General Knowledge Quiz - #2

General Knowledge Quiz - #2
Stuff You Should Know!

 

1.       Pineapples grow on trees.  True or false?

2.       His picture is on our $5.00 bill.  (No looking!)

3.       The Winter Olympics are held ever y ____ years.

4.       President Kennedy was shot in this US city.

5.       Your computer has ROM and RAM in it.  What do those letters stand for?

6.       Who shot Lee Harvey Oswald?

7.       Name the 3 branches that make up the US Government.

8.       NASA stands for?

9.       Mick Jagger is the lead singer in this band.

10.   Lucille Ball was married to him first.

11.   Regarding time, PST and EST stand for what?

12.   Mt. Hood is in this state.

13.   Before becoming Kareem Abdul Jabbar, he was known as?

14.   How many bones does the human body have?

15.   What is a prime number?

16.   He was the first American to set foot on the moon.

17.   Water boils at this temperature.

18.   Name the 3 primary colors.

19.   The sun always rises in the east and sets in the west.  True or false?

20.   Name the first African-American to play Major League Baseball.

21.   In 1793, Eli Whitney invented what machine?

22.   Seven continents make up the majority of land mass on our planet.  How many can you name and which one is largest?

23.   Johnny Carson hosted what TV show?

24.   He leads all NFL players in rushing yards.

25.   Name the longest river in the world.

26.   Before becoming Iran, we knew this country by this name.

27.   He rode his horse alerting residents that the British are coming.

28.   You can live about this long without water.

29.   This planet is closest to Earth.

30.   The Empire State Building is in this city.

 

 

 

 

Answers below

 

 

 

 

 

1.       They grow on a plant on the ground.

2.       Lincoln.

3.       4.

4.       Dallas.

5.       Read Only Memory and Random Access Memory.

6.       Jack Ruby.

7.       The Executive Branch, The Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch.

8.       National Aeronautic and Space Administration.

9.       The Rolling Stones.

10.   Desi Arnaz. (1940 – 1960.)

11.   Pacific Standard Time and Eastern Standard Time.

12.   Oregon.

13.   Lew Alcindor.

14.   206.

15.   It can’t be divided evenly by any number other than one and itself.

16.   Neil Armstrong.

17.   212F.

18.   Red, green and blue.

19.   True.

20.   Jackie Robinson.

21.   The cotton gin.

22.   Africa, Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.  Asia is largest.

23.   The Tonight Show.

24.   Emmitt Smith.  18,355.

25.   The Nile.

26.   Persia.

27.   Paul Revere.

28.   A week.

29.   Venus.

30.   New York City.

 

 

 

Credit must be given to Wikipedia and my brain. 

General Knowledge Quiz - #1

General Knowledge Quiz - #1
Stuff You Should Know!

 

1.       The tomato is a member of this food group.

2.       His picture is on our $1.00 bill.  (No looking!)

3.       Seattle is the wettest city in the US.  True or false?

4.       Abraham Lincoln was shot in this theatre.

5.       Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and Meyer Lansky formed an alliance and did this.

6.       There are 5 lakes that make up the Great Lakes.  How many can you name?

7.       Which state was the last to join the Union, Hawaii or Alaska?

8.       President Kennedy was shot by this lone gunman.  What 3 names do we remember him by?

9.       President Nixon resigned the office due to revelations regarding this.

10.   Mt. St. Helens erupted on this day.

11.   The tallest mountain in the world is?

12.   This ocean is the largest on the planet.

13.   Before becoming Muhammad Ali, he was known as?

14.   JK Rowling authored what series of books?

15.   Who killed Julius Caesar?

16.   Who founded the Kodak Company?

17.   This company produces more cars than any other company.

18.   There are this many keys on an ordinary piano.

19.   What is the speed of sound?

20.   If I take 2 apples out of a basket containing 6 apples how many apples do I have?

21.   She is known as "The Queen of Soul"?

22.   What are the 5 senses in the human body?

23.   Before becoming The Beatles, they were in this band.

24.   This person sits atop the NBA’s all-time points scored list.

25.   When thinking of your computer, what does CPU stand for?

26.   Who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1967?

27.   He is credited with starting Facebook.

28.   A “mile” has this many feet in it.

29.   He is known as “The King” of NASCAR.

30.   What happened at Chernobyl in 1986?

 

 

 

 

Answers below

 

 

 

 

 

1.       Fruit/berry.

2.       Washington.

3.       False.  Mobile, AL.  Seattle didn’t make the top 10 list!

4.       Ford theatre.  April 14, 1865.

5.       Fund casinos in Las Vegas.

6.       Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

7.       Hawaii joined on 8/21/1959.  Alaska joined on 1/3/1959.

8.       Lee Harvey Oswald.

9.       The Watergate scandal.

10.   5/18/1980.

11.   Mount Everest.

12.   The Pacific Ocean.

13.   Cassius Clay.

14.   Harry Potter.

15.   Brutus.

16.   George Eastman

17.   Toyota.

18.   88.

19.   767 mph.

20.   2.  (Think about it.)

