Thursday, September 22, 2005

9.22.5 trivia questions

1. FOOD Boxes of Barnum’s Animal Crackers were originally designed with string handles so they could be hung from Christmas trees:
TRUE or false

2. TELEVISION On Sunday night the 2005 Emmys were held, which show won BEST COMEDY?
EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND (except me, apparently)

3. ANIMALS Which animal is faster:
OSTRICH (44) or a reindeer (32)

4. BIRTHSTONES If you are born in June what is your birthstone (modern)?
Pearl or Moonstone

5. SPORTS Name the 3 current SEC teams to never win the championship
ARKANSAS, USC, VANDERBILT
SECRET MENU ITEM: Jamaican Jerk Wing








6. TELEVISION Which is not a color on the NBC peacock? purple, pink, red, orange, blue

7. CRIME According to FBI statistics, which day of the week is most popular for bank robberies?
FRIDAYS account for 22% of all robberies.


8. U.S. CONSTITUTION How many amendments have their been?
27, 30, 32, 47


9. MUSIC Name the artist.


10. KIDS On average, a 4 year old asks approximately how many questions a day? :
63,127, 267, 437 (too damn many J)
SERVER OF THE WEEK: ALL OF THEM


11. PHOBIAS Napoleon Bonaparte, Alexander the Great, and Julius Caesar were all afraid of which of these animals: CATS dogs, horses, mice


12. TV On Monday the show 7th Heaven began what season on t.v.
7, 9, 10

13. MUSIC Name the artist:

14. SPORTS Which team is currently the leader for the wild card spot in the AL?


15. WORLD GEORGRAPHY Name the CAPITALS for the following countries:
Kuwait, Mexico, Panama, Luxembourg
KUWAIT, MEXICO CITY, PANAMA CITY, LUXEMBOURG






16. DEAD OR ALIVE Walter Kronkite. Anchor of the "CBS Evening News" for many years, war correspondent during World War II
ALIVE! 88

17. GEORGIA How many electoral votes does Georgia currently have?
15 (2 senators & 13 reps.) 2001-2010

18. SPORTS In what city did Hank Aaron hit his last Home Run (755)?
Atlanta, Milwaukee, Boston


19. LITERATURE Where does the following quote come from:
“If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
The Bible, Benjamin Franklin, Shakespeare


20. US HISTORY Who was the last U.S. President to own slaves?
Teddy Roosevelt, James Garfield, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant
In 1848, when he married Julia Dent, she already owned 1 slave. She received a second as a wedding gift, and later purchased a third one. Grant bought a slave named William Jones and later freed him.

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