PREVIOUS ANSWER: Sly and the Family Stone
NEW QUESTION: What 2006 film release features people enjoying the game of hurling i nthe opening scene?
Monday, June 25, 2007
Thursday, June 21, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?
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?
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?
NEW QUESTION: What is the only radio station west of the Mississippi, which call letters spell out the city of license?
Monday, June 18, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?"
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?"
Thursday, June 14, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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.
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.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?
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?
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?
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?
Monday, June 11, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?
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?
Friday, June 08, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?
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?
Thursday, June 07, 2007
QESTION OF THE DAY
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?
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
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?
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?
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Question of The Day
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?
NEW QUESTION: What 2000 film release shares its name with a fictional, never-released movie and an episode of The Simpsons?
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
QUESTION OF THE DAY
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?"
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?"
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