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NFT: Trivia Questions

emcca005 : 5/17/2022 8:42 pm

I got asked to host/MC a trivia night at a new restaurant in the Adirondacks. I've put together 50 questions across 5 categories (arts and lit, music, movies, history/geography, and general knowledge).

My question/request is for BBI to share their favorite trivia to help me build up my bank for future nights.

Who has had a #1 film at the box office in six consecutive decades?

Daniel in Kentucky : 5/17/2022 9:01 pm : link

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Answer:

Daniel in Kentucky : 5/17/2022 9:02 pm : link

Sylvester Stallone

RE: Answer:

emcca005 : 5/17/2022 10:29 pm : link

In comment 15711819 Daniel in Kentucky said:

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Sylvester Stallone

That's damn impressive

I like real interviews

Daniel in Kentucky : 5/18/2022 12:20 am : link

I watched his
He was proud of that fact

There are only

Nick in LA : 5/18/2022 2:02 am : link

2 colleges with over 500 draft picks all time, who are they?

A: Notre Dame(522) & USC(519)

Who is the only person present for three presidential assassinations?

Greg from LI : 5/18/2022 8:31 am : link

It was Robert Lincoln. He was in the room as a young man when his father died in 1865, was James Garfield's Secretary of War when he saw Garfield shot by Charles Guiteau, and was an invited guest of William McKinley at the Pan American Expo of 1901.

Which Founding Fathers died on

SFGFNCGiantsFan : 5/18/2022 8:44 am : link

July 4, 1826?

winoguy : 5/18/2022 8:47 am : link

Why do we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?

Closest State in the US to Africa?

give66 : 5/18/2022 8:53 am : link

Answer: Maine

Pitcher with most wins who never won a CY Young award?

Trick question. Cy Young

There are two people inducted...

BamaBlue : 5/18/2022 9:41 am : link

into the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown who never played, coached or were owners/partners of any baseball team at any time. Who are they?

A: Bud Abbot and Lou Costello

^^^

BamaBlue : 5/18/2022 9:43 am : link

Sorry. Not accurate to say, "inducted", but rather they are "in the baseball HOF".

RE: There are two people inducted...

Mike in NY : 5/18/2022 9:47 am : link

In comment 15712124 BamaBlue said:

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into the baseball hall of fame in Cooperstown who never played, coached or were owners/partners of any baseball team at any time. Who are they?

A: Bud Abbot and Lou Costello

Not sure that is accurate. You have people like H. Douglas Harvey in Baseball Hall of Fame.

RE: Which Founding Fathers died on

Klaatu : 5/18/2022 9:59 am : link

In comment 15712048 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:

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July 4, 1826?

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

which president could write simultaneously in Greek with one hand

Greg from LI : 5/18/2022 10:01 am : link

and Latin with the other?

James Garfield

RE: Closest State in the US to Africa?

emcca005 : 5/18/2022 2:26 pm : link

In comment 15712064 give66 said:

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Answer: Maine

Pitcher with most wins who never won a CY Young award?

Trick question. Cy Young

Cy Young question is one of my all time favorite sports trivia questions

RE: which president could write simultaneously in Greek with one hand

emcca005 : 5/18/2022 2:27 pm : link

In comment 15712161 Greg from LI said:

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and Latin with the other?

James Garfield

My brain hurts just thinking of that!