reached #4 in the U.S. with "Heart and Soul" the next year.

One Man Band - Random Trivia Questions

The royal "we" refers to an individual. So do some of the following names. Can you identify whether each of the following is a band or a person?

One Man Band Questions

• Q1) Adam Ant
• Q2) Bucks Fizz
• Q3) Falco
• Q4) Iggy Pop
• Q5) Jackson Browne
• Q6) Jamiroquai
• Q7) Lady Antebellum
• Q8) Mis-Teeq
• Q9) Rascal Flatts
• Q10) Sister Hazel
• Q11) Sugar Ray
• Q12) T'Pau

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Category Answers:

Math & Science	ATLANTIS	It later met up with the Soviet satellite six more times, facilitating several crew transfers.
History & Government	RAY	White supremacist James Earl Ray, who had escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary a year earlier, assassinated the civil rights leader on April 4, 1968.
Entertainment & Food	HATS	The Men Without Hats were a one-hit wonder, reaching #3 with the single in 1983 before fading into obscurity.
Literature & Arts	BUCK	Novelist Pearl Buck, who was born in West Virginia but raised across the globe in China, titled a second autobiography A Bridge for Passing eight years later.
Geography & Nature	BRAZIL	The Rio de Janeiro beach faces the South Atlantic.
Sports & Games	BUDGE	Californian Don Budge, who went by his middle name instead of his first name John, excelled in all areas of the game but was especially known for his backhand.

Quiz Quilt Answer: DACTYL (Third letters going up)

A dactyl is a poetic foot consisting of a stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables.

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Category Questions:

Math & Science	Which U.S. space shuttle docked with the Mir space station on July 7, 1995?
History & Government	Who murdered Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Entertainment & Food	What item of clothing did the group that sang the "Safety Dance" elect not to wear?
Literature & Arts	Whose 1954 autobiography is titled My Several Worlds?
Geography & Nature	In what country is the Copacabana beach located?
Sports & Games	What American tennis player won the Grand Slam in 1938?

Baseball By the Numbers - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Arizona Diamondbacks. Chase Field is 1,087 feet above sea level, higher than the Metrodome (Minnesota Twins; 992 feet), Turner Field (Atlanta Braves; 928 feet), and Kauffman Stadium (Kansas City Royals; 877 feet).
• A2) New York Mets and New York Yankees. Citi Field is a mere 9.5 miles from Yankee Stadium, while Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs) is 10.5 miles from U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago White Sox). Despite the creative team naming, Angel Stadium (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) is over 30 miles from Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles Dodgers).
• A3) Seattle Mariners. Safeco Field is 677 miles from Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Colorado Rockies in Denver are 558 miles from the Kansas City Royals and 586 miles from the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.
• A4) Los Angeles Dodgers. Dodger Stadium has a capacity of 56,000 people, topping Yankee Stadium (52,325), Coors Field (Colorado Rockies; 50,445), and Turner Field (Atlanta Braves; 50,091).
• A5) Oakland Athletics. Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum has a capacity of only 35,067, below Tropicana Field (Tampa Bay Rays; 36,973), PNC Park (Pittsburgh Pirates; 38,496), LandShark Stadium (Florida Marlins; 38,560, although the team will be moving to Marlins Ballpark, with a capacity of 37,000 in 2012), and Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox; 39,928).
• A6) North Carolina. Ranked #10 as of July 2008 with an estimated population of 9,222,414, North Carolina edges out New Jersey (#11 at 8,682,661) and Virginia (#12 at 7,769,089).
• A7) San Antonio, Texas. With an estimated population of 1,351,305 in July 2008, San Antonio ranks seventh. State mate Dallas also lacks a team and ranks eighth at 1,279,910. San Jose (#10 at 948,279) makes three top-ten cities without a team.
• A8) 4. The Arizona Diamondbacks (Phoenix), Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, and Colorado Rockies (Denver) all have home stadiums in their state capital. In addition, the Toronto Blue Jays play in the capital of the province of Ontario, and the Washington Nationals play in the U.S. capital.
• A9) National League Central and American League West. Because Interleague play is restricted to a few times each year, the American and National Leagues must each have an even number of teams, so despite having 30 total teams, it's not possible to have six divisions with five teams each. The Astros, Brewers, Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates, and Reds each have a slightly lower chance of winning their division, while the Angels, Athletics, Mariners, and Rangers each have a slightly higher chance.
• A10) The bases. It's very close, but each base is a 15-inch square for an area of 225 square inches, while home plate is an irregular pentagon with sides of 17 inches (top), 8.5 inches (left and right sides), and 12 inches (bottom sides meeting at the corner) for an area of 216.5 square inches (17 * 8.5 + 12 * 12 / 2).
• A11) Shortstop. The shortstop, who gets numbered after the third baseman, is number 6 (six).
• A12) 400. Using a direct line to each base would total 360 feet, but making it a circle increases the distance by 39.859 feet. 400 feet is such a pretty number that it equals the distance to the fence in dead centerfield in ten Major League Baseball parks. The average is about 404 feet, thanks mostly to Minute Maid Park (Houston Astros; 435 feet), Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers; 420 feet), and Coors Field (415 feet).

