365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

The traditional menorah is a candelabra with seven branches. The Hanukkah menorah has nine branches to hold candles, one of which is used to light the other eight, one a day for the eight days of the holiday. Hanukkah commemorates the miracle that enabled a one-day supply of oil to last eight days.



Wednesday, December 17, 2014

What alias—borrowed from the TV sitcom Friends—does teen heartthrob Justin Bieber use for hotel reservations?​
 
"Money, Money." "Cherry, Cherry" made it to No. 6 on the Billboard charts. Diamond was talked into changing the title and lyrics to make them more romantic and teen friendly.



Friday, December 19, 2014

What Star Wars movie location in the Tunisian desert did fans of the popular sci-fi series restore in 2012?​
 
The Lars homestead. The domed white-plaster building served as Luke Skywalker's boyhood home on Tatooine, the planet where he lived with his Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru Lars. The restoration was carried out under the hot desert sun by six fans, working with Tunisian locals, after more than $11,000 had been raised for the job on Facebook.



Saturday, December 20, 2014

In how many professional championship title bouts did boxing great Muhammad Ali fight under his birth name, Cassius Clay?​
 
Only one, his first, on February 25, 1964, when he defeated Sonny Liston to become the world heavyweight champion. Soon after the match, Clay announced that he had joined the Nation of Islam and taken a Muslim name.



Sunday, December 21, 2014

In the world of finance, what is the meaning of the term burgernomics?​
 
Using the cost of a Big Mac in different countries to determine the purchasing power parity between nations. The term was introduced in 1986 by The Economist magazine in its Big Mac Index.



Monday, December 22, 2014

What Major League Baseball team's cap did actor Jack Nicholson refuse to wear in the 2006 Oscar-winning film The Departed?​
 
The reindeer, which is also known as the caribou. Its unique ability to see ultraviolet light enables it to see contrasts in the bright white Arctic landscape. This helps the reindeer find its way, locate food, and spot predators. (Go, Rudolph!)



Thursday, December 25, 2014

What was used to simulate the fluffy white snow that fell as Bing Crosby sang "White Christmas" in the 1942 film classic Holiday Inn?​
 
From their unique nose-prints, which are as different from one another as the fingerprints of humans. The researchers don't make actual prints of a gorilla's nose. They take photographs and make drawings of the nose that show its distinctive shape, wrinkles, and marks.



Saturday, December 27, 2014

Who was the first non-athlete to collaborate with Nike on a celebrity sneaker design?​
 
In centuries past, it referred to an egg—either real or artificial—that a farmer placed in a hen's nest to encourage her to lay more eggs there. In more recent times, it has referred to money that has been set aside for the future and perhaps will encourage further saving.



Monday, December 29, 2014

What claim to fame does Thoroughbred racehorse Exceller have, thanks to his first-place win in the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup race?​
 
He's the only horse to beat two Triple Crown winners—and he did it in the same race. Triple Crown winners Seattle Slew (1977) and Affirmed (1978) started out battling one another for the lead in the mile-and-a-half Gold Cup race at Belmont Park, but Affirmed fell back after his saddle slipped, and Seattle Slew lost by a nose to a fast-gaining Exceller, who had been back 22 lengths. Exceller was 5 years old at the time; Slew, 4; and Affirmed, 3.



Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Where on the lunar surface did the "astronauts" and their space capsule land in the 1902 movie A Trip to the Moon, the first sci-fi film ever made?​
 
In the right eye of the Man in the Moon. The whimsical French-made silent film, directed by Georges Méliès, was originally released as Le Voyage Dans la Luna.



Wednesday, December 31, 2014

What law enforcement tool was used for the first time in Indianapolis, Indiana, on New Year's Eve 1938?​
 
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