Let's Play Fibonaccio!
The Trivia Game in Book Form
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 + 89
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This game consists of 400 sets of 10 themed questions (plus a tie-breaker), meaning that there are 4,400 questions, arranged subjectively from 1 point in value to 55 points.
ONE CORRECTION OF NOTE: p. 109, 13) 1993 film should be 1953 film
FIRSTS
2) South Carolina city where the first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter
Ans: Charleston.
THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED
3) Comedian/satirist whose show, a spinoff of The Daily Show, has a set called "The Eagle's Nest" and features bald eagles throughout the show
Ans: Stephen Colbert.
COMIC STRIP NAME COMPLETIONS
5) Rhymes With _____ by Hilary Price
Ans: Orange.
CHARACTERS IN ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
8) Agitated animal with pink eyes wearing a white jacket who is worried about being late and whom Alice follows down the rabbit hole into Wonderland
Ans: White Rabbit.,
DATE FOR HOLIDAYS/FEASTS/EVENTS
13) Groundhog Day
Ans: February 2.
JAPANESE IF YOU PLEASE
21) Wide sash with a large flat bow in the back for use with a loose, wide-sleeved robe
Ans: Obi.
3-LETTER PALINDROMES
34) Word used with "out" meaning "to supplement with great effort," as an income, or "to make something last by practicing strict economy"
Ans: (to) eke.
EXPLORERS
55) First French explorer to circumnavigate the world, 1766-1769, and after whom a plant and the largest of the Solomon islands are named
Ans: Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
SHUFFLE OFF TO BUFFALO
TB) "Colorfully dressed" Seneca Indian chief who lived in the area and is honored with a monument there
Ans: Red Jacket.
BIG RED
1) Major League baseball team of the 1970s known as "The Big Red Machine"
Ans: Cincinnati Reds.
HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS, SURNAME ONLY
1) 1963 Navy quarterback Roger _____
Ans: Roger Staubach.
ROCKETS, MAINLY IN SPORTS
2) Rod, "The Rocket," the Australian tennis player who twice won the Grand Slam of tennis, in 1962 and 1969
Ans: Rod Laver.
ONE OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD
3) Of the 3 Pep Boys, the one whose name is shared by one of the Three Stooges
Ans: Moe.
"QUE," QUE, QUE QUEBECQUE
5) 17th-18th century style of music and architecture named from the Portuguese for "an imperfect pearl"
Ans: Baroque.
COLONELS ANYONE
8) 2nd man, a colonel, to step on the moon
Ans: Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin.
SHAKESPEARE TITLE COMPLETIONS
13) King _____
Ans: Lear (or John).
BEST ACTOR OSCAR-WINNING ROLES
21) George M. Cohan in 1942's Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ans: James Cagney.
SPANS OF TIME
34) Japanese battle cry or patriotic cheer literally meaning "May you live 10,000 years!"
Ans: Banzai.
MUSICAL TRIOS
55) Anita, June, and Ruth after Bonnie went solo in 1978
Ans: The Pointer Sisters.
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
TB) Former name of the NHL team in California now known as the Anaheim Ducks, winners of the 2007 Stanley Cup
Ans: Mighty Ducks (of Anaheim).
COMIC STRIPS FROM THE CLUE
1) Goober, by Charles Schulz
Ans: Peanuts.
HORSES AND HORSE BREEDS
1) Small, wild horse of the southwestern plains, a variety descended from Arabian horses brought here by Spanish explorers
Ans: Mustang.
HALF AND HALF
2) Mythical half-fish and half-horse sea creature ridden by Neptune and other sea gods
Ans: Sea horse.
POSSESSIVES
3) Full name of the YMCA
Ans: Young Men's Christian Association.
SINGLE INITIAL "J."
5) American oil billionaire said to be the world's richest man at his death in 1976 now known for a California museum named for him
Ans: J. Paul Getty
COMPLETION OF FAMOUS TRIPLETS
8) Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and _____
Ans: Belmont Stakes.
THE NAME'S THE SAME (first and last names must be given here)
13) Jennifer Lopez's husband and Cleopatra's lover, the Roman military leader defeated at the Battle of Actium in 31 B.C.
Ans: Marc Anthony/Antony.
MUSICALS FROM THEIR SONGS
21) 1964's "I'm the Greatest Star" and "Sadie, Sadie"
Ans: Funny Lady.
