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Trivia - hints added

Posted By: Pandora

Trivia - hints added - 05/01/19 05:40 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. How many grandchildren did artist Grandma Moses have? (N--- + 30 G---- G------------)
-2. What professional sport did Dave DeBusschere play before he decided to devote full attention to his basketball career in 1964? (B)
-3. What TV personality authored a cookbook entitled Sweetie Pie? (R S)
-4. How high was the 1,340-foot-long wall that gave New York’s Wall Street its name? (11< x < 13)
-5. What American coin was the first to have nickel in it? (1857 P)
-6. The House of Windsor rules England. What house rules the Netherlands?
-7. The flagship known as Queen Anne’s Revenge belonged to what famous pirate?
-8. What river is the only one that flows both north and south of the equator?
-9. What is philematology?
-10. The name of what musical instrument is derived from a French term meaning “high wood”?
-11. What is the most abundant metallic element in the earth’s crust?
-12. What’s the difference between a zebu and a zebub? (C vs F)
-13. In what film do the two main characters meet when one asks the other, “Hey, boy, what you doin’ with my momma’s car”?
-14. What was the chief source of the shiny material used in making artificial pearls before the advent of plastic? (F S)

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Posted By: LadyKestrel

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 06:26 PM

10. oboe
Posted By: OrleansBelle

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 07:38 PM

8 - The Congo ??
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 08:15 PM

Well started, ladies! wave
Posted By: Jarkeld

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 09:18 PM

6. The House of Orange-Nassau
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 09:57 PM

Spot on, Jarkeld! wave
Posted By: Space Quest Fan

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 10:15 PM

7. Blackbeard
Posted By: soot

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 10:17 PM

14. I think the inside of shells like oysters and abalone think
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/01/19 11:04 PM

SQF thumbsup

soot, that makes sense to me but it's not correct. Try again. smile
Posted By: ScarletDragon

Re: Trivia - 05/02/19 05:07 PM

9. The science or study of kissing - Pucker up Pandora.
Posted By: fildil

Re: Trivia - 05/02/19 05:56 PM

11. Aluminium
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 12:06 AM

kissy Scarlet

kissy Fil
Posted By: soot

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 01:44 AM

14. colored glass duh
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 12:32 PM

Also a good guess, but not correct. smile
Posted By: OrleansBelle

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 01:10 PM

13 - Bonnie and Clyde
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 05:57 PM

Yes! wave
Posted By: curly

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 06:20 PM

12. Zebu is a cattle, zebub is a fly.
Posted By: soot

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 09:12 PM

14. Nacre think
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/03/19 09:29 PM

Good one, curly. wave

soot, another good try. Nacre is part of a real pearl. We're looking for was was used to simulate it in fake ones. The hint is F--- S-----. smile
Posted By: manxman

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/03/19 10:50 PM

2. baseball smile
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/03/19 10:59 PM

Yep. He was a White Sox pitcher. smile
Posted By: michele rose

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 01:14 AM

14. fish scales smile
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 01:56 AM

soot thanks you, michele. lol
Posted By: curly

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 07:41 AM

5. penny. Starting in 1859, the United States Mint used a nickel and copper blend to produce its one-cent pieces.
Posted By: OrleansBelle

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 10:34 AM

3 - Robbie Montgomery
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 01:24 PM

curly thumbsup

OB, good guess. Try again. smile
Posted By: soot

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 03:19 PM

thanks Michele

wave2
Posted By: ScarletDragon

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 11:25 PM

1. Eleven grandchilden
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/04/19 11:55 PM

Nice try. Check out the huge hint I posted. smile
Posted By: Sherlock

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/05/19 12:00 AM

3. Richard Simmons smirk
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/05/19 01:00 AM

That's the guy! Why the face? grin
Posted By: curly

Re: Trivia - hints added - 05/05/19 10:28 AM

4.12
Posted By: Space Quest Fan

Re: Trivia - 05/05/19 02:23 PM

4. 12' High
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/05/19 02:46 PM

Yes! lol
Posted By: manxman

Re: Trivia - 05/06/19 12:12 PM

Huge Hint Pandora wave2 Nine plus 30 great grandchildren smile
Posted By: Pandora

Re: Trivia - 05/06/19 01:45 PM

lol You got it, manxman! wave
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