# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/41 "2008-09-05T13:36:06Z")
28: David Hahn? I know it was David Something. 30: What is the Demon Core, and how did it get its’ name? ---
**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/42 "2008-09-05T16:57:38Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > 30: What is the Demon Core, and how did it get its’ name? 1. The Demon Core was a sphere of plutonium that factored into two different criticality accidents during the Manhattan Project, killing Louis Slotin and Harry Daghlian. It was later used in (I think) the Baker shot of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Island in 1946. Since we’re doing nuclear questions now, here are two easy ones: 31 & 32) What are the names and hull numbers of the only two US nuclear submarines lost at sea? ---
**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 5, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/43 "2008-09-05T17:07:24Z")
> [@Busy\_Scissors](#): > > Didn’t Sunderland do it in 1979, rather than Brazil? > > 1. Where might one encounter a _yarborough_? Duh - not only did I mess up my favourite trivia question, the correct version is actually a “better” question! I mean, well done, you spotted the trick :). A yarborough is a bridge hand. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/44 "2008-09-05T18:05:33Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > 31 & 32) What are the names and hull numbers of the only two US nuclear submarines lost at sea? Blast. The names are easy. _Thresher_ and _Scorpion_ I couldn’t get you the hull numbers without Googling. A couple more difficult submarine questions: 1. What was the name of the first submarine used for an attack on another vessel? 2. What was the original name of the WWII era boat, the USS _Sailfish_? 35.A. Bonus points for anyone who can mention the forbidden nickname for the _Sailfish_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/45 "2008-09-05T18:11:40Z")
1. The Hunley, or is that a trick question? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/46 "2008-09-05T18:21:14Z")
35 and 35A - my dad read over my shoulder and says the Sailfish used to be the Squalus, and they kept calling it that and it pissed the captain off, so they called it the Squailfish, which he didn’t like any better. Is that true? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/47 "2008-09-05T18:28:47Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > 35 and 35A - my dad read over my shoulder and says the Sailfish used to be the Squalus, and they kept calling it that and it pissed the captain off, so they called it the Squailfish, which he didn’t like any better. Is that true? Your dad is 100% right. The sources I’ve read indicate that at least one Captain of the _Sailfish_ threatened courts-martial for anyone caught using the name _Squalus_. For 34, you’re wrong. The _Hunley_ was the first _successful_ attack by a submarine on another ship. But not the first submarine to attempt an attack. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/48 "2008-09-05T18:29:10Z")
1. European Coal Commission 2. Shanghai ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/49 "2008-09-05T22:18:04Z")
Yes! I know one! #34 is the _Turtle_, which failed at blowing a hole in the British warship it attacked (despite the ship not knowing it was there), but managed to scare the ship off when the _Turtle_’s timed munitions went off. (They weren’t attached to either vessel at the time.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/50 "2008-09-05T22:37:48Z")
1. Wasn’t it called the _George Washington_? I know it was used in the Revolutionary War and failed miserably. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/51 "2008-09-05T23:45:21Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > Yes! I know one! #34 is the _Turtle_, which failed at blowing a hole in the British warship it attacked (despite the ship not knowing it was there), but managed to scare the ship off when the _Turtle_’s timed munitions went off. (They weren’t attached to either vessel at the time.) Absolutely correct! Congrats. Good try, **JohnnyQ**. Though I’d contend that in order for a submarine attack to be a miserable failure, the operators in the sub have to die. Since the guy in the _Turtle_ lived, as well as having a morale effect on the British, even though the attack didn’t succeed, I’d call it simply a failure. Not a miserable one. (Yeah, I’m splitting hairs - it’s a trivia thread, doesn’t everyone split hairs in a trivia discussion?) ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/52 "2008-09-06T02:36:19Z")
Yeehah! Alright, I can only think of one good trivia question offhand, but I may come up with a few more later. 1. Name the man who, while serving as the Prime Minister of Canada, was (allegedly) picked up and shaken by the lapel pins by the POTUS. (Bonus points for naming the president.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/53 "2008-09-06T04:10:29Z")
[QUOTE=straight man] 1. Name the man who, while serving as the Prime Minister of Canada, was (allegedly) picked up and shaken by the lapel pins by the POTUS. (Bonus points for naming the president.) [/QUOTE] Lester Pearson, by Lyndon Johnson. 1. Where did the largest artificially created explosion _before the invention of the atomic bomb_ take place? 2. Which has more dry land; Earth or Mars? 3. Where would you find the world’s oldest continually operating private business operation? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/54 "2008-09-06T04:14:11Z")
1. Define “artificially created”. Was the explosion of the _Mont Blanc_ in Halifax artificially created because the ship was full of munitions? (If not, I don’t know.) ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/55 "2008-09-06T04:22:42Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Lester Pearson, by Lyndon Johnson. [/QUOTE] Yes indeed, well done. I would answer one of your questions, but I see Zsofia has Halifax Explosion already. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/56 "2008-09-06T10:17:22Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > … > > 1. Where would you find the world’s oldest continually operating private business operation? 39: Japan. It’s a construction company that has been running for almost 1500 years. I forget the name.. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/57 "2008-09-06T10:38:20Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > > [@straight\_man](#): > > > > 1. Name the man who, while serving as the Prime Minister of Canada, was (allegedly) picked up and shaken by the lapel pins by the POTUS. (Bonus points for naming the president.) > > Lester Pearson, by Lyndon Johnson. What was the altercation about? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/58 "2008-09-06T11:58:09Z")
The Vietnam war. Pearson came to the U.S. and gave a speech at a university, criticising the US involvement in the Vietnam war. He then went on a visit to LBJ, who was incensed by the criticism, particularly since Pearson made the speech in the U.S., where it was more likely to be covered by the US media than if he had done it in Canada. When LBJ was shaking Pearson, he’s alleged to have yelled, “You pissed on my rug!” ---
**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 6, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/59 "2008-09-06T12:43:10Z")
1. Guess at Earth? Just because it’s the counter-intuitive answer as there’s no water on Mars. Mars is quite a bit smaller than planet Earth, and has big ice caps, so maybe that’s the reason. 2. What’s the highest score in a hand of cribbage? 3. Name the highest mountain on earth when measured: a) From sea level to summit? b) From base to summit? c) From centre of the earth to summit? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874/60 "2008-09-06T14:32:18Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. European Coal Commission > 2. Shanghai So… did I get these right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-bloomin-trivia-thread/461874.md?page=4)