Trivia Quiz?

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16 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which U.S. state's unofficial nickname is the "Show Me State"?

Florida Missouri Wisconsin Idaho

Missouri

 

15 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

MISSOURI

Answer: Missouri's unofficial nickname is the "Show Me State", which appears on its license plates. This phrase has several origins. One is popularly ascribed to a speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899, who declared that "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton, cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I'm from Missouri, and you have got to show me." The phrase is now used to describe the character of Missourians; not gullible and unwilling to believe without adequate evidence.

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Which two countries used to have the same flag?

Egypt and Iceland Austria and Australia Haiti and Liechtenstein Panama and Peru

Haiti and Liechtenstein!!

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is  HAITI AND LIECHTENSTEIN

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What is the most googled topic in the U.S. in 2017?

Hurricane Irma Super Bowl Solar eclipse Sexual harassment

Irma

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is IRMA

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11 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which two countries used to have the same flag?

Egypt and Iceland Austria and Australia Haiti and Liechtenstein Panama and Peru

Haiti and Liechtenstein!!

 

11 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

HAITI AND LIECHTENSTEIN

Answer: What can be more awkward than two ladies showing up at a social event, wearing identical outfits? How about two countries showing up for the Olympics, waving identical flags? That’s what happened at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany when it was discovered that both Haiti and Liechtenstein shared the exact same flag. The fact that these two nation’s had the same flag somehow escaped everyone’s attention until they met with their flags at the same event. On June 24, 1937, Liechtenstein proudly added a gold crown in the upper left corner of their flag to avoid further confusion.

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What is the most googled topic in the U.S. in 2017?

Hurricane Irma Super Bowl Solar eclipse Sexual harassment

Irma

8 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

IRMA

Answer: One of the biggest storms to strike the U.S. in history has also entered the record books as the most searched topic on Google in 2017. Hurricane Irma, the category 5 storm which battered Florida and the Caribbean last September, was the “most Googled” search term in the U.S. and around the world last year. Matt Lauer, the former Today show host fired by NBC over sexual harassment allegations, finished second among Google's top U.S. searches. Tom Petty, the rock icon who died last year, was third, followed by the Super Bowl.

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Which city's name was decided by a coin toss?

Chattanooga Portland Dallas Little Rock

Portland

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4 Trivia Questions about the Munich Massacre

September 5, 1972, was the day that a group of Palestinian terrorists broke into the Olympic Village apartment of the male Israeli athletes and their coaches. Try answering these trivia questions about one of the most somber Olympic memories in the Games' history.

Why Did the Terrorists Target the Olympic Team?

Why Did West Germany Release the Three Terrorists Police Had Managed to Capture Alive?

What News Made That Security Situation Even More Distressing?

What New Information Came to Light Over 40 Years After the Massacre?

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The stage musical "Tommy" featured music from which band?

The Doors The Who The Kinks The Four Tops

The Who

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is PORTLAND

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is THE WHO

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which city's name was decided by a coin toss?

Chattanooga Portland Dallas Little Rock

Portland

 

6 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

PORTLAND

Answer: Portland, Oregon's founders were two settlers from New England: Asa Lovejoy of Massachusetts and Francis Pettygrove of Maine. Both men wanted to name the new port city after their respective home cities—Lovejoy for Boston and Pettygrove for Portland, Maine. This controversy was settled with a coin toss which Pettygrove won in a series of two out of three tosses, thereby providing Portland with its namesake. The coin used for this decision, now known as the Portland Penny, is on display in the headquarters of the Oregon Historical Society.

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Why Did the Terrorists Target the Olympic Team?

The terrorists were part of an organization called Black September. The immediate reason for the attack was to force the release of 236 Arab and German prisoners. However, later speculation suggested that the terrorists had hit Munich in an effort to gain more publicity for their cause. In the early 1970s, more Arab countries were finally improving relations with Israel, leaving Palestinians feeling more and more isolated. An attack in Europe, especially in Munich (this was the first Olympics held in German territory since World War II and was widely seen as a way for West Germany to help its image) against Israelis, would have been a real attention-getter, to put it lightly.

