Trivia Questions Week 02/05/21

By Eldon Combs | February 20, 2021 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 02/05/21
  1. How many miles wider is the earth at the Equator than is tall from the North to South Pole closer to: 25, 50, or 75 miles? (26.58 Miles)
  2. Today’s fastest stock recreational model of a snowmobile can reach a top speed closer to: 110, 120, or 130 mph? (2021 Ski-Doo MXZ Z 850 E TEC – 128 mph)
  3. The Earth’s rotation is slowing down because of: Galaxy Alignment, The Moon, or Natural Friction? (The rotation is slowing by 1.7 miliseconds each century because rotation causes “Tidal Bulges” that pull slightly ahead of the earth/moon axis created a twisting force that slows rotation)
  4. What is the Super Bowl record for rushing yards by a single player is: 204, 208, or 212? (Timmy White Washington Redskins – name has since been changed to the Washington Football Team)
  5. The driest place on earth is found on this continent: Africa, Antarctica, or South America? (Antacama Desert, Chile, South America, .3 to .6 inches of rain per year – it is believed the place with 400 yrs without rain at one time)
  6. January 7th, 9th, or 11th is the date of the earliest ever played Super Bowl? (1977 Oakland 32 Minnesota 14)
  7. The odds of a passing star disrupting the Earth’s orbit away from the Sun is 1 in: 100,000, 1,000,000, or 1,000,000,000? (That’s kind of scary)
  8. Bible Question: 3, 4, or 5 groups of workers were hired by the landowner in Jesus’s “Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard”?
  9. A drive from Springfield, MO to: Jacksonville, FL, San Francisco, CA, or Bangor, ME is closer to the distance from the earth’s surface to the earth’s core? (Surface to core 1,864 miles – Spfd to Jacksonville 1.012 Miles, Spfd to San Francisco 1,911 Miles, Spfd to Bangor 1,639 Miles)
  10. The Super Bowl uses Roman Nermerals: To avoid confusion, for marketing appearance, or a wish of the commish? (To remove any confusion of season playing in one year and the Super Bowl being held in another year)
  11. The Earth is the: 5th, 6th, or 7th largest planet in the Solar System?
  12. Football’s most treasured “Lombardi Trophy” weighs: 7 or 11 lbs?
  13. Our Earth’s atmosphere extends to a height of: 2,200, 4,200, or 6,200 miles? (6,213 Miles – 5 main layers the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere at 10,000 kilometers or 6,213 miles)
  14. New England, Pittsburg, or Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl the year of Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction during the half-time show?
  15. There is or is not a civilization credited with naming the Earth? (I find it curious that mankind knows who named every planet except for Earth – you really want to know why because God named earth but that’s a non-acceptable answer in the very world he created)
  16. Who delivered the highest-rated Super Bowl half-time show: Bruno Mars, Beyonc’e, Katy Perry, or Lady Gaga?
  17. You can or cannot drive down a stretch of historic Route 66 and hear your car create the song “America The Beautiful”? (You could at one time but no longer – grooves in pavement that made the tones have been paved over or otherwise destroyed and it’s too expensive to repair)
  18. In 2014 this MLB team tried to steal Patrick Mahomes from football: Boston, Cleveland, or Detroit? (Selected Mahomes in the 37th round)
  19. The Earth’s has a core, mantle, and crust – the crust ranges from: 2 to 4, 12 to 14, or 22 to 24 miles thick?
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