In Search Of Trivia

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-07-08T15:48:00.000-07:00

Wow! has it really been this longs since I last posted? Guess so!

PREVIOUS QUESTION: The Wind That Shakes The Barley

NEW QUESTION: I guess I'm goign to follow this, "recently-seen-by-me" movie qestion with another one.

What is the first and last name of the food critic known as "The Grim Eater?"

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-25T13:09:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: Sly and the Family Stone

NEW QUESTION: What 2006 film release features people enjoying the game of hurling i nthe opening scene?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-21T12:42:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: W-A-C-O

NEW QUESTION: Summer replacement talent shows like Last Comic Standing and America's Got Talent are hardly new. In 1968, this classic rock band won a network TV talent contest, just as their breakout single was being released. Along with 10-thousand dollars they won from the sHow, they were also a featured act at one of rock 'n roll's greatest music festivals. What is the name of this band?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-19T10:53:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Professor Cosmo Fishhawk

NEW QUESTION: What is the only radio station west of the Mississippi, which call letters spell out the city of license?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-18T08:41:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: University of Akron

NEW QUESTION: I don't think I've put a comic strip question up yet....What is the title, and first and last name of the comic strip character who who wrote the best-selling boom "When Fat Things Happen to Thin People?"

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: Navy Seals

NEW QUESTION: 'bout time for a sports question, dontcha think? What American university to its team nickname from a once-popular type of overshoe and an invention credited with being developed in this university's hometown? This team nicknam also has one of the few overtly female mascots.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-13T18:16:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Raccoon Dog, or, Tanuki

NEW QUESTION: Film character, Michael Bolton, has a poster on his office cubicle wall and a flag in his apartment promoting what elite military unit?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Fool's Gold Loaf

NEW QUESTION: Let's try a question about the natural world: This animal is a small wild dog which is about 20 inches in length,9 inches high and weighs almost 20 pounds. It's coloration makes it look like another creature. It is nocturnal, hibernates and is omnivorous. It lives in Europe and Africa. What is the name of this creature?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

NEW NEWS-- I may be trying out the Helium open-content site to try writing a weekly trivia column under the name Dr. Trivia. I will still post questions of the day here-but will be doing longer pieces there. I will cross-post, so keep watching this space, amigos!

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Leonidas Witherall

NEW QUESTION: This food delicacy was, not suprisingly, a favorite of Elvis. Here's the recipe: Take one jar of peanut butter, one jar of jelly and a pound. Put it all in a hollowed-out loaf of bread. Fry the whole thing on a griddle. What is the name of this concoction?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-08T08:37:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Grey Gardens

CURRENT QUESTION: Have I ever put an old-time radio question up? I should, because I love the stuff! Let's try this one: This radio character and detective fiction character wrote crime novels, was a school headmaster and bore an uncanny resemblance to William Shakespeare. What is this character's first and last name?

QESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

NEW DISCOVERY: Trivia Ink-is aon open-content trivia quiz site where anyone can post trivia questions. As you might. expect, the quality of questions varies considerably, but I like the idea.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

NEW QUESTION: What current Boradway smash takes its name from a 1975 documentary and the name of a Hamptons estate?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-07T10:02:00.000-07:00

NEW TRIVIA LINK: Trivia Ink appears to be an open-content on-line trivia question nexus where anyone can post questions. The quality of the questions varies consideerably, but I like the idea.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

NEW QUESTION: What current Broadway hit was adapted from a 1975 documentary which took its name from an estate in the Hamptons?

Question of The Day

2007-06-06T11:06:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: The Six-Day War

NEW QUESTION: What 2000 film release shares its name with a fictional, never-released movie and an episode of The Simpsons?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-06-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

Sorry faithful readers-was out of town back in the City of Wonderful Water for a couple of days participating in Walk Wisconsin. I logged a whole half-marathon!

Previous Question: And When I Die

NEW QUESTION: Ripped from Today's Headlines Trivia-and also historical. What is the popular name of the military action launched with the English translation of the code word, "Red Sheet?"

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-31T08:44:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: Minnesota Twins

NEW QUESTION: In one of the more peculiar cases Alison Dubois investigated, Morgan Turley proved quite resistant in the afterlife to having Alison bring his killer to justice. What was the classic rock song that accompanied this particular case?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-30T08:55:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Ellen Degeneres

NEW QUESTION: 'bout time for a sports question dontcha' think? What Major Laegue Baseball Team has recently been known as the Piranhas.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-29T09:09:00.001-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Patti Miller

NEW QUESTION: What nationally-syndicated talk show host was unable to give a commencement address for a Wisconsin high school and so, gave the adress on her program?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-25T07:18:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: Hue

NEW QUESTION: Sacred Heart Hospital has seen its share of unusual patients over the years. One such patient had a condtion which caused her to hear all of the staff as though they were singing. What is this woman's firstand last name?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-24T08:56:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Blinded By The Light

NEW QUESTION: Ripped from today's headlines.....

