L-A-M-E August 20, 2009
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1. According to legend, Led Zeppelin got their name (and their blimp logo) after what fellow rock ‘n’ roll legend said their band would sink “like a lead balloon”?
Answer: >Keith Moon of The Who<
2. Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, and what other band are widely considered to be the original “big four” of the Seattle grunge movement?
Answer: >Alice in Chains<
3. What was the first album to be manufactured on CD in the U.S.?
Answer: >Born in the U.S.A.<
The Beatles – Just Kidding August 15, 2009
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1. Which of the Beatles was the first to have a solo Number 1 hit?
Answer: >George Harrison<
2. Before the Beatles came along, what was the name of the Liverpool band formed by John Lennon in 1957?
Answer: >The Quarrymen<
3. Quick, name 7 Beatles albums. Do it!
Answer: >A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Rubber Soul, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, Abbey Road, Let it Be<
I think her name is missing an ‘A.’ No wait, it’s just spelled weird. August 10, 2009
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1. What was the name of the piece of land Crocodile Dundee owns in the Outback?
Answer: >Billongamick<
2. Who is the only artist since Elvis Presley to reach the benchmark of 50 Gold albums?
Answer: >Barbra Streisand<
3. In 1994, who was the first celebrity to be featured in the “Got Milk?” milk mustache ad campaign?
Answer: >Naomi Campbell<
As of today’s date in football August 5, 2009
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1. Archie Griffin was the first gentleman to win what sports award in two consecutive years?
Answer: >Heisman Trophy<
2. Who was the quarterback for the New York Jets during Super Bowl III, who guaranteed victory over the Baltimore Colts?
Answer: >Joe Namath<
3. What is the longest field goal ever kicked in NFL history?
Answer: >63 yards<
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In Russia, trivia blogs you July 30, 2009
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1. In what part of the former Soviet Union did the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur?
Answer: >Ukraine<
2. In 1991, the Russian city of Leningrad changed its name back to what?
Answer: >Saint Petersburg<
3. Which Roman Emperor made Sunday a religious holiday??
Answer: >Constantine<
It’s either Thomas Jefferson’s forehead, or Hugh Grant’s forehead July 25, 2009
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1. What whimsical tale was written by Sergei Prokofiev to introduce children to the instruments of the orchestra?
Answer: >Peter and the Wolf<
2. In 1956, what company introduced the first wireless remote control?
Answer: >Zenith<
3. Recall the presidents on Mt. Rushmore as they appear from left to right. Do it!
Answer: >Washington, Jefferson, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln<
The Geography Bowl is like a spelling bee, but worse. July 20, 2009
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1. Napoleon fought the Battle of Waterloo, but in what country would you actually find Waterloo?
Answer: >Belgium<
2. Lake Titicaca is in Peru and what other country?
Answer: >Bolivia<
3. What 4 states have boundaries that convene at one point to form the “Four Corners?”
Answer: >Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah<
Beware Greeks bearing gifts. And the Ides of March. Just beware all the time. July 15, 2009
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1. Which group governs in a plutocracy?
Answer: >the most wealthy<
2. What type of mythological creature was tasked with forging thunderbolts for mighty Zeus?
Answer: >Cyclops<
3. What Greek god is the first mentioned in the Hippocratic Oath, a version of which is still used today by medical students?
Answer: >Apollo<
General Trivia July 10, 2009
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1. At 9:04 in the morning on September 2, 1945, what famous American military figure affixed his signature to Japan’s Instrument of Surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri?
Answer: >General Douglas MacArthur<
2. What famous general was known as Old Blood and Guts?
Answer: >George S. Patton<
3. What American was made a Brigadier General at the age of 23?
Answer: >George Custer<
Like the Lakers vs. the Clippers, with the Lakers blindfolded for fairness July 5, 2009
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1. In what year did the original basketball “Dream Team” (composed of NBA players) compete?
Answer: >1992<
2. Who was the first non-referee to toss the coin at the beginning of a Super Bowl game?
Answer: >Red Grange<
3. The San Francisco Giants were slated to play what team in the 1989 World Series when an earthquake rocked the city’s Candlestick Park?
Answer: >Oakland A’s<
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