11-50 Trivia

1. What word comes after forty to complete a phrase describing a short sleep, often not in bed?

From Quiz Fabulous Forty

Answer: Winks

"So just how long is a wink?" I hear you asking. Good question. How long does it take you to wink? It is a pretty ambiguous unit of measurement, but on the order of a second. Forty of them is a short sleep, indeed. The origins of this phrase are (as is so often the case, because multiple plausible suggestions arise in different areas where a common phrase is used) somewhat vague, but it is often attributed to Dr William Kitchiner, who recommended the practice in his 1821 book 'The Art of Invigorating and Prolonging Life.' Dr Kitchiner may have been making a playful use of the then-common phrase nine winks, a really short sleeping spell, because he was recommending a longer rest, and reclining properly. Forty minutes, rather than the time it takes to wink 40 times, would make a reasonable nap.

From Quiz XXXI

Answer: 7 & seven

January, March, May, July, August, October and December all have 31 days. October 31 is of course Halloween, December 31 is New Year's Eve and July 31 is the date of birth for the author of this quiz.

From Quiz 38 Special

Answer: Colorado

Colorado is also known for world-class skiing, beautiful parks, and its many locally crafted beers.

From Quiz Thirty Something

Answer: The 30 Foot Bride Of Candy Rock

"The 30 Foot Bride Of Candy Rock" was a 1959 film starring Costello, Dorothy Provine, and Gale Gorden. Artie Pinsetter (Costello) is a junk man living in Candy Rock. His intended, Emmy Lou (Provine) grows to 30 feet after being exposed to radiation. [No spoiler here.}

From Quiz The Answer Is Not Fifty

Answer: The number of touchdown passes Peyton Manning threw in the 2013 regular season.

Peyton Manning (b. 1976) is a former NFL quarterback with the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos. In 2013, Manning passed for 55 touchdowns and 5,437 yards. At the time of his retirement he held most of the NFL quarterback records including career passing yards (71,940) and career touchdown passes (539). He led each of his teams to a Super Bowl victory. Football players are supposed to wear helmets when they play, and play on a field. Brady Anderson (b. 1964) is a former MLB outfielder, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles. He hit 210 home runs during his career. The 50 home runs in 1996 was a standout year as his next best total in a year was 24 in 1999. In 1996, he hit the 50th home run in his first at-bat in the final game of the season. Maurice "Rocket" Richard (1921-2000) was a long-time right wing for the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL. He scored a total of 544 goals during his career (1942-1960), a record at the time of his retirement. The amazing thing about his 50 goals was that they were accomplished in only 50 games. Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999) was a long time center in the NBA (1959-1973) with the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, Philadelphia Seventy Sixers and the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored 50.4 points per game and made 25.7 rebounds during the 1961-1962 season. On March 02, 1962 he scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in a game--an NBA record which may never be exceeded.

From Quiz Twenty Something

Answer: Four Preps

The Four Preps (Bruce Belland, Ed Cobb, Marvin Inabnett, and Glen Larson) had seven Billboard Top 40 hits from 1958-1961. "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" was their top song, reaching Number Two in 1958. Their only other Top Ten hit was "Big Man" at Number Three also in 1958.

From Quiz Ten To A Dozen

Answer: Canadian Football

Canadian Football has 12 players on each side. American Football has 11, Australian Rules Football has 18, and Rugby Football Union has 15!

From Quiz The Number 22

Answer: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift released the song "22" in March 2013, taken from her album "Red" (2012). The song is about the singer's own joyful experience of being 22 years old. Lily Allen also released a song called "22" in 2009 from her album, "It's Not Me, It's You", which reached number 14 in her native UK Singles Chart. Paul Weller's song "22 Dreams" is taken from his album of the same name, released in 2008, which went straight to number one in the UK Albums Chart on its release. Bob Dylan is an American singer songwriter. The song "2x2" features on his 1990 album, "Under the Red Sky".

From Quiz The 19 Connection

Answer: 1993

Joe Montana transferred from the San Francisco 49ers to the Kansas City Chiefs in 1993. He asked for a transfer to ease the troubles that the 49ers were having with whom to start as quarterback. Joe was offered a choice of shirt numbers before playing for the Chiefs and opted for 19 as his number. Joe Montana retired from football in 1995, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. Due to his history with the San Francisco 49ers, he was named one of 1999 inductees in the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.