Baseball By the Numbers - Random Trivia Questions

America's pastime is a treasure trove of trivia partly because of its heavy use of statistics, from up-to-the minute season numbers when a player enters the batter's box to box scores to the backs of baseball cards. While this week's questions all involve numbers, most should be reasonably guessable by even casual fans.

Baseball By the Numbers Questions

• Q1) After the Colorado Rockies' Coors Field, which Major League Baseball team's home stadium has the highest elevation?
• Q2) According to Google Maps' driving directions, which two Major League Baseball teams' home stadiums are the closest to each other?
• Q3) As the crow flies, which Major League Baseball team's home stadium is the farthest from any other stadium?
• Q4) Which Major League Baseball team's park can hold the most fans?
• Q5) Which Major League Baseball team's park can hold the fewest fans?
• Q6) What is the most populous U.S. state that is NOT home to a Major League Baseball team?
• Q7) What is the most populous U.S. city that is NOT home to a Major League Baseball team?
• Q8) How many Major League Baseball teams play their home games in a U.S. state capital city?
• Q9) Which Major League Baseball division has six teams, and which division has only four?
• Q10) Which has a larger top surface area, home plate or each of the three bases?
• Q11) In the standard numbering system for fielders, where the pitcher is 1, who is the only fielder whose spelled-out number and position begin with the same letter?
• Q12) If a player literally circled the bases on a home run, how many feet would he trot, within 10 feet?

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Category Answers:

Entertainment & Food	CABRIOLET	The term "taxi cab" is derived from the same root.
Math & Science	JUPITER	The Titius-Bode law of regular spacing predicts a missing planet that was unable to form due to Jupiter's gravity.
Sports & Games	GARCIA	Spaniard Sergio Garcia defeated Woods 1 up in Palm Desert, California.
Literature & Arts	HELEN	The wife of Menelaus, the king of Sparta, was supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world.
History & Government	PAC	Political Action Committees can spend no more than $5,000 on each candidate per election or primary, $15,000 for each political party, and $5,000 for other PACs.
Geography & Nature	FRANCE	The 38-square-mile tropical Caribbean island lies 150 miles east of Puerto Rico.

Quiz Quilt Answer: TRANCE (Last letters)

Someone who has been stunned into a daze might be in a trance.

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Category Questions:

Entertainment & Food	What Volkswagen model was named after a hackney carriage with two wheels and a folding top?
Math & Science	Which planet is found just outside the asteroid belt?
Sports & Games	Who dueled Tiger Woods at The Battle of Big Horn in August 2000?
Literature & Arts	In Greek mythology, what woman did Paris capture to instigate the Trojan War?
History & Government	What is the acronym for a U.S. organization formed by a corporation, labor union, or association to raise money for political activity?
Geography & Nature	What country shares the island of St. Martin with the Netherlands Antilles?

