Trivia 2.0
A recap of the questions, answers (to see them, highlight within the brackets after the question), and final standings
- (4pts) According to the US Census (from 1790 to 2010), over what 10 year period did the US population increase the least, at only ~7.5%? [1930-1940, when it increased from 122,775,046 to 132,164,569]
- (3pts) Between the 3 major US television networks, which is the oldest? [NBC, founded in 1926 compared to CBS's 1927 and ABC's 1943]
- (4pts) How many times does B-52's Love Shack say the phrase "love shack"? [38]
- (5pts) How many US states end in a consonant other than S? [11, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming]
- (1pt each or 7pts for all) In April 1964, The Beatles occupied all top 5 spots in the Billboard Hot 100. What 5 songs were they? [Can't Buy Me Love, Twist & Shout, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, and Please Please Me]
- (5pts) Mozart's "Canzonetta Sull'aria" from Marriage of Figaro was used in a famous scene in what 1994 film? [The Shawshank Redemption]
- (4pts) Name one of the 4 NFL teams that, since 1980, have pulled off the feat the 2009 Saints did, winning the Super Bowl in their first ever appearance in it. [the 2003 Bucaneers, 2001 Ravens, 1987 Giants, or 1986 Bears]
- (3pts) Name the 3 "out"s in the tagline for the TV show Survivor. [Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast]
- (5pts) What element is responsible for crying while cutting onions? [Sulfur]
- (5pts) On what TV show was the very first toilet ever shown in 1957? [Leave It To Beaver]
- (7pts) Spanning 33.5 years, who holds the record for the longest time between first and last #1 singles? [Cher - I don't know what her first single was but the last was "Believe" off of the same-titled album of 1998]
- (4pts) The longest tennis Grand Slam final match lasted 288 minutes. How long was the shortest? [Steffi Graf won 6-0, 6-0 over Natasha Zvereva in the 1988 French Open final match in 32 minutes]
- (7pts) The predecessor to what 1927 confectionary invention was briefly called Fruit Smack? [Kool-Aid, introduced and changed names in 1927]
- (5pts) The Scoville Index measures what? [The spiciness of food]
- (4pts) "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know about is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like." is the first line of what famous book? [The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger]
- (8pts) What is the first number to have all 6 vowels in its name? Note: "and"s don't count as 'a's. [1,025, one thousand twenty five]
- (5pts) What is the 2nd most common US surname after Smith? [Johnson - when I checked some random source, there were 2,014,470 of them]
- (6pts) What is the most common US place name? [Franklin, with 30 towns of the name]
- (3pts) What is the largest number to have the same amount of letters as its meaning? [4]
- (4pts) Ranging from John Adams to Barack Obama, what university is the alma mater of more US presidents than any other? [Harvard]
- (5pts) What US state has the longest official name? [State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, silly small state compensating]
- (8pts) What US state's rectangular outline most closely resembles a square? [Florida - I realize this was a complicated question and a lot of people claimed to not understand what I was asking...oh well, deal with it]
- (5pts) What was the most recent film to win the Big Five (winning Oscars for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, & Screenplay)? [Silence of the Lambs]
- (3pts) What word is said most in the Bible, "a", "I", or "Lord"? ["A" is said 7,582 times, "Lord" is said 7,365 times, and "I" is said 6,664 times]
- (5pts) Which NFL player holds the record for the most records held by one player? [Jerry Rice]
- (4pts) Which sport has the fastest recorded moving ball? [I originally had golf in as the answer, but I was corrected that it is in fact jai alai]
- (7pts) Which US president was once a male model appearing on the cover of Cosmopolitan? [Gerald Ford appeared on the cover in April 1942]
- (5pts) Who is the only musician to have had a single in the Billboard Top 10 as a solo artist, duo, trio, quartet, and quintet? [Paul McCartney - as Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder, Wings, The Beatles, and The Beatles featuring Billy Preston, respectively. Additionally, he also has a sextet where he features with Ferry Aid]
And the final standings (luckily no one had the same initials):
WP, SQ, TS, AC, DC, DW, LR, SL, MS, GG, JL, BO, CR, KN, JH, RB, SB, LG, AH, SS