Trivia Questions Week 11/20/14

By Eldon Combs | November 20, 2014 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 11/20/14
  1. Memphis Grizzly star Vince Carter cried when he was first booed and then earned a standing ovation as a video tribute of his high-flying, Half-Man Half-Amazing days as a Raptor was being played before their game in Canada – Carter last played for the Raptors in:  2004 or 2006?
  2. NASA has built – a “Time Machine” Telescope – it is reportedly 100 or 1,000 times more powerful than the much better known “Hubble” Telescope launch in 1990?
  3. The NFL – “Jack-Butt” award of the week belongs to Saints Fan – Tony Williams.  After a Bengals TD Williams forcefully stole a football being tossed from a Bengals player to a lady Bengals jersey wearing fan – Christa Barrett was eventually given another game ball by the Bengals or Saints organization?
  4. Roger Goodell has suspended Adrian Peterson without pay for the rest of the regular season – the move if upheld will cost Peterson more or less than $5 Mil? ($4,147,058)
  5. Major League Baseball does or does not currently have a player of 7 feet or more tall?  (Majors no – Minors playing in Japan – Dutch Pitcher Loek Van Mil is 7’1″ – current tallest Twins John Rauch 6’11”)
  6. Which movie was the first to pair Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan together:  Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail or Joe Versus the Valcano?
  7. Last Sun the Green Bay Packers became the 5th or 7th team in NFL history to score 50+ pts in consecutive games?
  8. It was recently discovered Venice, Italy is sinking 5 times faster than original thought.  At the current rate Venice is sinking more or less than 6 inches every 100 years (2 ml’s per year 7.8″ per 100 yrs)
  9. This NFL QB says things like “Hey, Babe” or “Come On Babe”.  Some of his teammates have not warmed to Robert Griffin III or Tom Brady’s strange “Term of Endearment”?
  10. On the Norwegian “Breakaway” Cruise Ship – you can go to the top of the ship and step out 5 or 6 steps away from the boat on a 6 inch wide beam – when you look down you’ll realize you are more or less than 200 ft above the ocean?
  11. Which of these dominating NFL players almost traded his NFL career to become a lawyer:  Packer Aaron Rodgers or Cardinal Larry Fitzgerald?
  12. Weekly Bible Question:  Genesis 6:1 shares that the Lord said, “My spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be more or less than 130 yrs?” (120)
  13. A standard NFL game last about 3 hours and features more or less than 12 minutes of real on-the-field action? (11 min – 50%+ time for replays, 60 min TV ads, the rest: Shots of Huddles, Coaches, Injured Players, Referees & Cheerleaders)
  14. According to the National Golf Registry:  45 or 54% of all Hole-In-Ones are made with a Titleist golf ball?
  15. In Missouri a Hunting & Fishing Permit cost more or less than $18? ($19)
  16. Scientist have named a newly discovered species of fly with a particularly colorful & bigger backside “Bootilicious” or “Kardashious”?  (Named after Beyonce)
  17. On Location Prize
  18. John Fitzgerald Kennedy or George Hubert Walker Bush donated his $150,000 presidential salary to charity?
  19. Who weighs more the Seahawks very vocal Richard Sherman (194 lbs) or Chiefs running back  Jamaal Charles (199 lbs)
  20. Since 2001 the US President has earned an annual salary of $300,00 or $400,000?
  21. People forced to kiss someone for being under the mistletoe at office parties – are or are not able to recreate the smell of that memory when recalled? (Real Mistletoe has absolutely discernible smell)
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