Trivia 5/21

[luckytrim]

trivia 5/21
Did you know...
ROUGHLY $20 MILLION IN COUNTERFEIT U.S. CURRENCY IS IN CIRCULATION AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
1. Who's 2001 Newsweek obituary was headlined, "America's Beloved Bigot" ?
2. Where in the bathroom would you find "buculets"?
3. To which of the fifty must I travel to visit the ZIPPO lighter museum?
4. How many Oscar nominations did "The Color Purple" get ?
BONUS: How many Oscars did it WIN?
5. Who was the first major leaguer to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame with a San Diego Padres logo on his plaque?
6. What year saw the introduction of the "Nicotine Patch" for smokers who want to quit?
7. What sort of critter comes in a "Goliath Bird-eating" variety?
8. What seemingly out-of-place coin-operated vending machine would I find in the taxis of Amsterdam?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Kellogg's Pop-Tarts were originally called Country Squares.
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1. CARROLL O'CONNOR'S
2. they are those little bumpers on the under-side of the toilet seat
3. (BRADFORD) PENNSYLVANIA
4. 11 nominations- 0 awards
5. dave winfield
6. 1992
7. SPIDER
8. condom vending machines
CRAP !!
The name was always Pop-Tarts. But,
Post Cereals did release a similar product called Country Squares, not long after Pop-Tarts came out.
Introduced in 1964, they weren't frosted at first; Frosted Pop-Tarts were introduced in 1967.

 

[StirBlue]

1. Who's 2001 Newsweek obituary was headlined, "America's Beloved Bigot" ?
Good to know it was a fictional character!

2. Where in the bathroom would you find "buculets"?
It was on a midnight's journey that that someone was inspired!

3. To which of the fifty must I travel to visit the ZIPPO lighter museum?
The key word was Zippo and I couldn't stop thinking BIC!

4. How many Oscar nominations did "The Color Purple" get ?
Were you referring to the original movie?
BONUS: How many Oscars did it WIN?

5. Who was the first major leaguer to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame with a San Diego Padres
logo on his plaque?
Was San Diego Padres the only club he played for?

6. What year saw the introduction of the "Nicotine Patch" for smokers who want to quit?
If you were old enough to watch the commercial (3 yrs old), You graduated from high school this year!

7. What sort of critter comes in a "Goliath Bird-eating" variety?
So, giant birds eat spiders?

8. What seemingly out-of-place coin-operated vending machine would I find in the taxis of Amsterdam?
I thought that was where we shipped all the cigarette machines!

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Kellogg's Pop-Tarts were originally called Country Squares.
Country Squares was a dumb name especially in the Sixties!

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Can you tell how many I got right???

 

[luckytrim]

WOWZERS ! I get a quiz BACK from my quiz??

Yes, the original movie.


no, but that's where he finished his career.


um, two??

 

[StirBlue]

Have you been to the Zippo Museum? Thanks....two is good.

We did have a collector's display case at the library. The most interesting collection was the Pez collection and the Hot Wheels Car collection.

 

[luckytrim]

no, but my wife says her dad dragged her in there when she was a teenager.......
I DID see a half-hour show about it on the history channel.