Thursday, December 31, 2015

2015 IN REVIEW Q'S HAPPY NEW YEARS

2015 in Review, selected miscellaneous items.

1.  Jan. 7,  A terrorist attack on what French publication prompted international outrage? 

2.  What Mediterranean nation faced repeated debt and financial crises?

3.  Feb. 1  Who won Super Bowl XLIX? 

4.  Apr 4  Whose  videotaped shooting (while unarmed) by a police officer in  Charleston, SC, sparked national outrage and resulted in a murder charge against the office? 

5.  Apr. 19  The death of what black man while in police custody resulted in massive protests in Baltimore and elsewhere? 

6.  May 14  What blues guitarist, who had a mega-hit with "The Thrill is Gone," died? 

7.  June 26  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled state laws that did what were unconstitutional?

8.  July 10, In response to a massacre at a black church by a white supremacist, what was removed from the S.C. capital grounds? 

9.  Sept 28  NASA scientists confirmed the existence of liquid flowing water on what planet?

10.  Dec.  What was the name of the Texas teen fugitive who was captured in Mexico with his (ugh!) mother?  

11.  Dec.   Who was the celebrity who was finally formally charged with sexual assault after years of allegations? 




2015 YIR ANSWERS

2015 YIR ANSWERS

1.  Charlie Hebdo

2.  Greece

3.  New England Patriots

4.  Walter Scott

5.  Freddie Gray

6.  B. B. King

7.  forbade same-sex marriages

8.  Confederate Battle Flag

9.  Mars

10.  Ethan Couch

11.  Bill Cosby

MISCELLANEOUS 12/31/15, QUESTIONS

MISC Q'S 12/31/15

1.  What are the only two nations whose flags are squares?

2.  What is the only nation whose flag is not a square or rectangle? 

3.  Who was the first U.S. President to sport a beard while in office?

4.  If it is midnight on the international date line, what time is it on the prime meridian? 

5.  What feature in Russia is typically viewed as the dividing line between Asia and Europe? 

6.  Who are the only two U.S. Presidents buried in California?

7.  What CA site is typically  the most-visited place in the U.S. national park system each year? 

8.  What is the capital of Cameroon?

9.  Who resigned as U.S. Speaker of the House in 2015? 

MISCELLANEOUS ANSWERS 12/31/15

MISC A'S 12/31/15

1.  Vatican City and Switzerland

2.  Nepal

3.  Lincoln

4.  Noon

5.   Ural Mountains

6.  Nixon and Reagan

7.  Golden Gate National Recreation Area

8.  Yaoundé

9.  John Boehner

ROCK AND ROLL 12/31/15, QUESTIONS

R N R  12/31/15 QUESTIONS

1.  What group had hits with "Fallen Angel," and "Ride the Wind"? 

2.  What hard rock group had hits with "Dreams," "Can't Stop Loving You,"
"Right Now," and "Why Can't This Be Love"? 

3.  What group had hits with "Comfortably Numb," "Whole Lotta Lovin'" and their only #1 hit with "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"? 

4.  What group had a hit with an 8-minute song called "Stairway to Heaven"? 

5.  What group, started in 1964, had Roger Daltrey as lead singer and Pete Townsend as guitarist? 

6.  What rock giant died on Dec . 8, 1980? 

7.  What group had a hit in 1969 with "Pinball Wizard"? 

SOFT ROCK ETC. 12/31/15, QUESTIONS,

SOFT ROCK ETC, 12/31/15 ANSWERS

These are some of my favorite soft rock/slow songs

1.  What female folk singer had hits in the 60's and 70's with "Amazing Grace," "Send in the Clowns," and "Both Sides Now"?   

2.  What male country artist had a hit with "Unanswered Prayers"?

3.  What black female singer had cover hits with "I will Always Love You," and the "Star Spangled Banner"? 

4.  Who was the lead singer for Van Halen's 1988 hit "When It's Love"?


5.  On the soundtrack for the movie "The Lost Boys," who had a great rendition of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down on Me"? 

6.  What male soloist had a hit with "Eyes Without a Face"? 

7.  What group had  a hit with "Love Walked In"?

8.  What group had a hit with "Don't Stop Believing"? 

9.  Who wrote and first recorded "I Will Always Love You"? 





SOFT ROCK, ETC. 12/31/15 ANSWERS

1.  Judy Collins

2.  Garth Brooks

3.  Whitney Houston

4.  Sammy Hagar

5.  Roger Daltrey

6.  Billy Idol

7.  Van Halen

8.  Journey

9.  Dolly Parton

ROCK AND ROLL 12/31/15, ANSWERS

R N R  12/31/15 ANSWERS

1.  Poison

2.  Van Halen

3.  Pink Floyd

4.  Led Zeppelin

5.  The Who

6.  John Lennon

7.  The Who

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

SEX, DRUGS & ROCK AND ROLL 12/30/15 QUESTIONS

1.   What male, solo artist had a hit with "Cocaine"? 

2.  What AC/DC hit has the line "She told me to come, but I was already there"? 

3.  Who had a hit with "Purple Haze"? 

4.  What group had a soundtrack (Flashdance) hit called "Seduce Me Tonight" which included the line "Show me all the secrets between your thighs"?