GREAT SPORTS OUTCOMES
34) San Francisco player who made "The Catch" on a pass from Joe Montana to defeat the Dallas Cowboys 28-27 in the 1982 NFC Championship game
Ans: Dwight Clark.
4-LETTER REDUPLICATIVES
55) Character in Puccini's La Boheme who embroiders flowers on linens and silks, is in love with Rodolfo, and dies in a garret at the opera's end
Ans: Mimi.
HAIR-RAISING NICKNAMES, SURNAME ONLY
TB) Actress Clara "The Redhead" _____
Ans: Clara Bow.
"X" NAMES
1) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's Marvel Comics superhero mutants with special abilities who frequently fight against Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Ans: The X-Men.
"STEPHEN," UNSTONED
1) Broadway composer known for Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods
Ans: Stephen Sondheim.
SPANISH GEOGRAPHY
2) California city whose name means "cats"
Ans: Los Gatos.
YOU SAY POTATOES, I SAY . . .
3) Type of potato the "three men in a tub . . . all jumped out of" in the nursery rhyme
Ans: Rotten potato.
GEOGRAPHICAL PEOPLE
5) Hannah _____, the fictional 14-year-old pop star on Disney played by Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter Miley, or the state whose quarter features a bison skull
Ans: Montana.
THAT EMPTY FEELING
8) Peninsula bordering the Red Sea where the Rub al Khali, a vast desert region also called The Empty Quarter, is located
Ans: Arabian Peninsula.
PETER PAN
13) Surname of the 3 children who go with Peter to his magical land and whom he rescue from the pirates
Ans: Darling.
IT'S THE LARGEST
21) Jupiter's largest moon, the largest moon in the solar system
Ans: Ganymede.
VICTORIA, VICTORIA
34) Scot who discovered Victoria Falls in 1855, in the Zambezi River between Zambia and Zimbabwe
Ans: David Livingstone.
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REDUPLICATIVES, OR DOUBLE NAMES--PROPER ONES
5) Island of French Polynesia in the Leeward group of the South Pacific Ocean's Society Islands
Ans: Bora Bora.
BLUE POTPOURRI
8) World's largest deep blue diamond, now on display at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History
Ans: Hope Diamond.
AIRPORT LOCATION
13) George Bush Intercontinental
Ans: Houston, Texas.
"SAINTS," NOT SINNERS
21) Bishop of Hippo in Africa who wrote the Confessions and The City of God
Ans: St. Augustine.
SINNERS, NOT SAINTS
34) Serial killer played by Charlize Theron in the movie Monster who admitted killing 7 men in Florida--she was executed in 2002
Ans: Aileen Wuornos.
"YELLOW," BUT NO SUBMARINES
55) Popular term for the alleged threat to Western Civilization from Asian people, especially those from China and Japan, during the late 19th and early 20th century
Ans: Yellow peril.
FATHERLY NICKNAMES OF LITERARY EUROPEANS
TB) Thomas, the "Father of Bowdlerizing" and editor of the heavily censored 10-volume Family Shakespeare
Ans: Thomas Bowdler.
"BROWN" PEOPLE, REAL OR FICTIONAL
1) Comic strip Peanuts character known for saying "Good grief!"
Ans: Charlie Brown.
THE "EL'S" HAVE IT, BUT NO ERNIE ELS
1) Texas city whose Spanish name means "The Pass"
Ans: El Paso.
CARDINAL NUMBER FILM TITLE COMPLETIONS
2) 1960's The Magnificent _____, starring Yul Brenner and Steve McQueen
Ans: Seven.
FAMOUS WILLIAMS WITH A MIDDLE NAME
3) William Frederick _____, Pony Express rider, army scout, and buffalo hunter
Ans: Cody.
POTENT POTABLES WITH A TWIST
5) Brand of bottled gin from the U.K., or a yeoman of the British monarch's royal guard
Ans: Beefeater.
MUSICALS
8) Leonard Bernstein's 1957 musical drama set in New York City and loosely based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Ans: West Side Story.
ANSWER THE "BELL"
13) Poisonous European plant, also known as deadly nightshade, whose name is Italian for "beautiful lady"
Ans: Belladonna.
WORLD AIRPORTS, CITY AND COUNTRY
21) Jose Marti International
Ans: Havana, Cuba.
TV SHOW TITLES BY THE NUMBERS, T's and S's
34) Teen-oriented police series about a L.A. Police Department unit fighting crime in schools with Johnny Depp as Officer Tom Hanson
Ans: 21 Jump Street.
