Trivia Thread

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Okay, here’s the deal: I’ll post 3 questions, and you people try and answer them. Then I’ll post more later, and provide answers if no one has answered them. If someone gets enough points, I may do something cool for you.

Is anyone game? :smiley:

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Give us the questions and I’ll tell you if I’m game :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yes.

Next question?
:smiley:

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Are they all going to be that easy? :smiley:

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Very well, here are today’s questions:

  1. Who was the original host of Jeopardy?
  2. What was the name of the Arabian princess that told stories to the King of Samarkand?
  3. Who received more than three million votes for Vice-President of the United States after passing away?
    Yes, I’m aware that a simple internet search would yield the answer to almost any question I may ask. The point of this is not to see who can use a search engine. I kindly ask that if you participate, please don’t use a search engine to find the answers and then post them. That’s not very much fun for those who’d like to participate.

Disclaimer: I don’t have a professional fact-checker, and I’m human, so I can be wrong. In general, I try not to screw up too badly. Void where prohibited. Miscellaneous legal small print. A moose bited my sister and it was painful. Don’t throw rocks, please, I’m just here to entertain.

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  1. Who was Art Fleming?
  2. Sheherazade (also title of a great album by Renaissance)
  3. Mr. Damnifino
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  1. Whose pink underwear fascinated Richard Nixon?
  2. Who lived in the cupboard under the stairs in a house on Privet Drive?
  3. Which “Steel Pier” character was most likely a ‘sure thing’ on a date?
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I’m sorry – I should have read the rules. Ignore my questions. (Or answer 'em - rejects from the upcoming Bricker Challenge).

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Helen Gahagen Douglas.

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<hijack>

I rate Annie Haslam as one of the top 5 greatest female vocalists in the second half of the 20th century. Damn, that girl can sing!

</hijack>

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That would be James S. Sherman, VP from 1909 to 1912, in the 1912 election.

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It’s okay, you can submit questions too. :slight_smile:

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  1. Harry Potter
  2. J. Edgar Hoover

Or do I have those reversed?

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Yes. :stuck_out_tongue: And only one correct, as it happens.

No Steel Pier fans in the group…

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Both correct. 2 points for you.

And correct. A point for you.

And now, for today’s questions:

  1. Which was the first theme park to build a ride with an upside-down loop?
  2. Who played the slide guitar on Derek & the Dominos’ Layla?
  3. In a parody on an episode of The Simpsons, what geographical feature did Knight Boat point out to Michael?
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  1. Knott’s Berry Farm
  2. Eric Clapton
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  1. Frascati Gardens
  2. Clapton
  3. no clue
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3.A fjord.Meh-there’s always a fjord.Or an inlet :stuck_out_tongue:

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All incorrect, so far.

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GAH! I actually know #2 - as my father would say “AHA! Common mistake! You die!” (okay, so he said that while teaching me how to drive. “You have just been struck by a transport. You have died. Want to try again?” Yeah, my dad was an Atari.) I realised after reading the question again. :smack:

Can I guess again? Or was I hit by a transport? :wink: