# Another Bloomin' Trivia Thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 3, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874 "2008-09-03T14:37:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/21 "2008-09-04T01:37:33Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Whoops. You’re right. :smack: I may have used these before, but they’re good ones. 1. Who is the only person in the world who has two countries named after him? 2. What is the name of the ski-jumper who symbolized the agony of defeat on the opening of Wide World of Sports? ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/22 "2008-09-04T07:47:51Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > 1: Antananarivo (not completely sure on the spelling though) > > 12: What was the original name of the EU? (what’s the foundation organisation called) 4: Brazil 12: European Community of Coals and Steel ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/23 "2008-09-04T08:55:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I may have used these before, but they’re good ones. > > 1. Who is the only person in the world who has two countries named after him? > > 2. What is the name of the ski-jumper who symbolized the agony of defeat on the opening of Wide World of Sports? 16: Simon Bolivar (Bolivia and Venezuela) 17: Eddie the Eagle! 18: Who was national heavy weight champion (boxing) at the same time as he was president of his country? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/24 "2008-09-04T09:23:56Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > … > > 1. The stars Deneb, Altair, and Vega, currently overhead in the northern hemisphere, make up what asterism? 15: The Summer Triangle 19: What is the capital of Greenland? 20: Name the two border crossings between India and Pakistan. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/25 "2008-09-04T10:25:15Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > 19: What is the capital of Greenland? I believe this is Copenhagen. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/26 "2008-09-04T11:40:35Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > 19: What is the capital of Greenland? I think Greenland was recently given independence, so I’m going to go with Nuuk. ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/27 "2008-09-04T12:19:12Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > I think Greenland was recently given independence, so I’m going to go with Nuuk. NO, no, no… they are not independent. They are quite dependant upon Copenhagen for pretty much everything. They do, however, have some sort of self-rule. Even though that might change rapidly if/when they start drilling for oil and mining for stuff that’s been hidden under the ice. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/28 "2008-09-04T12:29:57Z")
4 is indeed Brazil. 1 is Antananirivo (or something like that) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/29 "2008-09-04T12:43:13Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > 16: Simon Bolivar (Bolivia and Venezuela) > > 17: Eddie the Eagle! Yes on 16, no on 17. In fact, the Wide World clip was probably past its prime before anyone had even heard of Eddie Edwards. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/30 "2008-09-04T13:16:00Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > 19: What is the capital of Greenland? Nuuk. No, Greenland isn’t independent; neither is Arizona, but if I asked what the capital of Arizona was I’m sure everyone would say Phoenix, not Washington. For 17, The man’s name was Bogataj. Don’t recall his first name. Believe it or not he wasn’t seriously hurt. More: 1. What’s the biggest city in the world (as measured by the total urban agglomeration, so there might be some interpretation here) that is NOT the capital of the country it is in? 2. Of what surly baseball player was it said, when a teammate was told he’d been traded, “Great trade! Who did we get?” 3. Although nobody really knows for sure what day William Shakespeare was born, when is his birthday traditionally observed? 4. What was the title, BEFORE their succession, of the person who succeeded Elizabeth I as monarch? 5. What is the lightest (e.g. lowest atomic number) element that does not have any stable isotope, and is usually found only when manufactured by humans? 6. Speaking of elements, what radioactive element would you find in many home smoke detectors? ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/31 "2008-09-04T13:53:46Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Nuuk. No, Greenland isn’t independent; neither is Arizona, but if I asked what the capital of Arizona was I’m sure everyone would say Phoenix, not Washington. > > … > > More: > > 1. What’s the biggest city in the world (as measured by the total urban agglomeration, so there might be some interpretation here) that is NOT the capital of the country it is in? > > … > 25. Speaking of elements, what radioactive element would you find in many home smoke detectors? Regarding #19 - While Greenland is still under Danish rule, most people here would say Nuuk. The question was deliberately ambiguous 20: (Well, Your #20 anyway - see above): Mumbai 25: Americium ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/32 "2008-09-04T15:02:14Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > 18: Who was national heavy weight champion (boxing) at the same time as he was president of his country? Idi Amin. What did Ron Paul do for a living before he entered politics? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/33 "2008-09-04T15:18:34Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > What did Ron Paul do for a living before he entered politics? Gynecologist And a point for **RickJay** on the ski jumper; but for my own curiousity, does anyone know his first name? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/34 "2008-09-04T15:41:02Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 1. Although nobody really knows for sure what day William Shakespeare was born, when is his birthday traditionally observed? > > 2. What was the title, BEFORE their succession, of the person who succeeded Elizabeth I as monarch? Unless these are somehow trick questions, I’m going to go with April 23rd (also his death day, St George’s Day, and World Book Day), and King James VI of Scotland. 27(ish). Football (soccer): Brazil did it in 1979. Villa did it in 1981. Who did it in 1980? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/35 "2008-09-04T16:01:08Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 1. Of what surly baseball player was it said, when a teammate was told he’d been traded, “Great trade! Who did we get?” Wild guess: Ty Cobb. > [@RickJay](#): > > 1. What is the lightest (e.g. lowest atomic number) element that does not have any stable isotope, and is usually found only when manufactured by humans? Technetium. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/36 "2008-09-04T22:22:55Z")
1. Mount Isa? 2. 23 April, the feast of Saint George 3. King James VI of Scotland ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/37 "2008-09-04T22:26:51Z")
1. Was going to say Mount Isa but maybe it’s Honolulu. Ehhh. Okay my answer is Sao Paulo. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/38 "2008-09-04T22:28:24Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Idi Amin. > > What did Ron Paul do for a living before he entered politics? > > Regards, > Shodan Hiya, Please number your questions so we don’t get completely lost! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/39 "2008-09-05T05:18:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > For 17, The man’s name was Bogataj. Don’t recall his first name. Believe it or not he wasn’t seriously hurt. First name is Vinko, and you’re right, he wasn’t seriously hurt. > [@](#): > > 1. Speaking of elements, what radioactive element would you find in many home smoke detectors? 25: Americium-241. 28: Speaking of Americium-241, what person made it famous when he tried to build a breeder reactor in his shed as a teenager? ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/40 "2008-09-05T13:01:50Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Unless these are somehow trick questions, I’m going to go with April 23rd (also his death day, St George’s Day, and World Book Day), and King James VI of Scotland. > > 27(ish). Football (soccer): Brazil did it in 1979. Villa did it in 1981. Who did it in 1980? Didn’t Sunderland do it in 1979, rather than Brazil? 1. Where might one encounter a _yarborough_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874.md?page=3)