Star Search - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Taurus. Aldebaran, the Follower (of the Pleiades), is the Bull's eye.
• A2) Aquila. Altair is one corner of the Summer Triangle with Deneb and Vega.
• A3) Scorpius. Antares is a red supergiant in the Milky Way galaxy with a diameter 800 times as large as our Sun's.
• A4) Bootes. Arcturus, the third brightest star in the sky, is the Guardian of the Bear for its location near Ursus Major, the Bear.
• A5) Carina. Canopus, the second brightest star, can only be seen as far north as San Francisco. It is almost 15,000 times as strong as the sun, but is 316 light-years away.
• A6) Gemini. Castor and Pollux are the twins from Roman mythology. Because Castor's father was the mortal Tyndareus while Pollux's was the immortal Zeus, Pollux asked his father to immortalize Castor when his brother died.
• A7) Cygnus. Deneb is a white supergiant, 60,000 times as strong as the sun but dimmed by being approximately 1,500 light-years away.
• A8) Ursa Minor. The North Star, which is 430 light years distant, is currently 0.7 degrees away from direct north as described by the rotation of the Earth.
• A9) Orion. Rigel, the sixth brightest star (technically a triple star system), is the Hunter's left foot, and Betelgeuse, the ninth brightest star, is the right shoulder.
• A10) Canis Major. Sirius, the brightest star, was named for the Greek seirius, meaning "scorching".
• A11) Virgo. Spica is the 15th brightest star, while Porrima is a double star also known as Arich.
• A12) Lyra. Vega, the fifth brightest star, takes its turn as the North Star every 25,000 years or so.

Star Search - Random Trivia Questions

This week's random quiz isn't about Ed McMahon's talent show that ran on television from 1983 to 1995. It's about much, much bigger stars... the ones up in the sky. Can you identify which constellation each of these stars is located in?

Star Search Questions

• Q1) Aldebaran
• Q2) Altair
• Q3) Antares
• Q4) Arcturus
• Q5) Canopus
• Q6) Castor and Pollux
• Q7) Deneb
• Q8) Polaris
• Q9) Rigel and Betelgeuse
• Q10) Sirius
• Q11) Spica and Porrima
• Q12) Vega

Manfred Man -- Quiz Quilt 135 Solution

Category Answers:

Literature & Arts	ARES	He was the son of Zeus and Hera to the Greeks and the son of Juno and a magical flower or Jupiter to the Romans.
Math & Science	CORNEA	The dense connective tissue helps to refract light and protect the eye.
Sports & Games	SMITS	Rik Smits, a 7'4" Marist graduate, averaged just under 15 points and just over 6 rebounds per game.
Geography & Nature	CATS	House cats are most closely related to desert cats and African wild cats.
Entertainment & Food	ENYA	The single from her Watermark album reached #1 on the pop charts on October 29.
History & Government	MOON	Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, later obliterated his own record with a mass wedding of 360,000 couples in Seoul on August 25, 1995.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ROMANO (Second letters)

Ray Romano gave his voice to Manfred the woolly mammoth in the "Ice Age" movie series.

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Category Questions:

Literature & Arts	In Greek mythology, who was the God of War, known to the Romans as Mars?
Math & Science	What is the transparent outer layer of the front of the eyeball called?
Sports & Games	What Dutchman played center for the Indiana Pacers from 1988 to 2000?
Geography & Nature	What is the common name for the carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae are highly adapted for hunting and devouring their prey?
Entertainment & Food	What singer's first solo hit song was "Orinoco Flow" in 1988?
History & Government	What reverend married off a record 2,200 couples in New York City on July 22, 1982?

A Dozen Cousins - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) [My] Cousin Rachel [Ashley]. Richard Burton won a Golden Globe award as the Most Promising Male Newcomer for his role as Philip Ashley, who suspects Rachel of killing Ambrose, her husband and his cousin.
• A2) Cousin Itt. On paper, he was just "It" but gained a letter for the television version in 1964.
• A3) Cousin Oliver [Tyler]. Shiny blonde, mop-topped Oliver is Carol Brady's brother Jack's son. The series was desperately trying to avoid cancellation by adding a younger character, but the ploy hurt more than it helped.
• A4) Cousin Kevin. Tommy had lost his ability to see, talk, and hear from the trauma of witnessing the murder of his father.
• A5) Cousins Coy and Vance [Duke]. Actors Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer filled in for almost a full season before the show's real stars returned for two more years.
• A6) Cousin Eddie [Johnson]. Eddie even got his own made-for-TV movie, Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure, in 2003, but it bombed.
• A7) Cousin Kara [Zor-El]. Helen Slater played the female superhero, who uses the alias Linda Lee.
• A8) Cousin Balki [Bartokomous]. Balki and his cousin are the Perfect Strangers in the 1986 to 1993 television series.
• A9) [My] Cousin Vinny [Gambini]. Vinny is the lawyer cousin of Billy Gambini, played by former Karate Kid Ralph Macchio, who is unexpectedly arrested for murder and robbery with his friend Stan.
• A10) Cousin Bette. Lynn Siefert wrote the screenplay adaptation of Honore de Balzac's 1846 novel, La Cousine Bette.
• A11) Cousin Skeeter. Robert Ri'chard plays Bobby, who learns a lot about life from his puppet cousin.
• A12) Cousin Tony [Blundetto]. Tony had been jailed for 17 years for hijacking a truck and unsuccessfully attempted to reform after being released.

