General Trivia Thread

[red dog 1]

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Post a trivia question and see if anyone knows the answer without using Google.


What's the longest running science fiction television series? (Answered)

[captain queeg]

1. Dr Who

[red dog 1]

2. Ding!

[k55f5r]

3. Staying on theme...

What is the best selling SF/Fantasy book (or series) of all time?

[captain queeg]

4. For Fantasy I'd guess Lord of the Rings. But that's a pretty broad spectrum so I'm not too confident.

[k55f5r]

5. Lukewarm, J.R.R. isn't real close to the top,

but I believe that is partially due to poor reporting of sales in the 60s and 70s vs todays record keeping. He had my vote, also.

[yardwork]

54. Yes, I recall that the books were pirated for decades.

Something about the copyright not being protected for a long time.

[surrealAmerican]

6. Harry Potter

?

Fantasy, not sci-fi.

[k55f5r]

9. DingDingDing!!! We have a winner!!!!

ScienceFiction&Fantasy JK Rowling has sold more H.Potter books than any other series franchise.

[First Speaker]

8. For science fiction, my guess is the Dune series...

...with the Foundation Trilogy a close second...

[k55f5r]

10. Greatest SF story.

I remember reading Dune in the late sixties and being blown away by it. It is the best-selling science fiction book ever. However, Harry Potter is #1 in SF&Fantasy.

[Marthe48]

7. R.B. Greaves

had a #2 Billboard hit with Take a Letter, Maria

Who was his famous uncle?

I just heard this bit of trivia on True Oldies Channel today.

[rogerballard]

11. Tony Orlando?

[Marthe48]

12. A singer from the previous generation

Who unfortunately, came to a bad end

(Don't know if we're supposed to add clues )

[rogerballard]

13. More clues the better lol

Richie Valens?

[Marthe48]

14. That's a good guess

Richie Valens died about 5 years before the uncle died.

Richie Valens was 10 years younger than the uncle, but their careers overlapped.

[red dog 1]

16. Adding clues is fine with me...I do it all the time.

[Marthe48]

17. Thanks!

The dj on True Oldies Channel offers many tidbits about the singers we grew up with. I think I pay more attention to details now than I did then I liked the song, Take a Letter, Maria. The uncle had many more hits, and I think I liked his songs better

[LisaM]

21. Trini Lopez?

If that's right, I have no clue on the uncle, unless it was Ted Williams!

[Marthe48]

22. Looking for the uncle

who is not Trini Lopez

This might be a giveaway, but one of the uncle's hits was a song in a movie based on a Stephen King story

[LisaM]

24. Oh, I was way off!

I looked it up afterwards. Also, I was mixing it up with the song about the guy calling information to get the number of some four year old in Memphis, Tennessee! At least they were both novelty songs.

[Marthe48]

25. I thought Tony Orlando sang Take a Letter, Maria

and realized my error when the dj shared the family link.

I really wasn't paying attention back in the day!

[Permanut]

26. Been a big fan of this guy forever..

Lou Rawls was one of his backup singers.

[Trailrider1951]

40. Sam Cooke? Their voices are similar

WAG

[Marthe48]

43. Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!

Nice job!

[Trailrider1951]

44. Thanks! I've been a fan of Sam Cooke's since I was a child

in the late '50s and '60s. That man had the voice of an angel.

[Marthe48]

45. I liked him too

He had such a variety of popular songs. And yes, that voice. I listen to True Oldies Channel, and they play his songs often. I still stop and listen

[OldBaldy1701E]

15. A tough one.

As stated in the original show 'bible' and the original series, how many vessels of the 'Starship' class did the Federation commission and send out to explore the galaxy (not counting replacements, because according to the info, there were two built)?

(I know... true Trekkie nerd who is asking some question only another Trekkie nerd would know...)

[SOteric]

61. What was Queen Victoria's native tongue?

[rsdsharp]

77. What is German?

[ProfessorGAC]

109. Trek Nerd Answer

Depends on what episode.
The Enterprise was Constitution class, but a couple episodes show the commissioning plaque with "Starship Class".
But, there were 12 Constitution class starship.
Geeky enough?

