Trivia For Geniuses 2 Trivia Quiz

Answer: David Farragut

David Farragut (1801-1870) was a Virginian who stayed with the Union during the Civil War. In 1862 he sailed up the Mississippi and captured New Orleans which made him a Union hero and he was promoted to Rear Admiral.

Answer: Ronald Colman

"A Life Life" is solved as "A Double Life," which was a 1947 film starring Ronald Colman, who won an Oscar portraying an actor who loses grip on reality and cannot distinguish real life from his character. The film also featured one of the first appearances by actress Shelley Winters.

Answer: Silurian

The Cambrian period saw the rise of invertebrate sea life. Reptiles and mammals developed in the Permian period. The Jurassic period (in the Mesozoic era) saw the rise of early dinosaurs and early birds. (Fortunately worms were already around.)

Answer: Palindromes

Sotadics are named for Sotades, a poet who employed palindromes frequently in his satirical poetry. A palindrome is any word, line or even complete poem which reads the same backwards as it does forwards. Often used in word games famous Palindromes include "Madam I'm Adam" and "Dennis sinned."

Answer: The Odd Couple

Roone Pinckney Arledge was born July 8, 1931, and raised on Long Island. He joined ABC as a sports producer in 1960 (mainly football) and was responsible for numerous innovations such as replays, hand-held cameras and the placement of microphones to bring the sound of sports into living rooms. Roone Arledge and Howard Cosell appeared in an episode of the Odd Couple in 1975 entitled "Your Mother Wears Army Boots."

Answer: Dolphin

The Chinese River Dolphin or the Yangtze Dolphin is an endangered species found along 1,700km from the Three Gorges to the mouth of the Yangtze River, China. For more info check out http://www.cetacea.org/baiji.htm

Answer: A Comedy of Errors

In "The Comedy of Errors," Antipholus of Syracuse asks, "Where America, the Indies?" (3.2.127).

Answer: Thomas Edison

Edison's General Electric Company merged with Thomson-Houston. Since that time General Electric has undergone several other mergers, such as the 1927 acquisition of the 39 year old Pettingell Andrews & Company, to become the World Wide Company that they are today. (A GENERAL Electric question for my 'General' category question. Clever ain't it?)

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

The U. S. version of the Reformed Dutch Church was formed in Albany New York in 1660's. President Martin Van Buren was also a member of the Reformed Dutch movement.

Answer: Gazpacho Soup

'Gazpacho Soup' pretty much summed up Rimmer's life. He was invited to the Captain's table for dinner. He did not know that gazpacho soup was supposed to be served cold and he made the waiter return it to the kitchen and heat it. Rimmer was never invited to the Captain's table again.

Answer: Saint George

April 23 is celebrated in England as Saint George's day after the celebrated Saint who legend claims vanquished the dragon and converted the inhabitants of the town of Selene to Christianity. In reality, George was probably beheaded around 300 A.D.

Answer: Battleship Potemkin

The 1925 landmark Russian film was directed by Sergei Eisenstein. The film is set during the 1905 Revolution.

Answer: Hodgkins disease

Mario Lemieux was drafted number one by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1984. From 1984-1997 'Super' Mario was the heart and soul for the Penguins, leading them to consecutive Stanley Cups in 1991-1992. However in January 1993, he was diagnosed with a form of Hodgkins Disease and he was forced to retire in 1997.

He was immediately elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2000, After undergoing treatment, Mario was able to come back and 'un-retire' and lead Pittsburgh back into the playoffs.

Answer: Harpo Marx

Harpo Marx, the first entertainer to visit Russia during the Communist regime, was asked by the U.S. Government to smuggle papers out of Russia. Marx was successful, but even he did not know what information was on the documents he smuggled out.

Answer: 7575

"In the Year 2525" was a number one hit for Zager and Evans in 1969. It was also their only hit ever. Instead of the year 7575, the year is 7510.
"In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then
Maybe he'll look around himself and say
Guess it's time for the Judgment day."

Answer: Denmark

Completed in 1997, the bridge is 5,328 feet. At the time of its construction it ranked as the second longest bridge in the world behind the Akashi Kaiko in Japan.

Answer: Theodore Geisel

Theodore Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) was better known as Dr. Seuss. "If I ran the Zoo" was published in 1950. The narrator is young Dan McGrew who would call his Zoo "McGrew Zoo" and among the creatures in his zoo would be an elephant-cat, and a fine fluffy bird called the Bustard, who only eats custard with sauce made of mustard.

Answer: Repetition of words

Anaphora is repetition of a word at the beginning of a clause, line, or sentence, such as the sequence spoken by the Cowardly Lion in the "Wizard of Oz": "Put 'em - up! Which one of you first? I'll fight you both together, if you want. I'll fight ya' with one paw tied behind my back! I'll fight ya' standin' on one foot! I'll fight ya' with my eyes closed." The omission of words in a sentence is an example of Ellipsis. Prosthesis is the addition of letters.

Answer: Opera

The well-known soprano Anna Moffo was born in Philadelphia in 1935. (The Internet Movie Data Base lists her birth year as 1934) She made her professional debut in 1955 as Norina in "Don Pasquale."

Answer: Finland

Lake Saimaa is located in south eastern Finland. Finland has over 56, 000 lakes that are larger than a hectare. The land is also covered by nearly two thirds in forests.