Count on It Trivia Quiz

Answer: Piano Keys

Eighty-eight is the total number of keys (black and white) on a piano.

Eighty-eight is also the speed required for the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" (1985) to transcend time.

Answer: Hebrew number of 'life'

According to Chinese mythology, there are eighteen levels of hell, a concept which began with the Tang dynasty.

In Hebrew, the word for life is 'chai', represented by the number 18.

Answer: Mickey Mantle

Seven is the number of colors in the rainbow (i.e., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) or, mnemonically, ROY G. BIV.

Baseball slugger Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968. On June 8, 1969, his number seven was retired.

Answer: Cats' teeth

In the United States, a person must be 35 years old to be President or Vice President. Thirty is the minimum age for a senator, and twenty-five for a congressmen.

Cats have fewer teeth than dogs or humans. They have 30 adult teeth, with 26 baby teeth; but beware the canines or 'fangs'.

Answer: "Music Man" trombones

"Seventy-six Trombones" is a song from "The Music Man", a 1957 musical written by Meredith Willson.

The professional NBA team from Philadelphia, PA is called the Philadelphia 76ers. They were originally founded in 1946 as the Syracuse Nationals, until 1963.

Answer: Number of the Beast

When you add up all the numbers (1-36) on a roulette wheel, the total comes to 666.

Coincidentally, in Chapter 13 of the "Book of Revelation" in the New Testament, 666 represents "the number of the beast".

Answer: One gross

A gross refers to a group of one hundred forty four items (i.e., a dozen dozen, with a great gross consisting of 1728 items and a small gross with 120 items).

Rule 144 is an S.E.C. (Securities and Exchange Commission) rule from 1933, which lists the conditions under which restricted stock shares may be resold.

Answer: Maxwell Smart

Eighty-six is a slang term meaning to get rid of something or eject someone. The origin may have come from a speakeasy (Chumley's) during Prohibition. It was located at 86 Bedford Street in NYC, and '86' was used to warn of a police raid.

On the TV sitcom "Get Smart", Don Adams played not-so-secret agent Maxwell Smart who worked for the agency "CONTROL" (not an acronym). His agent number was 86.

Answer: "Sunset Strip" address

See for yourself. If you add the first eight prime numbers (i.e., 2,3,5,7,11,13, 17 and 19), the sum is 77.

Way back in 1958, a TV show aired which was about a couple of private detectives named Jeff Spencer and Stu Bailey. They worked out of an office on 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California.

Answer: Atomic number of chromium

The Tanakh is often called the Hebrew Bible and consists of twenty-four books. It includes three subdivisions: the Torah ("Teaching"), Nevi'im ("Prophets") and Ketuvim ("Writings").

Chromium is a chemical element with the symbol Cr and the atomic number of 24. It is in Group 6 on the Periodic Table. Chromium is a lustrous, hard, brittle metal with a high melting point.