Trivia Questions Week 01/24/14

By Eldon Combs | January 29, 2014 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 01/24/14
  1. The 49ers forced a Seahawk fumble on the first play from scrimmage of the NFC Championship Game and scored the first points with a 20 or 25 yard Field Goal?
  2. The nation’s tallest Water Slide is set to open in Kansas City, KS this year – The slide is more or less than 15 stories tall (17 Stories  – 3 people in a raft traveling up to 65 mph)
  3. A Houston Furniture Store ran a promotion on the NFL’s Championship Weekend.  The store would refund anyone’s purchase of over $5,000 if they could correctly guess the winners of the Conference Championship Games.  Many customers picked Seattle & Denver costing the store more or less than $500,000 in refunds? ($600,000 – more than 100 customers guessed correctly)
  4. After someone he let see the script – leaked it to most of Hollywood – Film Director Quentin Tarantino has scraped his plans for a new Western or a B-Horror movie?
  5. In Tacoma Washington – In honor of last week’s AFC & NFC Championship Games – the boss of Odyssey 1 Family Entertainment told his employees they could wear their favorite teams jersey to work.  Nathaniel Wentz – a 17 year old High School QB was fired for wearing a 49er’s or Bronco’s jersey?  (Seattle didn’t even play Denver last week)
  6. A family making $70,000 jointly in 2013 will pay more or less than $10,000 in taxes:  (10% on the first $17,850 = $1,785 + 15% on $52,150 – $7,822.50 for a total of:  $9,607.50)
  7. Automatic Winner
  8. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce gave $24,800 to Peyton Manning’s Peyback Foundation that promotes success among disadvantaged kids in Indiana, Tennessee & Louisiana.  On Monday of this week it was or was not announced that the “Saying Omaha” money will be spent on youth programs in Omaha?
  9. Charlie Brown’s father was a Butcher or a Barber?
  10. More or Less than $150,000 animals were sacrificed to the Lord at the Temple’s dedication?  (142,000 – 22,000 oxen and $120,000 sheep goats)
  11. On average a stick shift car will get closer to 2 or 4 miles per gallon better gas mileage than an automatic transmission?
  12. Shelby Miller finished last season with a 3.06 ERA – there were more or less than 8 pitchers in the league with better ERA’s? (9)
  13. If you are sick with the CRUD and cough on your hand just before signing a check at the bank.  The CRUD virus you left on the pen could pass on to other bank customers for closer to 3 Hours, 30 Hours or 3 Days? (A Cold or CRUD virus can survive on inanimate objects for up to 3 Days)
  14. The average pro fisherman will use a pole closer to 6’6″ or 7′ long?  (6’10” to 7’8″ Long)
  15. Which happened first:  Hawaii’s or Alaska’s admission into the United States?  (Alaska admitted on Jan 3rd, 1959 – Hawaii on Aug 21st, 1959)
  16. This fighter once backed out of a fight because he had a dream he was going to kill his opponent.  Was it Sugar Ray Robinson or Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini? (After being convinced to fight Sugar Ray went into the ring and killed his opponent)
  17. Which happened first:  Blues Clues or Dora the Explorer (Blues Clues 9/8/1996 – Dora The Explorer 8/14/2000)
  18. The NFL is considering getting rid of the Point After Attempt after a touchdown.  Last season 5 extra points were missed.  There were 4 or 5 teams that missed an Extra Point? (Green Bay, Dallas, Pittsburg, Tennessee, Philadelphia)
  19. Which came first:  Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) or Cinderella (1950)
  20. Seahawk QB Russel Wilson is 5’11” (205 lbs) or Saints QB Drew Brees is 6′ (210 lbs) – Which one weighs more?
  21. Which came first the Safety Pin (1849) or the Golf Tee (1899)?
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