Trivia Questions Week 01/31/14

By Eldon Combs | February 2, 2014 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 01/31/14
  1. In 1970 a postage stamp for a normal letter would have set you back 6 or 12 cents?
  2. Which would you have been able to do first:  Watch Jackie Robinson play for the Dodgers (1947) or Ride in a Self-Operated Elevator (1950)?
  3. Which came first:   HBO was born (1972) or the First Test Tube Baby was born (1978)?
  4. What team won the Super Bowl the year Tom Cruise & Kelly McGillis took a breath away in the movie “Top Gun”:  Joe Montana’s San Francisco 49ers or Jim McMahon’s “Super Bowl Shuffling” Chicago Bears (1986)
  5. Which actress did not work as a stripper before becoming a star?  Catherine Zeta Jones or Renee Zellwigger (Renee worked at a strip club but not as a stripper)
  6. The newly MLB approved IsoBlox Pitchers Protective Ball Cap provides protection to 30 or 40? of the players’ head?
  7. You could have or could not have seen a cigarette ad on TV on 01/01/70?  (Banned 69)
  8. When a hard hit baseball travel straight back to the pitcher he has more or less than 1/4 of a second to respond? (1/3 of a second)
  9. The first time a women could use a Urine Pregnancy Test to discover if she was pregnant was in 1929 or 1949?
  10. “Thou Shalt Not Steal” is listed in the Bible as the 5th or 8th Commandment?
  11. Marilyn Monroe did Aug 5th 1962 – She was or was not alive when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech?  (King’s Speech Aug 28th, 1963)
  12. This year fans will be able to go on-line and vote for the most valuable player of the Puppy Bowl or the Lingerie Bowl?
  13. What was the first year CD’s outsold Vinyl Records:  1984 or 1988?
  14. If you like the better food offered in first class – you should know that the change in air pressure on an Airplane numbs up to 20, 30 or 40% of your taste buds?
  15. Adolf Hitler committed suicide in 1945 with or without ever seeing a helicopter? (1936)
  16. High Altitude causes intestines to expand making airline travelers extra gassy – experts recommend not holding your flatulence in – they say “Let Er Rip”.  The dry cabin air makes passing gas harder to detect and the fabric seats in coach are designed to absorb 30, 40 or 50% of the smell?
  17. Simpy is a word that has more association with Pepsi or Coke?  (Pepsico is facing many lawsuits involving their use of the word “Natural” on several of their products.  The company has started replacing “Natural” with “Simply”)
  18. Houston Rockets star James Harden didn’t play against the San Antonio Spurs this week because of a bruised Left Thumb or a bruised Right Big Toe?
  19. Because of a Lethal Injection Chemical shortage – Missouri is considering bringing back Death by Firing Squad.  The number of sharpshooters used in a Firing Squad is 5 or 6 (Of the 5 only 4 are given a live round – 1 person is giving a black round – this is done so no one involved with the Firing Squad will know who delivered the fatal shot)
  20. When the Seahawk’s Richard Sherman is watching the Master’s Golf Tournament this April – the outspoken cornerback will most likely be rooting for:  Tiger, Phil or Bubba (Tiger and Sherman are both went to school at Standford)
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