Generally Impossible Trivia Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rebecca

Seems like a great year for great movies! All were nominated for Best Picture, but it was David O. Selznick's film that walked away with the Oscar.

Answer: An American president participates

Another first...every winner's name was kept secret until the awards banquet! As for the other options...Price Waterhouse began auditing the awards in 1935, the Awards are always presented in Los Angeles, and the honorary Juvenile Oscar was presented between 1934 and 1960 (info taken from imdb.com)

Answer: Alice Walton

Alice Walton is the daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, and is worth an estimated $61.5 BILLION dollars! Abigail Johnson and Oprah Winfrey are both worth over a billion dollars each. Elle MacPherson is the richest supermodel in the world, with a net worth of about $38 million (chump change for Alice Walton!)

Answer: 238.029

1132.000 is the melting point of Uranium (in degrees celcius).
39.948 is the atomic weight of Argon.
312.500 was my weight at my last doctor's appointment (down 11 from the previous month!)

Answer: acetaminophen

"Acetaminophen is the most widely used pharmaceutical analgesic and antipyretic agent in the United States and the world; it is contained in more than 100 products." (quote by Susan E. Farrell MD, as found at www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic819.html) Paracetamol is the name of the active ingredient in Tylenol in Great Britain.

Answer: St. Augustine, Florida

St. Augustine was founded in 1513 by Ponce de Leon. San Juan, Puerto Rico is the oldest city in all the U.S. Territories, including the United States (San Juan was also founded by Ponce de Leon, in 1508).
Portsmouth and Saint Marys are the second- and third-oldest cities in the US (respectively). Jamestown's charter was revoked by the King of England in 1624.

Answer: 1994

In 1994, Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa in the first free multi-racial elections held in that country.

Answer: John and Mary

Yep, for 15 years John and Mary were the most popular baby names in the U.S. (Records only date back to 1880, so who knows how long John and Mary thrived prior to that date).

William beat John in 1896, but apparently a lot of parents were saddened by this, as John and Mary returned to the top of the list from 1897 through 1925. (source: www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames)

Answer: Caligynephobia

Trichopathophobia is a fear of hair.
Philematophobi is a fear of kissing.
Siderodromophobia is a fear of travelling on a train.

Answer: The scientific classification of organisms.

Organisms fall into these subgroups: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.

Answer: Running into the kicker

Running into the kicker results in only a 5-yard penalty. All others are 10-yard penalties (with Tripping also providing an automatic first-down).

Answer: Bart Starr

Super Bowl I was played on Jan 15, 1967 between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Green Bay trampled the Chiefs by a score of 35 to 10.

Answer: Christmas Wrapping

"Christmas Wrapping" was recorded by The Waitresses, and can be found on several holiday compilations, including "The Edge of Christmas," which also includes such great tunes as Queen's "Thank God It's Christmas" and the Bing Crosby/David Bowie 1977 recording of "The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth."

Answer: Locke, NY

Fillmore was never elected president. He was VP when Zachary Taylor died, and lost in two bids for president (in 1852 - when he couldn't even win his party's nomination - and 1856 - where he only carried one state...Maryland).

Answer: Zimbabwe

The festival takes place in the capital city of Harare and celebrates traditional Zimbabwean music.

Answer: False

Actually, any highway funded by the federal government is an Interstate, even if the highway doesn't cross any state lines.

Answer: HMS Beagle

The HMS Chanticleer was the ship that was supposed to take Darwin on this trip, but it was not in good enough condition.

Answer: 4

Odetta Holmes, Detta Walker, Susannah Dean, and Mia (daughter of none). Only Mia is an outsider (Odetta/Detta were split personalities and fused into Susannah in the second book of the series, "The Drawing of the Three."

Answer: The Drive-In Theater

There are still over 400 drive-in screens in business in the U.S. Of course, at its peak, the drive-in industry numbered over 3,700 screens nationwide!

Answer: 1907

On April 8, 1904, the mayor of New York officiated as Longacre Square became Times Square (named for The New York Times, which had moved its operations to the area).

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