5.  What group had hits with "Hot for Teacher," "Finish What You Started"
and "Everybody Wants Some"?

6.  What rock giant died Aug. 16, 1977 from a prescription drug overdose?

7.  What rock giant lost paternity suits brought by Luciana Morad and Marsha Hunt?

8.  What was the title of a 1992 song about a drug released by Billy Idol
which was a cover for a song written and previously recorded by  Lou Rawls? 

9.  What artist and backup group did a cover of "Fire Down Below," and had hits with "The Fire Inside," and "Night Moves"?

10.  What famous rock band front man died of a heroin overdose on July 3, 1971?

SEX, DRUGS & ROCK N' ROLL ANSWERS 12/30/15

S, D & R n' R Answers  12/30/15

1.  Eric Clapton

2.  You shook me all Night Long

3.  Jimi Hendrix

4.  Cycle V

5.  Van Halen

6.  Elvis Presley

7.  Mick Jagger

8.  Heroin

9.  Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

10.  Jim Morrison

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, DEC 27-JAN 2, QUESTIONS

TWIH DEC 27-JAN 2

DEC 27

1.  What famous play by James Barrie premiered in London? 


DEC 28

2.  1612  Who first viewed the planet Neptune but erroneously classified it as a star? 

DEC 29

3.  1890  American troops attempting to disarm a group of Sioux Indians massacred over 400 men, women and children at what location in South Dakota?

DEC 30

4.  2006  After trial, what former dictator was executed by hanging?


DEC 31

5.  1991  What nation was officially dissolved? 

JAN 1

6.  1863    What historic act was undertaken by Pres. Lincoln?


JAN 2

7.  1872  LDS (Mormon) leader Brigham Young (71) was arrested for having how many wives? 




TWIH DEC 27-JAN 2 ANSWERS

1.   Peter Pan

2.  Gallileo

3. Wounded Knee

4.  Sadam Hussein

5.  USSR

6.  Signed/issue the Emancipation Proclamation

7.  25

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, DEC 20-26, QUESTIONS, P.S. HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS

TWIH, DEC 20-26

DEC 20

1.  1860  What was the first state to secede from the U.S.? 

2.  1946  What classic Christmas movie starring Jimmy Steward first debuted?

DEC 21

3.  1898 Pierre and Marie Curie discovered what radioactive element?  Radium

4.  1913  The first crossword puzzle appeared in what New York Newspaper?

5.  1937  Walt Disney premiered the first full-length animated feature which had what title? 

6.  1988  270 people died when a Pan Am flight exploded over what  Scottish city? 

7.  1989  American troops invaded what country? 

DEC 22

8.  1961  Who was reported to be the first U.S. soldier to die in Viet Nam?


9.  1984  What was the name of the New York City resident who shot four alleged robbers on the subway, and who case became a cause celebre

DEC 23

10.  1886   Who was the famous author of  the novel Vanity Fair who died on this date?

DEC 24

11.  1814  The War of 1812 ended with the signing of what treaty? 

12.  1979  The Soviet Union invaded what country? 

DEC 25

13.  1776  George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River and surprised and defeated the Hessians in what battle the next day? 

14.  1868  What President issue an unconditional pardon to all Confederate military personnel?

TWIH, DEC 20-26, ANSWERS

1.  South Carolina

2.  It's a Wonderful Life

3.  Radium

4.  The New York World

5.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

6.  Lockerbie

7.  Panama

8.  James David (RIP)

9.  Bernhard Goetz

10.  William Makepeace Thackeray

11.  Treaty of Ghent

12.  Afghanistan

13.  Battle of Trenton

14.  Andrew Johnson

50's Rock Group Hits, Questions

50's Rock Group Hits

1.  What group named after a hair-cut had a hit in 1955 with "Earth Angel."

2.  What group had a 1955 hit with "Only You"? 

3.  What group had hits with "Little Darlin'" (1957) and "The Stroll" in 1959? 

4.  The Dell-Viking biggest hit of 1957 was what song? 

5.  Who had a hit in 1958 with "Little Star"?

6.  In 1958, the Four Preps had a hit with what song whose title was a distance? 

7.  What song was the Fleetwoods biggest hit of 1959? 

8.  What group had a hit with "There Goes My Baby" in 1959? 

9.  In 1959, The Impalas biggest hit was what song?



50's Rock Group Hits, Answers

1.  The Crew Cuts

2.  The Platters

3.  The Diamonds

4.  "Come Go With Me"

5.  The Elegants

6.  26 Miles (Santa Catalina)

7. Mr. Blue

8.  The Drifters

9.  "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)"

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

AMERICAN HISTORY III QUESTIONS

AMERICAN HISTORY III QUESTIONS

1.  In what year was Thanksgiving first celebrated as a national holiday in the U.S.?

2.  How long did it take Lincoln to deliver his famous Gettysburg address? 

3.  Who was the black sailor killed by the British  in the Boston Massacre in 1770? 

4. What was the first English settlement in America (1607)?

5.  In what U.S. Supreme Court decision did the Court declare the Missouri Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional?

