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A Few Trivia Questions
(January 2017)
ANSWERS Are At The Bottom Of This Page.

1) This left handed pitcher is the YOUNGEST ever elected to Baseball's Hall Of Fame.

2) Which continent has an Ivory Coast?

3) Which Spanish explorer discovered Florida?

4) In the 1940s, Jack Benny first appeared on who's talk/variety radio show?

5) Who wrote his first book in 1974 about a crazed student with special powers?

6) How many NUMBERED squares are on a standard BINGO card?

7) What is the longest running TV program?....It started in 1947. (It is still on)

8) What group sang Blowin In The Wind?

9) Which golfer won The Masters in the 60s, 70s and 80s?

10) How many 3 stooges have their been?

11) What three Interstate Highways go from coast to coast?

12) Name the three largest IOWA GREAT LAKES.

13) Who wrote Treasure Island?

14) What city was the FIRST American city to join the National Hockey League?

15) What sea connects Turkey with Russia?

16) Who wrote "Bleak House"?

17) Who wrote The Uncle Remus Stories?

18) Which of the following is NOT in the Football Hall Of Fame?
Roman Gabriel, Dick Butkus, Sam Huff, Paul Hornung

19) Which Viking discovered the New World 5 centuries before Columbus?

20) Who wrote the Little House On The Prairie books?

21) What team plays in the Northwest Division of the NBA and play in the Pepsi Center?

22) What actor played Johnny Fever, the burnt out radio DJ on WKRP in Cincinnati?

23) The Iowa Cubs have played many years in Des Moines. The name of their stadium has changed a few times. Which of the following names has lasted the longest?
a) Pioneer Stadium b) Sec Taylor c) Principal Park

24) Who sang "That's Amore"?

25) Who sang "The First Time I Saw Your Face" in the 70s?

26) Alphabetical order, which of the 7 dwarfs is LAST?

27) Alphabetical order, which of the state capitals is LAST?

28) Alphabetical order, which of the MARX Brothers is LAST?

29) Which two lettered animal is part of the Chinese Zodiac?

30) Which ocean is not only the smallest, but the shallowest in the world?

ANSWERS

1) This left handed pitcher is the YOUNGEST ever elected to Baseball's Hall Of Fame.
SANDY KOUFAX

2) Which continent has an Ivory Coast?
AFRICA

3) Which Spanish explorer discovered Florida?
PONCE DE LEON

4) In the 1940s, Jack Benny first appeared on who's talk/variety radio show?
ED SULLIVAN SHOW (WE HAD NO CLUE)

5) Who wrote his first book in 1974 about a crazed student with special powers?
STEPHEN KING

6) How many NUMBERED squares are on a standard BINGO card?
24 DON'T FORGET THE FREE SPACE IN THE MIDDLE

7) What is the longest running TV program?....It started in 1947. (It is still on)
MEET THE PRESS (WE HAD A GUY NAIL THIS, I HAD NO IDEA, GUNSMOKE?)

8) What group sang Blowin In The Wind?
PETER, PAUL AND MARY

9) Which golfer won The Masters in the 60s, 70s and 80s?
JACK NICKLAUS

10) How many 3 stooges have their been?
SIX......WE GUESSED RIGHT, LUCKY.

11) What three Interstate Highways go from coast to coast?
I-10, I-80, I-90......I THOUGHT I-70

12) Name the three largest IOWA GREAT LAKES.
WEST OKOBOJI, EAST OKOBOJI, SPIRIT LAKE

13) Who wrote Treasure Island?
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

14) What city was the FIRST American city to join the National Hockey League?
BOSTON BRUINS.......WE GOT IT RIGHT.

15) What sea connects Turkey with Russia?
BLACK SEA (PIECE OF CAKE)

16) Who wrote "Bleak House"?
CHARLES DICKENS.....I HAD NO IDEA, NEVER HEARD OF IT.

17) Who wrote The Uncle Remus Stories?
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.....WE HAD NO IDEA

18) Which of the following is NOT in the Football Hall Of Fame?
Roman Gabriel, Dick Butkus, Sam Huff, Paul Hornung
ROMAN GABRIEL.....NAILED IT.

19) Which Viking discovered the New World 5 centuries before Columbus?
LEIF ERIKSON.....E-Z

20) Who wrote the Little House On The Prairie books?
LAURA INGALLS WILDER.....I DID NOT KNOW, BUT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT IF MULTIPLE CHOICE....BRAIN DEAD

21) What team plays in the Northwest Division of the NBA and play in the Pepsi Center?
DENVER NUGGETS....I DID NOT KNOW, BUT A TEAMMATE DID.

22) What actor played Johnny Fever, the burnt out radio DJ on WKRP in Cincinnati?
HOWARD HESSMAN....WE HAD NO IDEA...TOUGH QUESTION

24) Who sang "That's Amore"?
DEAN MARTIN.....AND MANY OTHERS.

25) Who sang "The First Time I Saw Your Face" in the 70s?
ROBERTA FLACK

26) Alphabetical order, which of the 7 dwarfs is LAST?
SNEEZY......I FORGOT HIM, I HAD SLEEPY.

27) Alphabetical order, which of the state capitals is LAST?
TRENTON....THIS WAS TOUGH, BUT WE LUCKED OUT.

28) Alphabetical order, which of the MARX Brothers is LAST?
ZEPPO

29) Which two lettered animal is part of the Chinese Zodiac?
OX....I DID NOT KNOW.

30) Which ocean is not only the smallest, but the shallowest in the world?
ARCTIC OCEAN....WE PUT INDIAN OCEAN, I WANTED ARCTIC, BUT DID NOT PUSH HARD ENOUGH....

GREAT FUN.....REMEMBER WE HAVE 8 ON A TEAM, SO NO ONE GETS A BUNCH OF THESE CORRECT.