PROVERB COMPLETIONS, BEGINNING WITH A
55) _____ makes strange bedfellows.
Ans: Adversity.
IF YOU HAVE AN "ITZ," SCRATCH IT
TB) St. _____, the Swiss resort where the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics were held
Ans: Moritz.
NUMBERS FROM 1-10
1) Single in baseball by a batter who reaches first base
Ans: One-base hit (one-bagger).
RICH FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
1) Millionaire Gotham City crime fighter in disguise as Batman, the "caped crusader," who operates out of his secret crime laboratory
Ans: Bruce Wayne.
BODY PARTS NICKNAMES IN SPORTS, SURNAME ONLY
2) Baseball's Sandy "Man with the Golden Arm" _____
Ans: Koufax.
THAT'S MIGHTY NOBLE OF YOU
3) Alpine plant whose name means "noble white" in German
Ans: Edelweiss.
STORMY, STORMY NIGHT
5) 2000 film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg about a tropical hurricane that collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes
Ans: The Perfect Storm.
STEAMY FILMS, TITLE COMPLETIONS
8) 1972's Last Tango in _____, starring Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando
Ans: Paris.
LITTLE MISSES
13) First name of the U.S. President's daughter known as "Little Miss Roosevelt" and "Mrs. L."
Ans: Alice (Roosevelt Longworth).
"VAN," VAN, HE'S OUR MAN
21) Bands of high radiation circling the earth named for their discoverer James Alfred _____
Ans: Van Allen belts.
WHAT ABOUT US VONS!?
34) System of notation for dance that Hungarian Rudolf von Laban developed in the 1920s
Ans: Labanotation.
ON THE TITLE COMPLETIONS
55) Wassily Kandinsky's 1912 On the Spiritual in _____, expressing his ideas on abstract painting
Ans: Art.
GOOD "KNIGHT"
TB) Roman Catholic fraternal organization of men and their families who give moral support to other Catholic families
Ans: Knights of Columbus.
TV's JEOPARDY!
1) TV host and producer who with his wife, Julann, developed Jeopardy! in 1964
Ans: Merv Griffin.
TV's WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
1) Letter of the answer designed to elicit a laugh on the $100 question
Ans: D.
5) Island of French Polynesia in the Leeward group of the South Pacific Ocean's Society Islands
Ans: Bora Bora.
BLUE POTPOURRI
8) World's largest deep blue diamond, now on display at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History
Ans: Hope Diamond.
AIRPORT LOCATION
13) George Bush Intercontinental
Ans: Houston, Texas.
"SAINTS," NOT SINNERS
21) Bishop of Hippo in Africa who wrote the Confessions and The City of God
Ans: St. Augustine.
SINNERS, NOT SAINTS
34) Serial killer played by Charlize Theron in the movie Monster who admitted killing 7 men in Florida--she was executed in 2002
Ans: Aileen Wuornos.
"YELLOW," BUT NO SUBMARINES
55) Popular term for the alleged threat to Western Civilization from Asian people, especially those from China and Japan, during the late 19th and early 20th century
Ans: Yellow peril.
FATHERLY NICKNAMES OF LITERARY EUROPEANS
TB) Thomas, the "Father of Bowdlerizing" and editor of the heavily censored 10-volume Family Shakespeare
Ans: Thomas Bowdler.
"BROWN" PEOPLE, REAL OR FICTIONAL
1) Comic strip Peanuts character known for saying "Good grief!"
Ans: Charlie Brown.
THE "EL'S" HAVE IT, BUT NO ERNIE ELS
1) Texas city whose Spanish name means "The Pass"
Ans: El Paso.
CARDINAL NUMBER FILM TITLE COMPLETIONS
2) 1960's The Magnificent _____, starring Yul Brenner and Steve McQueen
Ans: Seven.
FAMOUS WILLIAMS WITH A MIDDLE NAME
3) William Frederick _____, Pony Express rider, army scout, and buffalo hunter
Ans: Cody.
POTENT POTABLES WITH A TWIST
5) Brand of bottled gin from the U.K., or a yeoman of the British monarch's royal guard
Ans: Beefeater.
MUSICALS
8) Leonard Bernstein's 1957 musical drama set in New York City and loosely based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Ans: West Side Story.
