Trivia Questions Week 09/16/16

  1. What year did M & M’s start melting in your mouth not in your hands: 1930’s, or 1950’s? (1941)
  2. Bible Question:  What is the shortest book in the New Testament:  Ruth, 2 John, or Jude?
  3. This state has birthed more presidents than any other:  OH, VA, or PA? (8 Presidents from Virginia)
  4. For Olympic Synchronized Team Swimming competitions – the maximum number of team members that can participate in a single event is:  6, 8, or 10?
  5. If you have $10 in your pocket and  no debt – you’re wealthier than: 25% or 52% of all Americans?
  6. How many total players are on the field at any one time in a Rugby game:  20, 24, or 30? (15 players on each team with 7 to 8 substitutes)
  7. Ailurophobia (A-Lure-Phobia) is fear of these animals:  Dogs, Cats, or Insects?
  8. Each team in a water polo game has:  5, 6, or 7 players and a goalie?
  9. If you are in Hawaii swimming in the ocean and you encounter a “Dork” – you are or are not in mortal danger? (A “Dork” is a Whale’s Penis so you are way to close to a Whale)
  10. How many players are allowed on the field during an Australian Rules Football game:  26, 32, or 36? (Both teams are allowed 18 players & 4 substitutes)
  11. Missouri has an official state Dinosaur – the “Show Me” state’s Dino would or would not leave teeth marks if it bit you? (A Duck-Billed Dinosaur with 1,000 teeth)
  12. Each  Field Hockey team is allowed this many players on the field at one time:  7, 9, or 11?
  13. This combination of letters “ough” can be pronounced:  8, 9, or 10 different ways? (rough, cough, hiccoughed, drought, dough, bought, hough (hawk), plough, slough (slew), thorough)
  14. Which singer entertainer lobbied hard to play the “Joker” in “Batman Forever”:  Madonna, Michael Jackson, Michael Bolton? (Michael was the greatest entertainer I have ever seen but the man was not a good actor)
  15. Not one man died during the construction of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO but how many men perished on the San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge project:  11, 21, or 31? (Would’ve been 30 if not for the first time ever used nets placed under the bridge – 19 men were saved by the nets – 19 members of the “Halfway to Hell” club)
  16. The Missouri state record weight for a Channel Catfish is:  34, 43, or 134 lbs?
  17. What music theater was the first to build on Branson’s famed Hwy 76 – was it:  Presley’s Country Jubilee, The Baldknobbers, or 76 Music Hall? (Baldknobbers were the first theater in Branson but not the first to build on 76)
  18. How many players are on the field at one time during an Ultimate Frisbee game:  12, 14, 16?
  19. The standard width between railroad tracks is more or less than 4″8″? (4′ 8.5″ – the width of a Roman Chariot wheelbase but not the reason the distance is used – Trains in England used that measurement and Englishmen built America’s trains & tracks)
  20. An official Ultimate Frisbee has a diameter greater or lesser than the length of a normal sheet of typing paper? (10.75 inches – just less than 11 inches)
  21. The United States National Debt stands at $19.2 Trillion – what was our nation’s debt the day Barack Obama took the presidential office in 2009:  $10.6, $11.6, or $12.6 Trillion (To be fair – the national debt was 5.7 Trillion when George W. Bush to the office and it was $10.6 Trillion when he left – Why we as a country aren’t more upset about this escapes me)