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Trivia Quiz 2016-2018

Started by RAMMEL, April 03, 2016, 10:28:35 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

rutumi

1. How many books of the Bible are named for women and name them?

I know about Ruth and Esther. Answer:2
But isn't their also a Judith?  (If so, Answer: 3)   ???
Kats are krazy, kalm or kollected, but mostly kôôl

Chia

Junee..you and I agree again.. :)..Rutumi..my answer to #1 was
just 2 women and the ones you named...Evidently my source and I had never heard of Judith...but...the more the merrier, I say... :)

Winding down Trivia:

5. What gives root beer its flavor?

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?




junee


Chia

Junee...I announced at the beginning that there was a limit on only 2 questions to be answered...which you already have...just to add this: your answer would have been wrong...
The last 2 questions...


5. What gives root beer its flavor?

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

junee


Chia

Junee...No need to be embarrassed :)...

5. What gives root beer its flavor?

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

Chia

Here are some hints for the remaining 2 questions of Trivia...#5...starts with the letter "s" and ends with letter "a"...#6...FDR died in office and his Vice-President took office...

5. What gives root beer its flavor?

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

Radioman34

#937
can we answer another?

Chia

yes...the sky's the limit..

Here are some hints for the remaining 2 questions of Trivia...#5...starts with the letter "s" and ends with letter "a"...#6...FDR died in office and his Vice-President took office...

5. What gives root beer its flavor?

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

angelface555

#5.  Root beer gets its flavor from sassafras flavoring.

Marilyne

#6: 6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?>> Alben Barkley

(May have already been answered?)

Chia

angel...Although that is not the answer I have, I will allow your answer as it can be a part of root bear....Marilyne..I am sorry but I do not agree with your answer...(Alben Barkely was indeed a Vice President under FDR (he had 4) but that is not the question..please try again   (hint) FDR died in office in 1945

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?


angelface555

"Common ingredients in root beer include vanilla, cherry tree bark, wintergreen, molasses, anise, liquorice root, cinnamon, and honey among others. The primary ingredient is still sassafras flavour. Root beer is almost exclusively a North American drink."

Marilyne

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima? >> There was no Vice President when the bomb was droppedAlben Barkely served as Truman's VP from 1949 to 1953.

Chia

#944
Hi Marilyne...I did give you some wrong information about.Alben Barkeley as he was not one of FDR's vice-presidents..but in spite of that, your answer is satisfactory to end this current Trivia Quiz with these results:


1. How many books of the Bible are named for women and name them?..ANSWER..TWO. RUTH AND ESTHER (OR POSSIBLY 3..JUDITH)..BY RUTUMI

2 . What do the initials AARP mean?..ANSWER..AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED PERSONS..BY RADIOMAN

3. In what Broadway musical did the leading man sing Soliloquy?..ANSWER..CAROUSEL..BY ANGEL

4. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were successful writing musicals together..Who wrote the Lyrics?..ANSWER..OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II..BY MARILYNE

5. What gives root beer its flavor?..ANSWER..SARSAPARILLA..(SASSAFRAS CAN ALSO BE USED)..BY ANGEL

6. Who was vice president of the United States when the Atomic  bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?..ANSWER...THERE WAS NO VICE-PRESIDENT AT  THAT TIME..LATER ON LEGISLATION WAS MADE THAT CHANGED ANY FUTURE SITUATION... ..BY MARILYNE

7. Russia has one, but the US has at least six of what?..ANSWER..CITIES NAMED MOSCOW..BY ANGEL


8. In WWII, what was called Operation Dynamo?..ANSWER..EVACUATION OF DUNKIRK..BY JUNEE

9. What's the thyroid cartilage often called?..ANSWER..ADAMS APPLE..BY BUBBLE

10. What was Wilhelm Rontgen's most important discovery?..ANSWER..X RAYS..BY BUBBLE

11. What Canadian city's name means "muddy water"?..ANSWER..WINNIPEG..BY JUNEE

12. In the film  Bringing Up Baby, what is Baby?..ANSWER..LEOPARD..BY MARILYNE

13. La Giaconda is better known as who or what?..ANSWER..MONA LISA..BY RADIOMAN

14. In Norway, a fjord is made up largely of what?..ANSWER..WATER..BY RAMMEL

Thanks all for joining in... :)


Radioman34

A great quiz. Thank you Chya

so_P_bubble


junee

Looking for the next one.   :D

Marilyne

Chia - I watched this movie last night, and thought about you! The title song is one that we've both used in many a music quiz over the years. The lyrics are wonderful! :thumbup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjvsU6OPVg

Chia

Radioman, Bubble, Junee, I appreciate your kind comments...Marilyne...enjoyed the musical offering..thanks :)

angelface555

Very nice quiz as always Chia! I always learn so much from them.

Chia

angel...so glad you liked it and participated in it... :)

Chia

#952
Here is my first song quiz for the new year..There is a theme for this quiz...and if you answer the theme, you are entitled to the sought after gold star given at the end of the quiz to the person naming that theme...

1. Tea, a drink with jam and bread

2. Hurry home, come home to me, Set me free

3. She Likes the free, fresh wind in her hair

4. Someone I really could care for

5. A simpering, whimpering child again

6. We got sunlight  on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea
 
7.Everyday of your life for as long as you live

8. The smile you are smiling you were smiling then

9. When I drive them high steppin' strutters

10. Though your dreams be tossed and blown

11. Name the theme of this music quiz



 

Radioman34

1: Do-re-mi (Sound Of Music

Radioman34

6: We Ain't Got Dames (South Pacific)

so_P_bubble


Chia

Radioman..Please give the complete name the song is known as for #6 :)..and Bubble your answer was correct along with Radioman's answer to #1..Continuing...




3. She Likes the free, fresh wind in her hair

4. Someone I really could care for

5. A simpering, whimpering child again

6. We got sunlight  on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea

7.Everyday of your life for as long as you live

8. The smile you are smiling you were smiling then

9. When I drive them high steppin' strutters

10. Though your dreams be tossed and blown

11. Name the theme of this music quiz


Lindancer

8 Smiles

9, dark Town Strutters Ball

Click for Riverhead, NY Forecast

Marilyne

#3: That's Why The Lady is a Tramp

#10: You'll Never Walk Alone

Chia

Marilyne..your answers are correct...

This message is for Linedancer...Please try googling and you will get an idea why your answers were incorrect..I encourage Googling and don't consider it cheating...if anything, helping... Continuing:

4. Someone I really could care for

5. A simpering, whimpering child again

6. We got sunlight  on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea

7.Everyday of your life for as long as you live

8. The smile you are smiling you were smiling then

9. When I drive them high steppin' strutters

11. Name the theme of this music quiz for a gold star at the end of the quiz..