trivia contest from work

Oct 4 13:29 UTC 2000

Here's the trivia contest I've been working on at work.  You're 
*supposed* to use the Internet to find the answers.  (I asked for help 
on some of them here on Grex, figuring that Grex is on the Internet.)  
We can also work together to come up with answers.  I have found answers 
for all but #2.  I doubt the validity of some of the answers because I 
doubt the validity of some of the questions, but haven't let it worry me 
a lot.

I hope Grexers enjoy this!



1.      How many episodes of MASH are there?

A.      197
B.      251
C.      303
D.      318


2.      How much did an oar for the Titanic lifeboats (real boats, not 
movie) cost?

A.      $1.33
B.      $17.99
C.      $148.58
D.      $227.98

3.      Has Niagara Falls ever run dry?


4.      What is the average length of a business lunch today?


5.      Name the 3 countries whose names begin with F


6.      What is Homer Simpsons’ middle name?


7.      What is the official rock song of Ohio?


8.      Which state was the first to have roadside picnic tables?


9.      In what state are the cities of Unknown, Undecided and Unnamed?


10.     What flavor of jellybellies were created for Ronald Reagan while 
he was President?


11.     Name the team that won the first Stanley Cup (in hockey).



12.     How many cars are there on the back of a ten-dollar bill?


13.     Are there more sesame seeds on a Big Mac bun or dimples on a 
golf ball?


14.     What year was Diet Coke invented in?


15.     What is cyberphobia?


16.     Name the only continent that does not have either an active 
volcano or glacier.


17.     Name the two brothers who signed the Declaration of 
Independence.


18.     What bird’s eye is bigger than its brain?


19.     Who were the characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were 
named after?


20.     What is the memory span of a goldfish?


21.     Which popular singer gave up pop music in the 1970’s to become a 
pastor?


22.     What song earned the Beatles an Oscar?


23.     When this singer burst on to the scene in 1975 he made the 
covers of “Time” and “Newsweek.”


24.     What country has hosted the most Winter Olympics?


25.     In what Michigan city is the Silverdome located?


26.     In the 1930’s and 1940’s, Craig Wood was a star in which sport?


27.     Which machine is operated by a cyclic pitch column?


28.     Alfred Pennyworth was an assistant to what superhero?


29.     In the human body what is a dendrite?


30.     Which sitcom was set in Nantucket?


31.     What country adopted Prohibition in 1919, the same as the United 
States?


32.     What mythological character sailed on the Argo?


33.     Steve Finley began his major league career in 1989 with what 
team?


34.     Who holds the NHL career record for games played by a 
defenseman?


35.     Cher, Laura Dern, and Eric Stoltz starred in this affecting 
movie?

response 2 of 25:

Oct 4 16:56 UTC 2000

32.  Jason

response 4 of 25:

Oct 4 17:19 UTC 2000

25. Pontiac seems like the obvious answer. I don't recall if it's in city
limits or not.
29. Isn't that the stringy branches on the end of a neuron?
5. Fiji and France are two.
15. Depends on how you're using cyber-, I suppose. I assume fear of the
Internet. It doesn't seem like a proper construction, off the top of my head.

response 6 of 25:

Oct 4 17:24 UTC 2000

3. Depends on how far back you measure, and what you mean by "run dry."  The
American falls were diverted and shut off in the 60s to study their erosion
and the safety of spectators.  They eventually decided there was little they
could do, but that the rock already piled at the bottom was supporting the
rest of the face.  The falls were restarted later on.  An international treaty
currently regulates how much water goes over the falls at given periods of
the day and year, to maintain a full crest during peak tourist season.  

Going back a bit further, the course of the Niagara river has been diverted
and reversed several times, but that was before the falls were quite the
spectacle they are today.  

5.  Finland, France, and Fiji.  Limited pickings.

25.  Pontiac, but tha'ts obvious to locals.

response 8 of 25:

Oct 4 18:07 UTC 2000

11: I believe it's the Montreal Maroons.

response 10 of 25:

Oct 4 19:16 UTC 2000

2: $1.33 based on the value of a dollar at that time and what I expect oars
   to cost today.

27: Helicopter.

response 12 of 25:

Oct 4 20:18 UTC 2000

30-  NBC Tv show "Wings"
28-  Batman?

response 14 of 25:

Oct 4 20:54 UTC 2000

  Some of your questions call for non-unique answers..  For example, 
  the question about "What mythological character sailed on the Argo?"
  is apparently ignorant of the fact that the Argonauts were a veritable
  "Who's Who" of Greek mythology..  Although Jason was the commander of
  the Argo, other notables included Heracles, Castor and Polydeuces, etc..

response 16 of 25:

Oct 4 21:32 UTC 2000

33 - California Angels?

response 18 of 25:

Oct 5 00:20 UTC 2000

6- Jay

response 20 of 25:

Oct 6 00:42 UTC 2000

12: 4

response 22 of 25:

Oct 10 22:43 UTC 2000

Participation was voluntary.  It was for fun only.

I'll post the answers in the following response, then hide them in case 
anyone is still pursuing them.

response 24 of 25:

Oct 11 00:39 UTC 2000

picking a nit:  "freezing over" is not the same as "running dry"...(re 
question #3)