Trivia Quiz?

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18 hours ago, Gail said:

A. Aspirin

A. Aspirin

Did this question give you a headache? Get some acetylsalicylic acid, better known as aspirin.

Source: various web sites.

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Which NFL football team's mascot references a literary character whose creator lived in the city where the team is based?

A. Baltimore Ravens
B. Carolina Panthers
C. Atlanta Falcons
D. Oakland Raiders

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Which vegetable was banned from the White House menu by order of President George H. W. Bush during his term in office?

Peas Brussels sprouts Spinach Broccoli

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1 hour ago, phkrause said:

Which NFL football team's mascot references a literary character whose creator lived in the city where the team is based?

A. Baltimore Ravens
B. Carolina Panthers
C. Atlanta Falcons
D. Oakland Raiders

I will guess the Ravens...perhaps Edgar Allen Poe lived in Baltimore? (Vincent Price once lived in a home very near the Central SDA Church in St. Louis. Drove by it many a Sabbath morning.)

1 hour ago, phkrause said:

Which vegetable was banned from the White House menu by order of President George H. W. Bush during his term in office?

Peas Brussels sprouts Spinach Broccoli

I seem to recall President Bush disliking broccoli.

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22 hours ago, Aubrey said:

I will guess the Ravens...perhaps Edgar Allen Poe lived in Baltimore?

A. Baltimore Ravens

Nevermore will you wonder how the Baltimore Ravens got their name. Writer Edgar Allen Poe hails from Baltimore.

Source: various web sites.

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22 hours ago, Aubrey said:

I seem to recall President Bush disliking broccoli.

Answer: ''I do not like broccoli,'' the President said, responding to queries about a broccoli ban he had imposed aboard Air Force One and the White House. ''I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!'' The broccoli growers of California responded by sending a truckload of broccoli to the White House in protest. First Lady Barbara Bush, holding a bouquet of the veggie as she addressed reporters, accepted the truckload of broccoli on the White House lawn and sent it to a homeless shelter.

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What Greek goddess has been featured on every medal for the Summer Olympic Games since 1928?

Aphrodite Athena Nike Venus

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Which of the following animals was Ross's pet in the first season of the show Friends?

A. Iguana
B. Cat
C. Monkey
D. Hedgehog

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On 8/17/2016 at 4:05 PM, phkrause said:

What Greek goddess has been featured on every medal for the Summer Olympic Games since 1928?

Aphrodite Athena Nike Venus

Answer: Nike in ancient Greek religion, was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. Since Giuseppe Cassioli's design for the 1928 Summer Olympics, the obverse face of every Olympic medal bears Nike's figure holding a palm frond in her right hand and a winner's laurel crown in her left. In the top right section of the medal a space was left for the name of the Olympic host and the Games numeral. The sports equipment company Nike, Inc. is named after the Greek goddess Nike.

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On 8/17/2016 at 4:08 PM, phkrause said:

Which of the following animals was Ross's pet in the first season of the show Friends?

A. Iguana
B. Cat
C. Monkey
D. Hedgehog

C. Monkey

Don't monkey around - any true Friends fan knows that Marcel, Ross's short-lived pet, was a Capuchin monkey.

Source: various web sites.

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What was the first American college to become coeducational?

Amherst College Oberlin College Dartmouth College College of William & Mary

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What are the two official languages of India?

A. Hindi and English
B. Hindi and Sanskrit
C. Gujarati and English
D. Punjabi and English

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Which historical figure coined the name "United Nations"?

Winston Churchill Harry S. Truman Franklin D. Roosevelt George S. Patton

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Which of these ingredients does not make a suitable butter substitute when baking?

A. Greek yogurt
B. Avocados
C. Applesauce
D. Whipping cream

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18 hours ago, phkrause said:

What was the first American college to become coeducational?

Amherst College Oberlin College Dartmouth College College of William & Mary

I was thinking Amherst!!

Answer: Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. In 1833, Presbyterian ministers John Jay Sipherd and Philo P. Stewart founded the institution as a college preparatory institute to promote Christian values. With its founding it is the oldest coeducational university in the United States and the second oldest continuously operating coeducational university in the world. Oberlin was the first school to accept not only women as well as men, in 1837, but black students as well as white, in 1835.

Man was I wrong!

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

What are the two official languages of India?

A. Hindi and English
B. Hindi and Sanskrit
C. Gujarati and English
D. Punjabi and English

A. Hindi and English

The Constitution of India designates Hindi and English as the official languages of India.

Source: various web sites.

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which historical figure coined the name "United Nations"?

Winston Churchill Harry S. Truman Franklin D. Roosevelt George S. Patton

Answer: President Franklin D. Roosevelt first coined the term “United Nations” to describe the Allied countries during the Second World War. “On New Year's Day 1942, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill, Maxim Litvinov, of the USSR, and T. V. Soong, of China, signed a short document which later came to be known as the United Nations Declaration and the next day the representatives of twenty-two other nations added their signatures.” The term United Nations was first officially used when 26 governments signed this Declaration.

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which of these ingredients does not make a suitable butter substitute when baking?

A. Greek yogurt
B. Avocados
C. Applesauce
D. Whipping cream

D. Whipping cream

If you whip it, it won't be good. But applesauce, Greek yogurt and avocados are all acceptable butter substitutes.

Source: various web sites

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Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon were all members of what branch of the U.S. armed forces?

Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps

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In the novel The Scarlet Letter, what does the letter that Hester Prynne is forced to wear stand for?

A. Anger
B. Adultery
C. Avarice
D. Abortion

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What substance was used for blood in the famous shower scene from the movie "Psycho"?

Tomato sauce Ketchup Chocolate syrup Soy sauce

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Which of the following assassins from the 1960s is still alive?

A. John Hinckley, Jr.
B. James Earl Ray
C. Sirhan Sirhan
D. Lee Harvey Oswald

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23 hours ago, phkrause said:

Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Richard Nixon were all members of what branch of the U.S. armed forces?

Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps

Answer: Six out of the 44 U.S. presidents served as officers in the Navy. The first American president who served in the navy was John F. Kennedy (who commanded the famous PT-109). Others U.S. presidents that served in the Navy include Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush. Both Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were the assistant secretary of the navy prior to their presidencies. Many members of Congress served in the navy, notably U.S. Senators Bob Kerrey, John McCain, and John Kerry. Other notable former members of the U.S. Navy include astronauts, entertainers, authors and professional athletes.

My guess was the Air Force!!

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23 hours ago, phkrause said:

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, what does the letter that Hester Prynne is forced to wear stand for?

A. Anger
B. Adultery
C. Avarice
D. Abortion

B. Adultery

"A" is for adultery because Prynne conceived a child with Arthur Dimmesdale while married to another man.

Source: various web sites.

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23 hours ago, phkrause said:

What substance was used for blood in the famous shower scene from the movie "Psycho"?

Tomato sauce Ketchup Chocolate syrup Soy sauce

Answer: Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror thriller directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. The murder of Janet Leigh's character in the shower scene is the film's pivotal scene and one of the best-known in all of cinema. The blood in the scene is reputed to have been Bosco chocolate syrup, which shows up better on black-and-white film, and has more realistic density than stage blood. The sound of the knife entering flesh was created by plunging a knife into a casaba melon. Janet Leigh was so affected by this scene when she saw it, that she no longer took showers unless she absolutely had to; she would lock all the doors and windows and would leave the bathroom and shower door open.

I was thinking Chocolate, but picked Tomato sauce!!!