From Quiz Twelve Is a Magic Number

Answer: 12 was the number of sons that Jacob had

Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah and grandson of Abraham. He also had at least one daughter. He was renamed Israel by God, a name which can be translated as God contended, God rules, God judges, or as "he fights or struggles with God." This name is an apparent reference to Jacob's wrestling match with an angel. See Genesis 32:24-28 (New International Version): "24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, 'Let me go, for it is daybreak.' But Jacob replied, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.' 27 The man asked him, 'What is your name?' 'Jacob,' he answered. 28 Then the man said, 'Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.'

From Quiz The Number 42

Answer: Molybdenum

Molybdenum belongs to Group 6 of the metals, along with Chromium and Tungsten (Wolfram). It has a high melting-point and is used in making steel alloys with high strength.

From Quiz Triskaidekaphobia Part Deux

Answer: April 1

Sizdah Be-dar occurs on the thirteenth day of Farvardin (the first month on the Iranian calendar) and corresponds to April Fool's Day in the West. The tradition traces back to the time of the legendary king Jamshid and to Zoroastrianism. The tradition involves leaving the house on the thirteenth and spending time outdoors in the mountains, parks, and woods of the countryside having fun and enjoying life. It has been postulated that this was to ward off the bad luck associated with the number 13 but there is no hard and fast proof of this. Today it is seen as an embrace and celebration of the natural world and of all nature offers.

From Quiz Counting Up To Forty

Answer: 40

According to Genesis, it rained for forty days and forty nights during the flood depicted in the story of Noah's ark. Casey Kasem was one of the creators and hosts of the radio program, "American Top 40". The 40-yard dash is a timed race primarily used to evaluate American football players. The 40th wedding anniversary is traditionally called the ruby anniversary.

From Quiz I Am a Number Between 11 and 20!

Answer: 13

No one is completely sure where this strange phobia originated. Some suggest that it stems from Judas Iscariot being the 13th arrival at the Last Supper and ultimately the betrayer of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. In Norse legend, Loki was said to have been the 13th arrival in Valhalla at a dinner where 12 of the Gods were invited. Soon after, the invincible Baldr was slain. Another tradition points to the arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday the 13th of 1307. Even as far back at the Hammurabi, a Babylonian code of law dating to 1760 BC, the number 13 seems to have been omitted suggesting a superstition surrounding the number amongst ancient peoples. Today, hotels and apartment buildings omit the number 13 and sometimes even the whole 13th floor. Airplanes sometimes omit row 13, and some towns do not include a 13th street.

From Quiz 21 is Everywhere!

Answer: Green Day

21 Guns was released in 2009 by Green Day. A cast version was produced later for the musical "American Idiot". In a 2009 interview, Billie Joe Armstrong, the band singer, said "It brings up 21st Century Breakdown in a lot of ways, and the 21 gun-salute for someone that's fallen, but done in an arena rock 'n' roll sort of way." Personally, one of my favorite songs! Source: http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=15467

From Quiz The Number 44

Answer: Dan Quayle

Dan Quayle served one term as Vice-President under George H. W. Bush from 1989-93. The Bush/Quayle ticket lost the 1992 election to Clinton/Gore. Quayle's tendency towards confusion in speeches led to his being ridiculed in the press. Most famously, Quayle had a feud with the fictional character "Murphy Brown".

From Quiz The Number 26

Answer: Rhombicuboctahedron

The rhombicuboctahedron is essentially an expanded cube, and is present in architecture and the arts. The National Library of Belarus takes this shape. In addition, in the painting "Portrait of Luca Pacioli" by de'Barbari, a clear rhombicuboctahedron is seen hanging by a string.

From Quiz Numbers Twenty-One to Thirty

Answer: Pier 21

Known as the Gateway to Canada, Pier 21 was an ocean liner terminal in Halifax. In 1999, it was converted to a museum to mark this period of Canada's history. During the time Pier 21 operated as a point of entry for immigrants, more than one million newcomers to the nation passed through its portals. It has of course been likened to America's Ellis Island in this regard.

