Counting Up To One Hundred Trivia Quiz

Answer: 95

Martin Luther's document known as "The Ninety-Five Theses", written in 1517, was a catalyst for the Protestant Reformation.
In the Disney/Pixar film, "Cars", Lightning McQueen bears the number 95.
Known as Windows 4.0 in development, Microsoft changed the name to Windows 95 when the software was released.
E.E. Cumming's "95 Poems", published in 1958, was the last book of poems published before his death.

Answer: 88

Both Dales have driven the number 88 car - Jarrett for Robert Yates and Earnhardt, Jr. for Hendrick Motorsports.
There are 88 keys on a modern standard piano - 52 white and 36 black.
Doc's Delorean needed to reach 88 mph in order to travel through time in the movie franchise "Back to the Future".
Kathy Whitworth set the record for career LPGA wins at 88 in 1985.

Answer: 83

The song "83" appears on John Mayer's 2001 album, "Room for Squares".
Neil Patrick Harris' character, Barney Stinson, nearly always uses the number 83 for fictitious statistics on the show "How I Met Your Mother".
In traditional Judaism, a man may celebrate a second bar mitzvah at the age of 83.
"Gypsy 83" is a 2001 film directed by Todd Stephens.

Answer: 97

"The Wreck of the Old 97" is a ballad recorded by many artists including Johnnie Cash, Hank Snow, Woody Guthrie, and Flatt and Scruggs.
Lehigh University's marching band is known as the "Marching 97".
EA Sports' "Madden NFL 97" was the first version of the football video game franchise to be released in 32-bit.
The number 97 is the highest 2 digit prime number.

Answer: 84

Shannon Sharpe wore jersey number 84 during his NFL career.
Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins starred in the film "84 Charing Cross Road", adapted from a written work by Helene Hanff.
"84 Lumber" was founded by Joseph Hardy and is a building materials supply chain headquartered in the appropriately named town, Eighty-four, Pennsylvania.
Eighty-four, PA, was originally named Smithville, but changed its name in 1884. It is located a few miles south of Pittsburgh.

Answer: 90

The Earth's poles are defined as being at 90 degrees latitude.
A right triangle contains one angle that is exactly 90 degrees.
Major League Baseball bases are 90 feet in distance.
A nonagenarian is a person aged 90-99 years old.

Answer: 99

The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings have both retired the number 99 in honor of hockey legend, Wayne Gretzky.
Barbara Feldon played Agent 99 on the TV show "Get Smart".
The song "99" was released in 1980 and appears on Toto's album, "Hydra".
Carl Edwards began driving the number 99 car in 2004 for Jack Roush.

Answer: 81

Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in 2006 in a game against the Toronto Raptors.
Larry Hagman died in 2012 at the age of 81.
The number 81 is significant in the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, representative of the 'H' and 'A' being the 8th and 1st letters of the alphabet.
Interstate 81 runs from Dandridge, Tennessee to the Canandian border on Wellesley Island, New York.

Answer: 92

Reggie White wore jersey number 92 during his football career, most notably for the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers.
The film "92 in the Shade" starred Peter Fonda, Warren Oates and Margo Kidder.
NYC's 92nd Street Y is a community center and cultural institution located on 92nd Street at Lexington Avenue in Manhattan.
SAAB's first production automobile was the SAAB 92 model.

Answer: 89

LXXXIX is the Roman numeral for 89.
Film legend, James Stewart, died in 1997 at the age of 89.
REM released the song "Pop Song 89" in 1989 from the album, "Green".
U.S. Route 89 runs from Flagstaff, Arizona to the Canadian border near Babb, Montana.

Answer: 82

Each NBA team plays 82 games in the regular season.
The atomic number of lead is 82.
The U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division is based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in a non leap-year.

Answer: 98

Microsoft Windows 95 was succeeded by Windows 98, released in 1998.
Nick Lachey is a member of the boy band 98 Degrees, formed in 1996.
Oldsmobile debuted the full-sized automobile model 98 in 1941.
"Power 98" is a 1996 film starring Eric Roberts and Jennie Garth.

Answer: 93

United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The flight crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The 93rd Infantry Division was a segregated division of the U.S. Army during the first and second World Wars. They became known as the "Blue Helmets".
The Earth is approximately 93 million miles from the sun.
Victor Hugo wrote the novel, "Ninety-three", based on the French Revolution.

Answer: 86

Don Adams played Maxwell Smart (aka Agent 86) in the TV series "Get Smart".
The song, "86", appears on Green Day's 1995 album, "Insomniac".
Antagonist, Chick Hicks, bears the number 86 in the Disney/Pixar film, "Cars".
A collaboration between Toyota and Subaru created the "86" model sports coupe that debuted in the 2012 model year.

Answer: 91

Psalm 91 is often referred to as the Psalm of Protection.
Seven times thirteen equals 91 (7 x 13 = 91).
The SAAB 91 Safir (sapphire) was a single-engine trainer aircraft developed in 1945 by SAAB.
Pablo Picasso died in 1973 at the age of 91.

Answer: 94

The length of an NBA basketball court is 94 feet.
Charles Haley wore jersey number 94 during his NFL career playing for the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys.
Joseph Haydn's Symphony No. 94 is also referred to as the "Surprise Symphony" in reference to the sudden fortissimo in the second movement.
The atomic number of plutonium is 94.

Answer: 87

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address begins "Four score and seven years ago...", or 87 years.
"87 and Cry" appears on Bowie's 1987 album, "Never Let Me Down".
Robert Lansing starred as Detective Steve Carrella on the TV series "87th Precinct".
Hockey player Sidney Crosby chose jersey number 87 as a reflection of his birthday 8/7/87.

Answer: 100

The Philadelphia Warriors' Wilt Chamberlain scored a record 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks in 1962.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at sea level.
There are 100 Senators in the U.S. Senate, 2 per state.
An American football field is 100 yards long, not including the end zones.

Answer: 85

Chad Johnson (Ochocinco) wore jersey number 85. Johnson legally changed his name to Ochocinco (8, 5 in Spanish) in order to put the name on his jersey.
American author, Jules Witcover, wrote the book "85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert Kennedy".
In Roman numerals, C - XV (100 - 15) equals 85.
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote a series of articles called the "Federalist Papers" promoting the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. There are a total of 85.

Answer: 96

Brittany Snow starred in the 2011 film "96 Minutes".
Katharine Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96.
A dozen eights (12 x 8) equals 96.
Richard Childress drove the number 96 car early in his career as a driver before driving the number 3 car.