1) What is the plural form of the word stadium other than the obvious stadiums?
Stadia
Stadii - M. Slattery, P. Knobloch
Dos stadiums - K. Bixler
Stadiumums - C. Walker
2) What the hell is this?
A Pomegranate
Some say that this is the true apple that Eve ate, a Pomegranate! - K. Snook
A Tom-egranate! No, it's a pomegranate! - S. Field
A very big and off-color cherry tomato? - P. Knobloch
3) Cats are able to make over 100 different vocal sounds; about how many can dogs make?
A) 15 B) 10 C) 5 D) 2.5
Let's see... 5! Yip, bark, arf, howl and growl. - P. Knobloch
Sue, my wife and volunteer at PAWS, would never forgive me if I chose a lesser number [than 15]. - C. Gottfried
My dog usually says the same things over and over, but I'll bet she's got a few that I haven't heard much. She whines, growls, howls and makes a weird trilling noise when she's frustrated, it's hard to describe. So that's five right there. - M. Chaubey
Poor dogs, they're always caught drooling... - H. Cornwall
4)How long did the 100 Years War last?
A) 100 Years B) 107 Years C) 99 Years D) 116 Years
If you convert it to metric, it's actually longer. Then, if you adjust for inflation, it's still going on. - P. Knobloch
It really ended?! - C. Gottfried
Didn't they get bored of it after a while? Oh yeah, I freakin' hate the Norman's. Just like my great-great-great-grandfather. Feels like it was yesterday. - M. Chaubey
5) A caper is a pickled what?
A) Peanut B) Flower Bud C) Acorn D) Blueberry
It's also a questions Batman asks, as in, "Do I wear the outfit with caper without?" - P. Knobloch
Damned if I know, I thought it was a dance step! - C. Gottfried
Wow, I should know this since I've eaten capers, but I wouldn't have guessed they were any of these things! - H. Cornwall
6) Alligators are able to outrun humans and climb what?
A) Trees B) Mountains C) Ladders D) Houses
All of the possible ansers are seriously scary thoughts. - W. Trueax
E) Up my leg. - P. Knobloch
I can't say I've ever seen a photo of an alligator in a tree. I suppose one would climb a mountain to see over to the other side, and I don't recall seeing alligators on top of any of these answers. Nor have I ever seen or heard tell of an alligator climbing a ladder, but why not? They have to be good at something besides swimming underwater. - C. Gottfried
Oh dear god, help us! Well, I'll guess ladders, but I'd prefer nothing. - M. Chaubey
7) What is the track & field event compiled of the triple jump, 100 meter run, shot put, high jump, 400 meter run, discus, pole vault, 110 meter hurdles, javelin throw and the 1,500 meter run more commonly known as?
The Decathlon
Wouldn't Bruce Jenner be proud? - K. Snook
The decathlon, it's easy as pie. - M. Chaubey
A heart attack. - C. Walker
You know, if you take the "c" out of "decathlon" it becomes the very appropriate "deathlon". - H. Cornwall
8) On a telephone keypad, the letters T, U and V correspond to what number?
8
My telephone doesn't even have a real keypad anymore, how messed up is that?! I remember when I was little, a lot of people had the old rotary phones, now those were fun. - M. Chaubey
9) Polar Bears have what color skin?
Black
Yay! A polar bear question! But you can't tell when you look at them because their hair is clear and reflects light to make their fur appear white or tan, covering up the black skin. There's you're totally unnecessary bit of animal knowledge for today. - W. Trueax
10) The Wright Brothers' historic first flight is shorter than the wing span of what popular, common-day Boeing jetliner?
The 747
It's seven-something-seven... - W. Trueax
11) What method of underwater detection commonly used by submarines is short for Sound Navigation and Ranging?
SONAR
What is a submarine? Is it that new-fangled technology SONAR? - K. Snook
12) What founding father and great inventor, who appears on the one hundred dollar bill, was knocked unconscious while attempting to electrocute a turkey?
Benjamin Franklin
Who else would attempt to do anything like that? - C. Gottfried
13) What Lewis Carroll book, and popular Disney animated movie, was banned in China after censors decided animals should not use human language?
Alice in Wonderland
Kung-Fu Panda - S. Webster, D. Ross
Or, as the Chinese call it, "Arice in Wonnerrand." - P. Knobloch
Oh Maoism, I love the charming way in which you crapped all over your own ancient culture. - M. Chaubey
14) What did the ancient Greeks think was a cross between a tiger and a horse?
A Zebra
A hor-iger, otherwise known as a zebra. - K. Bixler
The Trojan Horsetiger. - P. Knobloch
Whoa, what? - M. Chaubey
Pegasus - J. Gumm
15) What is one of the two types of fruit trees Ponce de Leon introduced to Florida in 1513? (You'll earn double the points if you can name them both.)