[OldBaldy1701E]

110. Oh, very!

According to the information I have, Roddenberry started out writing about 12 vessels of the 'Starship' class. As the show progressed, they added the 'Constitution' class part. As I understand it, he was not overly keen on this change, but after a time just went along with it. (He also did not like the idea of Sulu, Uhura, or Spock having other parts to their name. That being 'Hikaru' Sulu, 'Nyota' Shura, and 'S'Chn T'Gai' Spock. The novels pretty much ignored him and soon he had no choice but to go with it.)

Again, a Gold Geek Star to ProfesserGAC!

[IcyPeas]

18. Is India... ON the equator, ABOVE the equator or BELOW the equator?

[SOteric]

19. Assuming that the Northern Hemisphere is "up" and the Southern Hemisphere is "down..."

India is then above the equator.

[IcyPeas]

20. I saw this question being asked on Celebrity Jeopardy and they all got it wrong.

[red dog 1]

23. Who coined the term "Gang Stalking"?

[red dog 1]

118. Eleanor White

[red dog 1]

27. What is the most trafficked animal in the world?

[Mr.Bill]

28. Humans?

[red dog 1]

29. Besides them,

An actual "animal"

[justaprogressive]

30. Dogs

101 Dalmations!

[red dog 1]

34. Ha Ha

[rogerballard]

31. Leopards?

[red dog 1]

36. Nope, good guess though.

[WestMichRad]

32. Snakes?

(Omitting humans, who ARE actually animals.)

[red dog 1]

35. Nope

(btw, that's true. Humans are part of the Animal Kingdom)

[justaprogressive]

37. little scaley

reptile!

[red dog 1]

39. Yes

Which scaley reptile?

[underpants]

46. Bees

[red dog 1]

50. Nope, it's a scaley reptile

The question now is WHAT scaly reptile?

[underpants]

53. Roger Stone

[red dog 1]

58. Ha!

He is one, isn't he?

[Jilly_in_VA]

56. Pangolins?

[red dog 1]

59. #Ding!

[Glorfindel]

102. It definitely has scales, but it's a mammal.

The pangolin.

[red dog 1]

112. You're right!

My mistake, they're not scaly reptiles, but scaly mammals.


Each year, up to 2.7 million pangolins are poached from the wild across Africa and Asia.
Their scales and meat are used for food, leather goods and medicine.
Because of this, these adorable, shy, reclusive animals were officially added to the endangered species list in 2012.



https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9cgtmKt5__c

[Jilly_in_VA]

78. Pangolins

[red dog 1]

81. Yes

[Mister Ed]

33. What were the last names of popular 60's folk singers Peter, Paul, and Mary?

[Harker]

38. Peter Yarrow... Mary Travers...

Paul...aaaaagh.

[Raven123]

52. Stuckey (? Spelling)

[Mister Ed]

55. Yes. Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers, and Noel "Paul" Stookey.

I've always imagined that his family name might have originally been Stucci, with the spelling Anglicized by immigration officials the way so many were. I have no information on that, though.

[Harker]

57. Yes... Stookey.

I've learned and forgotten his last name a dozen times, I'd bet.

[red dog 1]

41. What two months of the year are named for mortal men?

[underpants]

47. August and July

[red dog 1]

49. WinnerWinnerChickenDinner!

[Trailrider1951]

42. Andrew Lincoln (The Walking Dead) has a famous father-in-law

Who is it?

[underpants]

48. Andrew James Clutterbuck

I didn’t know that is his father in law

[CrispyQ]

51. How long did it take to fill Lake Powell? -nt

[red dog 1]

60. Which African country is known as the "Land of a thousand hills"?

[red dog 1]

62. What do singers Barbara Mandrell, Jimmy Buffett, and Shayne MacGowan all have in common?

[rogerballard]

63. All had songs written by Barry Manilow?

Wild guess I know lol

[red dog 1]

64. The book series including "All Creatures Great and Small" were written by a British veterinarian

under the pen name "James Herriot"

What was his real name?

