Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Ok, it's a screen play! Hut, Hut, TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today's trivia quiz is brought to you by, well, all the sponsors who produce those great Super Bowl commercials!

It's the countdown to the Super Bowl! Here's the question:
Who played in the first Super bowl? Where was it held? Who won and what was the score?

Good luck!

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Like, I'm totally spazzing out because I can't find my TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today's questions are brought to you by VH1 and MTV: VH1 because most of their programming seems to deal with remembering the 80s, and MTV because they haven't shown a music video since the 80s ;)

Also, a big shout-out to Jenny for the inspiration for this trivia quiz!!

Let's see if anybody remembers these 80s TV pets:
1) The cat in The Smurfs
2) The dog on Fraggle Rock
3) Punky Brewster's dog

For bonus points, what were the names of the robot girl on Small Wonder?

Feel free to toss in your favorite 80s memory or fashion tragedy (jellies, swatches...) Good luck!

Monday, January 29, 2007

Hm, if this hole is a par 3, then it looks like I just double-TRIVIA QUIZzed!

A new week and some new trivia challenges! Today's quiz is brought to you by the PGA. Ah, golf, what a great sport to turn our attention to so as to forget that Wake Forest basketball won't even make the NIT this year!

So, who was the first golfer to coin the term "caddy?" I'll give you a hint: it wasn't Arnold Palmer!

And, here's a non-sports related question:

The Presidential election of 1800 ended in a tie. Who ended up winning the election, and how many tie-breaker votes did the House have to hold before a winner was selected?

Good luck!

Friday, January 26, 2007

My glove compartment won't close, because I can't figure out how to fold my TRIVIA QUIZ!

Howdy! Today's trivia quiz comes straight from good old geography and is brought to you by this guy, b/c I'm pretty sure he's the only one who owns more maps than I do!

I'm including this one b/c it took me a while to come up with the answer...

1) Seven U.S. states have only one vowel (though they have several instances of that vowel). Name the states! This is an interesting one, because there's a potential 8th answer. For bonus points, explain why the 8th wouldn't count.

2) There are 8 places in the continental US where sequentially-numbered interstates cross. Since poor Ohio is mostly vowels and didn't get to participate in the last question, name the three instances of this in Ohio.

Good luck!

Thursday, January 25, 2007

I bet George Clooney never had to worry about a TRIVIA QUZI in med school!

So today's questions are brought to you by The American Medical Association and The Mutter Museum. The Mutter Museum is where I learned that most conjoined twins from the early 1900s spent some time in North Carolina. Why is that???

And now on to the questions, submitted by Kim (she asked that I not reveal how much she's paid in tuition to learn these facts):

1) What are "heartstrings?" Bonus points if you can tell me why Hallmark is constantly attempting to tug on them...

2) How many concussions can an athelete sustain before he/she is banned from competing? What malady of old age can too many concussions contribute to?

3) What one injury comprises about 55 percent of all sports injuries?

Good luck! And here's a quote from A Mighty Wind about sports injuries...

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

What do you call a trivia quiz that doesn't belong to you? Nacho TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today's trivia quiz is brought to you by the National Dairy Council who would like to remind you even reading enough cheesy jokes can help prevent osteoperosis!

So, I've got a few cheese-related questions for you (wow, I'm really MILKing this cheese theme, eh?):

-In the classic SNL sketch about the Olympia Diner (the first one), how may times is the word "cheeseburger" spoken?

-We all know that Pizza Hut was started in Wichita, KS by two brothers and their mother, but what corporation was responsible for the founding of Chuck E. Cheese? Bonus points if you own any products manufactured by this company.

-According to the US census bureau, in 1988, what percentage of the population believed that some portion of our moon is comprised of cheese? Keep in mind that this was before Google Moon was introduced :)

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Live from Seattle...it's the TRIVIA QUIZ!

Welcome back to the blog! Sure, it's not as awesome as Knots Landing's reunion movie, "Back to the cul-de-sac" but it'll have to do!

For those of you new to the blog, I post a trivia question every weekday, and then you can post your answers by using the "comment" function. I'll post the correct answer each day. You don't have to sign up for an account to leave a comment, so don't be shy!

Today's question is brought to you by I-90, just becuase I've driven most of it since I last wrote in this blog :)

OK, here's a quick one just to get the trivia ball rolling:

What is the first foreign country one reaches as one travels due south from Detroit, Michigan?

What? Too easy? OK, then, how about this one:

This state has no professional football or major league baseball teams in it, but its neighboring states have no less than 7 NFL franchises and 6 MLB franchises. Name this state. Another state has 5 NFL franchises and 6 MLB franchises in neighboring states, but none in itself. Name this state.

Good luck!