My mother-in-law has asked me to help her with a trivia challenge she was presented with at work. If she wins she gets a free dinner at some nice restaurant and I get some decent brownie points.
The trivia is all over the place and is a bit obscure so answer what you can (assuming you’re willing to help). Thanks in advance for any aid. Here’s the list (I’ve already answered a bunch…these are the ones I can’t find info on or haven’t had time to look up yet).
Which of Bach’s concertos is rumored to have provided Paul McCartney with the inspiration for the trumpet solo in “Penny Lane”?
Name the only pop hit song and musical group whose names are both palindromes. (I figured ABBA is the band but can’t get the song)
According to its composer, Peter Yarrow, what is “Puff the Magic Dragon” really about? (I figured it’s about smoking marijuana but confirmation would be good)
Whay are volcanoes so much larger on Mars compared to their puny Earth-bound cousins? (Erosion on earth?)
A person from Chicago is a Chicagoan. A person from Ohio is an Ohioan. What is a person from Liverpool known as?
What was the tallest man-made structure in the world in 1492? (The pyramids in Egypt?)
What Atlanta Braves reliever caught Hank Aaron’s 715[sup]th[/sup] home run while watching from the Braves bullpen?
What was Tiger Woods declared major upon entering Stanford University as a freshman?
In the Notre Dame cult film “Rudy”, the story inaccurately portrays Rudy sleeping in a janitor’s closet deep within the bowels of Notre Dame Stadium. During this period of his life, where did Rudy actually sleep?
What wsa the name of the General who ‘owed’ Bill Murray money in the movie “Stripes”?
What phrase is inscribed at the bottom of Emil Faber’s statue in the movie “Animal House”?
By what name was Visa (the credit card) previously known? (Bank Americard?)
Who was the first person to commercially draw Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer for Montgomery Ward?
What was Archie Bunker’s address?
What made Clifford the Big Red Dog grow so large?
What is the world’s largest land vehicle? (The crawler that carries the Space Shuttle??? What is that called if that is the right answer?)
What element gives a fireworks display its red color?
What is the average distance a cruise ship travels on a gallon of fuel? (That’s pretty vague I’ll admit but that’s what it asks)
That’s it. Again…thanks for any help in advance.
I’d guess it’s the Brandenburg Concerto #2, where the baroque trumpet is prominently featured, even though the tune from Penny Lane doesn’t sound anything like it. The theme from Masterpiece Theater is Jean-Joseph Mouret’s Rondeau from his 1st Symphonic Suite.
Because Mars doesn’t have oceans. Imagine if the Big Island of Hawaii’s height is measured from the bottom of the Pacific rather than from sea level, and it’ll be one big honkin’ volcano.
Is this a trick question? Do Stanford students have to declare majors when they are freshmen?
It’s either Bank Americard or Bankamericard. Do they care about spelling? BTW, MasterCard used to be Master Charge.
Nope. Olympus Mons is 16 miles high; Mauna Kea a mere 6.3 miles (from the ocean floor). It’s a combination of low gravity and lack of plate tectonics on Mars.
People thought it was about marijuana. Peter Yarrow has said that it was actually about growing up and the loss of innocence. I think (IIRC) that he wrote it as a poem while in college, and then later put it to music.
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As I recall: When Emily Elizabeth (the little girl whose family owned Cliiford) got Clifford, he was the runt of the litter. She was very upset about that and made a wish that he would grow to be big and strong. When he got to be so big, she was surprised, and told Clifford that it was okay to stop growing. Keep in mind, I haven’t read those books in at least 15 or 20 years…
It’s about a little boy growing up and leaving behind his youthful imagination.
The rather absurd connection that some idiots made to marijuana, that was printed in Time among otherr places, was fairly savagely rebuked by Yarrow, in concert, when he showed that The Star Spangled Banner was about drugs.