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Saturday, June 04, 2005
Trivia Summary
76. What is pycnogenol? Answer.
77. What did the stars of the TV-series Gunsmoke and Mission Impossible have in common? Answer.
78. Although sometimes other planets are suggested, nine planets are the conventional number accepted as being in our solar system. Name them (in correct order). Answer.
79. PBS made a very fine TV-movie in 1980 from the book, The Lathe of Heaven (a 2002 movie remake is generally judged inferior). Who is the author of the book, The Lathe of Heaven? Answer.
80. Singer Neil Diamond attended college on a rather unusual sports scholarship. What was the sport? Answer.
81. FORTRAN is one of the oldest computer languages. It's name is the contraction of two words. What are they? Answer.
82. Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke are both writers. Besides their books being murder mysteries, they both have another feature that is rather uncommon. What is unusual about the novels written by these two authors? Answer.
83. Coca-Cola in its original formulation contained a substance that although perfectly legal THEN is definitely quite illegal NOW. What was the substance? Answer.
84. Orville Redenbacher (Popcorn King), Jimmy Hoffa (missing Union Leader), and Charles B. Hall (Tuskegee Airman) share something in common. What is it? Answer.
85. Joanne Kathleen Rowling has written a series of hugely popular novels. Name them (in correct order). Answer.
86. Which vitamin is nicknamed, the sunshine vitamin, because the human body makes it when exposed to the sun's rays? Answer.
87. Who wrote the theme music for the Pink Panther? Answer.
88. A polygraph (lie detector) uses various measurements (such as heart rate, Galvanic skin resistance, etc.) obtained by sensors attached to the person. For health reasons a person may also be attached to a different device but with similar sensors that detect Galvanic skin resistance (ie. skin conductivity), muscle tension, heart rate, etc. What is this called when done for medical reasons? Answer.
89. Boxing Day is a holiday observed in the UK and much of the British Commonwealth that, despite it's name, has nothing to do with prizefighting. When is Boxing Day celebrated? Answer.
90. How many children did President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor
have? Answer.
Previous Trivia Summary.
77. What did the stars of the TV-series Gunsmoke and Mission Impossible have in common? Answer.
78. Although sometimes other planets are suggested, nine planets are the conventional number accepted as being in our solar system. Name them (in correct order). Answer.
79. PBS made a very fine TV-movie in 1980 from the book, The Lathe of Heaven (a 2002 movie remake is generally judged inferior). Who is the author of the book, The Lathe of Heaven? Answer.
80. Singer Neil Diamond attended college on a rather unusual sports scholarship. What was the sport? Answer.
81. FORTRAN is one of the oldest computer languages. It's name is the contraction of two words. What are they? Answer.
82. Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke are both writers. Besides their books being murder mysteries, they both have another feature that is rather uncommon. What is unusual about the novels written by these two authors? Answer.
83. Coca-Cola in its original formulation contained a substance that although perfectly legal THEN is definitely quite illegal NOW. What was the substance? Answer.
84. Orville Redenbacher (Popcorn King), Jimmy Hoffa (missing Union Leader), and Charles B. Hall (Tuskegee Airman) share something in common. What is it? Answer.
85. Joanne Kathleen Rowling has written a series of hugely popular novels. Name them (in correct order). Answer.
86. Which vitamin is nicknamed, the sunshine vitamin, because the human body makes it when exposed to the sun's rays? Answer.
87. Who wrote the theme music for the Pink Panther? Answer.
88. A polygraph (lie detector) uses various measurements (such as heart rate, Galvanic skin resistance, etc.) obtained by sensors attached to the person. For health reasons a person may also be attached to a different device but with similar sensors that detect Galvanic skin resistance (ie. skin conductivity), muscle tension, heart rate, etc. What is this called when done for medical reasons? Answer.
89. Boxing Day is a holiday observed in the UK and much of the British Commonwealth that, despite it's name, has nothing to do with prizefighting. When is Boxing Day celebrated? Answer.
90. How many children did President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor
have? Answer.
Previous Trivia Summary.
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