Trivia Questions Week 01/23/15

  1. The face of the Stopwatch used for 60 Minutes is Black & White.  Are the numbers Black with a White Background or are the numbers White with a Black Background?
  2. In 1994 the US hosted the final 3 games of World Cup Soccer in Pasandena, CA in the Rose Bowl or in Los Angeles, CA in Memorial Coliseum?
  3. Walter Busterkeys was the original stage name for Liberace or Jerry Lee Lewis?
  4. Cleveland Cav forward Shawn Marion announced he was retiring at the end of this NBA season – Marion has more in common with Keanu Reeves or Christopher Reeves? (Nickname Matrix)
  5. The 2 most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you discover why?  This famous quote are the thoughts of Mark Twain or Johnny Carson?
  6. Which legendary boxer ended his career with the least amount of losses:  Muhammad Ali(5), George Foreman(5), Joe Frazier(4)
  7. A Spermologer is a collector of important or unimportant things? (A Collector of Trivia)
  8. Shortest player in Tennis history was under or over 4’10”? (Woman:  CG Hoahing 4’9″ Man: Felicisimo Ampon 4’11”)
  9. Children of retired Presidents receive Secret Service protection to the age of 16 or 18?
  10. Men’s Olympic Track & Field event – the “Hammer Throw” involves a ball & chain weighing more or less than 15 lbs? (16 lbs)
  11. In 2013 – President Obama reinstated lifetime Secret Service protection for retired Presidents.  The only President to ever release his Secret Service protection was:  Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford?
  12. You meet an Olympic competitor at a restaurant – he joins you for lunch and tells you how he won the Gold Medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing using his 8 foot long Javelin – The story is more likely or unlikely to be true?
  13. If you are in between the ages of 13 to 61 years old – you will pay more or less than $19 to tour the Statue of Liberty? ($18)
  14. The diameter of a Men’s Olympic Discus is closer to 8 or 9 inches? (8.66″ – 22 cm’s)
  15. Spider-Man’s girlfriend in the 2012 version of “The Amazing Spider-Man” was played by Emma Stone (Who Is Quite Fetching) Emma is a natural Redhead or Blonde?
  16. In the next Summer Olympics – a Shot Put competitor may or may not use a Brass Shot Put in excess of 16 lbs?  (7.2 Kilograms or 16.09 lbs – made of Iron or Brass)
  17. If the funny tv commercial featuring NFL Running Back Icky Woods – How many total people are in the grocery store when Mr. Woods is getting his cold cuts more or less than 8? (9 – Icky, Butcher (1) & (2), 2, ladies at the counter, 1 lady looking a cheese, 3 people farther down the isle)
  18. In 2007 Russel Wilson was drafted by this Major League Baseball team – Was it the:  Baltimore Orioles or Colorado Rockies?
  19. If you are standing in the middle of a fairway – 55 yds away away from the pen – you would or would not be able to stretch an average roll of Duct Tape the length of your shot?  (Yep!  55 to 60 yds of Tape on the average roll)
  20. Russell Wilson was younger or older than 10 yrs old – when Tom Brady completed his first pass in the NFL? (11)
  21. Bible Question:  God unleashed 10 Plagues on the Egyptians before Pharoah finally let his people go – which of these plagues happened first:  The plague of Locusts (8) or the plague of Thunder & Hail (7)?