Trivia Questions Week 11/29/13

By Eldon Combs | November 30, 2013 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 11/29/13
  1. When Solomon was gather materials to build the temple what sort of trees did he desire to use:  Cedar, Acasia, or Ash?
  2. There is more or less than 12 inches difference between the length & width of a standard King Size Bedspread?  (14 inches 110″ X 96″)
  3. 15 years ago this week the Steelers/Lions Thanksgiving Day game went to overtime.  In a historic blunder – at the overtime coin toss the referee misheard Jerome Bettis’s call of Heads or Tails? (Detroit got the ball and scored on the first possession to win)
  4. The Black Mamba is the fastest snake in the world reaching top speeds more or less than 12 mph? (Top Speed of 10 to 12 mph)
  5. This player has the highest 3 pt shooting percentage in Missouri State University history:  Winston Garland, Kevin Alt, or Johnny Murdock?
  6. Last October a Volkswagon Beach Bomb Hot Wheels car sold for $12,500 or $125,000?
  7. Nick Sabin’s wife was asked about a potential move the “Lone Star” state.  “We’re not going anywhere”, was Sharry or Terry Sabin’s respnose?
  8. A Boeing 747 can travel at speeds of more or less than 600 mph? (614)
  9. Manny Pacquiao has or has not been breathing air for 35 years?  (Not until Dec 17th)
  10. What actor made a cameo appearance on the first Late Show with David Letterman:  Paul Newman or Bruce Willis (Newman stood and said, “Where are the dancing cats?”)
  11. Fox Sports Yardbarker.com voted this person as this year’s Top Turkey:  A-Rod, Lane Kiffen or Richie Incognito?  (Calling him a Serial Scumbag)
  12. On the TV sitcom Friends:  Pheobe was offered Chandler $7,000 or $17,000 to get smoking? (It was the money she got in a settlement for finding a thumb in a canned drink)
  13. Optimum Bowling Bowl Speed as it travels towards the pins is 15 to 18 or 18 to 21 mph?
  14. When a Tropical Storm reaches sustained winds of 75 mph it is or is not categorized as a Hurricane? (Elevates to a Hurricane at 74 mph)
  15. Under Armour was founded before or after 1995? (1996)
  16. A Lear Jet travels at speeds closer to 350 or 530 mph?
  17. In the movie “Battleship” how many naval ships do the aliens sink 3 or 4?
  18. How many ships were SUNK in the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack?  Get within 2 and you win? Correct answer is 0, 1 or 2 (2, ships were lost in action or damaged beyond repair but of the 8 ships in the harbor NONE of them were sunk.  All the ships cleared the bottom by only a few feet.  The Japanese made a major error = thinking they could sink all the ships – because none of them went completely under water all the ships with the exception of 2 were able to be repaired fairly quickly)
  19. This team’s coach told his players the safest place on the court when they shoot Free Throws is under the net:  Was it the  Clippers or Nuggets coach?  (Brian Shaw Nuggets)
  20. The dimensions of a standard Rural Mailbox is:  6.5″ Wide X 8.5″ Tall X 18.5″ Deep or 7.5″ Wide X 9.5″ Tall X 20.5″ Deep?
  21. The Colts NFL Horseshoe Logo has 5, 6, or 7 nail holes?
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