ANSWER THE "BELL"
13) Poisonous European plant, also known as deadly nightshade, whose name is Italian for "beautiful lady"
Ans: Belladonna.
WORLD AIRPORTS, CITY AND COUNTRY
21) Jose Marti International
Ans: Havana, Cuba.
TV SHOW TITLES BY THE NUMBERS, T's and S's
34) Teen-oriented police series about a L.A. Police Department unit fighting crime in schools with Johnny Depp as Officer Tom Hanson
Ans: 21 Jump Street.
PROVERB COMPLETIONS, BEGINNING WITH A
55) _____ makes strange bedfellows.
Ans: Adversity.
IF YOU HAVE AN "ITZ," SCRATCH IT
TB) St. _____, the Swiss resort where the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics were held
Ans: Moritz.
NUMBERS FROM 1-10
1) Single in baseball by a batter who reaches first base
Ans: One-base hit (one-bagger).
RICH FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
1) Millionaire Gotham City crime fighter in disguise as Batman, the "caped crusader," who operates out of his secret crime laboratory
Ans: Bruce Wayne.
BODY PARTS NICKNAMES IN SPORTS, SURNAME ONLY
2) Baseball's Sandy "Man with the Golden Arm" _____
Ans: Koufax.
THAT'S MIGHTY NOBLE OF YOU
3) Alpine plant whose name means "noble white" in German
Ans: Edelweiss.
STORMY, STORMY NIGHT
5) 2000 film starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg about a tropical hurricane that collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes
Ans: The Perfect Storm.
STEAMY FILMS, TITLE COMPLETIONS
8) 1972's Last Tango in _____, starring Maria Schneider and Marlon Brando
Ans: Paris.
LITTLE MISSES
13) First name of the U.S. President's daughter known as "Little Miss Roosevelt" and "Mrs. L."
Ans: Alice (Roosevelt Longworth).
"VAN," VAN, HE'S OUR MAN
21) Bands of high radiation circling the earth named for their discoverer James Alfred _____
Ans: Van Allen belts.
WHAT ABOUT US VONS!?
34) System of notation for dance that Hungarian Rudolf von Laban developed in the 1920s
Ans: Labanotation.
ON THE TITLE COMPLETIONS
55) Wassily Kandinsky's 1912 On the Spiritual in _____, expressing his ideas on abstract painting
Ans: Art.
GOOD "KNIGHT"
TB) Roman Catholic fraternal organization of men and their families who give moral support to other Catholic families
Ans: Knights of Columbus.
TV's JEOPARDY!
1) TV host and producer who with his wife, Julann, developed Jeopardy! in 1964
Ans: Merv Griffin.
TV's WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
1) Letter of the answer designed to elicit a laugh on the $100 question
Ans: D.
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MOVIE LORE
55) Jazz musician nicknamed "Bird" featured in the Clint Eastwood-directed 1988 film entitled Bird, starring Forest Whitaker
Ans: Charlie Parker.
"I AM" QUOTATIONS
TB) Geodesic dome creator who said, "I am doing what I am doing only because . . . I am the only guinea pig I have."
Ans: R. Buckminster Fuller.
KNOW YOUR JACKSONS
1) 7th U.S. President
Ans: Andrew Jackson.
CRYING WOLF
1) American author who wrote The Sea Wolf and shares his surname with a European capital
Ans: Jack London.
THREE TIMES THE CHARM
2) The 3 who "all jumped out of a rotten potato" in the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub, / Three men in a tub."
Ans: Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick Maker.
SINGLE LETTER BEGINNING
3) Popular chain of discount stores founded by Sebastian S. Kresge
Ans: Kmart.
B.B.'S, BUT NO EYES PUT OUT
5) Area in the Southern U.S. where fundamentalist Christian beliefs prevail
Ans: Bible Belt.
MMM-MMM GOOD
8) Candy bar named after the daughter of President Grover Cleveland
Ans: Baby Ruth.
ONLYS
13) Washington, D.C., school that is the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf
Ans: Gallaudet College.
U.S. STATE CAPITALS
21) Capital that is known for its annual "Frontier Days" festival and prides itself on being the capital of the first state to allow women to vote
Ans: Cheyenne (Wyoming).
U.S. TOPONYMS (Names Derived from a Place or Region)
34) Covered horse-drawn wagon, after a village or region in Pennsylvania where wagons of this type were made
Ans: Conestoga wagon.
