BS: Trivia test

Subject: BS: Trivia test
From: kendall
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 09:05 AM

Here's a little test that no one can win without looking up the answers.When I was in high school I had a math teacher who gave these general knowledge tests just to break up the monotony of studying math. I though they were fun.

1 What state has the largest number of neighboring states?
2 In what film was this statement spoken? "Hit the antennae; he's helpless without them."
3 What is the London Eye?
4 What was Martha Washington's maiden name?
5 Who invented the modern automobile?
6 What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican war?
7 What is the capital of Tasmania?
8 In what country is Timbuctu?
9 What was the name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812?
10 What was Roy Roger's real name?
11 What was John Wayne's real name?
12 Who said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."?
13 What was the name of Henry Hudson's ship?
14 " Roul Amundsen's ship? Not sure of spelling. He explored the south pole.
15 Who discovered radium?
16 Where is the place called "Donnybrook"?
17 Who is buried in Grant's tomb? (careful, trick question)


Looking up the answers is no fair!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Sooz
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 09:32 AM

If I can't look 'em up, I'm stuck on five!

(Enjoying the book btw)

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 09:41 AM

Do we get to pick which 3 and 4 we answer?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: curmudgeon
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:07 AM

For starters...

4 - The Treaty of Guadalupe
5 - Hobart
7 - The Peace of Paris
6 - Leaonard Sly
7 - Marion ?
8 - Dewey at Manila bay
11 - The Half Moon
13 - Marie Curie
15 - General and Mrs. Grant

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: kendall
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:15 AM

pretty good Curmudgeon.
6 is a town.

I would be very surprised if anyone got all of them.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:30 AM

2 - Honey I Shunk the Kids or Fern Gully?
3a - it is either Dolly or she has no middle name?
3b - big ferris wheelie type attraction, the cars are big glass pods that hold 12 to 20 people each... good for getting a sortof bird's eye view of London
6 - it is in north west Africa - don't know country
9 - Marion something
13 - Marie Curie

god that is embarrasing..

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:31 AM

1. Connecticut
2. 'It' (gotta be one of those giant radiation mutated bug movies) Could be 'Star Wars' though.
3. a cut of beef
3. Dandridge (Recently looked through a book I brought out of the basement 'Life of Washington', written by his step son. It pays to rummage!)

'6 In what country is Timbuctu?'
Curmudgeon: '6 - Leaonard Sly'
'6 is a town.'

I'm guessing Timbuctu is NOT in a country which is a town named 'Leonard Sly'. I'm confused, but I'm used to that.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:40 AM

3) British Airways big wheel in London
4) Henry Ford
6) Africa
7) Versialles

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: *daylia*
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:40 AM

1 Tennessee
6 Turkey
7 The British NOrth America Act

(just guessing -- the others I have no clue at all - quite the challenge, kendall!)

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: curmudgeon
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:41 AM

Some of the numbers are duplicated.

Now for some guesswork...

1 - Mass.; five states
2 "Them"
4a - Daimler
6 - Madagascar
14 - Ireland

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: *daylia*
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:43 AM

Georgiansilver, Africa is a continent not a country ....

and Versailles was the treaty that ended WWI and started WWII,   wasn't it?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: PoppaGator
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:45 AM

My tiebreaking vote for #1: Tennessee, not Connecticut.

6. Mali (which is in West Africa ~ not Turkey, which is mostly in Asia)

9. Marion Morison = John Wayne

15. nobody (just a guess)

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Muckart
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:51 AM

2   Sounds like something involving giant ants; ?"Them"
3   It's a gigantic Ferris Wheel in London (who called this city "the great wen"?)
4   Daimler? Benz?
5   Hobart
6   Is it Morocco, or Chad; certainly North West Africa. Who was the first white man - as far as we know - to get there and return?
7   For some reason, "Treaty of Paris" comes to mind, but that doesn't make much sense unless Napoleon had abdicated and the Brits and Americans met there for some reason
9   Marion Morison (Why was he called "[little] Duke"?)
10 Captain Farragut; was it during the Civil War?
13 Madame Curie
14 Near to Baile Atha Cliath in Ireland; when was the Fair proscribed, and what's Donnybrook, Dublin 4, better known for today?
15 Maybe Grant's tomb is actually a Cenotaph, i.e. empty (but curmudgeon makes a good suggestion)

How's that, kendal? Now you try these:

Who said of whom; "This man was hired to depress art"?
Tell me the names of three of Napoleon's horses?
What, and why, is "Chicken Marengo"?
Who made the song "Auld Lang Syne"?
Are there any lakes in Scotland?
Really?
And, is Lochnagar a salt-water or freshwater loch?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: *daylia*
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 10:51 AM

still thinkin ....

4 Henry Ford (didn't see that one the 1st time)
10 Capt James T Kirk of the USS Enterprise   ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Monique
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 11:47 AM

6 Mali (52 days by camel from Zagora, Morocco, this is what a famous post in Zagora says). The first European to go there and return was René Caillié

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:26 PM

I believe, but you won't let me look it up, that the full name of the treaty ending the Mexican War was "Guadalupe Hidalgo."

I remember learning that Ms Washington was Martha Custis Washington, but Custis could have been the name of her first husband.

If Grant, or the Grants, are not interred in Grants Tomb, then Groucho Marx gave away a lot of consolation prizes in error.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Azizi
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:40 PM

Click here for a pretty good article on Timbucktu.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Rapparee
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 03:41 PM

I got nine out of ten, but I'm not going to post the answers OR tell you which one I didn't get. But I will help mislead the young:

Timbuktoo (or Timbucto, or other variant spellings) is a great restaurant between DC and Baltimore. Has some terrific cream of crab soup and crab cakes.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Gurney
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 05:18 PM

A question of my own. Why are there two more questions than numbers?