Caitlin Snaring recently won a national championship. Please give the answer she gave to the question that won her the championship.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Warren Jeffs

NEW QUESTION: What is the only Bruce Springsteen compostion to be a number #1 hit?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-22T09:57:00.000-07:00

NOTE TO LOYAL READERS-Actually-I don't know if I have any "loyal" readers-I don't know if I have any turncoat readers--anyhoo...I'm going to have to take another breaky-poo from the blog for a few days this weekend-I'm taking my GF home for the holiday this weekend and showing her the land of The World's Largest Trivia Contest, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Last weekend's hiatus was due to a job interview at Dominican University in beautiful Marin County.

PREVIOUS QUESTION- Live and Let Die

NEW QUESTION: Ripped from today's headlines-Trivia
ahhhh.....trivia....the gift that keeps on giving.......

I literally ripped this from today's headlines....I ripped it out of the newspaper in a coffee shop.

A Chicago-based experimental band has unwittingly enlisted a controversial cult figure in its latest project by sampling this person's words, putting the words to music and putting this person's head on the bodies of a famous singing family on the cover of their new CD single.

What is the first and last name of this cult leader?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-21T09:35:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Veggie-Ohs.

NEW QUESTION: More Movie Trivia-What song is heard on the soundtrack during King Harold's funeral?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-20T11:55:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Window puppet shows

NEW QUESTION: Back to movies-advertising executive, Charlie Hinton, is stuck promoting a breakfast cereal that the kids just plain don't like. What is the name of this cereal?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-15T14:29:00.000-07:00

QUIZZING BRITISH STYLE-For a window on the world of British pub quizzing-check out The Quiz Blogger. Frankly, this stuff scares me a little. Were I to enter a British pub quiz, I would be killed and my bones picked clean. The command of knowledge they have is astounding.

PREVIOUS QUESTION-White.

NEW QUESTION-Trivia is all about surprisign facts, right? Well, here's one. According to a recent commercial, what is illegal in New York City?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-14T09:05:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Chip Sanders

NEW QUESTION-About time for a sports question-dont'cha think? Minnesota Vikings running back Chuck Forman was given the name 'Walter' at birth. His mother gave him the his nickname in honor of a soap opera character. What was the last name of this opera character?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-13T11:50:00.000-07:00

GREAT SOURCE FOR MUSIC TRIVIA-It's not available in my market (still looking for a station that streams so I can hear it, "live", but Dick Bartley's American Gold Radio Program has the best 60-70's music trivia. The man knows and loves the music. I buy old shows on e-bay to listen to.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

NEW QUESTION-We haven't had a movie question for a while. What character developed the Senor Tomato Character for Ketchup Caliente?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-12T14:03:00.000-07:00

PREPARING FOR JEOPARDY-Probably the best way is to look at all the pages of the J! Archive, a meticulous compendium of almost every Jeopardy! show.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Skunk Punks

NEW QUESTION: What is the first and last name of the American who was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and spent part of the war as a prisoner, packing medical supplies for the German army in a meat locker?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-11T11:19:00.000-07:00

A NEW BLOG TO REPORT ON-Well, new for me at least. They Call It Trivia.

Myron, from nearby Sioux Falls, dissects all kinds of puzzles, trivia items and Jeopardy clues. Check it Out!

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Buster Keaton.

NEW QUESTION: We've all done odd things in our youth. Animated character, Jack Fenton, belonged to a band in the 80s. What was the name of this band?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-10T11:41:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Doug Flutie

NEW QUESTION: When this silent-film star released movies in Spanish-language markets, he was given a stage name, which, when translated from Spanish, means "Nonsense." What is the first and last stage name of this actor?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

MY IDEA OF A GOOD TRIVIA QUESTION-This was asked during the World's Largest Trivia Contest and our team didn't get it. I just consider it a good question: What distinguished actor played a character with the same name as his given name in his final big-screen role. The answer was Tony Randall, who played a character named Arthur Rosenburg, which is his given name in the 2005 flick, It's About Time.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Urlacher and Ortiz

TODAY'S QUESTION: I'm not really much of a sports question guy, so, when I fall into one, I post it. Even if it's not that hard. Who was the first non-Canadian elected to Canada's Sports Hall of Fame?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-08T14:34:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: Fiber Research Lab

NEW QUESTION: What are the last names of the two athletes, whom a recent commercial would have us believe, are the winners of a finals match in men's doubles badminton?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-07T10:57:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION: James

NEW QUESTION: Research facilities keep developing new boons to mankind. What is the name of the fictional research facility that gave the world The Fiber Patch, Fiber Pops and Fiber Optics?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-06T12:04:00.000-07:00

MORE ON THE RESEARCH-Ken answered my query and kind of signed off on my research. I'll be dipping into the work of Nancy Baym for my research.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Dish With Doris

TODAY'S QUESTION-I just love it when trivia falls into my lap. One of the horses in the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby is the half-brother of a previous Kentucky Derby Winner. Both are owned by a famous record producer and are named for the sons of two recording artists. They also share the Enlish approximation of their first names. What is the English approximation of these horse's names?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-05T09:09:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS QUESTION-Wally Schirra

NEW QUESTION-Nearly every celebrity has a talk-show theses days. What is the name of the fictional show hosted by Doris Roberts, and seems to mostly be about scrubbing pans?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-03T19:21:00.000-07:00

RESEARCHING KEN JENNINGS-I may be doing some research on Ken's message board-more as this story develops.