A Dozen Cousins - Random Trivia Questions

Since my sons are enjoying spending some quality time with their visiting cousin, this week's random quiz features a dozen (actually a baker's dozen) famous television and movie cousins.

A Dozen Cousins Questions

• Q1) What 1951 Daphne du Maurier novel was turned into a movie the next year starring Olivia de Havilland?
• Q2) Who was the only character on The Addams Family television series who mostly kept his or her name from the original New Yorker cartoons?
• Q3) What cousin was played by Robbie Rist during the final half dozen episodes of The Brady Bunch in 1974?
• Q4) In the 1975 musical movie Tommy, what cousin tortured the title character?
• Q5) When John Schneider and Tom Wopat refused to continue their roles on The Dukes of Hazzard over a royalty dispute in 1982, what cousins took over for Bo and Luke Duke?
• Q6) What cousin did Randy Quaid play in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Christmas Vacation (1989), and Vegas Vacation (1997)?
• Q7) In the 1984 movie Supergirl, what is the first name of Superman's title character cousin?
• Q8) On television, what European shepherd came to the U.S. and settled in with his cousin Larry Appleton?
• Q9) What main character cousin did Joe Pesci play in a 1992 movie?
• Q10) What seamstress did Jessica Lange play in a 1998 movie?
• Q11) What title role was played by Bill Bellamy on a Nickelodeon series from 1998 to 2003?
• Q12) What cousin of Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti, played by Steve Buscemi, joined The Sopranos during season 5?

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Category Answers:

History & Government	YELTSIN	Boris Yeltsin, the country's first democratically elected leader, collected 57% of the vote on June 12, 1991.
Literature & Arts	EMERSON	Ralph Waldo Emerson's quip is from The Conduct of Life, a collection of his lectures.
Sports & Games	KRONE	4'10"-tall 100-pounder Julie Krone was enshrined on August 7, 2000, seven years after becoming the only woman to win a Triple Crown race at the Belmont Stakes.
Geography & Nature	NASHVILLE	The Tennessee theme park opened in 1971 but closed in 1997 because of sagging attendance.
Entertainment & Food	ORGANA	After a small role as Lorna in Shampoo, Carrie Fisher vaulted to stardom in the role.
Math & Science	MARS	Phobos also revolves around the Red Planet.

Quiz Quilt Answer: MONKEY (First letters going up)

Monkey bars are a playground structure, monkey bread is both a cake and a fruit, and monkey business is bad behavior.

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Category Questions:

History & Government	Who was the first president of Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union?
Literature & Arts	In 1860, what author related, "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons"?
Sports & Games	Who was the first female jockey inducted into the horse racing Hall of Fame?
Geography & Nature	What city is the home of the Opryland entertainment complex?
Entertainment & Food	What is Princess Leia's adopted last name in the Star Wars movies?
Math & Science	Around which planet does Deimos orbit?