Modern car? Define. Probably, by some criterions, Oldsmobile.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 05:34 PM

3B - Custis

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: curmudgeon
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 06:31 PM

GW married the "Widow Custis," her married name. Jeri called it correctly as Dandridge - Tom

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: kendall
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 08:10 PM

Ok, you've all had time to look up the answers, so here they are

1 Tennessee
2 Them (big ants)
3 Big Ferris wheel
4 Dandridge
5 Gottlieb Daimler
6 Guadeloupe Hidalgo
7 Hobart
8 Mali
9 Ghent
10 Leonard Sly
11 Marion Morrison
12 Admiral Farragut
13 Half Moon
14 Fram
15 Marie Curie
16 Ireland
17 Pres. and Mrs. Grant

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Jeri
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 08:30 PM

Woo-hoo! Got one right!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 09:10 PM

"no one can win without looking up the answers"

Then..."Looking up the answers is no fair!"

Make up your mind

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: kendall
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 01:24 PM

Muckart, I don't know but the first one sounds like W. Churchill
Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang syne
Of course there are lakes in Scotland, but they call them Lochs
I believe Lochnagar is fresh water.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Wesley S
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 02:12 PM

And if you add up all the answers you get:

TennesseeThem(bigants)BigFerriswheelDandridgeGottlieb DaimlerGuadeloupeHidalgoHobartMaliGhentLeonardSlyMarion MorrisonAdmiralFarragutHalfMoonFramMarieCurieIrelandPres.andMrs.Grant

Say THAT five times real fast.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Dead Horse
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 03:18 PM

1 What state has the largest number of neighboring states?
a) Marriage
2 In what film was this statement spoken? "Hit the antennae; he's helpless without them."
a) The Heroes of Telly-Mark
3 What is the London Eye?
a) The bit between the Londonderry Ears
4 What was Martha Washington's maiden name?
a) That bint that our Georgie knocked up
5 Who invented the modern automobile?
a) Ford Focus - all the others are old automobiles.
6 What was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican war?
a) The treaty of Quexapotakettleblack
7 What is the capital of Tasmania?
a) Homer Bart
8 In what country is Timbuctu?
a) Virginia. But since it got buct, it aint no more.
9 What was the name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812?
a) The Tchaikovsky Treaty
10 What was Roy Roger's real name?
a) Sue
11 What was John Wayne's real name?
a) See above.
12 Who said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."?
a) Nelson, while looking out from under his eye patch.
13 What was the name of Henry Hudson's ship?
a) Henry Hudson referred to it as "Mine".
14 " Roul Amundsen's ship? Not sure of spelling. He explored the south pole.
a)The Forget-me-Knott.
15 Who discovered radium?
a) Fred Rade
16 Where is the place called "Donnybrook"?
a)Bali High
17 Who is buried in Grant's tomb? (careful, trick question)
a) Grants secrets.
Where's me munny?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Teribus
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 05:16 PM

Who said of whom; "This man was hired to depress art"? - William Blake.

Tell me the names of three of Napoleon's horses? He had 150 of them the best known are Marengo and Wagram also Vizir to name three.

What, and why, is "Chicken Marengo"? Chicken Marengo was the dish of chicken cooked for Napoleaon after the battle of Marengo

Who made the song "Auld Lang Syne"? Robert Burns

Are there any lakes in Scotland? There is only one lake in Scotland it is called The Lake of Menteith

And, is Lochnagar a salt-water or freshwater loch? A fresh water loch on the Balmoral Estate.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 07:34 PM

I knew 7 of them without looking anything up!

In fact, when I was in 5th grade, I got on a 'local' version of the "Quiz Kids" radio program but not only knowing Tennessee bordered the most states, but by naming them.

I also knew 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15

'almost' had 2 more.

I have mind like flypaper....stuff sticks to it, but randomly.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: jimmyt
Date: 12 Jan 09 - 08:10 PM

1 lake in Scotland... Monteith and from a yank no less!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: kendall
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 09:04 AM

Are we talking symantics here? lake, loch?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 09:09 AM

"I have mind like flypaper....stuff sticks to it, but randomly."

Mine's more like blotting paper, It soaks it all up, but gets it backwards!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Megan L
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 09:14 AM

And Kendal dinny try tae droon yersel in Lochnagar ye'll die o frustration
.

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Bill D
Date: 13 Jan 09 - 01:20 PM

LOL Nigel!

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: Muckart
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 07:25 AM

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: kendall
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 09:05 AM

By "Modern automobile" I was referring to the internal combustion engine. Daimler teamed up with a money man named Carl Benz, and one of the stipulations Benz put in the deal was that the car would be named for his daughter, Mercedes.
Now, you know, but do you care?

Subject: RE: BS: Trivia test
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 14 Jan 09 - 09:44 AM

Aye, Megan, wur pal Muckart haes a taste fur Trick Questions, daes he no'? That being so, I'm guessing he's playing games with the reference to "Auld Lang Syne". As far as I remember, didn't the Bard himself say that the words published in the SMM were never in print until he "took them down from an old man's singing", i.e., he didn't claim them for his own?

(Re. "Trick Questions"; "The Lake of Menteith" is actually a misunderstanding of the Scots "Laigh of Menteith", a "laigh" being a low-lying area, whether or no there's a body of water there. Similarly, "Lochnagar" is an Anglicisation of Gaelic "Lachan Y Gair", and if Teribus look at a map of the Balmoral Estate he'll see what Megan means).