Duke87's Random Trivia

[Duke87 1,070]

1) I-44

4) Butthead in Bevis and Butthead Do America

5) yes, joenymets, you spelled it wrong. It's "Genovese Drug Stores, Inc."

6) joenymets got it. Bowling for Soup-A Hangover You Don't Deserve.

As moganite said, it is Acetylsalycitic Acid.

10) Flint, Michigan

11) joenymets has answered about a third of the question. "Stamford" is not specific enough, it's in Stamford, CT. I also would have required it be said that it's in the UBS Warburg Building.

12) Obsession.

Question Set #8:

1) What was the first comic published exclusively on the internet?

2) What was the first album only available by ordering it over the internet?

3) Where was the Potato Chip Invented?

4) When was Siam officially renamed Thailand?

5) Where was the highway chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded filmed?

6) What are the 4 active ingredients in Listerine?

7) Who was the first European to reach North America and in what year?

Who were the first people to circumnavigate the globe?

9) In Legally Blonde, what does Elle Woods refer to as "The Bible"?

10) Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

11) About what percentage of people diagnosed with Schizophrenia fully recover?

12) What does "GUI" stand for?

13) What is the name of the paperclip from Microsoft Office?

14) Where does Lyme Disease get its name from?

15) Who invented the match and in what year?

[pickled_pig 7]

2. I know that They Might Be Giants experimented a lot with this format back in the late '90's with the record "They Got Lost", but I don't think that could be the first.

7. That would be Leif Ericson in 1000 AD.

10. John Wilkes Booth

12. Graphic User Interface

15. All I know is that strangely, the match was invented after the cigarette lighter, if that helps anyone. One would think we've had the match forever, but it's not the case.

I will edit the post if I find any other answers.

[joeynymets 19]

5) All i know is somewhere in San Francisco, CA but i dont know the name, i saw it on "mythbusters"

13) Clippy

15) The first match was in China in 577 but the modern match was invented in 1805 by K. Chancel

[hamsterTK 93]

1) What was the first comic published exclusively on the internet?

2) What was the first album only available by ordering it over the internet?

3) Where was the Potato Chip Invented?

4) When was Siam officially renamed Thailand?

5) Where was the highway chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded filmed?

6) What are the 4 active ingredients in Listerine?

7) Who was the first European to reach North America and in what year?

Who were the first people to circumnavigate the globe?

9) In Legally Blonde, what does Elle Woods refer to as "The Bible"?

10) Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?

11) About what percentage of people diagnosed with Schizophrenia fully recover?

12) What does "GUI" stand for?

13) What is the name of the paperclip from Microsoft Office?

14) Where does Lyme Disease get its name from?

15) Who invented the match and in what year?quote>

3:new york city

5: Didnt see the whole movie, but the skyline a huge mixed up collection of real buildings from all over, so nowhere is my answer

8: magellen's crew

9:Cosmopolitian magazine

10:John Wilkes Booth

12:Graphical User Interface

13:Clippy

[Duke87 1,070]

Answered correctly so far:

7) pickled_pig

hamsterTK

9) hamsterTK

10) pickled_pig

12) hamsterTK

13) joeynymets

15) joeynymets

Comments on the unanswered:

1) It was first published in 1986 on Usenet. It no onger exists.

2) It was a They Mioght Be Giants Album, but it was not They Got Lost (which was avaiable off the internet and at concerts, released 2002. There was another one befoire that, from 1999).

3) It was in the state of New York, but it was Upstate, npt in NYC.

4) It was after WWII

5) It was in the Bay Area, but not San Francisco.

6) Try looking on the back of a bottle of it....

11) It's less than half.

14) It's a place name.

[Diamond Dave66 1]

5) they built a two mile stretch of Highway ner Almeada CA IIRC

[joeynymets 19]

3)Saratoga Springs, New York

4) May 11, 1949

6)Tymol 0.064%, Eucalyptol 0.092%, methyl Salicylate 0.060%, and menthol 0.042%

[Duke87 1,070]

^^^those 4 answers are all correct.

1) T.H.E. Fox

2) They Might Be Giants- Long Tall Weekend (1999)

11) 33%

14) Old Lyme, Connecticut, where the disease first got media publicity when an series of outbreaks occured there.

