Trivia Questions Week 09/13/13

  1. According to a recent MSN Auto Poll – Price is the #1 reason people decide on a car purchase but what is the 2nd almost as high consideration when someone is buying a car these days?  Style, Performance or Mileage
  2. James Casey is a Tight End with a new 3 Yr deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.  He is an amazing story of perseverance.  After enduring the death of his mother when their house burnt down.  He had one set of clothes he wore to High School everyday and lived with his father in a trailer with holes in the floor and no plumbing.  He was so poor that as a Senior in High School he had never eaten at a restaurant.  His High School Sweetheart’s family rescued him and the townspeople of Azle, TX provided him with clothing and necessities.  Casey graduated high school and chose to play Football for Rice University graduating with a Triple Major in Economics, Sports Management, and Managerial Studies and a 3.94 GPA.  He was also a heck of a baseball player – before becoming an Eagle – what Chicago Baseball Team signed & later released him:  Cubs or White Sox
  3. When asked – Would you let your child eat food dropped on your kitchen floor?  More or Less than 50% of parents said Yes (using the 5 second rule) – (46%)
  4. Edward Lunger is sueing a golf resort for $2.25 Million – Lunger claims he was not warned about the Crocodiles or the Snapping Turtles that bit off 3 of his fingers while playing on the course?
  5. Bradley Northcoat of Harford County in Maryland had his 150 lb Watermelon stolen this week – The World’s largest ever Watermelon weighed 268 or 682 lbs (268.8 lbs)
  6. From the move Anchorman:  The Legend of Ron Burgundy – How many tables do we see Ron Burgundy stand on during his Jazz Flute Solo:  1, 2 or 3?
  7. Actor Billy Bob Thorton has a fear of Antique Furniture.  He is convinced that he was killed with Antique Furniture in a former life or is convinced that spirits attach themselves to treasured family heirlooms?
  8. Raphael Nadal has very strange little quirk when he plays tennis – on just about every point – he touches his nose and then one of his ears.  He then touches his nose again and then touches the other ear.  When he does this he touches his right or left ear first?
  9. Sharon Osborn – Yep!  Ozzie’s wife shared this week – that when she was 25 she had a fling with a very funny comedian at the time.  Was it Jerry Seinfeld or Jay Leno?
  10. If you go snorkeling in Hawaii – You might enjoy it a little more:  Dec to Feb, Mar to May, Jun to Aug or Sept to Nov?  (Sept to Nov – Hawaii is in the Tiger Shark’s migration path)
  11. Bible Question:  King Herod told the Wise Men to send word to him once they found the young child would one day become King so he could come Worship or Kill him?
  12. LeBron james is getting married in San Diego this weekend.  King James has shaved a few names from the list.  He and his high school sweetheart are expecting more or less than 1,000 people to attend.
  13. This week this state passed a law allowing Blind People to acquire and carry guns in public?  Ohio or Iowa
  14. After 12 Hrs Daniel Brockman and his friend landed a new Mississippi State record for the heaviest & longest Alligator.  It weight 741 lbs and stretched out shorter or longer than the length of a Free Throw.  (13′ 7″)
  15. The typical 10 storey building is:  100, 120 or 150 feet tall?  (A Storey is typically 10 feet)
  16. Automatic Winner During Program
  17. Las Vegas will soon have the tallest Ferris Wheel in the world – It will be over 55 stories tall and it will cost closer to $25 or $50 to ride? ($30)
  18. Riquna Williams of the Tulsa Shock just set the WNBA scoring record of 51 points – Williams played her college ball for the Miami Hurricanes or the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
  19. Today is or is not the first Friday The 13th of 2013?
  20. How many years passed between the time we saw the Super Bowl’s first Black MVP Quarterback and the swearing in of America’s first Black President?  21 or 26 years
  21. According to a new scientific study by government biologists – The giant propeller Wind Energy facilities have killed closer to 37 or 67 Golden & Bald Eagles in the last 5 years?