Oranges and Lemons
Ponce de-liciousness! - S. Field
16) What woman was the only U.S. athlete to win a gold medal in the 1968 Winter Olympics?
A) Margret Abott B) Peggy Fleming C) Mary Slaney D) Bonnie Blair
Peggy Phlegming, who coughed a lot during her competition. - P. Knobloch
Bonnie Blair is the right period of time, right? Well, anyway, it sure wasn't Michelle Kwan. - M. Chaubey
17) There are two separate sets of directions on a box of Pop Tarts. One set for the toaster and one set for the microwave. How long should one microwave a Pop Tart?
A) 45 Seconds B) 15 Seconds C) 3 Seconds D) 2 Minutes
Zero Seconds. Don't eat them, cardboard covering bad sugar that claims to be fruit flavored is disgusting--not to mention my mom found a fly inside one she once ate! Blah! - K. Bixler
15 seconds, that is, if ever anyone would want to do anything with a Pop Tart except throw it away. - C. Gottfried
15 seconds is just enough to get it warm and gooey. Mmmm. - M. Chaubey
I'm willing to bet the corn syrup filling would explode if the duration lasted beyond 30 seconds. - J. Gumm
Silly Questions (1 Point)
1) If revenge is a dish best served cold; what should be served with justice?
Smokin' Hot - S. Webster
Tabasco, because it burns so good. - M. Slattery
Snow-Cone juice is added to Just-Ice. - D. Ross
Froot Loops - N. Gould
A hot steaming bowl of... spaghetti. - W. Trueax
Veal cutlets with a warm cherry compote. I don't know why, it just is. - K. Snook
Trivia, just look at the name of the blog site! - S. Field
Justice, you mean there is something other than revenge? - K. Bixler
Expediency - P. Knobloch
Pop Tarts microwaved for 15 seconds. - C. Gottfried
Just-ice? I would say scotch or bourbon. - M. Chaubey
Champagne - H. Cornwall
Care for some coffee with your just desserts? - J. Gumm
Serve whatever you like, since justice is blind and can't tell what it is. - S. Walker
Hot wings - S. Ainsworth
2) If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
He's a crack addict. - S. Webster
Because he doesn't chuck wood like the woodchuck. - M. Slattery
I threw it on the GROUND! My dad's not a phone! - D. Ross
Because he was a fan of moonshine. - N. Gould
Obviously someone cared, Tom. Just not you, or me. - W. Trueax
The song is actually meant to gloat. Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care. Everyone else actually does care, and I'm expressing my individuality and enabling myself. Don't oppress me! - K. Snook
Because it's better than a song about churning butter. - S. Field
Jimmy must have written it. - K. Bixler
Because the corn, which is not a person, cares. That's why they are stalking him. I know... it's amaizing. - P. Knobloch
Actually, the song writer was quite jealous about Jimmy's ability to crack corn, especially since Jimmy ran away with the song writer's girlfriend (who could never have enough cracked corn), so the song is one long boast that the song writer didn't care... but he did. - C. Gottfried
To preserve what would have been a lost page of history, kind of like the Buffalo Soldiers. Jimmy cracking corn is pretty much on that level of importance. - M. Chaubey
Apathy is dangerous. If Jimmy is allowed to crack corn and no one cares, he will crack all the corn and there will be none left to eat. - C. Walker
It's a hell of a catchy tune! - J. Gumm
If you listen to the words, only the person singing the song doesn't care. I know I care. - S. Walker
3) How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live there?
The same depth because they live in a pineapple. - S. Webster
Well, Sponge Bob Square Pants would definitely be drowning. - M. Slattery
The more important question at hand is how will fish wash themselves without sponges? - N. Gould
The ocean would own us all--we would be forced to reside in Bikini Bottom with the king of all sponges, Sponge Bob himself. He would be our ruler... *dun, dun, dun*! - W. Trueax
This requires higher math. It's pi times Avogadro's Number, divided by the square root of Joan Rivers' age. However, that can't be determined until we cut her in half and count the rings. I believe the units are in meters. - K. Snook
Technically, I think it would get larger and cover the shores therefore eliminating that evil thing called New Jersey--which, I believe, works for everyone involved. - K. Bixler
Wow, that was a deep question. I can't quite fathom what you're looking for here, another 10,000 leagues? - H. Cornwall
Deep enough to submerge New Orleans, perhaps. Alert the press! Climate change need not be halted, we need to increase the sponge population instead! - J. Gumm
4) During the work day, banks leave the vault door open; why, then, are the damn pens chained to the counter top?!