Question Set #9:

1) What is the sceond half to this rhyme: "Engine Engine Number Nine, Going down the Chicago Line...."?

2) What is the Alphabet used in the Star Wars movies called?

3) Who said "I have been told that one useless man is a disgrace, two are a law firm, and three or more are a congress!" and in what movie?

4) What is the etymology of the word "karaoke"

5) In English, what is the smallest number whose name contains the letter c?

6) What is the only food that never perishes?

7) What percent of twinkies are air?

What strategy guide author has slipped at least five They Might Be Giants references into his works?

9) What was the first electronic computer ever?

10) Who made the first periodic table (of the elements)?

11) What is the growth hormone in plants caled?

12) What are those plastic things on the end of shoelaces called?

13) What country has the highest cereal consumption rate (per person)?

14) In the US, what is the best selling album of all time?

15) What was the first movie to feature product placement?

[GaBoR 7]

1.If the train goes off the track, Will I get my money back?

2. Aurek Besh

4. It means in japanese Empty or Open Orchestra

5. c - one octillion

6. Army Food?

7. 68%

9. Atanasoff-Berry

10. Dmitri Mendeleev

11. Auxin

12. Aglets

13 I would say China

14. Eagles: Their Greatest Hits

15 ET

[moganite 4]

5) century

6) honey

9) first one i am aware of is ENIAC

13) india

14) Micheal Jackson Thriller

15) Love Happy 1949

[Diamond Dave66 1]

14) Eagles greatist Hits 72-76

[Duke87 1,070]

Well, doing better this time!

Answered Corectly so Far:

1) GaBoR (I guess there are several permutations on this. I always knew it as "If the train should jump its track, would you want your money back?")

2) GaBoR

4) GaBoR (close enough. The "oke" is actually only part of "okesutora", the Japanese word for "Orchestra", directly derived from the english one.)

5) GaBoR

6) moganite

7) GaBoR

9) GaBoR

10) GaBoR

12) GaBoR

14) GaBoR

15) GaBoR

Comments on the unanswered:

3) It was a musical based on a historic event

He wrote several Megaman strategy guides for Brady Games.

11) There is a fungus which infects rice plants that causes severe overproduction of it, making stalks grow up 10 times as fast as normal. Light supresses it, so plants in dark places bend towards light sources since the side of the plant facing away from the ight grows faster.

13) You might think of a food other than cereal when thinking of this country.

[Diamond Dave66 1]

13) Turkey

[The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz 27]

Damn, why do I keep missing all the Star Wars ones?!?

BTW, it's just Aurebesh. Aurek and Besh are letters (A and B).

11) Auxin

[moganite 4]

13) US

[Duke87 1,070]

3) John Adams in 1776

Greg Sepelak

11) Gibberelin

13) Turkey

Question Set #10:

1) How many wives did Henry VIII of England have killed?

2) Crayola Crayons have a color named "Chestnut". However, up until the late 90's it was known by a different name. What name was it and why was it changed?

3) Where can you find the letters "MG" hidden in The Simpsons?

4) What was physically the largest animal ever to live on Earth?

5) What does "PEBKAC" stand for?

6) Who voiced the bill in "I'm Just a Bill"?

7) What four springs are the sources of Poland Spring water?

What was the first movie to make extensive use of completely computer generated effects?

9) What baseball player sharpened the spikes on his cleats to intimidate fielders into moving out of the way when he slid into bases?

10) What do the places where the Hamburger and Hot Dog were invented have in common?

11) What Simtropolis member once had an animated gif of Blue from Blue's Clues as their avatar?

12) What is the speed of light (in a vacuum)?

13) What is Fermat's Last Theorem?

14) What two elementary functions are their own derivatives?

15) In what year were the first Lego bricks sold?

[The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz 27]

1) 2 (Anne Bolyn, Catherine Howard)

4) Brachiosaurus

Toy Story

9) 299, 792, 458 m/s

[moganite 4]

1) 2

2) it was Indian Red change to chestnut because of political correctnes and the misconception it refered to ammerican indians

4)Blue whale mas anywhere up to 170 tonnes

5) problem exists between keyboard and chair :ROFL

Jurassic Park

10) both are in Germany, Hamburg and Frankfurt

11) i guess magpie shooter

13) x^n +y^n z^n is not true for n >2

14) e^x and there are no other as far as i know.

