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100
We asked 100 people, what do you believe most common fear people have is? What are some other common fears you can think of?
Heights was the number one common fear! Spiders, public speaking and flying were some other common answers.
What exactly do people tend to fear the most? The most common phobias include: Arachnophobia: an intense fear of spiders and other arachnids, Ophidiophobia: an intense fear of snakes, Acrophobia: an intense fear of heights, Aerophobia: an intense fear of flying, Cynophobia: an intense fear of dogs, Astraphobia: an intense fear of thunder and lightning, Trypanophobia: an intense fear of injections, Social phobia: an intense fear of social interactions, Agoraphobia: an intense fear of places that are difficult to escape, sometimes involving a fear of crowded or open spaces, Mysophobia: an intense fear of germs, dirt, and other contaminants.
100
What material are kazoos typically made of?
Kazoos are plastic or metal tubes with a wax membrane contained in a single hole.
When the kazoo is sang or spoken into, the wax membrane vibrates, altering the voice into a nasally, vibrating sound. Although the pitch of the kazoo can be changed simply by changing the pitch of one’s voice, partially covering the membrane can introduce a kazooist to a wide range of noises.
100
This band of brothers were part of an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.
The Marx Brothers
Marx Brothers, American comedy team that was popular on stage, screen, and radio for 30 years. They were celebrated for their inventive attacks on the socially respectable and upon ordered society in general. Five Marx brothers became entertainers: Chico Marx, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo.
100
A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language. What is the opposite of a synonym?
An antonym.
Along with synonyms and antonyms, there are also contranyms! A contranym is a word with two meanings that are opposite each other. For example, the word cleave can mean "to cut apart" or "to bind together".
100
Which company is famous for the roaring lion in its logo?
MGM or Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Though the MGM Lion is commonly referred to as "Leo the Lion", there have actually been seven different "Leo"s over the years. Slats was the first, born in Ireland and brought to Hollywood, he didn't roar in any of his footage. Jackie, Bill, Telly, Tanner, George and lastly Leo were all lions used for filming the logo. The newest logo is CGI, with a computer generated lion.
200
We surveyed 100 people, name an occupation begins with the letter "J"!
Janitor was the number one answer, with jeweler, jockey, journalist, judge and juggler being the other responses!
Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the manipulation of one object or many objects at the same time, most often using one or two hands but other body parts as well, like feet or head. Jugglers often refer to the objects they juggle as props. The most common props are balls, clubs, or rings. Some jugglers use more dramatic objects such as knives, fire torches or chainsaws.
200
True or False: The sole customer manufacturer of kazoos in the United States is located in Miami, Florida.
False, but it's close by in Port Richey, Florida!
The Kazoobie Inc. company assembles and custom-stamps its kazoos on Industrial Avenue in Port Richey. The instrument of choice at children's parties, parades and, apparently, for Paul McCartney, who played one on Ringo Starr's hit You're Sixteen. The alternative rock band Weezer just ordered 4,000 from Kazoobie Inc. "It turns out there's this entire subculture of the world that you didn't even know about. The kazoo subculture," said entertainer Rick Hubbard, who owns Kazoobie Inc.
200
This English comic actor, filmmaker and composer rose to fame in the silent film era, known for his famous screen persona, the Tramp.
Charlie Chaplin
Comedy is one of those rare areas of human capacity that can stretch across time and place. What was funny in the past is often still funny today. The comedy of Charlie Chaplin is a perfect example of how humor can continue through time. Chaplin's films are relevant today because they deal with an issue pertinent to people of every era: the idea of class consciousness and status. The themes of class, wealth, and social standing play an important part in each of our lives, and Chaplin's comedy pokes fun at all of these issues.
200
Name the opposites:
1. Pessimistic
2. Extroverted
3. Defense
4. Convex
1. Optimistic
2. Introverted
3. Offense
4. Concave
200
True or false: Fire escapes, laser printers, bulletproof vests and windshield wipers were all invented by women.
