Trivia Quiz?

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23 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which historic structure was constructed in 1961?

Berlin Wall Taj Mahal Empire State Building The Great Wall of China

Berlin Wall

 

14 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

BERLIN WALL

Answer: The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), in 1961, the Wall cut off West Berlin from virtually all of surrounding East Germany and East Berlin. It stood for nearly 30 years, dividing East and West Berlin and remains an iconic symbol of the Cold War. When it fell nearly 30 years ago cheers broke out not only in Berlin, but also throughout the world. The "fall of the Berlin Wall" paved the way for German reunification, which formally took place on October 3, 1990.

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What was the original color of Coca-Cola?

Red Green Orange Brown

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See How Much You Know About SNL "Firsts" With These Trivia Questions

"Ladies and gentlemen, Betty White!" That was Don Pardo's introduction on the May 8, 2010 episode of Saturday Night Live when Betty White hosted at the age of 88—the oldest SNL host in the show's 43-year run. Think you know SNL inside and out? Test your knowledge with these trivia questions about other SNL hosts.

Who Was the First Host to Also Be the Musical Guest?

Which Cast Member was the First to Say "Live From New York, It's Saturday Night"?

Who Was the First Cast Member Born After the Show Premiered?

What Comedian Made History This Year as the First Black Female Comedian to Host SNL In the Show's 43 Seasons?

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What beverage was Coca-Cola's first diet soft drink?

Diet Coke Tab Diet Rite Coke Zero

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is Brown

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14 hours ago, phkrause said:

What was the original color of Coca-Cola?

Red Green Orange Brown

 

6 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

Brown

Answer: On this day in 1886, Coca-Cola was born when Dr. John Pemberton carried a jug of Coca-Cola syrup to Jacobs' Pharmacy. He took the syrup, mixed it with carbonated water and sold it for five cents a glass. At no time in Coca-Cola's history has that beverage been green. The original formula called for caramel to give Coca-Cola its rich brown color, and although the recipe has undergone some changes through the years, none of them affected the ultimate color of the product. According to the Coca-Cola website, "Although the famous contour bottle is green, Coca-Cola has always been brown in color, since its start in 1886."

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20 hours ago, phkrause said:

Who Was the First Host to Also Be the Musical Guest?

On October 18, 1975, Paul Simon became the first person to host SNL and also perform as a musical guest in the show's second episode ever. Joining him were Phoebe Snow, Randy Newman, and Simon's long-time collaborator and bandmate, Art Garfunkel. As a close friend of showrunner Lorne Michaels, Simon has hosted the show a total of four times and performed on it as a musical guest eight times. He has also cameoed on the show five different times.

 

21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which Cast Member was the First to Say "Live From New York, It's Saturday Night"?

SNL has long been a way for up and coming comics to skyrocket into stardom and the original cast of the show is no exception: Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase made up the original "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players." But it was Chase who holds the honor of saying the famous line in the show's premiere episode. At the end of the first sketch, "Wolverines," Chase walks on dressed as a stagehand and says the line that has made it to 847 episodes to-date.

 

21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Who Was the First Cast Member Born After the Show Premiered?

SNL debuted on October 11, 1975, and went through 28 seasons before getting a cast member younger than the show. It wasn't until 2003 when Kenan Thompson joined the cast at the age of 25 that the program had an actor in its repertoire younger than the show itself. Kenan is now the longest-serving cast member in SNL history, surpassing Darrell Hammond in 2017. He also stripped Hammond of another SNL record: the most celebrity impressions. Hammond, who is now the narrator of the show, acted as 107 different celebrities during his 14 years on the cast. To-date, Kenan has done 136.

 

21 hours ago, phkrause said:

What Comedian Made History This Year as the First Black Female Comedian to Host SNL In the Show's 43 Seasons?

Back in November 2017, comedian Tiffany Haddish from the film Girl's Trip became the first black female comedian to host Saturday Night Live. She joined 12 other black women—including Maya Rudolph, Halle Berry, Kerry Washington, and Queen Latifah—who had previously hosted the show. Haddish's story is an endearing one: the comedian auditioned for the cast of the show three times throughout her career and never made it. Following her success in film and stand-up, she was invited to host and made history.

