365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

Steve Young, in 2005. He led the San Francisco 49ers to victory in Super Bowl XXIX in 1995, when he was named Most Valuable Player after throwing a record six touchdown passes.



Tuesday, December 2, 2014

What word, rejected by Twitter's founders as the name for their social networking service, led them to their winning selection?​
 
Twitch. According to company cofounder Jack Dorsey, after Twitch was rejected, "we all looked at the Oxford English Dictionary at the T-Ws, and we found the word twitter. And twitter means a short inconsequential burst of information, chirps from birds. And we were like, that describes exactly what we're doing here."



Wednesday, December 3, 2014

What small, plump, long-billed migratory bird has a 360-degree field of vision without moving its head?​
 
Vipsoccermaster said:
The American woodcock. Its large dark eyes are set high and farther back than the eyes of any other bird, enabling it see both above and behind its head.



Thursday, December 4, 2014

What was the name of the T-shaped sweetened cereal introduced in 1984 by Quaker Oats?​
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I've searched EVERYWHERE and cannot find it!
 
Mr. T. The cereal was named for mohawk-sporting wrestler-turned-actor Mr. T (aka Laurence Tureaud), who was pictured as a cartoon character on the cereal box in a tie-in with TV's animated kiddie show Mister T (1983-85). Mr. T had earlier gained fame on the TV action series The A-Team (1983-87).



Friday, December 5, 2014

What veteran entertainer is credited by Guinness World Records with logging the "most hours on U.S. television"?​
 
TV talk show and game show host Regis Philbin. In September 2011, when he was about to retire from Live with Regis and Kelly at age 80, he was credited with having clocked a record-high 16,746.5 hours on TV—and still counting.



Saturday, December 6, 2014

What is the standard diameter of the hole on a golf green?​
 
Exactly 4.25 inches. The standard diameter was established in 1891 by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, based on the dimensions of a hole-cutting tool—believed to be the first ever—devised in 1829 for use at Scotland's Royal Musselburgh Golf Club.



Sunday, December 7, 2014

After what was the Colosseum in Rome named?​
 
The Colossus of Nero, the enormous—as in 120-foot-high—statue of Nero that once stood near it. The ancient Roman structure was originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre.



Monday, December 8, 2014

How many pounds of pressure per square inch does it take to break the shell of a macadamia nut, the toughest of all nuts to crack?​
 
The Taser, the electric stun gun. It was invented in 1974 by aerospace engineer Jack Cover, who named it Taser, an acronym for Tom A. Swift's Electric Rifle, in honor of one of his favorite childhood books, Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle. In the book, the boy inventor built a rifle that shoots bolts of electricity. Cover gave Swift an "A" as a middle initial to make the Taser acronym work.



Thursday, December 11, 2014

What filling flavor—other than sweet white cream—was used in Oreos when the sandwich cookies were first marketed in 1912?​
 
284. The Pentagon was built with twice as many bathrooms as necessary to comply with Virginia segregation laws in effect at the time (1942), which required separate facilities for "white" and "colored" people.



Sunday, December 14, 2014

How long should dinner be delayed for a late guest, according to the most recent edition of Emily Post's Etiquette?​
 
Bungee jumping. But instead of leaping from great heights with secured bungee cords attached to their ankles, the islanders take the plunge from a crude 98-foot-tall tower with secured tree vines wrapped around their ankles.



Tuesday, December 16, 2014

How does the Hanukkah menorah differ from the menorah traditionally displayed in Jewish temples?​
 
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