6.  In 1920, in what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote? 

7.  Founded in 1909,  what was America's first national black civil rights organization? 

8.  What city is the capital of Alabama and was the first capitol of the Confederacy?






AMERICAN HISTORY III ANSWERS

AMERICAN HISTORY III ANSWERS

1.  1789

2.  2 minutes

3.  Crispus Attucks

4.  Jamestown, VA

5.  Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

6.  19th

7.  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

8.  Montgomery

SPORTS II QUESTIONS

SPORT II QUESTIONS

1. Who holds the NFL record for most passing yards in game by a QB who did not start the game? 

2.  Who was the youngest man to win a world heavyweight boxing championship?

3.  Who was the first quarterback to win 4 Super Bowls? 

4.  What NBA team hold record for most consecutive wins to start the regular season?

5.  In 2015 what horse became the first one of win the triple crown since "Affirmed" in 1978?  

6.   In 2015 what college football team won the first College Football National Championship game? 

7.  Who holds the rushing record (204 yds.) for a Super Bowl?

8.  What NBA player is #1 in total career rebounding and tied for # 1 in career scoring average per game?

 

SPORTS II ANSWERS

SPORTS II ANSWERS

1.  Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers)

2.  Mike Tyson

3.  Terry Bradshaw

4.  Golden State Warriors

5.  American Pharoah

6.  Ohio State

7.  Timmy Smith (Redskins(

8.  Wilt Chamberlain

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, DEC 13-19, QUESTIONS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, DEC. 13-19, QUESTIONS

DEC 13

1.  1961  What famous, 101 year-old painter of "American primitives" died on this day? 

DEC 14

2.  1911  Who was the first human to reach the South Pole? 

DEC 15

3.  1791  What part of the U.S. Constitution went into effect? 

DEC 16

4.  1773  What famous American political demonstration took place on this date?

DEC 17

5.  1967  Who was the Australian Prime Minister who disappeared while swimming and whose body was never found?

DEC 18

6.  1865  What amendment  to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery took effect?

DEC 19

7.   1732  Who began publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac"?

8.  1997 What blockbuster romance film with a one-word title and famous soundtrack debuted in the U.S.? 









TWIH DEC 13-19 ANSWERS

TWIN DEC. 13-19 ANSWERS

1.  Grandma (Anna Robertson) Moses

2.  Roald Amundsen

3.  Bill of Rights (first Ten Amendments)

4.  Boston Tea Party

5.  Harold Holt

6.  13th

7.  Benjamin Franklin

8.  "Titanic"

Thursday, December 10, 2015

HARD ROCK I QUESTIONS

HARD ROCK I QUESTIONS

These are some of my favorite hard-rock tunes.

1.  Who had a  2011 hit with "The Edge of Glory"?

2.  What group had a hit with "Notorious"?    

3.  What group had a hit with "Devil Inside"

4.  What group had a great live version of "You shook me All night Long"? 

5.  What trio had hits with "Gimme all your Lovin'" and "Sharp-Dressed Man"?

6.  What was AC/DC's all-time highest charting single (1992)?


7.  What solo artist had these 6 great hard rock songs?  "Dancing with Myself," "Mony Mony," "Rebel Yell," "White Wedding,"  "To Be a Lover,"
and "Don't you (Forget About Me")?

8.  What group had a hit in 1987 with "Sweet Child O' Mine"?

9.  In 1966 what group had a hit with "Gimme Some Lovin"?

10. In 1966, The Bobby Fuller Four had their biggest hit with what song?









HARD ROCK I ANSWERS


HARD ROCK I, ANSWERS

1.  Lady Ga Ga

2.  Loverboy

3.  INXS

4.  AC/DC

5.  ZZ Top

6.  Money Talks

7.  Billy Idol

8.  Guns and Roses

9.  Spencer Davis Group

10.  "I Fought the Law"

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, DEC. 6-12 QUESTIONS

TWIH DEC 6-12 QUESTIONS

DEC 6

1.  1774  What country established the first nationwide public education system?

DEC 7

2.  1941  How many aircraft carriers were in Pearl Harbor during the Japanese attack?

3.  1982  What was the first state to use lethal injection for executions?

DEC 8

4.  1980  Who shot and killed John Lennon?

DEC  9

5.  1990  Who was elected President of Poland in that nation's first-ever direct election of a President?

DEC 10

6.  1901  What famous international awards/prizes were first awarded in Sweden?

7.  1979  What female was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

DEC 11

8.  1936 What British King abdicated?

9.  1963  What famous singer was released after his father paid a $240,000 ransom?

DEC 12

10.  1915  What famous singer was born on this date?

11.  Who patented the hovercraft?

TWIH DEC 6-12 ANSWERS

1.  Austria

2.  None

3.  Texas

4.  Mark David Chapman

5.  Lech Walesa

6.  Nobel Prizes

7.  Mother Teresa

8.  Edward VIII

9.  Frank Sinatra

10.  Frank Sinatra

11.  Christopher Cockerell

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (TWIH) NOV 28-DEC. 5 QUESTIONS

TWIN NOV 28-DEC 5 QUESTIONS

NOV 28

1.  1582  William Shakespeare married whom? 

NOV 29

2.  Who made the first flight over the Notrth Poll?

NOV 30

3.  1940 Actress Lucille Ball married whom? 


Dec. 1

4.  1834  The slaves in what British colony were emancipated?

5.  1640  What country became independent upon expelling Spanish occupiers? 

Dec. 2

6.  1823  President Monroe announced what foreign policy bombshell?