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

What beverage was Coca-Cola's first diet soft drink?

Diet Coke Tab Diet Rite Coke Zero

Answer: Tab (stylized as TaB) is a diet cola soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company, introduced in 1963. Coca-Cola's first diet drink, Tab was popular throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Tab was marketed to consumers who wanted to "keep tabs" on their weight. Tab's popularity declined after the Coca-Cola company's introduction of Diet Coke in 1982. Coca-Cola continues to produce Tab in the United States, though in considerably smaller quantities than its more popular beverages. The beverage has retained a cult following over the years.

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Test Your Knowledge of Presidential "Firsts" With These Trivia Questions

On May 10, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes made an important call. A judgment call that is: on this day in history, President Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House. How much do you know about presidential firsts? Test your knowledge with these trivia questions.

Which President Was the First to Be Born a Citizen of the United States?

Which President Was the First to Appear on Television?

There's Only Been One Presidential Bachelor in U.S. History. Who Was It?

Which President Preceded Donald Trump as the First to Have Held No Prior Public Office?

Who Was the Only President to Receive the Purple Heart?

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What country's Intelligence agency is called Mossad?

Israel Italy India Iran

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is ISRAEL

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Who was the first President to have a telephone installed in the White House?

Abraham Lincoln Rutherford B. Hayes Harry S. Truman Thomas Jefferson

My guess Truman!!

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23 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which President Was the First to Be Born a Citizen of the United States?

Despite defining what it means to be a patriot, people often forget George Washington was born a colonial subject of Britain. So was John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and the four other presidents before Martin Van Buren—the first president to be born in the United States—came to office in 1837.

 

23 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which President Was the First to Appear on Television?

In 1939, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first president to be broadcast on television during the opening ceremony for the New York World's Fair. Roosevelt gave a speech, however, only a small number of New Yorkers with television sets actually got to see it. 

 

23 hours ago, phkrause said:

There's Only Been One Presidential Bachelor in U.S. History. Who Was It?

With so many famous first ladies, it's hard to imagine a president taking office without a partner at his side to help navigate the stresses, difficult decisions, and pressures of the presidency. But, that's exactly what James Buchanan did when he was elected in 1857. Buchanan was a lifelong bachelor and had his niece, Harriet, take on the role and responsibilities of the First Lady during his four years in office. Buchanan shared a home with former Vice President William Rufus King. The duo got called “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy" by critical peers.

 

23 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which President Preceded Donald Trump as the First to Have Held No Prior Public Office?

That would be the 12th president, Zachary Taylor. However, before you start comparing Taylor to Trump, keep in mind that Taylor's background more closely resembles that of Ulysses S. Grant than our nation's current Commander in Chief. Like Grant, Taylor came from an extensive military background. After serving 40 years in the Army, he was elected president despite fairly vague political beliefs. Taylor wanted to preserve the Union, but his death just 16 months into his presidency halted his agenda from moving forward.

 

23 hours ago, phkrause said:

Who Was the Only President to Receive the Purple Heart?

In 1944, John F. Kennedy was awarded a Purple Heart and the Navy and Marine Corps Medal. In command of PT-109 in the Solomon Islands, a Japanese destroyer rammed into the boat. After crew members who survived the collision gathered together in the water, Kennedy took a vote from the men on whether to keep fighting or surrender. After voting to keep fighting, they swam toward an island. Kennedy towed one badly injured man by holding the strap of the man’s life jacket between his teeth and despite the fact that his bad back had been reinjured by the collision. When asked about becoming a war hero, he said “It was involuntary, they sank my boat.”

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22 hours ago, phkrause said:

What country's Intelligence agency is called Mossad?