True!
While touring the city of New York in a trolley car on a snowy day in the early 1900s, Mary Anderson conceived her idea of a windshield wiper blade that could be operated from the inside by the trolley driver. Anderson observed that streetcar drivers often had to open their windows in order to see during inclement weather, sometimes even stopping the streetcar to go outside to clear the window. Her idea consisted of a lever inside the vehicle that controlled a spring-loaded arm with a rubber blade. The lever, with a counterweight to keep the wiper in contact with the window, could move the blade across the windshield, removing rain or snow.
300
We asked 100 people, what do you believe is the most popular pizza topping? Are there any strange things you like on your pizza?
The most common responses were pepperoni, mushrooms, sausage and green peppers.
Some strange things people enjoy having on their pizza are ketchup and mustard, baked beans, peas, cold fish, mac and cheese, crab, mashed potatoes, chocolate, apples, peanuts, bananas, squid, grapes, coconut, even reindeer, crocodile, emu and kangaroo!
300
In what country was the first true kazoo invented?
a. India
b. Germany
c. America
d. Switzerland
c. America
Yes, the kazoo is as American as apple pie, invented by a man named Alabama Vest in Macon, Georgia. He came up with the idea in the 1840's and teamed up with the German master clock-maker Thaddeus von Clegg to make it. However, metal kazoos weren't made until a taveling salesman named Emil Sorg teamed up with Michael McIntyre, a tool and die maker, to set up a factory in western New York in 1912. McIntyre later teamed up with Harry Richardson, a business owner, to produce the all-American kazoo. The kazoo was patented in 1923 by McIntyre.
300
This American comedian and actor was known for his deadpan and stammering delivery style as a stand-up performer and later starred in television sitcoms.
Bob Newhart
To alleviate the boredom of his office job, Newhart engaged in humorous telephone conversations with a friend in which he improvised characters. The two proceeded to develop routines in this vein, which they recorded and attempted to sell to radio stations. Although the venture was mostly unsuccessful, Newhart caught the attention of a local disc jockey, who provided him with an opportunity to perform comedic monologues on the radio and helped him land a recording contract with Warner Brothers.
300
What would be the opposite of the proverb "What’s good for the goose is good for the gander"?
a. The pen is mightier than the sword
b. Birds of a feather flock together
c. One man’s meat is another man’s poison
d. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
c. One man's meat is another man's poison
Other early forms of the saying include “as deep drinketh the goose as the gander”. Literally, what is good for a female goose is equally good for a male goose or, what is good for a woman should be equally as good for a man. If something is good for one person, it should be equally as good for another person; someone who treats another in a certain way should not complain if the same is done to them.
300
What was the name of the first novel ever written using a typewriter?
a. A Tale of Two Cities
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. The Old Man and the Sea
d. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
d. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Although many modern typewriters have one of several similar designs, their invention was incremental, developed by numerous inventors working independently or in competition with each other over a series of decades. As with the automobile, the telephone, and telegraph, several people contributed insights and inventions that eventually resulted in ever more commercially successful instruments. Historians have estimated that some form of the typewriter was invented 52 times as thinkers tried to come up with a workable design.
400
We surveyed 100 people, name something that you would ask the Wizard for in the Land of Oz.
The most common answer was money, no surprise here. Other answers include health or a new heart, a brain, a hot bod, the ability to fly, love, happiness and peace on Earth.
Morgan is best remembered for his performance in The Wizard of Oz (1939), in which picture he played a total of six roles, most notably the Wizard, which included the carnival huckster "Professor Marvel", the gatekeeper at the Emerald City, the coachman of the carriage drawn by "The Horse of a Different Color", the Emerald City guard (who initially refuses to let Dorothy and her friends in to see the Wizard), and the Wizard's scary face projection. Morgan was cast in the role on September 22, 1938. W. C. Fields was originally chosen for the part of the Wizard, but the studio ran out of patience after protracted haggling over his fee.