DEC 3

7.  1984  A chemical spill/leak from what U.S. company's chemical plant in Bhopal India resulted in an estimated 3,000 deaths? 

8.  1967  Who was the head of the surgical team that completed the world's first heart transplant?

Dec. 4

9.  1915  the state of Georgia gave official recognition to what group?


Dec. 5

10.  1933  What U.S. constitutional amendment was finally ratified, repealing what prior constitutional amendment? 

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY (TWIH) ANSWERS NOV. 28 DEC 5

TWIH NOV 28-DEC 3

1.  Anne Hathaway

2. Richard E. Byrd

3.  Desi Arnaz

4.  British Cape Colony

5.  Portugal

6.  "Hands Off" policy, no more European colonies in N. or S. American

7.  Union Carbide

8.  Christaan Barnard

9.  Ku Klux Klan

10.  21st repealed 18th

Friday, November 27, 2015

CRIME LAW AND JUSTICE I, QUESTIONS

CRIME LAW AND JUSTICE I

1.  Who is the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? 

2.  What U.S. Supreme Court decision radically changed all state criminal justice systems and police departments by making the federal exclusionary mandatory for all states?

3.  Most federal civil rights civil cases are brought under what civil rights statute? 

4.  The equal protection clause is found in what  Constitutional Amendment? 

5.  What U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawed racial segregation in American public schools?

6.   What U.S. Chief Justice of the 1800's is generally regarded as America's greatest?

7.  What Amendment to the Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishments?  

8.  What is the name of the ancient and current writ by which one challenges the legality of their confinement by government?
  
9.  What is the trial court of general jurisdiction in the federal court system? 

10. The state of Texas is covered by which U.S. Court of Appeals? 

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CRIME LAW, AND JUSTICE, I, ANSWERS

If you'd like to learn more about crime, law and justice, visit my blog on the topic.


1.  John Roberts

2.  Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

3.  Title 42 United States Code, sec. 1983

4.  14th

5.  Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

6.  John Marshall

7.  8th

8.  Habeas Corpus

9.  United State District Court

10.  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

World War II, Part I, QUESTIONS

WWII Part I, QUESTIONS

1.  In the U.S. during WW II, to what did the term “Liberty Steak” refer? 

2.  In 1945, what German General was captured when U-234 surrendered to the Americans? 

3.  When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, how many U.S. aircraft carriers were in the harbor.    

4.  What nation had the largest number of military and civilian casualties in WW II?

5.  What WWII U.S. ship received the most awards? 

6.  The Pact of Steel was an alliance between what 2 WWII combatants? 

7.  In terms of number of planes and ships involved, what was the biggest naval battle of WWII?


8.  Japan had the 2 largest battleships in history.  What were their names? 

9.  Who was Hitler's military Chief of Staff during WWII? 

10.  The Nov. 1942 Allied Landings in N. Africa had what code name?



 

World War II, Part I, ANSWERS


1.  hamburger

2.  Luftwaffe General Ulrich Kessler

3.  None

4.  Soviet Union

5.  aircraft carrier U.S. Enterprise

6.  Germany and Italy

7.  Battle of/for Leyte Gulf

8.  Yamato and Musashi

9.  Gen. Wilhelm Keitel

10.  Operation Torch

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, NOV. 21-27, QUESTIONS

TWIH, NOV. 21-27 QUESTIONS.

NOV 21

1.  1990  Who was the 'Junk Bond King' sentenced to 10 years in prison?

NOV 22

2.  1963  How old was Pres. Kennedy when he was assassinated?

NOV 23

3.  1814  U.S. Veep Eldridge Gerry died in office. He was the second VP of what President to die in office? 

NOV 24

4.  1859  Who first published his famous book, "Origin of the Species"?

5.  1865  Following the end of  the Civil War which state first passed draconian anti-black laws termed "Black Codes"? 

6.  1991, Freddie Mercury, died.  He was the lead singer of what rock group? 

NOV 25

7.  1906.  Which U.S. President returned home from a Central American trip which made him the first sitting President to travel outside the U.S.? 

NOV 26

8.  1940  The Nazi began forcing thousands of Jews into a walled ghetto that was called what? 





TWIH NOV 21-26 ANSWERS

TWIH NOV 21-26 ANSWERS

1. Michael Milken

2.  46

3.  Thomas Jefferson

4.  Charles Darwin

5.  Mississippi

6.  Queen

7.  Theodore Roosevelt

9.  Warsaw Ghetto

Monday, November 16, 2015

ROCK AND POP IV QUESTIONS

These are a few of my favorite things (I mean oldies)

1.  What duo had a hit in 1976 with "Nights are Forever?"

2.  Who had a huge hit in 1962 with "He's so fine"?

3.  Who had a hit in 1986 with "Tonight will be all right"?

4.  Who had a #1hit in 1979 with "Still"?

5.  What singer and backup group recorded the first release version of "All cried out"?

ROCK AND POP IV ANSWERS

ROCK AND POP IV ANSWERS

1.  England Dan and John Ford Coley

2.  The Chiffons

3.  Lionel Richie

4.  The Commodores

5.  Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

ROCK AND POP MUSIC III QUESTIONS

ROCK AND POP III  QUESTIONS

These songs are some of my oldie favorites. Have I dated myself? (No, but I have taken myself to the movies on many occasions)


