Trivia Quiz?

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17 hours ago, phkrause said:

The Stephen King thriller "Cujo" features a killer canine of which dog breed?

Pit Bull St. Bernard German Shepherd Siberian Husky

A St. Bernard

 

5 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

ST. BERNARD

Answer: Cujo is a 1983 horror film based on Stephen King's 1981 novel of the same name. It revolves around a rabid St. Bernard dog, who traps a mother and her child inside their car without food or water during a heat wave, and their attempts to survive. Despite receiving mixed reviews and being a modest success during its theatrical release, the film has gathered a major cult following in the years since its release. A total of five Saint Bernard’s were used during the filming of the movie in addition to a mechanical dog, and an actor in a dog costume.

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A torch, an oak branch, and an olive branch are featured on the back of which coin?

Penny Nickel Dime Quarter

Looks like its a dime??

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What gas creates the bubbles found in a soft drink?

Nitrogen Oxygen Carbon dioxide Hydrogen

CO2

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PHKRAUSE

 the answer is a DIME

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PHKRAUSE

 the answer is CARBON DIOXIDE

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21 hours ago, phkrause said:

A torch, an oak branch, and an olive branch are featured on the back of which coin?

Penny Nickel Dime Quarter

Looks like its a dime??

 

3 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

 DIME

Answer: The front (obverse) of the dime pictures a left-facing profile of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only four-term President of the United States of America. The reverse boasts an olive branch, a torch, and an oak branch, from left to right respectively. According to the U.S. Mint, the torch is a symbol of liberty, the olive branch is a symbol of peace, and the oak branch is a symbol of strength and independence. The Roosevelt dime has been minted since 1946, when it replaced the Liberty Head dime. As of 2014, the dime coin cost 3.91 cents to produce.

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

What gas creates the bubbles found in a soft drink?

Nitrogen Oxygen Carbon dioxide Hydrogen

CO2

 

3 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

PHKRAUSE

 the answer is CARBON DIOXIDE

dgrimm60

Answer: The fizz that bubbles up when you crack open a can of soda is carbon dioxide gas (CO2). Soft drink manufacturers add this tingling froth by forcing carbon dioxide and water into your soda at high pressures—up to 1,200 pounds per square inch. When the pressure is reduced, the carbon dioxide is released from the solution as small bubbles, which causes the solution to become effervescent, or fizzy.

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What were the first words spoken by Thomas Edison when he made the first recording of the human voice?

"One, Two, Three, Four" "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you" "Mary had a little lamb" "Can you hear me now"

Mary had a little lamb

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Before hitting it big in "Rocky", what job did Sylvester Stallone have in New York City?

Zookeeper Police officer Doorman Hairdresser

Hairdresser from what I understand!!

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

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PHKRAUSE

the answer  is HAIRDRESSER

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On 11/21/2018 at 11:17 AM, phkrause said:

What were the first words spoken by Thomas Edison when he made the first recording of the human voice?

"One, Two, Three, Four" "Mr. Watson, come here, I need you" "Mary had a little lamb" "Can you hear me now"

Mary had a little lamb

 

8 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

Answer: On this day in 1877, Thomas A. Edison unveiled his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Edison stumbled on one of his greatest inventions–the phonograph–while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to his surprise, played back the words he had recorded, “Mary had a little lamb”. Public demonstrations of the phonograph made the inventor world famous, and he was dubbed the “Wizard of Menlo Park.”

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19 hours ago, phkrause said:

Before hitting it big in "Rocky", what job did Sylvester Stallone have in New York City?

Zookeeper Police officer Doorman Hairdresser

Hairdresser from what I understand!!

 

8 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

HAIRDRESSER

Answer: Very few people are born famous, which means that even celebrities were once regular people who had to pay the bills with normal jobs. In the late 1960s when he was still a struggling actor in New York, the future Rocky star took a job cleaning lion cages at the Central Park Zoo for a reported $1.12 an hour. Ironically, it all came full circle when he performed the voice of Joe the Lion in the 2011 comedy Zookeeper. On this day in 1976, the film Rocky, made its debut and would ultimately make Sylvester Stallone one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

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What was the first balloon to ever take part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

Snoopy Uncle Sam Felix the Cat Mickey Mouse

Felix the Cat

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We Hope You Gobble Up This Thanksgiving Trivia_2

Happy Thanksgiving, folks!  Whether you're looking for an interesting conversation starter or just really want to know more about Thanksgiving, these surprising facts will make you seem like the smartest person at the dinner table.  So grab a drumstick, and test your knowledge with these tasty tidbits of trivia...

What Now-Common Food Product Owes Its Start to Thanksgiving?

Which President Pardoned the First Turkey?

Which U.S. President made Thanksgiving a National Holiday?

Who Was Sarah Josepha Hale?

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Of the following three utensils, which was NOT present at the first Thanksgiving Feast?

