Trivia

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. Canadian scientists reported a few years ago that certain butterflies have ears. Why do they believe these butterflies need them?
-2. Which actress portrayed Catwoman in the 1966 movie Batman?
-3. The American "Era of Good Feelings" occurred mainly during whose presidency?
-4. According to geologists, at the current rate of land loss, in how many years would New Orleans, Louisiana sink under water?
-5. Which marshmallow Peeps color is the most popular?
-6. In freeze tag, how does a person become unfrozen?
-7. In the 1970's Mattel introduced "Growing Up Skipper." When you twisted the arm of Barbie's little sister, what happened?
-8. Of what material were George Washington's false teeth made?
-9. Which Egyptian deity's symbolic tomb was identified in 2015 on Luxor's west bank?
-10. Into how many groups did Melvil Dewey divide all knowledge for his library classification system?

8 - i think wood ?


i think i succumbed to rumor - my b-i-l hit the floor laughing over my answer ! he thinks michele has it...

6. Someone who is not it and not frozen touches them.

8. Ivory

niteowl, too funny! Yes, michele has the correct answer.

Bob, that's one version. The one I played required a bit more effort.

1. Think it's so they could hear predators

That's right Sondi - bats, specifically.

2. I believe it was Lee Meriwether.

3 - James Munroe

5, That has to be YELLOW.

Three right in a row!

6. Spontaneous Human Combustion?

6. when someone tags/unfreezes them ... not the freezer

6. to unfreeze someone you have to crawl though their legs

9. Nefertiti?

That's what I was looking for, Bob!

Sherlock, try again.

7. Her hair grew?

Nope, it's more disturbing than that. What was Mattel thinking?

10. Wasn't everything based on the number ten?

It sure was!

9 - was it bast ? the cat goddess ? they found a lion mummy around that time and place , i seem to remember vaguely.

7. If I remember correctly, her breasts grew. Disturbing indeed if true.

no wonder I never unfroze

7. surely not!
I assumed she pulled her own arm and then blamed Barbie

niteowl, that's a good guess, but not the answer. As a matter of fact, the facts have changed. I wrote this question in 2004 but it looks like they were wrong at the time. I've changed the question.

Bob, that's correct. flotsam, that's probably also correct.

soot

oofdah ! whole 'nuther thing ! guessing you mean Osiris ,god of the underworld ?

Spot on, niteowl!

Is that some Norwegian heritage I hear?

4. Curious, I just read an article about it. It's losing 100 yards of land every day. At the current rate, most of southern Louisiana will be under water by 2100 if something isn't done. A 50 billion dollar plan exists that will more or less keep up with replenishing the lost land over time.

That's right, Cue.