True-or-False Spectacular IV

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Birth and Stage Names: Actress Yvonne De Carlo, star of the TV show "The Munsters", was born Margaret Yvonne Middleton on September 1, 1922. True False

2. Colleges and Universities: The University of California, Irvine was named for the Irvine Company, a private real-estate development company. True False

3. Man in Space: Moonwalker John Young was the only Apollo astronaut to command at least one space shuttle mission. True False

4. Famous Dates: Robin Ventura's infamous "Grand Slam Single" in the National League Championship Series occurred on October 17, 1999 - ten years to the day after the Loma Prieta earthquake stopped the World Series. True False

5. Computers: The word processing program WordPerfect was initially developed for the city of Kansas City, Missouri. True False

6. New York: Mount Marcy, the highest point in New York state, was named after former governor William L. Marcy. True False

7. Scientists and Inventors: Garrett A. Morgan, one of the pioneers of the modern traffic signal, has been credited with inventing the first human-hair straightener. True False

8. Government: The U.S. Constitution requires that a member of the House of Representative must be at least 20 years old. True False

9. Delaware (representing States A-D): Delaware is comprised of six counties - Bibb, Caldwell, Harrison, Kent, New Castle and Sussex. True False

10. Physics: The coefficient of friction, the ratio of the force of friction between two bodies, is denoted by the lower-case Greek letter rho. True False

11. Disasters (representing Specialized History): The 1971 Sylmar Earthquake in Southern California caused 65 deaths. True False

12. Name Game: The "J.D." in "J.D. Power", the man whose name is associated with customer satisfaction awards, stands for Joseph Donovan. True False

13. Wisconsin (representing States U-W): Madison, the capital of Wisconsin, is located in and is seat of Dane County. True False

14. Death Becomes Them: Hall of Fame stock car driver Benny Parsons died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on January 16, 2007. True False

15. U.S. Commercials: CBS used the slogans "Reach for the Stars" and "We've Got the Touch" to promote its lineup of programming during the 1980s. True False