Trivia Questions Week 04/30/21

  1. Tom Brady hates the new NFL Jersey Number Rule – the rule was proposed by this NFL team: Cardinals, Chargers, or Chiefs?
  2. NEPHELOCOCOYGIA (Nefallah-Cox-Saw-Gia) is most enjoyable while laying: On your back, On your stomach, or On Your Side? (The practice of finding shapes in Clouds)
  3. How many seconds are there in a day: 84,600, or 86,400?
  4. How many times in NFL history has a Tight End gotten 1,000 receiving yards in a season: 30, 40, or 50 times? (Travis Kelce 5 times/Tony Gonzales 4 times)
  5. Eggplant is a vegetable or a fruit?
  6. The NBA’s Trent Tucker Rule involves: Fouling, Time, or Uniform issues? (In 1975 the NBA adopted a rule disallowing any regular shot being taken w/ .03 seconds or less – that rule is known as the Trent Tucker Rule)
  7. Mountain Dew’s first product slogan was: “Get that barefoot feeling”, “It’ll tickle your innards”, or “A bang in every bottle”?
  8. Since 1975 after watching “Monty Python and The Holy Grail” I discovered the answer of your question – What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow: 21, 24, or 27 mph?
  9. In Michael Jordan’s final NBA game in 1998 – Utah’s John Stockton had a shot to win but this player got a finger on the final shot to make it miss: Ron Harper, Tony Kukoc, or Dennis Rodman?
  10. The “Parlor” or “Death Room” as it was known was commonly called the “Living Room” before or after 1929? (After WWI (1918-19) and a death-filled Influenza Outbreak, the once called “Parlor” or “Death Room” gave way to a renaming of the “Living Room”)
  11. The PGA has set aside money to reward Top Golfers or what they call Needle Movers in the game of golf. These select few can make an additional: 8, 12, or 16 Million Dollars a year? (They are trying to get their best players more involved with Social Media and/or to play in events they would normally not play in. It’s all an effort to better the game and reach and hopefully engage a younger/different audience that will be needed in the future of golf)
  12. If you are “OLID” you are overly smelly in a good or bad way?
  13. The High School Basketball coach that won a game 100-0 – immediately after the game he was: fired, hired, or shot? (1/13/2009 coach Micah Grimes coached his Covenant Girls team to a 100-0 win over Dallas Academy – he was immediately let go for lack of sportsmanship & unbecoming behavior that did not best represent the school)
  14. Brad’s, Frank’s, or Robert’s Drink was the original name of Pepsi Cola? (1893 Pharmacist Caleb Bradham served “Brad’s Drink” out of his pharmacy – it was positioned as a drink that provided energy or pep. 1898 he purchased & protected the name Pep Cola)
  15. True or False Thousands of spectators used to watch athletes attempt walking 1,000 miles in a 1,000 hours? (Yep, this was just one of the events that were put on that drew thousands of spectators on a regular basis)
  16. The weight of a typical “Gold Bar” is closer to: 24.7 or 27.4 lbs?
  17. In a992 after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Lithuania basketball could not afford to send a team to the Olympic’s this legendary rock group funded the team – was it: Gratefull Dead, The Who, or U2? (You might remember the Tie Dye Uniforms)
  18. What is the single best-selling toy of all time: Barbie, Hula Hoop, or Rubik’s Cube? (Invented in 1974 by Erno Rubik took him a month to solve himself – has sold over 450 Million Plus since)
  19. Bible Question: In Luke 18:35 how many times did the blind beggar call out “Have Mercy On Me” before Jesus had the beggar brought to him and restored his sight: 1, 2, or 3 times? (The beggar was initially rebuked for calling out but in the end his faith in Jesus healed his sight)