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Trivia

Posted By: Pandora

Trivia - 05/29/13 04:35 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. In the 2007 thriller Mr. Brooks, Kevin Costner is a pillar of the community (and serial killer on the side) who owns a factory. What do they make?
-2. The Cat in the Hat’s standard uniform was a red-and-white hat, a red bow tie, and what other item of clothing?
-3. Rapa nui is the Tahitian name for a Pacific Island better known by what “Christian” name?
-4. What the name for the stone-and-turf fortification that once ran across the entire width of Great Britain?
-5. The first Clinton in the White House was George Clinton, vice president under two presidents. Who were they?
-6. In which hall of fame do they honor the accomplishments of “The Destroyer,” “Bruno Sammartino,” and “The Fabulous Moolah”?
-7. The tradition of offering prisoners one last cigarette before execution originated with what New World explorer who requested one last smoke before his beheading?
-8. What ice-hockey star is the founder and namesake of Canada’s largest fast-food chain?
-9. Found in most Mexican kitchens, what sauce is made from dry chili, nuts, spices, vegetables, and chocolate?
-10. What is an “Arkansas toothpick”?

Posted By: curly

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 04:52 PM

8. I'll take the hard one, Tim Horton.

Hi Sue.
Posted By: DoreenS

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 05:04 PM

4. Hadrian's Wall penguin
Posted By: Sondi

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 05:17 PM

9. mole (pronounced molay) sauce

wave
Posted By: Haroula

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 05:19 PM

10.Α dagger wave
Posted By: fildil

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 05:28 PM

3. Easter Island
Posted By: bermag45

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 05:40 PM

7. Sir Walter Raleigh perhaps? As I think he introduced tobacco to the UK! wave thumbsup

Bernie happydance
Posted By: LadyKestrel

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 05:51 PM

2. The Cat in the Hat wears white gloves and often accessorizes with an umbrella.
Posted By: zookeeper

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 06:18 PM

1. Cardboard boxes???
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 06:35 PM

My gosh, I'm not stumping anybody today! wave

Haroula, I am looking for a more specific answer. smile

curly lol There's probably one close to you.
Posted By: manxman

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 06:44 PM

6. They sound like names of wrestlers smile
Posted By: Jarkeld

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 07:02 PM

6. WWE Hall Of Fame?
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 07:42 PM

Both correct! smile
Posted By: BobH

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 09:00 PM

5. It must have been Kennedy and LBJ because by the time Nixon took office he was too busy with Parliament. laugh
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/29/13 09:09 PM

Try again, Bob. You're thinking too recently. smile
Posted By: GBC

Re: Trivia - 05/30/13 12:26 PM

5. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/30/13 02:06 PM

That's the two! smile
Posted By: manxman

Re: Trivia - 05/30/13 05:18 PM

10. Bowie knife think
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/30/13 06:02 PM

Exactly right! smile smile smile
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