Trivia Questions Week 03/11/16

By Eldon Combs | March 11, 2016 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 03/11/16
  1. Red’s Hamburgers on E. Chestnut Expy in Springfield, MO was the first ever drive thru window in the United States but, which of these fast food kings was the first to introduce a drive thru:  McDonald’s, Wendy’s, or Burger King?
  2. When sold out this MLB team plays in front of baseball’s largest crowd:  Blue Jays, Dodgers, Braves (Toronto 49,282, Atlanta 50,097, Los Angeles 56,000)
  3. How many pillars support the front porch balconies of the White House:  5, 6, 7?
  4. How many golfers have scored a quadruple bogey during a tournament and gone on to win:  1, 2, or 3? (Adam Scott 2016 Honda Classic, David Toms 2003 Quail Hallow, Phil Michelson 2009 Tour Championship)
  5. The National Peanut Festival is celebrated in this southern state:  Georgia, S Carolina, or Alabama (1st week in Nov – Dothan, AL)
  6. The first coach to make 4 Super Bowl appearances:  Don Shula, Bud Grant, Chuck Knoll?
  7. In what month do the least amount of couples in America get married:  Oct, Dec, or Jan?
  8. From the movie “Bull Durham” how many days did Kevin Costner’s character “Crash” play in the “Show” more or less than 20? (21)
  9. At the deepest part of US Lakes in the US stay below 40 degrees, 40 degrees, above 40 degrees? (39)
  10. True or False During the 1998-1999 season Gunther Cunningham was the KC Chiefs Defensive Coordinator?  (Cunningham became coach for 1999-2000 season)
  11. Which Ocean produces the most Tidal Waves:  Pacific, Indian, or Artic Ocean?
  12. How many MLB teams are not represented in Cooperstown’s “Baseball’s Hall of Fame”:  3, 4, or 5? (Rockies, Marlins, Mariners, Rays, & Nationals)
  13. The original McDonald’s hamburger sold for: 15, 17, 19 cents?
  14. How many MLB players have hit a homer before age 20 and also hit a homer after age 40 – more or less than 4 (5, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, Rusty Staub, Ty Cobb)
  15. The President’s official salary is $400,000 but position has access to expense accounts that allow additional annual personal expenditures of more or less than $1 Million? (Additional Expense Accounts:  General, Office, Entertainment & Separate Entertainment, Traveling for & anyone with the president, Plus, up to $1 Mil unanticipated needs acct)
  16. In 2000 Tom Brady threw 4 TD’s leading Michigan past Alabama in a 35 to 34 win in the Orange Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, or Sugar Bowl?
  17. Bible Question:  In Genesis 23 we are told – Abraham’s wife “Sarah” died at the age of: 127 or 172 years of age?
  18. Which happened first the Dallas Cowboys played their last game in Dallas (1971) or the first “Earth Day” was celebrated (197)?
  19. If you wanted to make a vacation of visiting a different Presidential Library everyday of your vacation you’d have to take off work more or less than 20 days? (22, Washington, J & JQ Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hayes, McKinley, Wilson, Coolidge, Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, LB Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, GH Bush, Clinton, GW Bush)
  20. New York Yankee hurler Aroldis Chapman has been banned from playing baseball for 30 games for choking his girlfriend and shooting a gun in his garage – each shot he fired will cost him more or less than $500,000? (7 shoots into the garbage and 1 thru a window into an open field – he was fined $1,856,557 divided by 8 shots equals $464,139.25)
  21. 100 people were asked, “What command do dog owners yell at their pet?”  The #1 answer was:  No, Come Here, or Be Quiet?
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