Trivia 1
What’s the only food that never expires?
Honey.
What sport features the fastest moving ball?
Jai-alai – up to 188 mph.
Who insisted throughout the 80s that “Girls just wanna have fun?”
Cyndi Lauper – the single was released on September 6th, 1983.
What is the longest English word with only one vowel?
Strengths
At nine letters long, is the longest word in the English language with only one vowel.
One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?
One has three letters in the word three has five letters in it five has four letters and four has four letters in it (if you try more numbers they will always come back to the number four: so four is the magic number)
What city hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics?
London, England
"All Shook Up" is a song that topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1957. Who was the singer?
Elvis Presley
What’s the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard?
Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.
What is the end cause of every human death?
Cerebral hypoxia – lack of oxygen to the brain is the final cause of death, regardless of what initiates it.
Which US artist is known as the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson – commonly known as the true King of Pop music.
Unless you can prove you are a magician, what is illegal to own as a pet in Queensland, Australia?
A rabbit – these cute little things have caused immense ecological damage to Australia for the past 150 years.
What do you call a three-humped camel?
Pregnant.
In what year was the first modern Olympic Games held?
1896
What musician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016?
Bob Dylan
Who is the youngest best actor Oscar winner?
Adrien Brody – aged 29, Adrien won an Oscar for playing the role of Roman Polanski in The Pianist (2002), making him the youngest actor to win in that category.
What is the world’s oldest currency still in use?
The British pound (£) – 1 200 years old.
What’s the brightest star in the night sky?
Sirius.
What is the second smallest country in the world?
Monaco
A man was born in 1898
He is still alive now
at the age 33
How is this possible?
he was born in room 1898 in the hospital.
Loyal fans of what NFL team call themselves "The 125"?
The Seattle Seahawks
Which famous American musician was fatally shot by his father on April 1, 1984?
Marvin Gaye
Of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, only the Great Pyramid of Giza still exists; which of the other Seven Wonders disappeared most recently?
Lighthouse of Alexandria – it was toppled by earthquakes in the early 14th century and its ruined stones were carried off by the late 15th century.
The Eiffel Tower was originally intended for what city?
Barcelona – Spain rejected the project.
At what age did Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Kurt Cobain all die at?
27 – Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison died between 1969 and 1971, all at the age of 27. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until the 1994 death of Kurt Cobain at age 27, that the idea of a “27 Club” gained its popularity.
Which US President was the only bachelor when he was in office?
James Buchanan
As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies,
How many people were going to the mall?
One! As I was going to the mall I met a man...
What stadium is the site of the first super bowl that later hosted the 1984 Olympics?
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
What was Jimi Hendrix's real name?
James Marshall Hendrix
The cheetah is the fastest land animal; what is the second fastest?
Pronghorn antelope – 55 mph.
Daily Double!
Which electronic musical instrument emits the eeriest of sounds and is the only instrument played without touching it?
Theremin
What is the only rock that floats?
Pumice – it has an average porosity of 90% and initially floats on water.
On which planet is a year longer than a day?
Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it’s extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it’s so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year.
Daily Double!
There was a man who was born before his father, killed his mother, and married his sister. Yet, there was nothing wrong with what he had done. Why?
His father was in front of him when he was born, therefore he was born before him. His mother died while giving birth to him. Finally, he grew up to be a minister and married his sister at her ceremony.
Daily Double!
Which type of ball was basketball played with until 1929?
Soccer ball
What was Kelly Clarkson's debut song?
Miss Independent
The beaver is the national emblem of which country?
Canada.
What kind of person shall not be honored on a US postal stamp, according to the US postal service and the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee?
A living person.
How is the groundnut better known?
The peanut.
Which US city is known as the City of Brotherly Love?
Philadelphia.
How is it possible to always find what you're looking for in the last place you look?
If you find what you are looking for then you would stop looking so it would be in the last place you look
What is the maximum weight for a golf ball?
1.60z
Who wrote the song Indian Love Call which
was in the movie Mars Attacks?
How many players are there in a baseball team?
Nine.
What is Chandler’s last name in the sitcom Friends?
Bing.
Which movie did Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson star in that was based on a videogame?
Doom
Little Cuba is the nickname of which US city?
Miami.
I am slim and tall,
Many find me desirable and appealing.
They touch me and I give a false good feeling.
Once I shine in splendor,
But only once and then no more.
For many, I am "to die for".
What am I?
A Cigarette
How many soccer players should be on the field at the same time?
22
This musician is often referred to as the fifth Beatle.
Pete Best
Pete Best was the drummer for The Beatles from 1960-1962; he was later replaced by Ringo Starr.
In which sport would you perform the Fosbury Flop?
The high jump.
In the film Babe, what type of animal was Babe?
A pig.
What was Mohammed Ali’s birth name?
Cassius Clay.
Which crime-fighting cartoon dog has the initials “S.D.” on his collar?
Scooby Doo.
Daily Tripple!
I turn polar bears white and I will make you cry. I make guys have to pee and girls comb their hair. I make celebrities look stupid and normal people look like celebrities. I turn pancakes brown and make your champagne bubble. If you squeeze me, I'll pop. If you look at me, you'll pop. Can you guess the riddle?
The answer is no. Read the last sentence It says "Can you guess the riddle?" So the answer is no
"The Ashes" is the most important trophy in what sport?
Crickets
The biggest selling music single of all time is?
Candle in the Wind (1997)