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Trivia

Posted By: Pandora

Trivia - 05/01/13 07:57 PM

Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.

-1. During the 1950s and 60s, what tablets turned water into carbonated drinks, with flavors such as root beer and “blue razz”?
-2. Who was the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
-3. At which Ivy League university does the secret society Skull and Bones operate?
-4. Before the handsome prince came along, who else climbed up Rapunzel’s hair?
-5. Who said, “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.”
-6. The Oldsmobile Toronado was the first car to offer what safety feature in 1974?
-7. Adults have 32 permanent teeth. How many are molars?
-8. What beer is synonymous with its unique container, popularly referred to as an “oil can”?
-9. What was the nickname of the trial of the Chicago baseball players who confessed to throwing the World Series?
-10. Chuo-Dori and Harumi-Dori avenues are two of the main roads cutting through which major Asian shopping district?

Posted By: DoreenS

Re: Trivia - 05/01/13 08:09 PM

4. Rumpelstilskin penguin
Posted By: Darleen03

Re: Trivia - 05/01/13 08:19 PM

(1) I think it was Fizzy Fizz
Posted By: BobH

Re: Trivia - 05/01/13 08:23 PM

9. Black Sox Scandal wave

Good list, there are a bunch that are just a bit too obscured by cobwebs.
Posted By: Haroula

Re: Trivia - 05/01/13 09:39 PM

5.Alfred Hitchcock wave
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/01/13 11:22 PM

Doreen, nice try, but you're thinking of the miller's daughter who is never named. smile

Dar, that's very close, but I'm looking for exact. I remember the product fondly. happydance

BobH and Haroula, good answers from your mental attics! wave
Posted By: michele rose

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 01:47 AM

3. Yale cool
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 02:28 AM

Correct! smile
Posted By: Sherlock

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 02:35 AM

7. 12 grin
Posted By: CCbomber

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 02:51 AM

1. Fizzies thumbsdown
Posted By: zookeeper

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 02:51 AM

1. Fizzles smile

too late smile
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 03:48 AM

All correct! smile
Posted By: GBC

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 12:25 PM

4. The Witch.
Posted By: Cue

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 12:26 PM

8. Fosters?
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 12:50 PM

Both correct! smile
Posted By: BobH

Re: Trivia - 05/02/13 05:48 PM

6. Three point seat belts (shoulder belts) think
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 12:55 AM

A very good guess, but nope. smile
Posted By: BobH

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 03:09 AM

1974 seems a bit early but could it be anti-lock brakes?
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 03:11 AM

Another good guess, but nope. smile
Posted By: BobH

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 03:33 AM

I could resist no longer and looked it up. I thought of and rejected the idea of air bags. 1974 seems way too early for that.
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 04:04 AM

Ding ding ding ding dinggggg! grin
Posted By: Koala

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 04:15 AM

2. Martin Luther King
10. Ginza (Tokyo)

smile
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 04:17 AM

I'll buy you a beer next time I'm in Sydney, Koala. smile
Posted By: Koala

Re: Trivia - 05/03/13 04:20 AM

Ya got yourself a date Kiddo !!!

happydance
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