In my small office (~10) we take turns opening biweekly virtual meetings with some trivia questions to lighten things up. My turn is tomorrow and I could use some help getting 5-10 trivia questions together. Any topic, really. Demographics of the office range from mid 30s to 60. TIA.
(Stevie Nicks)
(Stevie Nicks)
*inducted
closest answer wins.
What is the diameter of the earth?
7,917 miles (closest answer wins)
In Sam's piano
Then this one..
why do we drive on the parkway and then park on the driveway?
Who used these questions on his TV quiz show ?
Orange
answers- Stallone (Rocky IV and Rambo: First Blood Part 2) and Wham!
Most people start to count the number of games in each round and then add them up.
32 + 16 + 8, etc.
Easiest was to calculate?
How many teams lose in the tournament, which equals the number of games in the tournament?
Answer...63 teams lose, all but the winning team.
Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy
Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt
Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
Hardly anyone guesses the Giants with Superbowl victories in the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s
closest answer wins.
What is the diameter of the earth?
7,917 miles (closest answer wins)
In this spirit, which countries have successfully landed a probe on Mars?
US only (USSR and ESA probes have all crashed/failed)
Link - ( New Window )
Washington Football Team
Magic
Heat
Jazz
Thunder
Lightning
Wild
Avalanche
Red Sox
White Sox
Why are manhole covers round?
NYC was where Congress first met after the Constitution was ratified.
Then it was temporarily moved to Philly for about a decade until Wash DC was being built.
Washington Football Team
Magic
Heat
Jazz
Thunder
Lightning
Wild
Avalanche
Red Sox
White Sox
You're setting this one up for controversy when someone mentions the Seattle Kraken.
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Why are manhole covers round?
Because they won't fall in when rotated.
The sky is blue because our atmosphere scatters sunlight. Blue light is more widely scattered as it is in shorter wave lengths therefore our eyes see more blue.
Life expectancy at birth in the United States is 78.5 yrs. This is the same as which other nation?
a) Turkey- correct answer.
b) Costa Rica
c) Canada
d) Spain
The U.S. is #40 (~80 percentile) in the world in life expectancy at birth. Of course, we pay about 3x the OECD average for our healthcare for the privilege.
Answer key
a) Turkey (78.6) (t-#38)
b) Costa Rica (80.8) (#30)
c) Canada (82.2) (#15)
d) Spain (83.2) (t-#4)
Same geographic region and economic character and culture as Canada, and yet half a decade difference in life expectancy.
Ask this really fast and hard to understand: 1. "Who invented the steam engine? What? Right!! (Watt)
2. What's a joule per second? What? Right!! (Watt)
What is meant by ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny?
etc
A: To represent the fact that both presidents were assassinated and thus, their terms unfinished.
There is no true answer but it will get everyone thinking and convinced that there is one to find.
He went into this whole 20 minute speech that everyone sees the color white differently and it is actually an unanswerable question, blah blah....... That was the point when I started to tune out. Dude was certainly a different cat on a different plane.
Damn Philosophy complementary courses. Luckily it was an easy credit.
Lairds, in NJ, makers of Apple Jack
They were issued license #1 by George Washington in 1780. Washington asked for the recipe and it was granted. Apple Jack was issued to the troops in the American Revolution.
Buffalo Trace has been distilling since 1775, but Laird's has license #1.
That's a good one
What city's sports teams all have the same colors?
Ted Williams, Willie McCovey, and Frank Thomas.
I must admit I heard this the other day, I got 2 out of 3.
I missed the 'Big Hurt'.