Trivia

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  1. Only 14 miles apart, which 2 sports have Halls of Fame in Cooperstown and Oneonta?
  2. What famous suffragette said, “Bicycling has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world”?
  3. What sport became part of the Olympics at the 1998 Nagano Games?
  4. Who overcame a childhood case of polio to become widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time?
  5. What U.S. city is known as the birthplace of baseball?
  6. How many goals does a hockey player have to score for it to be called a “hat trick”?
  7. When boxing in the Olympics, how many rounds do competitors go?
  8. What is the only Grand Slam tournament played on a clay court?
  9. How many games were played in the 2016 World Series and who won?
  10. In the U.S., the term Triple Crown usually refers to thoroughbred horse racing, consisting of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and what third race?

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  1. Baseball and Soccer
  2. Susan B. Anthony
  3. Snowboarding
  4. Jack Nicklaus
  5. Hoboken
  6. 3
  7. 4
  8. French Open
  9. Chicago Cubs and 7
  10. The Belmont Stakes

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Trivia

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    1. What important event did the premiere of the opera “Aida” commemorate?
    2. On what show were “The Not Ready for Prime Time Players”?
    3. In the comic strip “Lil Abner” what was the day that the girls chased the guys?
    4. Who said, “Money is better than poverty if only for financial reasons”?
    5. What instrument did Tommy Dorsey play?
    6. What American dancer was strangled when her long scarf caught in the wheel of a car in which she was riding?
    7. What was Scarlett O’Hara’s favorite expression?
    8. Who said, “Smile first thing in the morning and get it over with”?
    9. “Star Trek” made its television debut in what year?
    10. Who did the voice of Darth Vader in “Star Wars”?
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        1. The opening of the Suez Canal
        2. Saturday Night Live
        3. Sadie Hawkins Day
        4. Woody Allen
        5. The trombone
        6. Isadora Duncan
        7. Fiddle-dee-dee
        8. W.C. Fields
        9. 1966
        10. James Earl Jones

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[wptab name=’Questions’]1. Which of the Wright brothers flew their plane based on the toss of a 50-cent piece?

2. Who was the 1st man to orbit the Earth?

3. Who was the 1st U.S. president to appear on TV while in office

4. What’s the smallest bird in the world?

5. Who said: “When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad I’m better”?

6. Who was the Sarong Girl?

7. How many were in attendance at the Last Supper?

8. What’s the basic flavoring of Kahlua

9. What are the 4 railways in Monopoly?

10. What does a horologist measure?[/wptab]

[wptab name=’Answers’]1. Orville

2. Yuri Gagarin

3. Franklin Roosevelt

4. The Hummingbird

5. Mae West

6. Dorothy lamour

7. 13

8. Coffee

9. B&O, Pennsylvania, Reading, Short Line

10. Time[/wptab]

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1. What was Fonzie’s first name?

2. What show included in its intro: “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear”?

3. What 8 words followed: “Look Up in the sky—”?

4. What show introduced Jose Jimenez to the world?

5. Who were Rob and Laura Petrie’s next-door neighbors?

6. What did Barney Fife carry in his left shirt pocket?

7. What song did Tom Jones use as the theme for his TV show?

8. Who once noted: “We lost a daughter, Edith, but we gained a meathead.”?

9. What character had T-negative blood type?

10. What M*A*S*H character’s’ 1st two names were Benjamin Franklin?

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[wptab name=’Answers’]1. Arthur

2. The Lone Ranger

3. It’s a bird! It’s a plane!It’s Superman!

4. The Steve Allen Show

5. Jerry and Miller Helper

6. His bullet

7. “It’s Not Unusual”

8. Archie Bunker

9. Mr. Spock

10. Hawkeye Pierce

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1. Whose autobiographical masterpiece was entitled “Long Day’s Journey into Night”?

2. What Shakespearean play features the line: “A plague on both your houses”?

3. What was the biggest selling American novel before “Gone with the Wind”?

4. Who chases Ichabod Crane in the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?

5. What playwright’s works include “The Glass Menagerie” and “The Rose Tattoo”?

6. What British author created “Gunga Din”?

7. What detective debuted in “A Study in Scarlet”?

8. What country is home to Shakespeare’s Hamlet?

9. Charlotte Bronte wrote “Jane Eyre” and Anne Bronte wrote “Agnes Grey.” What is the name of the 3rd Bronte sister who wrote the classic novel “Wuthering Heights”?

10. What did Mark Twain put last on a 27-item list of things to be rescued in the event of a boarding house fire?

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1. Eugene O’Neill

2. Romeo and Juliet

3. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”

4. The Headless Horseman

5. Tennessee Williams

6. Rudyard Kipling

7. Sherlock Holmes

8. Denmark

9. Emily

10. Mothers-in-law

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