21.   Aretha Franklin.

22.   Touch, Smell, Taste, Sight and Hearing.

23.   The Quarrymen.

24.   Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

25.   Central Processing Unit.

26.   Christian Barnard.

27.   Mark Zuckerberg.

28.   5,280’.

29.   Richard Petty.

30.   The worst nuclear power plant accident ever.

 

 

 

Credit must be given to Wikipedia and my brain.

Seattle Trivia Quiz - #1

Seattle Trivia Quiz - #1
Have you seen my umbrella?

 

1.       The city of Seattle got its name from this person.  Name him.

2.       In 2012, the population of Seattle proper was this much.

3.       The Seattle metro area has this many residents.

4.       The Denny Party arrived at Alki Point on this date. 

5.       The first major industry in Seattle was?

6.       He was the first European to visit Seattle.

7.       In the early days, Yesler Way was known as “Skid Road.”  Why?

8.       The Great Seattle Fire happened in this year.

9.       This well-known finance company was founded right after the fire.

10.   In 1907, 19-year-old James E. Casey borrowed $100 from a friend and founded the American Messenger Company.  Under what name do we know this company today?

11.   The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 was held where another facility is today. 

12.   This event took place in 1919 and was the first of its kind in the country. 

13.   In 1962, this event took place.  What was it called?

14.   What year did Boeing move its corporate headquarters to Chicago?

15.   Microsoft was established in this city before moving to Redmond.

16.   Ted Turner brought this event to the Seattle metro area in 1990.

17.   Seattle hosted this event in 1999 and it would bring the wrong kind of attention to Seattle.  It was called?

18.   Seattle would become a hub for this type of music in the late 1980’s and 1990’s.

19.   The Seattle Supersonics won the NBA Championship in this year?

20.   The 6.8 Nisqually earthquake happened on this date.

 

 

 

 

Answers below

 

 

 

 

1.       Chief Seattle, also known as Chief Sealth.  (Pronounced Si’ahl.)

2.       634,535.

3.       3.5 million.

4.       11/13/1851.

5.       Logging.

6.       George Vancouver.  1792.

7.       While logging, timber would be sent skidding down the hill to Henry Yesler's sawmill.

8.       1889.

9.       Washington Mutual.

10.   UPS.

11.   The University of Washington.

12.   The Seattle General Strike.

13.   Century 21 Exposition or 1962 World’s Fair.

14.   2001.

15.   Albuquerque.

16.   The Goodwill Games.

17.   WTO.  (World Trade Organization.)

18.   Grunge.

19.   1979.

20.   2/28/2001.

 

 

 

Credit must be given to Wikipedia and my brain.

Beach Boys Trivia Quiz #1

The Beach Boys Trivia Quiz - #1
Surf’s up!

1.       Three brothers, 1 cousin and a friend were the original members.   How many names can you remember?

2.       Their first manager was?

3.       The band was first known by this name.

4.       This song was released in 1961 on the Candix Records label.

5.       The band released its second single on June 4^th, 1962.  This was also the title of their first album.  Can you name it?

6.       Brian Wilson wrote and produced this 1963 chart topper for Jan and Dean.  Name it.

7.       A lawsuit between Chuck Berry and The Beach Boys eventually gave Berry writing credit and royalties for what Beach Boys song?

8.       In 1964, this song reached number one, the band’s first number one hit.

9.       When Brian Wilson decided he’d stay home and write, who took over for him on the road?

10.   This bass player joined the group in 1965 and took over for the last person that took over for Brian Wilson on the road.  Who was it?

11.   In 1965, this reworked song was the bands 2^nd number one hit, displacing The Beatles Ticket To Ride.

12.   This song, created in 1966, is the biggest selling Beach Boys song to date.  Name it.

13.   In 1971, the band appeared at Fillmore East with this Bay area band.

14.   The album Holland was released in early 1973.  What single came from this album?

15.   James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior under Reagan, banned The Beach Boys from appearing at the National Mall in D.C. on July 4^th for what reason?

16.   According to my source, this song, from the movie Cocktail, became the bands biggest selling hit of all time.

17.   Dennis Wilson died in 1983.  How?

18.   Brian Wilson issued a FREE CD in 2004.  How did he distribute it?

19.   Where do you think Rolling Stone magazine ranked the Beach Boys on their 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time list?

20.   Can you name the title of the bands 29^th studio album released in 2012?

 

 

Answers below

 

 

  

 

 

1.       Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson Carl Wilson, cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine.

2.       Murry Wilson.

3.       The Pendletones.

4.       Surfin’.

5.       Surfin’ Safari.

6.       Surf City.

7.       Surfin’ U.S.A.

8.       I Get Around.

9.       Glen Campbell.

10.   Bruce Johnston.

11.   Help Me, Rhonda.

12.   Good Vibrations.

13.   The Grateful Dead.

14.   Sail on, Sailor.

15.   He said they “encouraged drug use and alcoholism and had attracted "the wrong element", who would mug people and families attending any similar events in the future.”

16.   Kokomo.

17.   Dove off a boat and drowned looking for things he’d thrown overboard earlier.

18.   It was given away through a British tabloid called The Mail on Sunday.  2.6 million copies were distributed.

19.   12^th.

20.   That’s Why God Made The Radio.

  

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