Trivia Tuesday: Music Trivia - Answer!

Who did the vocals for Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky"?

B: Clare Torry

"Great Gig in the Sky" is one of the few Pink Floyd songs to use a female vocal.  Their engineer, Alan Parsons, brought in a singer he knew named Clare Torry who provided the hauntingly beautiful improvised vocal on the song. Thirty years later, she would sue Pink Floyd over rights to the song.

Trivia Tuesday: Music Trivia

Who did the vocals for Pink Floyd's "Great Gig in the Sky"?

A: Vicki Brown, B: Clare Torry, C: Janis Joplin, D: Roger Waters

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Answer Will be Unvieled Wednesday!

Trivia Tuesday: Holiday Trivia - Answer!

In the Netherlands, what is the name of Santa Claus's helper who judges which children were bad during the year?

C: Black Peter

In the Netherlands, Black Peter is Santa's helper who judges which children were bad during the year. Children are told that Black Peter will enter the house through the chimney and leave a bundle of sticks or salt in their shoes instead of candy if they have been bad. Extremely bad children, they are told, will be put into Black Peter's gunny bag and carried off.

Trivia Tuesday: Holiday Trivia

In the Netherlands, what is the name of Santa Claus's helper who judges which children were bad during the year?

A: Green Eric, B: Eli the Elf, C: Black Peter, D: Mrs. Claus

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Answer will be revealed Wednesday!

Trivia Tuesday: Celebrity Trivia - Answer!

What celebrity had to issue an apology in February 2005 after her T-Mobile Sidekick II was hacked and all of her celebrity friends' phone numbers, which had been stored in the device, were posted on the internet?

B. Paris Hilton!

In February 2005, celebrity socialite Paris Hilton had to issue an apology to all of her famous friends after her T-Mobile Sidekick II was hacked and their phone numbers and e-mail addresses were posted on the Internet. Celebrities whose private information was compromised included Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Christina Aguilera, Andy Roddick, Vin Diesel, and Anna Kournikova.

Trivia Tuesday: Celebrity Trivia

What celebrity had to issue an apology in February 2005 after her T-Mobile Sidekick II was hacked and all of her celebrity friends' phone numbers, which had been stored in the device, were posted on the internet?

A: Anna Kournikova, B: Paris Hilton, C: Christina Aguilera, D: Britney Spears

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Answer will be revealed on Wednesday!



Trivia Tuesday! : Sports Trivia - Answer!

What yachting race was called the Hundred-Guinea Cup until a team from the U.S. won the race in 1851?

C America's Cup!

The Schooner America won the Hundred Guinea Cup on August 22, 1851. The Crew donated their trophy to the New York Yacht Club under the condition that the cup "be preserved as a perpetual Challenge Cup for friendly competition between foreign countries," and the America's Cup race was born. From 1870, the next time the race was held, until 1980, American yachts won the America's Cup race 24 times without a loss (the race was not always an annual event). The Australian yacht Australia II finally took the cup when it won the race in 1983.

Trivia Tuesday! : Sports Trivia

What yachting race was called the Hundred-Guinea Cup until a team from the U.S. won the race in 1851?

A: The Admiral's Cup, B: The Stanley Cup, C: The America's Cup, D: The Gascoigne Cup

Trivia Tuesday: Movie Trivia - Answer!

What movie, starring Al Jolson, is generally considered to be the first talking picture?

B: The Jazz Singer

You were correct Michelle!

The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, is generally considered the first talking picture ever made. Jolson's prophetic opening line, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You ain't heard nothin' yet!" were the first words spoken on a widely distributed film by a movie actor.



Trivia Tuesday: Movie Trivia

What movie, starring Al Jolson, is generally considered to be the first talking picture?

A: The Singing Fool, B: The Jazz Singer,

C: New York Nights, D: Are You a Mason?

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Correct answer will be revealed Wedesday!

Trivia Tuesday: History Trivia - Answer!

What type of gun did John Wilkes Booth use to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln?