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS QUESTION-Gloria Jean's

NEW QUESTION-Ripped from today's headlines!! Who is the only US Astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Missions?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-05-01T15:03:00.000-07:00

BLOG ALERT-"Trivia Whys" question and answer blog is pretty good. He mostly uses the mulitple choice format and often constructs a larger puzzle out of the answers. This is something I'm not clever enough to do.

PREVIOUS QUESTION: Buick

NEW QUESTION: I was going to post a question about "Heroes",but then I found this. Whaddayaknow? You can't find it on Google! What coffee vendors' trademark slogan is, "You can't brew a better bean?"

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-04-30T19:59:00.000-07:00

GETTING PAID FOR TRIVIA?-I've decided I'm going to try to write for the NAQT tournaments-more on this adventure as it unfolds.

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS QUESTION: Hoax

NEW QUESTION: What make of automobile is named after a plumber who emigrated from Scotland to the United States?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-04-29T11:38:00.000-07:00

TRIVIA OF THE DAY BLOG-Check out fellow blogger.com person and Jazz DJ Allan Rock-He posts fairly interesting trivia on his blog-some of it is in the form of "lifestyle trivia"-e.g., what brand of cereal do most of Americans eat-that sort of thing-which ain't my cup of cocoa-but people find it interesting-one suggestion-he could increase traffic to his blog by teasing out the questions and answering it the next day and get people to post to it.

PREVIOUS QUESTION-What four states have skyscrapers for capitol buildings? North Dakota (my current state of residence), Florida, Louisiana and Nebraska.

TODAY'S QUESTIONS-When movie character Clifford Irving is being pursued down the steps of a court building and into a car, he gets into the car and writes a word on the soot of the window for reporters to read. What is that word?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-04-28T06:31:00.000-07:00

ANSWER TO THE LAST QUESTION: $3.76

NEW QUESTION: What four US States have skyscraper capitol buildings?

MEDIA COVERAGE OF "THE WORLD'S LARGEST"--

I guess I should start putting some other stuff up here as well. Here's an article from USA TODAY in which my team makes an appearance, as do our compatriots/rivals Dad's Computers.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-04-26T18:45:00.000-07:00

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS QUESTION: Let's Talk Hollywood

NEW QUESTION: What was the total amount of money that Donald Trump and his USFL fellow investors won in their unfair competition lawsuit against the NFL?

Question of the Day

2007-04-25T13:51:00.000-07:00

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS QUESTION: Death Before Dinner

NEW QUESTION: This radio panel show featured panelists answering listener questions about Hollywood films and stars. For having their questions read, listeners got a subscription to Photoplay magazine. If listeners stumped the panel they recieved a gold movie pass for free admission to the theater of their choice for a full year. What was the name of this show?

CLASSY OPPONENTS

I shoudl mention that, in the World's Largest Trivia Contest, the class of our opposition is definitely Dad's Computers. They have now beaten us three years in a row.

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-04-24T14:54:00.000-07:00

PREVIOUS ANSWER: Mendocino

TODAY'S QUESTION: What mystery novel is set at Fergus Falls State University?

TRIVIA AND TECHNOLOGY.

Okay, while playing in the World's Largest Trivia Contest, we learned that some teams were engaging in cyber-sabotage by altering articles in Wikipedia. Funny, but at the same time, kind of sad. Our team would never do such a thing.

Question of The Day

2007-04-23T20:56:00.000-07:00

WRAP-UP OF TRIVIA 2007

My wonderful team, The Beerpigs finished 7th in the 2007 edition of The World's Largest Trivia Contest. A funny Internet-related story from this year's contest tomorrow.

PREVIOUS ANSWER-Kathie Sullivan

TODAY'S QUESTION:

On a 1969 Top-30 record, the leader of a band announced that not only was the band back, but that they thanked all of their fans for all the beautiful vibrations. What is the title of this record?

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2007-04-17T11:27:00.000-07:00

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS QUESTION: New York Courier

New Question: Who did Lawrence Welk announce as "the Girl From Kenosha, Wisconsin" on his syndicated TV show? First and last name please.

ANOTHER QUESTION OF THE DAY SITE:

Ray Hamel, who is affilliated with Network, a perennial trivia powerhouse, who almost alwasys wins the Worlds' Largest Trivia Contest, has a Question of The Day site.

Question of The Day

2007-04-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

Answer To Previous Question: Pat-Beth and Dantell LaMontruse

New Question: For what newspaper do big-screen reporters Rowena Price and Miles Haley work.

OTHER QUESTION OF THE DAY SITE:

Barry of the team Freshly Squeezed, who also play in the World's Largest Trivia Contest has a question of the day blog, also.

Question Of The Day

2007-04-15T16:00:00.000-07:00

Who are the married co-hosts of the fictional cable-access TV show, "Inside Looking Out?"

PLAYING IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST

I didn't think it would happen folks-but I am able, after all, to play in the World's Largest Trivia Contest with my team, The Beerpigs.