Knife Fork Spoon

Fork

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PHKRAUSE

the answer is FELIXTHE CAT

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PHKRAUSE

 the answer is FORK

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On 11/22/2018 at 5:07 PM, phkrause said:

What was the first balloon to ever take part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

Snoopy Uncle Sam Felix the Cat Mickey Mouse

Felix the Cat

 

20 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

FELIXTHE CAT

Answer: Felix the Cat was a star of the silent film era and had a comic strip in newspapers around the nation when he made his Thanksgiving Day Parade debut in 1927, the first year the event featured cartoon character balloons. Without a plan to deflate this massive balloon, NYC parade organizers simply let Felix fly off into the sky. Unfortunately, the Felix the Cat balloon got caught in some telephone wires and caught fire. In 2016, after a nearly 90 year hiatus, Felix made a triumphant return to the parade. Mickey Mouse did not join the parade until 1934. Snoopy and Uncle Sam also came along in later years.

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On 11/22/2018 at 5:53 PM, phkrause said:

What Now-Common Food Product Owes Its Start to Thanksgiving?

In 1953, someone at Swanson made a mistake. He over-ordered turkey for the Thanksgiving holiday by 260 tons, which sounds like roughly how much our Uncle Frank eats in a standard year. But this was enough to leave Swanson with ten refrigerated trains worth of the bird that they couldn't sell. So along came a salesman named Gerry Thomas with an idea. He ordered 5,000 aluminum trays, hired an assembly line of women, and got everyone cranking on creating the world's first TV dinner: turkey, peas and sweet potatoes all for 98 cents. Swanson was skeptical about how the new product would do, but it turned out okay. In 1954, their first full year of production, they sold 10 million units. 

 

On 11/22/2018 at 5:53 PM, phkrause said:

Which President Pardoned the First Turkey?

As is the case with many Presidential pardons, this issue is a bit controversial. There are stories linking both Lincoln and Truman to the first pardon of a turkey, though both are unverified, and the Truman one has been disputed by the Truman Presidential Library. And, you'd think if anyone would be in favor of good press for Truman, it would be the library set up in his honor. 

Others have credited JFK who, somehow, in a way that only JFK can, got credit for pardoning a turkey that he actually just sent back to the farm so it could put on a few more pounds before being eaten. Reagan joked about pardoning a turkey during Iran-Contra, but the long, proud history of pardoning a turkey started officially in... 1989 with George H.W. Bush. The tradition has continued every year since. Last year's pardoned turkeys were named Caramel and Popcorn. They were sent to live on an estate in Mount Vernon after the pardon. Which, frankly, sounds a lot like what you would tell a kid happened to the turkeys if they actually died.

 

On 11/22/2018 at 5:53 PM, phkrause said:

Which U.S. President made Thanksgiving a National Holiday?

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday in 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. While Lincoln issued the proclamation, credit for making Thanksgiving a national holiday should also go to Sarah Josepha Hale...

 

On 11/22/2018 at 5:53 PM, phkrause said:

Who Was Sarah Josepha Hale?

Sarah Josepha Hale was a woman truly dedicated to the cause of there being a Thanksgiving holiday. So dedicated in fact that she spent 17 years campaigning for it and wrote letters to five different presidents.  Sometimes referred to as the “Godmother of Thanksgiving,” Hale wrote countless articles and letters to persuade President Abraham Lincoln to officially declare Thanksgiving a national holiday that recurred every year.  Hale mentioned in her letter that having such a national day of Thanksgiving would establish a "Great Union Festival of America."  What's another Sarah Josepha Hale claim to fame? She was the author of the nursery rhyme, "Mary Had a Little Lamb." 

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On 11/22/2018 at 6:08 PM, phkrause said:

Of the following three utensils, which was NOT present at the first Thanksgiving Feast?

Knife Fork Spoon

Fork

 

22 hours ago, dgrimm60 said:

FORK

Answer: According to what traditionally is known as "The First Thanksgiving," the 1621 feast between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag at Plymouth Colony contained waterfowl, venison, ham, lobster, clams, berries, fruit, pumpkin, and squash. There is no definitive proof they ate turkey, and sweet potatoes were not yet grown in North America. The pilgrims didn't use forks; they ate with spoons, knives, and their fingers. Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts introduced the fork 10 years later, but it did not really catch on until the 18th century.

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Larry David is actually related to what politician he plays on “SNL”?

Bernie Sanders Rudy Giuliani Donald Trump George W. Bush

Bernie Sanders

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Which real life investigator's name was adopted by a TV character?

Perry Mason Eliot Ness Columbo Barney Miller

I'm going to eliminate Miller and Mason, only because neither was an investigator in my eyes! Ness was an actual real live character, but Columbo was a TV character, so I'll go with him!!

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PHKRAUSE

I will agree with  you on this choice===COLUMBO

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On 11/23/2018 at 8:18 PM, phkrause said:

Larry David is actually related to what politician he plays on “SNL”?

Bernie Sanders Rudy Giuliani Donald Trump George W. Bush

Bernie Sanders

Answer: Larry David and Bernie Sanders learned on PBS' genealogy series "Finding Your Roots" that the two are distant cousins. The revelation shocked both individuals, with Bernie Sanders asking the host of the show if he was kidding. The connection is even more astounding given that Larry David has played Bernie Sanders on Saturday Night Live numerous times, and Sanders at one point changed his Twitter picture to a photo of Larry David. Both are Brooklyn-born, bald-headed men in their seventies with Jewish ancestry and distinctive voices.