1.  What doo-wop group had a hit in 1956 with "In the Still of the Night"? 

2.  What group had a #1 hit in  1958  with "To know him is to love him"?

3.  What group had a #1 hit in 1958 with "At the Hop"?

4.  What group had an up-tempo doo-wop hit with "Denise" in 1963?

5.  What group's biggest hit was the 1968 hit "Midnight Confession"? 

6.   What country artist had a pop hit in 1958 with "It's only make believe"?

7.  Famous producer and song writer  Phil Spector was a member of what singing group? 

ROCK AND POP III ANSWERS

ROCK AND POP III, ANSWERS

1.  The Five Satins

2.  The Teddy Bears

3.  Danny and the Juniors

4.  Randy and the Rainbows

5.  The Grassroots

6.  Conway Twitty

7.  The Teddy Bears

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, Nov 14-20, QUESTIONS

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY, NOV. 14-20, QUESTIONS

NOV.  14
1.  The book Moby Dick was first published.  Who was its author? 

NOV.  15 
2.  1956  What was the name of Elvis Presley's first film? 

3.  1864  What Union General ordered the civilian evacuation and then burning of Atlanta?

NOV 16

4.  1907 What U.S. Territory became the 46th state?  

5.  1952  In the Peanuts comic strip, what famous antic took place? 

6.  1960  When this handsome actor died he was eulogized as "The King of Hollywood."  What was his name?

NOV 17
 
7.  1869  What famous waterway opened?

8.  1913  The first ship through the Panama Canal had what name?   

9.  1973  Pres. Nixon uttered what four famous words?

10. 1988  Who was the first female to be elected head of state in an Islamic country?


NOV 18

11.  1874  What famous women's organization was officially started in Cleveland Ohio?

12.  1928  What famous cartoon character first appeared in what was the first successful sound-synchronized film.  

NOV 19

13.  1861  Who composed "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"?

14.  1863  Who delivered what masterful and historic speech?

NOV 20

15.  1818  Who formally declared Venezuela an independent state? 

16.  1973  What animated, classic Thanksgiving story first aired on TV?

17.  2003  What celebrity was arrested on charges of child molestation?

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY NOV. 14-20, ANSWERS

1.  Herman Melville

2.  Love Me Tender

3.  William Tecumseh Sherman

4.  Oklahoma

5.  Lucy pulls the ball away at the last second as Charlie Brown is running towards it to kick it.

6.  Clark Gable

7.  Suez Canal

8.  Louise

9.  "I am not a crook"

10.  Benazir Bhutto

11.  Women's Christian Temperance Union

12. Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"

13.  Julian Ward Howe

14.  Abraham Lincoln, "Gettybsburg Address

15.  Simon Bolivar

16.  "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"

17.  Michael Jackson





Saturday, November 14, 2015

ROCK AND ROLL QUESTIONS I


ROCK AND ROLL QUESTIONS I

1.  Just before starting a fabulous solo career, Lionel Richie was the lead singer in what group? 

2.   What was Van Halen's only #1 hit song.

3.  Billy Idol's best-selling single was what song?

  According to Rolling Stone magazine,

4. Who is the #1 greatest guitarist?   

5.  Who is/are the  # 1 greatest artists (solo or group)? 

6.  What is the greatest song?

7.  What is the greatest album? 

More miscellany

8.  What ZZ Top hit has the same title as the slang term for a particular sex act?

9.  What was the Rolling Stones' first #1 international hit?  

10.  What was Lionel Richie's first solo U.S. #1 hit?

11.  Who was the drummer in the Beatle's early hit "Love Me Do"? 

 

ROCK AND ROLL I ANSWERS

1.  The Commodores
2.  "Jump"
3.  "Mony, Mony"
4.  Jimi Henrix
5.  The Beatles
6.  "Like a Rolling Stone"
7.  The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band"
8.  "Pearl Necklace"
9.  "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
10.  Truly
11.  Andy White

AMERICAN HISTORY II QUESTIONS

AMERICAN HISTORY II QUESTIONS

1.  Who was the first Vice President to later be elected President?

2.  What city was the territorial and first capital of the state of Oklahoma?  

3.  The Liberty Bell was removed from Philadelphia by Revolutionary forces and temporarily hidden in what city?

4.  in 1963, a white supremacist bomb exploded in a black church and killed 4 black girls in what U.S. city? 

5.  Who was U.S. President on the date of the U.S. Bicentennial? 

6.  Who was the second Vice-President of the U.S.? 

7. What 1862 Civil War battle is considered the bloodiest/deadliest day in U.S. history? 

8.  Who was the only American to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court? 

9.  On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered that a flag of surrender be carried to Union lines.  Having no such white flag, Lee ordered that what be used instead? 

10.  Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered on Apr. 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, VA, at whose home?

11.  What 6 U.S. Presidents served at least  part of a term without a Vice President?

AMERICAN HISTORY II ANSWERS

American History  II, Answers

1.  John Adams

2.  Guthrie

3.  Allentown, PA

4.  Birmingham, Alabama

5.  Jimmy Carter

6.  Thomas Jefferson

7.  Battle of Antietam

8.  William Howard Taft

9.  a white towel

10.  Wilbur McLean

11.   John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson,  Chester A. Arthur, Richard Nixon and Lindon Johnson

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY QUESTIONS NOV 7 TO NOV 13


THIS WEEK 11-7 THROUGHT 11-13 IN HISTORY QUESTIONS

 

 

NOV 7

1.  1916  What female from Montana became the first woman elected to  the U.S. Congress?

