Brass Tacks Trivia

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1. What does the German term “Fahrvergnuegen” mean?
Answer: >“Driving Pleasure” or “Driving Enjoyment”<

2. What famous book has a lesser-known alternate title of “Life Among the Lowly”?
Answer: >Uncle Tom’s Cabin <

3. The Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. What plane dropped with bomb on Nagasaki?
Answer: >Bockscar<

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1. What poet coined the phrase “candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker?”
Answer: >Ogden Nash<

2. What is the last book of the Old Testament?
Answer: >The Books of Chronicles<

3. What is the world’s highest mountain that isn’t part of a range?
Answer: >Mount Kilimanjaro<

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1. What were the names of the 3 musketeers?
Answer: >Athos, Porthos, and Aramis <

2. According to legend, whose cow started the great Chicago fire?
Answer: >Catherine O’Leary’s<

3. “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes” was originally featured in what Disney film?
Answer: >Cinderella<

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1. “Friends of Bill W.” is another name for what organization?
Answer: >Alcoholics Anonymous<

2. The first Rolling Stones song to hit the British Top-20 was what Beatles song?
Answer: >I Wanna Be Your Man<

3. What admiral of the American Revolution is considered to be the father of the U.S. Navy?
Answer: >John Paul Jones<

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1. Famous artists Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, M.C. Escher, and Bosch are all from what country of origin?
Answer: >The Netherlands<

2. After being exposed to the measles, what astronaut was scrubbed from the Apollo 13 moon mission?
Answer: >Ken Mattingly<

3. When the Lakers moved to Los Angeles, they kept their team name even though it was more appropriate to their original home, which was where?
Answer: >Minneapolis, MN<

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1. Who was the first African American on the cover of TV guide?
Answer: >Bill Cosby<

2. Who was the first African American on a postage stamp?
Answer: >Booker T Washington<

3. Who was the first African American to win an academy award?
Answer: >Hattie Mcdaniel<

1. Abraham Zapruder gained fame for filming what news-making event?
Answer: >Kennedy assassination<

2. What famous boxer released a self-titled pop album that was nominated for Grammy?
Answer: >Oscar de la Hoya <

3. What is the capital city of Australia?
Answer: >Canberra <

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1. What is the 4 letter acronym that commonly appears on or below crucifixes?
Answer: >INRI<

2. What was the name of the man who broke into Buckingham Palace and entered Queen Elizabeth II’s bedroom in 1982?
Answer: >Michael Fagan<

3. What famous musical duo wrote the song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” (you say “tomato,” I say “tomahto”)?
Answer: >George & Ira Gershwin <

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1. Where did the show the Little House on the Prairie take place?
Answer: >Walnut Grove, Minnesota <

2. Who is credited with discovering King Tut’s tomb in 1922?
Answer: >Howard Carter<

3. In what state will you find the zip code 12345?
Answer: >New York <

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3. What were the words Alexander Graham Bell famously spoke during his first successful telephone experiment?
Answer: >Mr. Watson–come here–I want to see you<

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