Historic Oddities and Strange Events
True or False:
The Sahara Desert used to be a lush oasis—home to land-dwelling, running crocodiles.
True
What’s the diameter of a basketball hoop in inches?
A. 20 inches
B. 16 inches
C. 18 inches
D. 22 inches
C. 18 inches
Come on down! Barker hosted what daytime game show for more than three decades until his retirement in 2007?
The Price Is Right
“Snap! Crackle! Pop!” is the jingle for which breakfast cereal?
Rice Krispies
What is the smallest unit of memory in computers?
A. Gigabyte
B. Bit
C. Cache
D. RAM
B. Bit
In the 1930s, Australia’s government used soldiers armed with machine guns to control a population explosion of which birds?
Emus (The Great Emu War)
Which country has won the most FIFA World Cup titles?
A. Brazil
B. Mexico
C. United States
D. Spain
A. Brazil
"What chu' talkin' 'bout Willis?"
A. "227"
B. "Jeffersons"
C. "Diff'rent Strokes"
D. "Good Times"
C. "Diff'rent Strokes"
Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.
McDonalds
What’s the only mammal that can truly fly?
Bat
Between 1900 and 1920, tug of war was an Olympic sport. How many participants were on each team?
A. 10
B. 6
C. 8
D. 4
C. 8
In what year was the first female referee ever featured in an NFL game?
A. 2019
B. 2012
C. 2014
D. 2018
B. 2012
Sam Malone and Diane Chambers are two of the main characters in what American sitcom television series that earned a top-ten rating during eight of its 11 seasons?
A. Fraiser
B. Wings
C. Cheers
D. Happy Days
C. Cheers
When it rains, it pours.
Morton Salt
How many bones do sharks have?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 0
D. 0
What animal he intended to hunt instead attacked Napoleon Bonaparte, forcing him to retreat?
A. Elk
B. Rabbit
C. Buffalo
D. Deer
B. Rabbit
What country has competed the most times in the Summer Olympics yet hasn’t won a gold medal?
A. Philippines
B. Singapore
C. Lebanon
D. Vietnam
A. Philippines
Probably the most famous spin-off of all time, what yellow family of five actually started on television as a series of shorts that aired in the late ‘80s on “The Tracey Ullman Show”?
The Simpsons
Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is.
alka seltzer
What is the only U.S. state that can be typed using only one row of a QWERTY keyboard?
Alaska
This president was known for having a rather unusual pet residing in the White House. An alligator.
A. Andrew Jackson
B. Theodore Roosevelt
C. Thomas Jefferson
D. John Quincy Adams
D. John Quincy Adams
What Dallas Cowboy had his helmet stolen at the 1994 Super Bowl?
A. Emmitt Smith
B. Troy Aikman
C.Kelvin Martin
D. Michael Irvin
A. Emmitt Smith
George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross and Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton were among the many medical professional characters on what TV series that ran from 1994 to 2009?
ER
Make a real good, feel good meal.
Hamburger Helper
What Pulitzer Prize winner is credited with coining the term "colorism" in 1983?
A. Alice Walker
B. Anne Tyler
C. Marilynne Robinson
D. Alice McDermott
A. Alice Walker