"SINGLE" AND NOT MARRIED
55) Deciduous tree that is the single surviving species of an order that flourished at the time of the dinosaurs
Ans: Ginkgo.
20TH-CENTURY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
TB) James Fenimore Cooper's Natty _____
Ans: Bumppo.
THE LETTER X IN THE ANSWER
1) U.S. President who said, "I want you all to stonewall it."
Ans: Richard Nixon.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES FOR BONES OF THE BODY
1) Upper leg or thigh bone
Ans: Femur.
JUST TRIVIA
2) Standard typewriter keyboard as named from the first 6 letters top left, sometimes called the Sholes keyboard
Ans: Qwerty.
GOING MY WAY, MRS.
3) Company known for its cookies, opened in 1977 by Debbi _____, in Palo Alto, California
Ans: Mrs. Fields.
GEOGRAPHY BEARS
5) NBA team known as the "Grizzlies," and formerly called the Vancouver Grizzlies
Ans: Memphis.
EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
8) U.S.'s oldest permanent European settlement, founded by Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles in Florida on August 28, 1565
Ans: St. Augustine.
TRIANGLES
13) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, site near the confluence of 3 rivers
Ans: Golden Triangle.
MILLERS ANYONE
21) American author who wrote Daisy Miller and The Portrait of a Lady
Ans: Henry James.
"GREEN" GREEN GRASS OF HOME
34) Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning song from 1976's A Star Is Born
Ans: "Evergreen."
ALL ABOUT MARY
55) Pen name of English-born novelist Mary Ann Evans
Ans: George Eliot.
ONE-WORD TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICALS
TB) 1970's winner, based on a story about the world of showbiz and whose title designates approval expressed by the clapping of hands
Ans: Applause.
WORLD HISTORY
1) Quadrennial athletic competition Emperor Theodosius ordered ended in A.D. 393
Ans: Olympic Games.
STATE FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
1) Boise State University
Ans: Idaho.
BIG, BUT NOT IN THE ANSWER
2) Paul Bunyan's large ox who is "twice as big as all outdoors and playful as a hurricane"
Ans: Babe.
EVERY "LITTLE" BIT HELPS
3) Product line of colorful toy ponies produced by Hasbro in 1982
Ans: My Little Pony.
55) Jazz musician nicknamed "Bird" featured in the Clint Eastwood-directed 1988 film entitled Bird, starring Forest Whitaker
Ans: Charlie Parker.
"I AM" QUOTATIONS
TB) Geodesic dome creator who said, "I am doing what I am doing only because . . . I am the only guinea pig I have."
Ans: R. Buckminster Fuller.
KNOW YOUR JACKSONS
1) 7th U.S. President
Ans: Andrew Jackson.
CRYING WOLF
1) American author who wrote The Sea Wolf and shares his surname with a European capital
Ans: Jack London.
THREE TIMES THE CHARM
2) The 3 who "all jumped out of a rotten potato" in the nursery rhyme "Rub-a-dub-dub, / Three men in a tub."
Ans: Butcher, Baker, and Candlestick Maker.
SINGLE LETTER BEGINNING
3) Popular chain of discount stores founded by Sebastian S. Kresge
Ans: Kmart.
B.B.'S, BUT NO EYES PUT OUT
5) Area in the Southern U.S. where fundamentalist Christian beliefs prevail
Ans: Bible Belt.
MMM-MMM GOOD
8) Candy bar named after the daughter of President Grover Cleveland
Ans: Baby Ruth.
ONLYS
13) Washington, D.C., school that is the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf
Ans: Gallaudet College.
U.S. STATE CAPITALS
21) Capital that is known for its annual "Frontier Days" festival and prides itself on being the capital of the first state to allow women to vote
Ans: Cheyenne (Wyoming).
U.S. TOPONYMS (Names Derived from a Place or Region)
34) Covered horse-drawn wagon, after a village or region in Pennsylvania where wagons of this type were made
Ans: Conestoga wagon.
"SINGLE" AND NOT MARRIED
55) Deciduous tree that is the single surviving species of an order that flourished at the time of the dinosaurs
Ans: Ginkgo.
20TH-CENTURY FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
TB) James Fenimore Cooper's Natty _____
Ans: Bumppo.
THE LETTER X IN THE ANSWER
1) U.S. President who said, "I want you all to stonewall it."
Ans: Richard Nixon.