 
NOV 8 

2.  1895  Who invented/discovered the X-Ray?

 3. 1966  Who was the first black elected U.S. Senator?

 4.    1988George H.W. Bush defeated what Democratic candidate in the presidential election?

 
NOV 9

 5.    1938  Many Jewish communities in Germany suffered through a night of terror that, in German, became known as what?
 

NOV 10
 

6.  1969  What popular children’s TV show made its debut?

 
NOV 11

 7.  1831  Who was the leader of a slave revolt who was hanged?

 NOV 12

 8. 1944  What WW II German battleship was sunk in a Norwegian fjord?

 9.  1946  The first U.S. drive-up banking facility was opened in what city?

NOV 13
 
10.  1775   Who wrote the famous quote “Nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes”?

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 11/7 TO 11/13, ANSWERS


THIS WEEK 11-7 THROUGH 7-13  IN HISTORY ANSWERS

 

1.  Jeanette Rankin
 
2.  Wilhelm Roentgen

3.  Edward Brooke of Mass.

4.  Michael Dukakis

5.  Kristallnacht  (night of glass)

 6.  Sesame Street
 
7.  Nat Turner

8.  Tirpitz

9.  Chicago

10. Benjamin Franklin

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 10/31-11/6, QUESTIONS


TIH QUESTIONS 10/31-11/6

OCT 31
1.  1984  India’s Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her own bodyguards.  The bodyguards belonged to what religious group? 

NOV 1
2.  1950  Pres. Harry Truman survived what life-threatening event?  

3.  1800  Who was the first President to reside in the White House?
4.  1950  Who was the first black to play in a regular season NBA game? 

NOV 2
5.  1920  What radio station in what city broadcast the first regular radio programs in the U.S.?

6.  1976 Who won the U.S. Presidential election?
NOV 3

7.  1868  Who won the election and became the 18th U.S. President
NOV 4

8.  1922  Archeologist Howard Carter discovered whose tomb?  
9.  1924  What state elected America’s first female governor?  

10.  1995  Who was the Israeli Prime Minister who was assassinated by a right-wing Jewish extremists?
NOV 5

11.  1956  Soviet tanks crushed a revolt in what eastern European nation? 

NOV 6
12.  1900  Who was reelected as President of the United States?

TWIH ANSWERS


TWIH ANSWWERS

1.  Sikh

2.  Assassination attempts

3.  John Adams

4.  Charles Cooper

5.  KDKA Pittsburgh, PA

6.  Jimmy Carter

7.  Ulysses S. Grant

8.  Egypt’s King Tut

9.  Wyoming

10.  Yitzhak Rabin

11.  Hungary

12.  William McKinley

Saturday, October 31, 2015

MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS II

1.  In a recent episode of the TV show "Castle," one of the characters suffered from "hyperosmia."
What is this condition?                        

2. What Catholic religious order built the "Alamo," and other missions in Texas?

3.  What city was the territorial capital and first state capital of Oklahoma?

4.  What is the Periodic Table symbol for the element copper?

5.  Who was the 15th President of  the U.S.?

6.  What Amendment to the Constitution protects against unreasonable searches and seizures?

7.  Who was the last President of the U.S. who was not nominated by the Republican or Democratic parties?

8. The metric measure "tonne" is equivalent to how many U.S. pounds?

9. The Roman numeral "D" stands for what number?

10.  Besides, Centigrade and Fahrenheit, was is the other widely used measure of temperature?

ANSWERS TO MISCELLANEOUS II


ANSWERS TO MISCELLANEOUS I

1.  Heightened sense of smell

2.  Franciscans

3.  Guthrie

4.  Cu

5.  James Buchanan

6.  Fourth Amendment

7.  Millard Fillmore (Whig)

8.  2,204.62 pounds

9.  500

10.  Kelvin (K)

Thursday, October 29, 2015

WORLD HISTORY IV QUESTIONS

WORLD HISTORY IV QUESTIONS
         
  

  
               
  1.   In what year did the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
 
  2.  In 1607, the Mayflower was headed for Virginia, but mistakenly landed where? 

  3.  In 1520, what Spanish Conquistador conquered the Aztecs in Mexico?

  4.  In 1532, what Spanish Conquistador conquered the Incas in Peru?

   5.  The “Age of Reason” is also known as what?
   6.  In 1611 a new version of the Bible was created that was less congenial to Puritanism more congenial to the King.  What was this version called?         
   7.    The English Bill of Rights took effect in what year?       

   8.  Revolutionary fervor in the U.S. was fueled by what document written by Thomas Payne?
  9.  Who was the leader of the radical, violent Jacobins during the French Revolution?

WORLD HISTORY IV ANSWERS

WORLD HISTORY IV ANSWERS

WORLD HISTORY IV ANSWERS


1.  1588

2.  Cade Cod, Mass.

3.  Hernan Cortez

4.  Franiscco Pizarro

5.  The Enlightenment

6.  The King James version

7.  1689

8.  ”Common Sense”

9.  Robespierre

Monday, October 26, 2015

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY II, QUESTIONS 10/24 TO 10/30


THIS WEEK IN HISTORY II QUESTIONS 10/24-10/30

10/24

1.  1901, The first person to go over  Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive was a woman.  What was her name?

