Patrick's Press's blog triviafordunces.blogspot.com, showing the link between our 3 trivia books and the shows Jeopardy! and Millionaire, has ended, though the blog will remain on the Web for some time.
This new blog will feature 7 questions a day, with the answers to follow at the end of the week. All questions will be taken from our new book: Fibonaccio! The Trivia Game in Book Form: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 + 89 (available late September). Each day's question will come from a different theme, and each question follows the Fibonacci sequence in value from 1 to 55 before repeating.
Here is a special offer from patrickspress.com (800-654-1052): our 3 trivia books at 50% discount until August 1, 2007: $23.44 + $6.00 shipping for a $29.44 total. Add to this 3-book special our Fibonaccio! at $10 off the regular price (until 8/1/07) and you pay a total of $45.39 for 4 trivia books.
KNOW YOUR ALPHABET, ONE LETTER AT A TIME
1) Shape of the Vulcan salute on Star Trek signifying "Live long and prosper"
Ans: V.
"RED" BEGINNING THE ANSWER
1) Another name for frankfurters, hot dogs, and wieners
Ans: Red hots.
HALF IS BETTER THAN NONE
2) U.S. President whose portrait first appeared on the half-dollar in 1964
Ans: John Kennedy.
THE NAME'S THE SAME
3) 1980 Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption victim who refused to leave his lodge at Spirit Lake and the 33rd U.S. President
Ans: Harry Truman.
BIBLICAL PEOPLE
5) Phoenician princess and wife of King Ahab considered an abomination because she brought the worship of Baal into the kingdom of the Israelites
Ans: Jezebel.
BLACK-AND-WHITE, SHARED SURNAME
8) Ella, the singer and songwriter called the "First Lady of Swing" and the "First Lady of Jazz," and F. Scott, the author who wrote The Great Gatsby
Ans: Fitzgerald.
DREADED FRACTIONS--BUT THERE IS NO MATH
13) Majority needed in each House to pass a Congressional bill over the President's veto
Ans: 2/3 (67 votes in the Senate and 290 in the House).
SHOW ME THE MONEY
21) Republican lawyer who was defeated by FDR in the 1940 election and was known as the "Barefoot Boy from Wall Street"
Ans: Wendell Willkie.
A "FORD" IN THE GARAGE
34) Gang member who killed Jesse James on April 3, 1882, shooting him from behind to collect a reward, thus becoming known as the "dirty little coward who shot Mr. Howard"
Ans: Bob Ford.
FAMOUS/INFAMOUS QUOTATIONS
55) Ronald Reagan's secretary of state who on March 30, 1981, said, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House."
Ans: Alexander Haig.
SPORTS-RELATED QUESTIONS, 2006
TB) This is the tie-breaker, a question considered to be neither too easy nor too hard.
Country where a mining company was asked to cut its power so homes could watch its "Black Stars" play World Cup soccer, or Africa's 2nd biggest gold producer after South Africa
Ans: Ghana.
QUICKEST-EVER RECALL SET / WITH AN EXTRA CLUE
1) Polish pope / who served from 1978 to 2005
Ans: Pope John Paul II.
HOW ABOUT THEM FICTIONAL DOGS BY NAME
1) Dennis the Menace's dog
Ans: Ruff.
NOTORIOUS PEOPLE
2) Frontier army scout, marshall, gambler nicknamed "Wild Bill" and murdered by Jack McCall in 1876
Ans: James Butler Hickok.
SAY "MR."
3) Name used by the comic strip Phantom when he leaves the jungle and travels as an ordinary person
Ans: Mr. Kit Walker.
ADULTERY IN LITERATURE
5) Boris Pasternak novel in which Yuri, a medical doctor, is torn between his wife and Lara, his mistress, during the Russian Revolution
Ans: Dr Zhivago.
STAR TREK
8) Century in which the series is set
Ans: 23rd.
THE NAME'S THE SAME
13) Captain Nemo's pet seal and mascot of the Nautilus in Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Gypsy girl loved by Quasimodo in Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Ans: Esmeralda.
C.C. PEOPLE, NOT RIDERS
21) Convicted sex offender known as the "Red Light Bandit" who was executed on May 3, 1960
Ans: Caryl Chessman.
MYTHOLOGY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
34) Toyota full-size car bearing the name of the island to which King Arthur and others were taken after they died
Ans: Avalon.
MEANINGFUL FILM TITLES
55) 2001 film featuring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale whose title designates "an apparent aptitude for making fortunate and unexpected discoveries by accident"
Ans: Serendipty.
DISNEY CHARACTERS, SHARED SURNAMES
TB) Princess with whom Aladdin falls in love and a tropical plant with fragrant flowers used in making perfume and for scenting tea
Ans: Jasmine.
ALSO CALLED
1) Vitamin also called ascorbic acid
Ans: Vitamin C.
IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME
1) Dr. Seuss's miserly character in How the _____ Stole Christmas!
Ans: Grinch.
SINGLE INITIAL J. IN THE QUESTION
2) California city in which the J. Paul Getty Museum, the world's richest art museum, was located until the Getty Center in Los Angeles opened in 1997
Ans: Malibu.
THREES IN BASEBALL
3) Longtime New York Yankee manager known for saying, "Now there's three things you can do in a baseball game: you can win or you can lose or it can rain."
Ans: Casey Stengel.
2006 IN REVIEW
5) Person who said, "Every decade has an iconic blond like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana, and right now I'm that icon."
Ans: Paris Hilton.
QUOTES/CATCH PHRASES/SLOGANS
8) 1950s comedian on his own TV comedy/variety show known for saying "How sweet it is!" used to acknowledge applause
Ans: Jackie Gleason.
QUOTATIONS FROM AMERICAN HISTORY
13) WWII military leader who said, "I shall return."
Ans: Douglas MacArthur.
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