15)1949the plastiv variety that we know today

[Diamond Dave66 1]

9) Ty Cobb

[GaBoR 7]

3. In the Hair and ear of Homer

6. Jack Sheldon

12. 299,792,458 metres per second or 1,079,252,848.8 kilometres per hour

[moganite 4]

14) e^x and -e^x but i dont donsider -e^x an elemntatry function as it is mulitplied by -1

[Duke87 1,070]

Answered correctly so far:

1) The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz

2) moganite

3) GaBoR

5) moganite

6) GaBoR

9) Diamond Dave66

12) The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz (you answered it as #9, though...)

13) mognaite

15) moganite

Coments on the Unanswered:

4) It's a dinosaur. It's not a dinosaur many have heard of, though.

7) They're all in Maine

Toy Story was completely CGed. I'm taking about CG effects, not pure CG animation. The movie in question is from circa 1980.

10) moganite is on the right track, but what he said was completely wrong.

11) She hasn't posted since the summer of '03.

14) Guh... I didn't think of -e^x. Okay, there are three. e^x is the second one, but there is another.

[Diamond Dave66 1]

10) There all americanized German foods

[moganite 4]

TRON

11) both were "invented" at 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition i usr this because they were used in eroupe for some time before that and derived their names from those cities Hamburg and Frankfurt. The Mongols used something very much like a hamburger only it was eaten raw.

14) -e^-x, e^x , 0x

[GaBoR 7]

4. Sauroposeidon

7. Poland Spring, Clear Spring in Hollis, Evergreen Spring, Spruce Spring and Garden Spring

8. Looker??

[moganite 4]

4)Amphicoelias but there was only 1 vertebrae estimate was 55-62 m long but it wasn't cannot be confirmed as it was dervied from the single bone that was ever found. i would go supersaurous

[Duke87 1,070]

4) Seismosaurus

7) GaBoR got it.

It is indeed TRON.

11) Pandora

14) and yes, y=0 is the other one.

Question Set #11:

1) What Disney movie has a few lines and scenes which may make you question its "G" rating?

2) Of all the Megaman games rated by the ESRB, what is the only one not rated "E for Everyone" and what was it rated?

3) What TV show features the New Jersey Turnpike in its opening sequence?

4) Where is San Pellegrino mineral water bottled?

5) How long is a standard roll of Scotch Tape?

6) What is a ream?

7) What is the Largest SI prefix, and what is its symbol and magnitude?

Most modern streetlights use sodium, which glows a hot orange. Many older ones glow a cool blue. What do they use and why did manufacturers and DOTs switch to sodium?

9) What is the most music (timewise) you can fit on a music CD?

10) What was the last year Topps put chewing gum in their packs of baseball cards and why did they stop?

11) What element has the highest first ionization energy?

12) What was the first sprite-based webcomic?

13) The English alphabet has 26 letters. The Italian alphabet has 21. Which five letters are missing?

14) Where was Alexander Hamilton killed, by who, and how?

15) What is the etymology of the word "sewer"?

[moganite 4]

6) 500 sheets of paper

7) Yotta 10^24 Y

Mercury Vapour you have safety issues if they break and the get dimmer over time

9) 74 min but you can get up to 99

11) helium

[The boy formerly known as Evil Muzz 27]

11) Iodine

[GaBoR 7]

1. The Lion King

2. Megaman Anniversary Collection?

3. The Sopranos

4. The town of San Pellegrino Terme in the mountains north of Milan was first made famous by  

     quenching the thirst of Leonardo da Vinci.

10. In 1991 the gum in the pack was staining the cards, many costumers complaint about that

12. Bob and George

14. On Weehawken on the New Jersey shore of the Hudson River opposite New York City, by Aaron Burr in a Duel

15. "conduit,"  from Anglo-Fr. sewere, O.N.Fr. sewiere "sluice from a pond"