Mixed 15 Q. Difficult Trivia

1. In the National Football League, how many points are awarded for scoring a touchdown?

From Quiz Just When You Thought You Had All The Answers...

Answer: 6

Six points are awarded when a team advances the football in the opponent's end zone. A successful extra point kick, attempted immediately after the touchdown, adds one other point to the touchdown, which gives the scoring team seven points on the scoring drive.

From Quiz Quizzical Leftovers

Answer: Bridge, 1,480 points

A maximum score in Bridge for an actively played game would be a Grand Slam in No Trump, redoubled, vulnerable (you could get an even higher score by defeating an opponent's game). The player would need to bid and make all 13 tricks against a hand with which the opponents have due cause of suspecting the player not to make his game, all of this in a situation where the opponent is ahead in overall score. This extremely difficult feat would score 880 for the contract, 500 for winning a game, 1,500 for the grand slam and 100 points "insult bonus" for winning against an opponent's double - a total of 2,980 points. I have never heard of this score actually having occurred in competitive play. Most bridge players, when asked about the number they associate with a perfect score or game, would however answer "seven" anyway--any Grand Slam would qualify.

From Quiz The Joy of Knowledge 9

Answer: Devil's claw

The name, devil's claw, is derived from the thorny barbs on its unusual fruit. It appears to be covered with numerous small hooks. Herbalists believe it stimulates the stomach to increase production of acid, which improves digestion. Its storage roots contain the active ingredients. Millions of European people today, take devil's claw daily, one tablet with your morning meal, and one with your evening meal. As it promotes acid, it shouldn't be used by sufferers of gastric or duodenal ulcers, nor be used during pregnancy. Although devil's claw has pain-killing properties, it hasn't yet been fully recognised and accepted by the medical profession. It is therefore regarded as merely a herbal supplement.

From Quiz The Joy of Knowledge 8

Answer: Nephews of Popeye

Peepeye, Poopeye, Pipeye and Pupeye were all nephews of Popeye. It was very difficult to tell them apart so it was assumed they were quadruplets. Elzie Crisler Segar's comic strip began in 1919. Olive Oyl had a boyfriend called Ham Gravy, who along with Castor Oyl, Olive's brother, appeared in the original cast. Popeye's debut was on January 1929 when he was hired, by Olive, to sail her ship. She required a discourteous, uncivil, unmannerly sailor and Popeye was just her man. He was to sail Olive and her friends to Dice Island, where they hoped to cheat at a casino. Popeye was dropped from the comic strip as his services were no longer required. Popeye's fans demanded his return and he became a national hit. In 1932, hamburger-munching Wimpy and Popeye's arch-enemy, Bluto, were added to the cast. A six foot, bronze, Popeye statue was located near the Chester Bridge, at the Segar Memorial Park, in 1977, as Elzie Crisler Segar was born in Chester, Illinois on 8 December, 1894. Alas she died at Santa Monica, California, on 13 October, 1938.

From Quiz The Joy of Knowledge 2

Answer: Thrush

The robin usually has a red breast and belongs to the thrush family. Both the sexes are identical and a male will use aggressive behaviour, not knowing if an intruder is male or female. It is up to the female to persist in her approach until a bond is made between the two birds. Young robins lack the distinctive red breast and tend to have a more mottled appearance.

From Quiz The Joy of Knowledge

Answer: The Boswells (Bread)

The comedy programme 'Bread' was shown on BBC1 between (1986-1991). It featured Nellie and Freddie Boswell and their five grown-up children, Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy. They enjoyed working the system and accepting state handouts. Freddie was a philanderer who frequently got involved with Lilo Lil when the going got tough while Nellie kept the family together by insisting they gathered around their kitchen table for Catholic prayers before eating their meals. Carla Lane, who created the series, had similar successes with other comedy sitcoms such as 'The Liver Birds' (BBC1 1969-78)and 'Butterflies' (BBC2 1978-82). The Brady Bunch lived at 4222, Clinton Way, Los Angeles, California whereas Hyacinth Bucket resided at Blossom Avenue in England.