400
The kazoo is categorized among the type of instruments known as "mirlitons", one of which being the horn-mirliton, thought to have originated on which continent?
Africa
Mirlitons are characterized by having a vibrating membrane. The building materials of the African horn-militon were of a more primitive nature. The tube was made out of the horn of a cow and the membrane consisted of the egg-shells of spiders. The first mirlitons in Europe were the "eunuk"-flutes from 17th and 18th century.
400
This American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, distinctive voice and facial features.
Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield was a popular American comedian known for his wide-eyed, fidgety delivery style and his hapless, self-deprecating demeanor, expressed by his famous lamentation, “I don’t get no respect.” Roy practiced his routines in the Catskills on the weekends. It was there that he asked a club owner to invent a stage name for him, and the owner suggested Rodney Dangerfield. In 1967 Dangerfield’s career received a huge boost when he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show and gave millions of viewers a glimpse of his “loser” routine.
400
Guess the opposites as famous movie titles:
1. The Bad, The Good and the Beautiful
2. Yes State For Young Women
3. Her Boy Monday
4. Forward From The Past
1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
2. No Country For Old Men
3. His Girl Friday
4. Back To The Future
400
What brand had the first commercial for TV dinners?
Swanson
Carl A. Swanson was a Swedish immigrant who worked on a farm in Blair, Nebraska, until he moved to Omaha. There, he worked in a grocery store where he came into contact with John O. Jerpe, who owned a small commission company, in which Swanson would become a partner in 1899. Initially, the Jerpe Commission Company purchased eggs and cream from local farmers. In turn, they processed the eggs, made butter from the cream, and sold these products to distributors and charged a commission to the farmers. With Swanson as a partner in the company, it began to expand.
500
We asked 100 people, name something that might be brewing...
The most common answer was actually coffee! Other answers included beer, tea, trouble, a storm and a plot.
Brewing can mean many different things. Outside of brewing coffee, tea and trouble, there is a specific way to brew beer as well. Brewing is the production of beer by steeping a starch source (commonly cereal grains, the most popular of which is barley) in water and fermenting the resulting sweet liquid with yeast. It may be done in a brewery by a commercial brewer, at home by a homebrewer, or communally. Brewing has taken place since around the 6th millennium BC, and archaeological evidence suggests that emerging civilizations, including ancient Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia, brewed beer. Since the nineteenth century the brewing industry has been part of most western economies.
500
Which decade was the commonly accepted "Golden Age" of kazoos?
The 1920s
Many jazz groups used the kazoo in the 20's to imitate trumpets and trombones. These include The Mound City Blue Blowers, which had a banjoist, two kazooists (each on a different type of kazoo), and occasionally a guitarist or other musician.
500
This famous comedian and actor could make just about anyone laugh, including Koko the gorilla who was able to communicate using sign language.
Robin Williams
The actor forged such a bond with one gorilla that she’s said to be mourning the loss of her friend. Back in 2001, Williams visited the Gorilla Foundation in California and met with Koko, a gorilla who uses American Sign Language to communicate. During their encounter, Williams and Koko laughed, tickled each other and hugged like old friends.
500
What is the term used for a animal that is only active at night? What about only during the day? What are some other types of activity cycles animals have?
Nocturnal at night, diurnal during the day! Animals active during twilight are crepuscular and animals active at sporadic times during both night and day are cathemeral.
Plants that open their flowers during the daytime are described as diurnal, while those that bloom during nighttime are nocturnal. The timing of flower opening is often related to the time at which preferred pollinators are foraging. For example, sunflowers open during the day to attract bees, whereas the night-blooming cereus opens at night to attract large sphinx moths.
500
What did the U.S. Postal Service add in 1963 that is part of every address today?
Zip Codes
In 1963 the Post Office Department introduced the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP) Code as a means to allow mail sorting methods to become faster and eventually be automated, but the innovation also created unimagined socio-economic benefits as an organizing and enabling device.