A: Derringer Pistol

On April 14, 1865, during an evening performance of Our American Cousin, John Wilkes Booth entered the State Box where Abraham Lincoln and his wife were watching the play with Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone. Lincoln's bodyguard, a Metropolitan Police Officer named John Parker, had left his post. Booth placed a Derringer pistol in the back of Lincoln's head and fired at point-blank range. Dropping the gun, a single-shot weapon, Booth struggled with Rathbone who he stabbed in the arm with a hunting knife. He then jumped over the railing and landed eleven feet below on the stage, snapping the fibula in his left leg. He flashed his knife at the startled audience and raced out the back of the theatre. A doctor was immediately summoned. He examined the President and found that the bullet had entered through Lincoln's left ear and lodged behind his right eye. Although paralyzed, he was breathing faintly. Nine hours later, however, in spite of the doctor's best efforts, Lincoln died. On April 26, federal authorities caught up with Booth and one of his accomplices at a farm near Port Royal, Virginia. They hid in a barn which was set on fire. Still, Booth refused to come out. He was eventually shot dead by Sergeant Boston Corbett.

Trivia Tuesday: History Trivia

What type of gun did John Wilkes Booth use to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln?

A: Derringer Pistol, B: Colt Peacemaker, C: Smith & Wesson Revolver, D: Winchester Rifle



Trivia Tuesday: Bible Trivia - Answer!

At the time of the census which was conducted by Moses in the first chapter of Numbers, which of the twelve tribes of Israel was the largest?

A: Judah

At the time of the census which was conducted by Moses in the first chapter of Numbers, Judah was the largest tribe with 74,600 members.



Trivia Tuesday: Bible Trivia

At the time of the census which was conducted by Moses in the first chapter of Numbers, which of the twelve tribes of Israel was the largest?

A: Judah, B: Gad, C: Asher, D: Reuben

 

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Answer will be revealed Wednesday!



Trivia Tuesday! : Science Trivia - Answer!

In 2004, what was discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia?

B: Remains of a hobbit-sized human species

Congrats Marshall D!

In 2004, on the island of Flores in Indonesia, a team of Australian and Indonesian researchers discovered the remains of a hobbit-sized human, one that stood no more than a meter tall. Remarkable, these researchers determined that this new species of human lived as recently as 13,000 years ago, shattering the long-held belief that Homo sapiens have had the planet to themselves for the past 25,000 years.

Trivia Tuesday! : Science Trivia

In 2004, what was discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia?

A: A living dinosaur

 B: Remains of a hobbit-sized human species,

 C: A tribe whose members commonly live over 150 years,

D: A plant with a mammal-like brain

Trivia Tuesday: Misc. Trivia - Answer!

What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year?

A: Arctic Tern

Congrats Carol K. For Getting the Correct Answer!

The Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) may be a small bird, but it undertakes the world's longest migration each year when it travels almost from pole to pole. After breeding in the Arctic Circle, these birds migrate during the Northern Hemisphere winter to the border of the Antarctic ice pack. The roundtrip migration is almost equal to flying all the way around the earth -- totaling approximately 21,750 miles (35,000 kilometers).

Trivia Tuesday: Misc. Trivia

What animal undertakes the world's longest migration each year?

A: Arctic Tern   B: Pacific Herring    C: Gray Whale    D: Storm Petrel

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Answer will be revealed Wednesday!

Trivia Tuesday: Geography Trivia - Answer!

What is Earth's largest continent?

A: Asia!

Currently, Asia is Earth's largest continent at approximately 17,300,000 square miles (44,806,812 sq km). Africa comes in second at about 11,700,000 square miles (30,300,000 sq km). However, Continental Drift Theory suggests that the continents have moved over the years through the process of plate tectonics. Many geologists believe that, during the Mesozoic era, all of the continents combined to form a supercontinent known as Pangaea which would have dwarfed the largest continent today. It is believed that Pangaea began to break up about 200 million years ago.

Trivia Tuesday: Geography Trivia

What is Earth's largest continent?

A: Asia   B: Africa   C: Europe   D: Antarctica