SCIENTIFIC NAMES FOR BONES OF THE BODY
1) Upper leg or thigh bone
Ans: Femur.
JUST TRIVIA
2) Standard typewriter keyboard as named from the first 6 letters top left, sometimes called the Sholes keyboard
Ans: Qwerty.
GOING MY WAY, MRS.
3) Company known for its cookies, opened in 1977 by Debbi _____, in Palo Alto, California
Ans: Mrs. Fields.
GEOGRAPHY BEARS
5) NBA team known as the "Grizzlies," and formerly called the Vancouver Grizzlies
Ans: Memphis.
EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
8) U.S.'s oldest permanent European settlement, founded by Spanish explorer Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles in Florida on August 28, 1565
Ans: St. Augustine.
TRIANGLES
13) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, site near the confluence of 3 rivers
Ans: Golden Triangle.
MILLERS ANYONE
21) American author who wrote Daisy Miller and The Portrait of a Lady
Ans: Henry James.
"GREEN" GREEN GRASS OF HOME
34) Barbra Streisand's Oscar-winning song from 1976's A Star Is Born
Ans: "Evergreen."
ALL ABOUT MARY
55) Pen name of English-born novelist Mary Ann Evans
Ans: George Eliot.
ONE-WORD TONY AWARD-WINNING MUSICALS
TB) 1970's winner, based on a story about the world of showbiz and whose title designates approval expressed by the clapping of hands
Ans: Applause.
WORLD HISTORY
1) Quadrennial athletic competition Emperor Theodosius ordered ended in A.D. 393
Ans: Olympic Games.
STATE FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
1) Boise State University
Ans: Idaho.
BIG, BUT NOT IN THE ANSWER
2) Paul Bunyan's large ox who is "twice as big as all outdoors and playful as a hurricane"
Ans: Babe.
EVERY "LITTLE" BIT HELPS
3) Product line of colorful toy ponies produced by Hasbro in 1982
Ans: My Little Pony.
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KNOW YOUR DATES--MONTH, DAY, AND YEAR
21) U.S. and British attack to overthrow Saddam Hussein known as Operation Iraqi Freedom
Ans: March 19, 2003.
RESTAURANTS, EATERIES, ETC.
34) Ashley Wilkes's cousin and Charles and Melanie Hamilton's aunt living in Atlanta in Gone With the Wind for whom an Atlanta restaurant dating to 1967 is named
Ans: Miss Pittypat.
GAY IS EVERYWHERE
55) French chemist and physicist who formulated the law that all gases expand by equal amounts when subjected to increments in temperature
Ans: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
TB) Building in which apartments are owned by individuals and common parts of the property are owned jointly by the unit owners
Ans: Condominium.
DRAGONS
1) 2001 animated film in which a green-skinned ogre rescues the Princess Fiona from a castle guarded by a fire breathing dragon
Ans: Shrek.
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?
1) Fur that a cat collects in its stomach as a result of its licking its coat
Ans: Hair ball.
GOT RELIGION?
2) Practice of the Roman Catholic Church through which a person admits his sins to a priest, asks forgiveness, and does penance
Ans: Confession.
GOOD, IN THE NAME IN THE ANSWER
3) First black on the U.S. Supreme Court
Ans: Thurgood Marshall.
BAD, IN THE ANSWER
5) Comedian and actor born David Adkins known for his role as coach Walter Oakes on TV's A Different World
Ans: Sinbad.
UGLY
8) Shakespeare play in which the 3 weird sisters, or witches, are described as "secret, black, and midnight hags"
Ans: Macbeth.
DAMN, IN THE U.S.
13) U.S. President who said, "Damn the law, I want the canal built!" insisting he had a "mandate from civilization" to start building the Panama Canal
Ans: Theodore Roosevelt.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUOTATIONS
21) General who in 1993 prior to considering a run for President said, "I've been a general all my life. I've never wanted to be anything else."
Ans: Colin Powell.
JUST NAKED
34) American author who in A Streetcar Named Desire wrote, "I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a . . . vulgar action."
Ans: Tennessee Williams.
U.S. FIRST LADIES
55) "Duchess," as her husband called her, who was at his side when he died in San Francisco in 1923, leading some to hint she'd poisoned him
Ans: Florence Harding.
LION IN WAITING
TB) Subject of William Manchester's biography The Last Lion, the British leader who in 1954 said, "The nation . . . had the lion's heart. I had the luck . . . to give the roar."