 

21 hours ago, phkrause said:

Why Did West Germany Release the Three Terrorists Police Had Managed to Capture Alive?

Despite the bloodbath that ended the siege, West German police did manage to capture three of the terrorists. However, in late October, those three were released, much to the dismay of Israel and the athletes' families. What happened was that the Black September group had hijacked a Lufthansa plane, demanding the release of the three. The West German government quickly released the terrorists (after all, Black September had already shown it was willing to torture and kill many people for its aims). According to multiple reports, Israeli security agents later tracked down and killed many of those believed to be responsible for the Munich attack.

 

21 hours ago, phkrause said:

What News Made That Security Situation Even More Distressing?

In 2012, new documents were released that showed that Germany had been warned about a potential attack. In fact, Germany had been warned several times, and after the attack, officials attempted to cover up those warnings. The lax security at the village may have been well-intended, but they were misguided at best and incompetent and stupid at worst.

 

21 hours ago, phkrause said:

What New Information Came to Light Over 40 Years After the Massacre?

In December 2015, officials released new details about what the athletes went through at the hands of the terrorists. This was not just a case of brief fights and shootouts ending in death -- it turned out that the athletes had been beaten so badly and for so long that their bones were broken, and one athlete was castrated in front of other hostages.

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16 hours ago, phkrause said:

The stage musical "Tommy" featured music from which band?

The Doors The Who The Kinks The Four Tops

The Who

 

7 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

THE WHO

Answer: The Who's Tommy is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Pete Townshend and book by Townshend and Des McAnuff, based on The Who's rock opera Tommy. Tommy, the original album, remains a cornerstone of rock culture as music’s most famous rock opera. It’s one of the Who’s most commercially successful albums, having sold more than 20 million copies. Based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album, The Who's Tommy is an exhilarating story of hope, healing and the human spirit. The story of the pinball-playing, deaf, dumb and blind boy who triumphs over his adversities. This five-time Tony Award-winning musical officially opened in 1993 and closed in 1995, after 899 performances.

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Which famous landmark appears on the back of the US $100 bill?

Independence Hall The White House The U.S. Capitol Building The Lincoln Memorial

Independence Hall

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is  INDEEPENDENCE HALL

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16 hours ago, phkrause said:

Which famous landmark appears on the back of the US $100 bill?

Independence Hall The White House The U.S. Capitol Building The Lincoln Memorial

Independence Hall

 

14 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

INDEEPENDENCE HALL

Answer: The $100 bill features a portrait of Benjamin Franklin on the front of the note and an image of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on the back of the note. If you have an eye for detail, you might have noticed that the time on Independence Hall’s bell tower clock on the back of the old $100 bill read 4:10. It was changed to 10:30, however, on the new ones. There is no evidence that either of these times were chosen for a specific reason. As of Dec. 31, 2017, there are 12.5 billion Benjamins currently in circulation, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.

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"Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?

Prison Guard Fur Trader Shoemaker Meat Inspector

Meat Inspector

 

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Who wrote the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman John Brown

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is MEAT  INSPECTOR

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

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On 9/7/2018 at 5:35 PM, phkrause said:

"Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?

Prison Guard Fur Trader Shoemaker Meat Inspector

Meat Inspector

 

On 9/7/2018 at 7:32 PM, dgrimm60 said:

MEAT  INSPECTOR

Answer: The term Uncle Sam is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began referring to the food as “Uncle Sam’s.” A local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal government. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast began popularizing the image of Uncle Sam giving him the white beard and stars-and-stripes suit that are associated with the character today.

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On 9/7/2018 at 6:59 PM, phkrause said:

Who wrote the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman John Brown

Harriet Beecher Stowe

 

On 9/7/2018 at 7:33 PM, dgrimm60 said:

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Answer: Uncle Tom's Cabin is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S. and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the Civil War". Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Seminary and an active abolitionist, featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible.

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What branch of the armed services advertised that it was "looking for a few good men"?

Army Marines Navy Air Force

Marines