So they don't go to the Pen-itentiary. - S. Webster
Because the pens have legs and just walk away, and we all know money doesn't have legs because it doesn't just jump into our pockets. - M. Slattery
I steal pens... all the time... - D. Ross
To make people consider this same question so they end up forgetting about robbing the bank. - N. Gould
Because the pens are actually more of pure gold with a cheap plastic facade. You know how the bank is supposed to invest your money? Yeah, they invest all right--in the pens. Shhhh. - W. Trueax
It's much harder to fit a safety deposit box in your back pocket! Believe me! - K. Snook
Who doesn't love a free pen? It's also easier to steal, when it's free. - S. Field
Because more people steal pens than rob banks! - K. Bixler
Because more people steal pens, but no one has ever stolen a vault. - P. Knobloch
Because it's tough to walk away with a vault, but relatively easy to walk away with a pen. - C. Gottfried
To keep them from running away! - M. Chaubey
Because the money in the vault is the customers' and the pens are the bank's, so if people take them it costs the bank money to replace them. The bank doesn't care if someone takes money out of the vault, it isn't theirs. - C. Walker
So people can improve their hand-eye coordination trying not to get the chains wrapped around their knuckles. - H. Cornwall
So they don't roll off the table, come on now! - J. Gumm
Everything in the bank vault is locked, so it doesn't matter if the door is open. They have to keep it open a certain amount of the time each day to let the bad spirits out. - S. Walker
They know the open vault door is a tease and that people will try and get away with anything they can. - S. Ainsworth
5) How do they know dog food has a new and improved taste?
Because Bandit says so. - S. Webster [Bandit is his dog.]
Because they actually have people taste-- this is true and is possibly one of the nastiest jobs. Don't ask why I know this... - M. Slattery
Feed it to unsuspecting friends using A-B styled testing. - D. Ross
Because it's made from new and improved horses. - N. Gould
They asked Cesar Milan, the famous Dog Whisperer, to find out. - K. Snook
The dogs ate everything in the test run so they didn't have to take the leftovers home in doggy bags! - S. Field
They gave some to those loser kids that always eat some dog food. - K. Bixler
Because 4 out of 5 dogs recommend it. - P. Knobloch
Advertisers are paid to lie successfully. - C. Gottfried
Some one's chowing down on that stuff in a back room. They call it a "focus group"... of freaks. - M. Chaubey
The Gitmo detainees are given this job to do, taste test dog food. - C. Walker
They feed it to cats and see if they eat it? - H. Cornwall
I've often wondered this myself. Maybe the few sounds dogs can make (and we'll find out how many when the results are in) are designated "yum" and "yuck" sounds. Or MAYBE it's just a stupid advertising ploy for stupid people to fall for. - J. Gumm
They collect the data in blind taste tests using specially trained dogs that activate levers to register their ratings which are then tabulated by computers. I saw it on NOVA. Fascinating! By the way, this is why dog food has become so outrageously expensive. - S. Walker
The dog-food taste tester is a very high paying job. - S. Ainsworth
6) If they squeeze olives to get olive oil; where does baby oil come from?
Baby olives. - S. Webster, S. Ainsworth
The Anne Geddes babies... they are vegetables anyway--it is just like vegetable oil. - M. Slattery
I'm not sure that it's entirely prudent to give you all the secrets of the universe, Tom... - W. Trueax
Mmmmm... Babies! Get in my belly! - K. Snook
Baby Butts - S. Field
Muwahahahahahahahahaha, squishing babies! - K. Bixler
It's that runny, brown stuff that comes out a baby's backside when you squeeze it real hard. - P. Knobloch
According to Ambrose Bierce, the oil was a side product for the superior glue that came from mashing babies. - C. Gottfried
First, you put regular oil on the baby, then you squeeze it, and the stuff that comes out is baby oil. - M. Chaubey
Filtered bath water? - H. Cornwall
Well duh, babies! - J. Gumm
One way to get baby oil without damaging the baby is to feed it large quantities of olive oil instead of baby formula, then pasturize, homogenize and strain the baby's diaper contents. This is the origin of the saying by Otto von Bismarck, "baby oil is like sausage: it's better not to see it being made." - S. Walker
7) Why are Trix only for kids?