Midsummer Mystery - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Mia Hamm. The forward found the net for the 108th time on March 22, 1999 against Brazil and retired five years later with 158 goals.
• A2) Harvey Milk. Dan White, who also gunned down Mayor George Moscone, had planned to resign but changed his mind after a replacement had been selected.
• A3) Darryl Strawberry. In the "Homer at the Bat" episode, which aired on February 20, 1992, the former New York Met and then-current Los Angeles Dodger was the only ringer to make it to the game as Don Mattingly, Jose Canseco, Ken Griffey, Jr., Mike Scioscia, Ozzie Smith, Roger Clemens, Steve Sax, and Wade Boggs all succumbed to various ailments and accidents.
• A4) Condoleezza Rice. Con dolcezza is used as a music term to describe a section that is to be played in a simple, delicate manner.
• A5) Neneh Cherry. Born in Stockholm, Sweden as Neneh Marianne Karlsson, the pop singer took the last name of her stepfather, famous jazz trumpeter Don Cherry.
• A6) Albert "Cubby" Broccoli. The New Yorker also produced the Ian Fleming-created Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
• A7) Lance Bass. Appropriately, the Mississippi native had sung bass for the boy band 'N Sync.
• A8) Jack Lemmon. The neat half of The Odd Couple also was nominated for Best Actor Oscars for Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Days of Wine and Roses, The China Syndrome, Tribute, and Missing.
• A9) Kevin Bacon. The omnipresent actor has also teamed up with his older brother Michael to release three music albums as The Bacon Brothers.
• A10) Shahar Pe'er. The 5'7" righty, whose last name sounds like the fruit, reached a career high singles rank of 15 in January 2007, tieing Anna Smashnova's country record.
• A11) David Soul. The second half of Starsky and Hutch also topped the British charts with "Silver Lady", which only reached #52 in the U.S.
• A12) O.J. Mayo. Ovinton J'Anthony Mayo, a double-qualifier for this list, made the 2009 NBA All-Rookie First Team after playing in every game and averaging 18.5 points and was second to Derrick Rose in Rookie of the Year balloting.

Midsummer Mystery - Random Trivia Questions

This week's hidden theme should reveal itself within a few answers, giving you a huge boost toward figuring out the rest of the questions. Good luck.

Midsummer Mystery Questions

• Q1) What female soccer player surpassed Elisabetta Vignotto's record for the most career goals scored in international play?
• Q2) What member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors had been in office for less than a year when he was assassinated on November 27, 1978.
• Q3) What Major League Baseball outfielder, who was the first pick of the 1980 draft, played for the Springfield nuclear power plant softball team on The Simpsons television show?
• Q4) What former U.S. Secretary of State's first name comes from an Italian phrase meaning "with sweetness"?
• Q5) What singer, nicknamed the Black Madonna, earned Grammy nominations for "Buffalo Stance" in 1990 and "7 Seconds" in 1994?
• Q6) Who produced sixteen James Bond films, from Dr. No to Licence to Kill?
• Q7) What former singing sensation starred in the 2001 movie On The Line, which was produced by his company Bacon & Eggs?
• Q8) What former president of Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Club won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Mr. Roberts in 1955 and for Best Actor for Save the Tiger in 1973?
• Q9) What actor debuted as Chip Diller in the 1978 movie Animal House and played Todd Adamson in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1979?
• Q10) What Israeli tennis player reached the 2008 Australian Open women's doubles final with Victoria Azarenka?
• Q11) What actor had the number one pop hit "Don't Give Up on Us" in 1977?
• Q12) Who was selected as the third pick of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves but almost immediately sent to the Memphis Grizzlies for fifth pick Kevin Love in an eight-player trade?

Uncertain Note -- Quiz Quilt 133 Solution

Category Answers:

Literature & Arts	BRAQUE	French art critic Louis Vauxcelles called Georges Braque's art "bizarre cubiques" two years later.
Sports & Games	BAIUL	Oksana Baiul's parents divorced when she was two. The grandparents who helped raised her passed away when she was ten, and her mother succumbed to cancer three years later.
Geography & Nature	GUYANA	The nation had been a British colony until May 26, 1966.
Entertainment & Food	CRAVEN	Horror film director Wes Craven was working as a taxi driver before co-directing Together in 1971.
History & Government	MAGELLAN	Ferdinand Magellan's journey took three years, from 1519 to 1522.
Math & Science	BOHR	Danish physicist Niels Bohr pictured the atom as sets of electrons revolving at fixed distances around a positively charged nucleus.

Quiz Quilt Answer: QUAVER (Fourth letters)

Quaver means both an eighth note and a tremulous sound.