2.  1929, what is this date when the  American stock market crashed disastrously referred to

3. 1989,What is the  name of the disgraced American TV preacher who was sentenced to 45 years in prison for fraud?

10/25

4.  1920, King Alexander of Greece died of blood poisoning after being bitten by what animal?

5.  1962 What American author who won a  1940 Pulitzer Prize for his book The Grapes of Wrath was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

6.  1983. American invaded what tiny island nation?

10/26/

7.  1881, What famous event occurred in Tomstone AZ.?

10/27

8.  1659, Four members of what religious group were hanged in Boston because of their religious beliefs and social customs?

10/28

9.  1831, Who invented the electric generator which turned mechanical energy into electricity?

10/29

10.  What two countries united to form the new nation of Tanzania?

10/30

11.  In the “Rumble in the Jungle,” Muhammed Ali knocked out what other fighter?

THIS WEEK ON HISTORY II 10/24-10/30 ANSWERS



THIS WEEK IN HISTORY ANSWERS II  10/24 TO 10/30

1.  Annie Edson Taylor

2.  Black Thursday

3. Jim Baker

4.  His pet monkey

5.  John Steinbeck

6.  Grenada

7.  Gunfight at the OK Corral

8.  Quakers (Society of Friends)

9.  Michael Faraday

10.  Tanganyika and Zanzibar

11.  Geogre Foreman

Saturday, October 24, 2015

WORLD HISTORY III QUESTIONS




WORLD HISTORY III QUESTIONS

1.   What was Michelangelo’s (1475-1564) last name? 

 2.  Who created/invented calculus?

 3.  Who invented the mechanical printing press (around 1440 A.D.)? 

 4.  Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) was a master of many  fields, including painting.  Which painting is Da Vinci’s “masterpiece?”

 5.  What was Philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli’s (1469-1527) most famous book? 

 6.  During the 1500’s-1600’s, what 3 astronomers revolutionized the field?

 7.  What famous Renaissance writer stressed that science must be based on observation and mathematics? 

 8.  In reaction to the Renaissance and Reformation, the Catholic Church set up brutal inquisitions.  The most notorious was in what country ? 

9.  The famous Taj Mahal was built in the 1600’on orders from whom? 
10.  Who is credited with starting the Reformation?

 

WORLD HISTORY III ANSWERS

1.  Di Buonarotti

2.  Isaac Newton

3.  Johannes Gutenberg

4.  The Mona Lisa

5.  The Prince

6.  Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler

7.  Francis Bacon (1561-1630)

8.  Spain

9.  Shah Jihan

10.  Martin Luther

Thursday, October 22, 2015

WORLD HISTORY II QUESTIONS

1. Who was the first Christian Roman Emperor?

2.  What Frankish King led the forces that defeated the Arabs at the battle of Poitiers in 732 A.D. and prevented Arab domination of Europe?                          

3.  Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?  

4.  In what year was the Battle of Hastings where the Normans defeated the Anglo-Saxons?

5.  What ancient empire is credited with the invention of gunpowder, paper money and the magnetic compass?                      

6.  The political, economic and social system that dominated Europe during the Dark Ages was called what?      

7.  What was the name of the series of European wars that lasted 116 years?

8.  Who was the founder of the Ottoman Empire?

9.  Whos is generally regarded as the Father of the Renaissance?  

10.  What was  the name of the famous  English legal document that was signed by the King in 1215 A.D.


ANSWERS TO WORLD HISTORY II

1.  Constantine

2.  Charles Martel

3.  Charlemagne

4.  1066 A.D.

5.  China

6.  Feudalism

7.  Hundred Years War

8.  Osman I

9.  Francisco Petrarch

10.  Magna Charta

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Finally the correct title and URL for this trivia blog


This embarrassed, low-tech blogger has finally got the title (Trivia Questions Plus Answers) and URL for this site (http://triviaquestionsplusanswers.blogspot.com) settled.  This is the final, correct information.  I apologize for the confusion and the delay.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS.

1.  25.4 mm equals how many inches?  

2. No is the symbolic what element in the periodic table? 

3.  The month named January is named after what Roman God?  

4.  The day of the week named Friday is named after what Norse Godess?   

5.  What is the birthstone for the month of January?

6.  What state in the U.S. has the motto "Live Free or Die"?

7.  What is the state flower of Texas? 

8.  What does the Latin phrase 'non compos mentos' mean in English? 

9.  Who wrote 'cogito ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am)?

10.  How many kilometers are there in a mile?            

ANSWERS TO MISCELLANEOUS I

1.  one

2.  Nobelium

3.  Janus

4.  Freya (or Frigg)

5.  Garnet

6.  New Hampshire

7.  Bluebonnet

8.  "not of sound mind."