Simple, some creative director convinced the account executive to present it to the client. - S. Webster
Because adults aren't silly enough to eat a cereal because a rabbit told us to... or maybe we are, but only secretly. - M. Slattery
Adults know that Tricks usually means something different. - D. Ross
They don't want pesky rabbits to eat their stash. - N. Gould
Because you have to be 18 or older to get Treatz. (I think Sheetz has a monopoly on Treatz, also.) - W. Trueax
Silly rabbit, questions are for grown ups! - K. Snook
Adults aren't fun. - S. Field
Because adults are losers, that's why I don't feel like growing up. - K. Bixler
Trix are also for prostitutes. - P. Knobloch
Because adults aren't considered dumb enough to eat it. However, that was in the early days of advertising, they know better now. - C. Gottfried
Because the rabbit is too goddamn silly for that stuff. - M. Chaubey
Grown ups know better than to eat them. - C. Walker
Because the silly rabbit is too stupid to figure out how to keep the kids from stealing them back every single time, geez, you'd think he'd get a clue. - H. Cornwall
Because kids are the one species on earth whose favorite food groups are corn syrup and dye. - J. Gumm
This was nothing but a clever branding strategy devised by the "parent corporation" to insure "buy-in" to the "breakfast concept" by the unsophisticated youthful demographic as a way to get kids to drink milk. - S. Walker
If adults played Trix on people they are called immatuer. But it's funny when kids play Trix on one another. - S. Ainsworth
8) If you try to fail, and you succeed; what have you accomplished?
The pinnacle of failure. - M. Slattery
Having Tom's relationship [with Susan]. - D. Ross
GLORY. PURE, UNDILUTED GLORY. - W. Trueax
Government! - K. Snook
Well, you become surprised by the fact that you didn't fail, and therefore feel better. if you you try and succeed and then fail, you feel, appropriately, like a loser! - K. Bixler
You have been elected to a politcal office. - C. Gottfried
A conundrum? - H. Cornwall
I'm not sure, but I think this is a fear of mine. - J. Gumm
You will be your own grandpa. - S. Walker
Your goal - S. Ainsworth
9) What would a burger actually made from ham be called?
A Grinder - S. Webster
Schinkenberger - M. Slattery
Pigburger - D. Ross
Hamloafburger! Mmmm, I LOVE hamloaf! - W. Trueax
Heaven - K. Snook
A Hammich! - S. Field
Disgusting! - K. Bixler
An Oinkburger - C. Gottfried
A ham-hamburger. - M. Chaubey, S. Ainsworth
A ham pattie - C. Walker
A pigsicle... no, a pig patty. - H. Cornwall
Porker. Oinker. Ground Pork Sandwich! - J. Gumm
The real questions is why is the object is questions even called a "burger?" - S. Walker
10) What names like Tomahawk Missile, Grenade, F15 Hornet and AK-47; who let Walkie-Talkie slip through?
Brucey, before Don't Ask, Don't Tell. - S. Webster
Some guy named Ralphie. - M. Slattery
There is an Intercourse and Blue Ball Pennsylvania. It's no real surprise... - D. Ross
Probably the Russians. - N. Gould
The great-great grandfathers of Derek J and Dwight from the Real Housewives of Atlanta, as seen below. - W. Trueax
I believe it was the same guy who named the ill-fated USS Pretty, Pretty Princess. - K. SnookThomas Walk-ie Talker Walker - S. Field
Well, every now and then they have to give some dorky engineer a chance to name something so they feel beeter about themselves. - K. Bixler
An overweight horse rider named for the friend of Bullwinkle who was conceited because of his one piece of off-white sports footwear... that's right, the stocky, cocky, jockey, Rocky with the chalky, hockey, socky named the Walkie-Talkie. - P. Knobloch
Walkie-Talkies didn't come through the millitary but through an advertising agency, and as it hapens, the same one that came up with the Trix slogan. - C. Gottfried
Walkie-Talkies can't shoot or blow things up, so it can slide, at least, no walkie-talkie I know of. - M. Chaubey
Someone's mother... - C. Walker
Lloyd Bridges - H. Cornwall
Someone with a lot less testosterone. - J. Gumm
It was Roger Wilco's idea. - S. Walker
Nothing could explain the invention any simpler. - S. Ainsworth
Liverpool-Is-Better-Than-Michelle-Kwan-stion (3 Points)
1) Liverpool Football Club's famous sporting anthem is You'll never Walk Alone; what famous and highly regarded Rat Pack member recorded two separate versions of this anthem in 1945 and 1963?
Frank Sinatra
Yay for knowing something about silly Liverpool! - W. Trueax
Minnie Mouse - C. Gottfried
Was it Sinatra? 'Cause he belongs to us, not the Brits. - M. Chaubey
I know this is wrong, but when you say "Rat Pack," all I can think of is "Brat Pack." And high regard? Well, that's gotta be Emilio Estevez. Though he wasn't born in 1945, but, ah well. I have no clue. - J. Gumm
I know it wasn't Joey Bishop or Peter Lawford, probably not Dean Martin, could be Sammy Davis Jr., but was probably Sinatra. - S. Walker
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