Ans: Winston Churchill.
NOBEL PRIZES
1) Nationality of Alfred Nobel, the chemist who invented dynamite and originated the Nobel Prizes
Ans: Swedish.
GOOD NIGHT
1) TV sitcom om which anchorman Ted Baxter on WJM-TV signed off saying, "Good night and good news!"
Ans: The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
OOH-LA-LA!, AND BEGINNING WITH LA
2) Spanish region famous for its windmills named in the title of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de _____
Ans: La Mancha.
S-E-X IN THE ANSWER
3) Full meaning of the slang initialism OSS as used in the film industry
Ans: Obligatory sex scene.
AMERICANA
5) Latin motto meaning "from many, one" or "out of many, one" featured on a scroll held in the beak of the national bird
Ans: E Pluribus Unum.
FULL NAMES FROM U.S. PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS
8) DDE
Ans: Dwight David Eisenhower.
"WHITE" PEOPLE
13) Surname of Maurice Joseph _____, the actor better known as Michael Caine
Ans: Micklewhite.
JUST TV
21) 1964-1969 series based on Grace Metalious' 1956 novel about small New England town morals, covering problems from infidelity to murder
Ans: Peyton Place.
SONG-RELATED
34) American author who wrote the young adult novel Dogsong about a 14-year-old Eskimo, Russel Susskit
Ans: Gary Paulsen.
SHIPS
55) U.S. merchant ship seized in Cambodia's Gulf of Siam on May 11-12, 1975--its crew of 39 was freed on May 14 but 15 U.S. soldiers died in the rescue operation
Ans: U.S.S. Mayaguez.
TIGER IN THE ANSWER
TB) Flower having large reddish-orange petals with purplish-black spots
Ans: Tiger lily.
TITLES BEGINNING WITH "MY"
1) 1963-1966 TV sitcom starring Ray Walston as Uncle Martin, the Martian
Ans: My Favorite Martian.
STATE QUARTERS
1) Inscription "Jamestown 1607-2007" and 3 merchant ships sent by King James I
Ans: Virginia.
THE 9 PLANETS (consider Pluto as one of the 9)
2) One whose temperatures range from 845 degrees F on its surface facing the sun to
-300 degrees F on its nighttime side since it is nearest the sun
Ans: Mercury.
THE 9 PLANETS, BUT NOT EXACTLY
3) TV series starring Kristen Bell as a young woman who tries to solve difficult mysteries in the town of Neptune
Ans: Veronica Mars.
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ONLYs
5) Only one to have graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy
Ans: Jimmy Carter.
THE PRESIDENTS, NOT NOT EXACTLY
8) Hale's Ford, Virginia-born educator who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Ans: Booker T. Washington.
AYE, AYE, "CAPTAIN"
13) Surgeon nicknamed "Hawkeye" portrayed by Alan Alda on TV's M*A*S*H and by Donald Sutherland in the film version
Ans: Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce.
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
21) Number 92, named after the planet discovered in 1781
Ans: Uranium.
"DE," NOT DUH
34) South African president from 1989 to 1994 who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela
Ans: Frederik Willem de Klerk.
KNOW YOUR DATES--MONTH, DAY, AND YEAR
21) U.S. and British attack to overthrow Saddam Hussein known as Operation Iraqi Freedom
Ans: March 19, 2003.
RESTAURANTS, EATERIES, ETC.
34) Ashley Wilkes's cousin and Charles and Melanie Hamilton's aunt living in Atlanta in Gone With the Wind for whom an Atlanta restaurant dating to 1967 is named
Ans: Miss Pittypat.
GAY IS EVERYWHERE
55) French chemist and physicist who formulated the law that all gases expand by equal amounts when subjected to increments in temperature
Ans: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
TB) Building in which apartments are owned by individuals and common parts of the property are owned jointly by the unit owners
Ans: Condominium.
DRAGONS
1) 2001 animated film in which a green-skinned ogre rescues the Princess Fiona from a castle guarded by a fire breathing dragon
Ans: Shrek.
WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT?
1) Fur that a cat collects in its stomach as a result of its licking its coat
Ans: Hair ball.
GOT RELIGION?
2) Practice of the Roman Catholic Church through which a person admits his sins to a priest, asks forgiveness, and does penance
Ans: Confession.
GOOD, IN THE NAME IN THE ANSWER
3) First black on the U.S. Supreme Court
Ans: Thurgood Marshall.