9.  Descarte

10.  1.6

GEOGRAPHY, ETC. QUESTIONS I


1. What is the capital of Belarus?

2.  The Faeroe (Faroe) islands are a self-governing region of what nation?

3.  What nation is the only one to have a firearm on its national flag?

4.  Uruguay is located between what 2 other countries?

5.  The Pitcairn islands are an overseas territory of what nation ?

6.  What is the capitol of Viet Nam?

7.  What is the capitol of Azerbaijan?

8.  What nation whose name ends on "stan" has the largest land area?

9.  Sakhalin Island is part of what country?

10.  What is the capital of the state of Delaware?

GEOGRAPHY I ANSWERS

1.  Minsk

2.  Denmark

3.  Angola

4.  Argentina and Brazil

5.  United Kingdom

6.  Hanoi

7.  Baku

8.  Kazakhstan

9.  Russia

10.  Dover

SPORTS I QUESTIONS


SPORTS I QUESTIONS

1.     What  NFL team has the most Super Bowl victories (6)?

 

2.     What NFL quarterback holds the record for most passing yardage (554) in one game?

3.   What NFL placekicker currently holds the record for field goal accuracy (90.4%)?

4.  Texas A&M University  sports teams and graduates are referred to as ______________.

5.   Cody Kessler is currently the starting quarterback for what college team?

6.  Alec Kessler was a 6’11’’ Center who became an orthopedic surgeon after his basketball career.  For which NBA team did he play?

7.  Who holds the NBA record for most rebounds in a games (55)?

8.  What team won the first two Super Bowls?

9.  What NFL quarterback holds these records (among others)?  Highest career passer rating in regular season with a minimum of 1,500 passing attempts (106.4), only quarterback to have a career passer rating of over 100.0 in the regular season, and only quarterback to have a career passer rating of over 100.0 in both the regular and postseason

10.  In 1961, who was the major league baseball who first broke Babe Ruth’s regular season record of 60 home runs?

 

SPORTS I ANSWERS

1.  Pittsburgh Steelers

2.  Norm Van Brocklin

3.  Dan Bailey (Dallas Cowboys)

4.  Aggies

5.  U.S.C. Trojans

6.  Miami Heat

7.  Wilt Chamberlaini (55)

8.  Green Bay Packers

9.  Aaron Rodgers (Packers)

10.  Roger Maris (61)

Saturday, October 17, 2015

WORLD HISTORY I QUESTIONS

Answers are in the post below.

1.  Civilization first appeared around 5,000 BC in the area known as _______________.

2.  The first written legal code appeared in the 1700's B.C.  It was named after the Babylonian  Emperor at that time.  It is referred to as the ____________________.

3.  The earliest civilization was created on the island of Crete and is known as what?

4.  The sole still standing survivor(s) of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World  are the ___________.

5.  In 332 B.C. Alexander the Great Conquered Egypt.  He named its new capital ________.

6.  The defeat of what group/empire was celebrated by construction of the Parthenon in Athens?

7.  Democracy first appeared the  city-state of ______.

8. Who was the first Roman Emperor?

9.  What Roman Empire first divided the empire into east and west divisions?

10.  Who was the last Roman Emperor?

11.  "Buddha" founded his religion around 2500 years ago.  What was his real name?

12.  What ancient civilization is given credit for creating the game of Chess?

ANSWERS TO WORLD HISTORY I

1.  Mesopotamia

2.  Code of Hammurabi

3.  Minoa

4.  Pyramids at Giza (Egypt)

5.  Alexandria

6.  Persians

7.  Athens

8.  Augustus

9.  Diocletian

10.  Romulus Augustus

11. Siddartha Gautama, or Gautama Buddha or Shakyamuni

12.  India

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 10/17-10/23


THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 10/17-10/23

The  answers are in the post immediately below

ON OCT.  17

(Q. 1)  1814, 320,000 gallons of beer from ruptured vats reportedly killed 9 people when it rushed into the streets of the St. Giles District of what city?

OCT. 18

(Q. 2)  1898,  the U.S. formally took possession of what territory?


(Q. 3) 1977, Who tied Babe Ruth's record of 3 home runs in a single World Series game?

OCT. 19

(Q. 4)  1781, British General Cornwallis surrendered at the Last Battle of the American Revolution,  the  battle of _____________________.

(Q. 5)  1789, who was sworn in as the First Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court?

OCT. 20

(Q. 6)  1740, this woman became the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia upon the death of her father.

(Q. 7)  1977,  in  plane crash, the lead singer (Ronnie Van Zant) guitarist (Steve Gaines) and 4 other members of what rock group died?

OCT. 21

(Q. 8)  1805, British Admiral Sir Hortio Nelson died in the fighting but nonetheless scored a crucial victory against the French in what battle

(Q. 9)  1879,  who invented the light bulb?

OCT.  22

(Q. 10)  1966, who/what  was the first all-female singing group to have a #1 selling album?

OCT. 23

(Q. 11)  Article I, sec. 9, cl. 2 of the Constitution provides: "
The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."  On this date in 1861 Pres. Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus  for all military-related cases for what city/area?

ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK IN HISTORY DIRECTLY ABOVE ,10/17-10/23

1.  London

2.  Puerto Rico

3.  Reggie Jackson

4 .  Yorktown (Virginia)

5.  John Jay

6.  Maria Teresa

7.  Lynyrd Skynyrd

8. Trafalgar

9.  Thomas Edison

10.  The Supremes ("Supremes A-Go-Go")

11. District of Columbia