From Quiz Numbers Eleven to Twenty

Answer: Armistice Day

This date marks the armistice that was signed between the Allies and Germans to mark the cessation of World War One hostilities. The ceasefire, however, only took place on the Western Front. Parts of the Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire continued to fight for some time after. Today this date is celebrated as a national holiday in many of the old allied nations from that period of history. After the second world war the name was changed to Remembrance Day in the countries of the British Commonwealth, and to Veterans Day in America.

From Quiz A Dime a Dozen

Answer: Reuben

Jacob's twelve sons from oldest to youngest are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph and Benjamin. Malachi was the name of an Old Testament prophet.

From Quiz 13

Answer: Friday

The fear of Friday the 13th is paraskavedekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia. President Franklin Roosevelt would never travel on the 13th day of a month, even if it wasn't a Friday.

From Quiz The Number Twelve

Answer: Sidney Lumet

Also starring Lee J Cobb, Jack Klugman and Ed Begley, '12 Angry Men' was nominated for three Academy Awards. The film was adapted from the television drama written by Reginald Rose. Filming was completed within three weeks and it is still regarded as one of the greatest courtroom drama classics of all time. Sidney Lumet was born in Philadelphia in 1924.

From Quiz Ten on Twelve

Answer: Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known as Caligula, definitely had quite the fall from grace. When first named Emperor, Caligula was received with high praise and shouts of joy. Soon after, he fell ill with what some claimed to be a type of brain fever, and from that point on things got a little sketchy. There are reports he tried to deify himself as a god and that he forced his relatives to commit suicide. In the end he was assassinated by members of his own guard.

From Quiz 13, 24, 31 or 42?

Answer: 24

The human chromosome set is very similar to that of the great apes in that most chromosomes in humans have a direct equivalent in the chimpanzee set, but human chromosome 2 is effectively a fusion of two chromosomes featured by the closest relatives. In addition, nine human chromosomes feature a partial inversion compared to the chimpanzee genome - a segment of DNA is read in the opposite direction.

From Quiz The Meaning Of Life

Answer: The Beast

The word Satan in Hebrew means "adversary" and is never capitalized in the Old Testament. However, in the new, it is used as a title and a name, thus is capitalized. This should make people wonder if the Old Testament Satan has anything to do whatsoever with the New Testament Satan.

From Quiz 50 Is Not Half Bad

Answer: 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

This 1975 tune by Simon was off the "Still Crazy After All These Years" album, and featured backup vocals by Valerie Simpson, Phoebe Snow, and Patti Austin. It became a number one charting hit on Billboard, and is Simon's biggest solo hit ever.

From Quiz The Answer's 50 - Now What's The Question?

Answer: Tin

The atomic numbers of the others are: titanium, 22; gold, 79; and silver, 47. Tin is a versatile metal that can be used in alloy with many others. Its resistance to corrosion makes tin an ideal container for food when plated onto steel. The title of this quiz has been adapted from the advertising slogan used many years ago by an English motor parts supplier. The slogan was "The answer's yes, now what's the question?" - based on its claim it could supply any part for any car.

From Quiz Vicenary Matters

Answer: 15

Let's suppose you had 2 dozen apples and you set one on a table. Then, you decided to lay down successive rows always to form a triangle with your apples. The first count would be 1. After row two, the count would be 3, after row three, the count would be 6 and so on. You'd have to add 4 next and get 10. The next row would be 5, making 15 apples on the table (our answer). Finally, you would lay down 6 apples to total a neatly formed triangle of 21, leaving you with three to eat while you admire your advanced math skill or your obsessive compulsive disorder, or both!

From Quiz 30 rocks

Answer: Alec Baldwin

'30 Rock' was first screened on American television in 2006 and was created by Tina Fey, who also played the role of Liz Lemon, the head writer of an often chaotic TV comedy sketch show. Alec Baldwin played Jack Donaghy, the head of the broadcasting company. In 2007, Baldwin won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy. The name of the show comes from the address of the NBC headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, NYC.

From Quiz My 21st Quiz

Answer: Key of the Door

The first recorded game of bingo was played in Italy using the name 'Lo Giuoco del Lotto D'Italia'. When it reached North America in 1929 it was called 'Beano'. It became known as 'Bingo' after somebody incorrectly called it when claiming a full house.

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