BAD, IN THE ANSWER
5) Comedian and actor born David Adkins known for his role as coach Walter Oakes on TV's A Different World
Ans: Sinbad.
UGLY
8) Shakespeare play in which the 3 weird sisters, or witches, are described as "secret, black, and midnight hags"
Ans: Macbeth.
DAMN, IN THE U.S.
13) U.S. President who said, "Damn the law, I want the canal built!" insisting he had a "mandate from civilization" to start building the Panama Canal
Ans: Theodore Roosevelt.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUOTATIONS
21) General who in 1993 prior to considering a run for President said, "I've been a general all my life. I've never wanted to be anything else."
Ans: Colin Powell.
JUST NAKED
34) American author who in A Streetcar Named Desire wrote, "I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a . . . vulgar action."
Ans: Tennessee Williams.
U.S. FIRST LADIES
55) "Duchess," as her husband called her, who was at his side when he died in San Francisco in 1923, leading some to hint she'd poisoned him
Ans: Florence Harding.
LION IN WAITING
TB) Subject of William Manchester's biography The Last Lion, the British leader who in 1954 said, "The nation . . . had the lion's heart. I had the luck . . . to give the roar."
Ans: Winston Churchill.
NOBEL PRIZES
1) Nationality of Alfred Nobel, the chemist who invented dynamite and originated the Nobel Prizes
Ans: Swedish.
GOOD NIGHT
1) TV sitcom om which anchorman Ted Baxter on WJM-TV signed off saying, "Good night and good news!"
Ans: The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
OOH-LA-LA!, AND BEGINNING WITH LA
2) Spanish region famous for its windmills named in the title of Cervantes' novel Don Quixote de _____
Ans: La Mancha.
S-E-X IN THE ANSWER
3) Full meaning of the slang initialism OSS as used in the film industry
Ans: Obligatory sex scene.
AMERICANA
5) Latin motto meaning "from many, one" or "out of many, one" featured on a scroll held in the beak of the national bird
Ans: E Pluribus Unum.
FULL NAMES FROM U.S. PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS
8) DDE
Ans: Dwight David Eisenhower.
"WHITE" PEOPLE
13) Surname of Maurice Joseph _____, the actor better known as Michael Caine
Ans: Micklewhite.
JUST TV
21) 1964-1969 series based on Grace Metalious' 1956 novel about small New England town morals, covering problems from infidelity to murder
Ans: Peyton Place.
SONG-RELATED
34) American author who wrote the young adult novel Dogsong about a 14-year-old Eskimo, Russel Susskit
Ans: Gary Paulsen.
SHIPS
55) U.S. merchant ship seized in Cambodia's Gulf of Siam on May 11-12, 1975--its crew of 39 was freed on May 14 but 15 U.S. soldiers died in the rescue operation
Ans: U.S.S. Mayaguez.
TIGER IN THE ANSWER
TB) Flower having large reddish-orange petals with purplish-black spots
Ans: Tiger lily.
TITLES BEGINNING WITH "MY"
1) 1963-1966 TV sitcom starring Ray Walston as Uncle Martin, the Martian
Ans: My Favorite Martian.
STATE QUARTERS
1) Inscription "Jamestown 1607-2007" and 3 merchant ships sent by King James I
Ans: Virginia.
THE 9 PLANETS (consider Pluto as one of the 9)
2) One whose temperatures range from 845 degrees F on its surface facing the sun to
-300 degrees F on its nighttime side since it is nearest the sun
Ans: Mercury.
THE 9 PLANETS, BUT NOT EXACTLY
3) TV series starring Kristen Bell as a young woman who tries to solve difficult mysteries in the town of Neptune
Ans: Veronica Mars.
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ONLYs
5) Only one to have graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy
Ans: Jimmy Carter.
THE PRESIDENTS, NOT NOT EXACTLY
8) Hale's Ford, Virginia-born educator who founded Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
Ans: Booker T. Washington.
AYE, AYE, "CAPTAIN"
13) Surgeon nicknamed "Hawkeye" portrayed by Alan Alda on TV's M*A*S*H and by Donald Sutherland in the film version
Ans: Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce.
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
21) Number 92, named after the planet discovered in 1781
Ans: Uranium.
"DE," NOT DUH
34) South African president from 1989 to 1994 who shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela
Ans: Frederik Willem de Klerk.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Fibonaccio! April 07
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.
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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