[red dog 1]

65. What big cat is the strongest climber?

(of trees)

[Harker]

79. Andres Gallaraga?

Leopard?

[red dog 1]

80. Ding!

[red dog 1]

66. What was Butch Cassidy's real name?

[Harker]

69. Robert Leroy Parker.

[red dog 1]

70. Ding!

[red dog 1]

67. What was The Sundance Kid's real name?

[Harker]

68. Harry Longabaugh.

[red dog 1]

71. Ding again!

Harry Alonzo Longabaugh

[red dog 1]

72. Who collaborated with Karl Marx to produce "The Communist Manifesto"?

[Harker]

74. Friedrich Engels.

[red dog 1]

75. I figured that you would know that, Hark

[Harker]

76. It's always fun and good mental exercise to visit your posts, Red...

Thanks!

[XanaDUer2]

73. Kick nt

[XanaDUer2]

82. Kick nt

[red dog 1]

83. What was the first item sold on eBay?

[red dog 1]

84. What is the largest tree-climbing mammal?

[Harker]

88. The orangutan.

It used to be my Uncle Ray.

[red dog 1]

94. Ding!

[Harker]

97. I thought 'bears' was the right answer...

as an occasional climber, at least.

[JoseBalow]

99. Me too LOL!

But then I don't know just how big orangutans get, and I'm sure larger bears have trouble climbing as they get bigger.

Ah well, I learn something new every day!

[Harker]

100. A large black bear can easily outweigh a large orangutan...

but you're not likely to see Smokey cruising the canopy from tree to tree.

While living in the Rocky Mtns. of Colorado, my wife and I found a hummingbird feeder, which had previously been hanging 35-40 ft. above the ground in a pine tree, in a mangled little wad at the bottom of our driveway -- sucked dry.

I'm pretty sure the culprit wasn't an orangutan.

[JoseBalow]

89. Bears?

[red dog 1]

95. No, it's the Orangutan

[XanaDUer2]

85. Kick

[red dog 1]

86. What is the smallest primate in the world?

[Aristus]

87. What was the very last battleship ever built and commissioned into service?

n/t

[Angleae]

90. Jean Bart (France)

[Aristus]

91. According to my sources, the Jean Bart was completed and launched

prior to the launch of the Royal Navy’s HMS Vanguard, which was commissioned into service in 1946.

[Angleae]

92. Launched in 1940, sunk (incomplete) in 1943, finished (finally) and commissioned in 1949

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_battleship_Jean_Bart_(1940)

[Aristus]

93. I guess that counts as an asterisk on its Wikipedia article.

They don’t the scuttling, and award the Vanguard as the battleship most recently completed, commissioned, and put into service.

[red dog 1]

96. What animal is the most social of all big cats?

[Harker]

98. The lions.

[red dog 1]

113. Ding!

We used to watch the lions & tigers being fed each day at 1 PM inside the "big cat" building" at the San Francisco Zoo
(They were brought inside when they were fed...You could stand about 15 feet away & watch them eat huge chunks of raw meat)

[Harker]

115. As a child, my old man got peed on by a tiger at a zoo in Chicago.

Just one of many events that made him the man he was.

[GreenWave]

101. Does a bear poo in the woods?

Not this one!

[Harker]

103. Not if no one is there to hear it. n/t

[GreenWave]

105. Clue: Go further north!

Way north!

[Harker]

106. Oop!

I mistakenly thought you were making a personal statement.

[GreenWave]

107. No problem.

BTW that is some good beer,

[Harker]

108. I was wondering...

I've never had a Venezuelan Pilsner.

[Harker]

104. At 16,000 feet in length, the longest commercial runway in North America

is located at what city's international airport?

[red dog 1]

111. Wild guess, Denver?

[Harker]

114. Swish!

Good work, Red!

[red dog 1]

116. I guessed Denver because of all I heard about that airport having very extensive & secret underground tunnels.

(God only knows what's under that airport)

[Harker]

117. It's bizarre what goes on down there. n/t