Israel Italy India Iran

 

14 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

ISRAEL

Answer: Mossad is the national intelligence agency of Israel. It is one of the main entities in the Israeli Intelligence Community, along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet (internal security). Mossad is responsible for intelligence collection, covert operations, and counterterrorism. Its activity is subject to secret procedures that have never been published. The Mossad, long shrouded in mystery and mythology, is legendary in international intelligence circles for being behind some of the most daring covert operations of the past century.

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

Who was the first President to have a telephone installed in the White House?

Abraham Lincoln Rutherford B. Hayes Harry S. Truman Thomas Jefferson

My guess Truman!!

Answer: On this day in 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes had the White House’s first telephone installed in the mansion's telegraph room. President Hayes embraced the new technology, though he rarely received phone calls. In fact, the Treasury Department possessed the only other direct phone line to the White House at that time. The White House phone number was “1.” Phone service throughout the country was in its infancy in 1877. It was not until a year later that the first telephone exchange was set up in Connecticut and it would be 50 more years until President Herbert Hoover had the first telephone line installed at the president’s desk in the Oval Office.

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Which nut is considered the world's toughest nut to crack?

Walnut Macadamia Chestnut Pistachio

I'm pretty sure its not a Pistachio or the Walnut?? I'm gonna guess the Chestnut!

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Actress Demi Moore famously shaved her head for what 1997 film?

St. Elmo's Fire Ghost Striptease G.I. Jane

G.I.Jane

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Which national monument is featured in the film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?

Devils Tower Aztec Ruins Jewel Cave Mount St. Helens

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What is the primary ingredient in the Middle Eastern dish of falafel?

Potatoes Chickpeas Lamb Fish

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is THE DEVILS TOWER

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is CHICKPEAS 

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which nut is considered the world's toughest nut to crack?

Walnut Macadamia Chestnut Pistachio

I'm pretty sure its not a Pistachio or the Walnut?? I'm gonna guess the Chestnut!

Answer: One nut you have likely never seen in the shell is the macadamia, and for good reason. Unlike opening a peanut or a pistachio, it takes some serious muscle to extract the edible nut from its shell: 300 pounds of pressure per square inch to be exact, making it the hardest nut in the world to crack! Macadamia nuts are the fruits of the macadamia tree, which is native to Australia. It was the German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller who gave the genus the name Macadamia way back in 1857. The name was in honor of John Macadam, a Scottish-Australian chemist, politician, and medical teacher.

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Actress Demi Moore famously shaved her head for what 1997 film?

St. Elmo's Fire Ghost Striptease G.I. Jane

G.I.Jane

Answer: Nothing screamed “girl power” quite like Demi Moore’s military-style buzz cut in the 1997 action film G.I. Jane. The film tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo training in U.S. Navy Special Warfare Group. In a key scene in 1997's "G.I. Jane," Moore's character takes an electric razor to her head and gives herself a buzz cut to show that she's tough enough to make it as a NAVY Seal. Unfortunately, the movie didn't do much for Moore's career. It was a box office flop and earned Moore a worst-actress Razzie.

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20 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which national monument is featured in the film, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?

Devils Tower Aztec Ruins Jewel Cave Mount St. Helens

 

8 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

DEVILS TOWER

Answer: Devils Tower is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains in northeastern Wyoming. It rises dramatically 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet from summit to base. Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind used the formation as a plot element and as the location of its climactic scenes. Its release was the cause of a large increase in visitors and climbers to the monument.

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20 hours ago, phkrause said:

What is the primary ingredient in the Middle Eastern dish of falafel?

Potatoes Chickpeas Lamb Fish

 

8 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

CHICKPEAS

Answer: Falafel is a deep-fried ball, doughnut or patty made from ground chickpeas. It is a vegetarian food and is one of the most widely consumed and recognized foods of the Middle East. As a main dish, it is served as a sandwich, stuffed in pita bread with lettuce, tomatoes, and tahini. As an appetizer, it is served on a salad, or with hummus and tahini. Most of the time served with hot sauce. Falafel became so popular that McDonald's for a time served a "McFalafel" in its breakfast menu all over Egypt. Falafel is also the national dish of Israel.