Hot cross buns.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
In 19th-century baseball lingo, what were cranks, behinds, and strikers?
In 19th-century baseball lingo, what were cranks, behinds, and strikers?
365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)
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Cranks were fans, behinds were catchers, and strikers were batters.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
The latest date on which Easter Sunday can fall is April 25. In what year will that happen next?
The latest date on which Easter Sunday can fall is April 25. In what year will that happen next?
In 2038. The last time it fell so late was 71 years ago, in 1943. The earliest date on which Easter can fall is March 22. That last occurred in 1818, and will not occur again until 2285.
Monday, April 21, 2014
What catchy TV game show theme song was originally written as a lullaby?
What catchy TV game show theme song was originally written as a lullaby?
Wait... wait... this holiday doesn't make any more sense to me now...
How... in March again...?
I just don't understand...
How... in March again...?
I just don't understand...
Easter can fall in March. The date moves around every year.Yoshiman222 said:
2002 - March 31
2005 - March 27
2008 - March 23
2013 - March 31
2016 - March 27
The Jeopardy! theme song, "Think." The show's creator, Merv Griffin, initially wrote it for his son and called it "Time for Tony." He later reworked it, renamed it, and used it as the countdown music for the final Jeopardy round when the show debuted in 1964. It became the show's theme song 20 years later when Jeopardy! was syndicated and Alex Trebek became the host.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
What vegetable was dubbed "slow lettuce" by Kanzi, a bonobo ape with an extensive and often creative vocabulary?
What vegetable was dubbed "slow lettuce" by Kanzi, a bonobo ape with an extensive and often creative vocabulary?
cauliflower? idk roflmao. Cabbage perhaps, I know I can only give one answer but irdk.
Kale, which Kanzi called slow because he had difficulty chewing it. Kanzi, who lives at the research center of the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, communicates by pointing to a series of lexigrams, or word symbols. To "say" pizza, he points to symbols for cheese, tomato, and bread; for flood, he points to symbols representing big and water.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Which 1953 Marilyn Monroe movie was the source of the black-and-white publicity photo that pop artist Andy Warhol used for his famous Marilyn series of silkscreen canvases?
Which 1953 Marilyn Monroe movie was the source of the black-and-white publicity photo that pop artist Andy Warhol used for his famous Marilyn series of silkscreen canvases?
Niagara.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
What were the names of the two zany crash-test dummies who urged the U.S. car-riding public to "buckle up" in an award-winning ad campaign that ran from 1985 to 1998?
What were the names of the two zany crash-test dummies who urged the U.S. car-riding public to "buckle up" in an award-winning ad campaign that ran from 1985 to 1998?
Vince and Larry. Their costumes, which were worn by the actors who portrayed them, are now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. The slapstick "You can learn a lot from a dummy" public-safety announcements were sponsored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in partnership with the Advertising Council.
Friday, April 25, 2014
How many curtain calls did opera great Placido Domingo take when he was applauded for an hour and 20 minutes—the longest ovation on record?
How many curtain calls did opera great Placido Domingo take when he was applauded for an hour and 20 minutes—the longest ovation on record?
101, in June 1991, following a performance of Otello at the Vienna Staatsoper. Fellow tenor Luciano Pavarotti had made 165 curtain calls three years earlier at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, but the accompanying applause lasted only one hour and seven minutes.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
What bird did Edgar Allan Poe briefly consider having utter "Nevermore" in the poem we know as "The Raven"?
What bird did Edgar Allan Poe briefly consider having utter "Nevermore" in the poem we know as "The Raven"?
Wow. People clapped for a long time.
It was the Raven I think. I haven't read the poem in a while.
It was the Raven I think. I haven't read the poem in a while.
I also think it is the raven but am not sure. I vaguely remember going over this in english a long time ago.
A parrot. Poe noted that he opted for the raven because it was "infinitely more in keeping with the intended tone" of his poem.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
What was pictured on the original patent application chemist Julius Samann submitted for the first hanging air freshener for cars?
What was pictured on the original patent application chemist Julius Samann submitted for the first hanging air freshener for cars?
A cutout of a buxox pinup—not the pine tree shape Samann eventually settled on.
Monday, April 28, 2014
How many missions did the now-retired space shuttle Discovery go on in logging its record 148,221,675 miles of space travel?
How many missions did the now-retired space shuttle Discovery go on in logging its record 148,221,675 miles of space travel?
I know this from a project that I did. I'm pretty sure it is 39 missions.
39. Discovery spent a total of 365 days in space between 1984 and 2011.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Why did Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid II have all references to H2O, the chemical formula for water, expunged from chemistry books in his empire?
Why did Turkish sultan Abdul Hamid II have all references to H2O, the chemical formula for water, expunged from chemistry books in his empire?
Had to do with his name(H2=Hamid II and O=0-He is a zero.)
Since when was the letter O zero?
He was convinced H2O was a secret code for "Hamid the Second is nothing." Hamid was deposed by his brother in 1909.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
What popular doll was pictured on a stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service to commemorate the 1980s?
What popular doll was pictured on a stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service to commemorate the 1980s?