Another Bloomin' Trivia Thread.

The Game Room
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If you answer a question right you’re allowed post some questions yourself. Any topic is acceptable as long as it is probable that another SDMBer will know the answer, no googling allowed. I’ll begin with some easy ones to get the ball rolling.

  1. What is the capital city of Madagascar?
  2. For whom was America named?
  3. What is Hulk Hogan’s real name?
  4. Which country won the 1970 soccer World Cup?
  5. Who was the fourth man to stand on the moon?
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  1. Amerigo Vespucci

  2. Terry Bollea

  3. Which of the original Mercury astronauts never went into space in the 60s?

  4. Why are fried potatoes called pommes frites in France?

  5. Who said “The Vice Presidency isn’t worth a bucket of warm spit”?

  6. By what name does the president of Turkmenistan prefer to be called?

  7. What was Ed Sullivan’s job before he became a TV host?

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West Germany

Because the French word for potato is “pomme de terre”- literally, “apple of the earth”.

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Correct and Correct

  1. Are you talking about Turkmenbashi? I think he died.
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  1. John Garner, VP under FDR. Although I believe he may actually have said “piss”.

  2. Name the three US Vice Presidents who received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Nein!

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  1. What is the capital city of Madagascar? Antanarivo

Can’t think of a q right now, I might be back with one later.

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1: Antananarivo (not completely sure on the spelling though)

12: What was the original name of the EU? (what’s the foundation organisation called)

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Brazil

Brazil & (West-)Germany combined won more than half the World Cups, I think, so statistics are on my side.

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  1. Newspaper columnist.
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The answers to 7-10 are all correct.

  1. Theodore Roosevelt, Al Gore, … Adlai Stevenson?
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Nope. That third one is gonna be the bitch. (I only know it because I’ve been trying to study for Jeopardy.)

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  1. Deke Slayton

  2. Which 70s space mission did Deke Slayton command?

  3. What late in planning stages flight plan change for Voyager I saved the probe from destruction at Saturn?

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Woodrow Wilson?

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None.

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Whoops. You’re right. :smack:
Let me rephrase that: 13. What 70s space mission did Deke Slayton participate in?

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Apollo-Soyuz. Finally got medical clearance. :slight_smile:

  1. The stars Deneb, Altair, and Vega, currently overhead in the northern hemisphere, make up what asterism?
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Charles Dawes?

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Correct!

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#4: Argentina, by any chance?