What's My Hobby? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bowling

In 1885 the standardized rules for the game we know today was established by the American Bowling Congress in New York City. The maximum score was set at 300, maximum weight for the ball at 16 pounds, and distance between pins at 1 foot.

Answer: Butterfly Collecting

There are two basic methods for displaying butterflies. One is the pin method where the butterfly is mounted using a pin that keeps the insect above the mounting board to give it an in-flight perspective. The other method is to press the butterfly between a backing and a sheet of glass or clear plastic.

Answer: Coin Collecting

Coin collecting has been around since coins were first produced. Contemporary collecting has been around since the 1400's. The study and collection of coins is called numismatics.

Answer: Karaoke

Karaoke is a Japanese word meaning "open orchestra". In other words, the music is there but no band. Today's karaoke DJs carry as many as 150,000 different songs for karaoke enthusiasts.

Answer: Stamp Collecting

Much like coin collecting, stamp collecting began about the same time the first stamps were issued. The study of stamps is called philately. One of the most expensive stamps ever sold was a Swedish stamp called the Three-Skilling Yellow that sold for 2.3 million dollars in 1996.

Answer: Beanie Baby Collecting

Beanie Babies are small stuffed animals first produced in 1993 by Ty Warner Inc. In two years they became a national craze. The toys were in such demand by 1995 that people were able to sell the hard to get ones for 1000% over the retail price. At the height of the craze, one tenth of all eBay's sales were Beanie Babies.

Answer: Golf

Today's game of golf as we know it originated in Scotland in the mid 1400s. The idea is simply to hit a small ball into a hole from a distance in as few swings of a club as possible. Sounds easy doesn't it?

Answer: Sports Trading Card Collecting

The production of baseball cards began in the 1860s. A variety of companies gave away the cards to promote merchandise they were selling. The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card is the most valuable and sought after sports card ever made. A mint condition Wagner card was bought by a private collector for 2.8 million dollars in 2007.

In 2012 an Ohio man discovered a batch of old baseball cards in an attic valued at over 3 million dollars. The batch included a near mint Honus Wagner and 16 near mint Ty Cobbs cards.

Answer: Knitting

The first articles known to be knitted were socks found in Egypt from the first millennium. In the 1500s knitting was a strictly male occupation.

Answer: Fishing

Of course fishing has been around since the cave man days. First catching by hand, then spears, then nets. Today the common angler uses a rod and reel with some sort of bait either artificial or real.