From Quiz Completely Random Quiz of Randomness

Answer: An audio oscillator

Currently, Hewlett Packard is a major computer product producer. They are most known for their printers, and are more commonly known as "HP". You can purchase their products online and at your local electronics store.

From Quiz Party Mix 2

Answer: Finland

Before the Americans beat Finland, they defeated the Soviet Union, and that was the real upset. The Soviet Union was considered the best team in the world and had won four consecutive Olympic golds.

From Quiz Questions Inspired By My Bedroom

Answer: Babylon-5

The Bab-5 CCG is a very complicated game, and it's taken me over a year to become vaguely accomplished at it. The show is really cool, though. The character dynamics are more complex and developed than those of "Star Trek." Bab-5 was, I have heard, the first show where the episodes are more like chapters of a book than isolated events.

From Quiz Three Streets 8

Answer: Spice Cake

A ganache is a frosting/glaze. The most common is made with chocolate, cream, and butter.

From Quiz Party Mix

Answer: Greece

Kourambiedes (plural of kourambie) contain unsalted butter, powdered sugar, egg yolks, brandy, vanilla extract, flour, blanched almonds (chopped), and powdered sugar. Mmmm...you should try them!

From Quiz Miracle Max's Magnificent Mixture

Answer: Carry On Wayward Son

On their next album, called "Point Of Know Return" they had an even bigger hit, "Dust in the Wind".

From Quiz Three Streets 6

Answer: Theodore Hume

Skank was a sock-puppet with his own sit-com and the tag-line "Shut your stinkin' trap!". "The Ben Stiller Show" was on for one season, cancelled, then won the Emmy for best comedy writing.

From Quiz How Wide is Your Knowledge?

Answer: 8

They are, "Mean Streets", "Goodfellas", "Casino", "Raging Bull", "Taxi Driver", "Cape Fear", "The King of Comedy" and "New York, New York".

From Quiz Trivial Trivia

Answer: China

The abacus measured 43.36 m and was located in Shanghai, China.

From Quiz Miscellaneous XIII

Answer: There never were any.

No snake fossils have ever been found. The glaciers receded about 14,000 years ago and not one snake fossil! Sounds like my kind of place.

From Quiz More First Times

Answer: Martin Van Buren

Van Buren was born December 5, 1782 in Colombia, New York. During his term as the eighth president, Van Buren fought for the establishment of an independent treasury system to handle Government transactions. He also blocked the annexation of Texas, fearing it would increase slave territory and bring the country to war with Mexico.

From Quiz The First Time

Answer: Demi Moore

Though rarely given the credit, Demi was a bit of a pioneer while at the peak of her career in the 1990's. She was the first woman to demand the same salary and benefits as her male counterparts and the first to demand equal billing in the movie's credits. It was the 1996 flop "Striptease" in which she broke the $10 million mark, earning a salary of $12.5 million.

From Quiz WHO? WHICH?

Answer: Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears 46 New England 10.

From Quiz Odds 'n' Ends Mixture

Answer: a cross-country ski race

One interesting loppet is the Birkebeiner, a 55km. race, which recreates the rescue of the infant Norwegian prince Haakon Haakonsson in 1206. Racers carry a 5.5 kg. pack representing the weight of the baby prince. Birkebeiners are held annually in Norway, the U.S., Japan, and Canada.

From Quiz Miscellaneous Madness

Answer: It was dismantled to build a barn.

The "Mayflower" was most likely a three-masted ship with the approximate dimensions of 90-100 feet long and 26 feet wide. It was filthy and severely cramped as it carried a crew of 30 and 102 passengers. Eighteen of the passengers were women, two passengers died en route to the new world and two children were born. The Mayflower stayed in Plymouth during the horrible winter of 1620 that killed half of the colonists. Only four of the eighteen women lived through the winter. The Mayflower returned to England and was no longer seaworthy. It was in ruins and was sold for the lumber. Wood was very scarce in England at that time and the Mayflower was reputedly dismantled to build a barn.

From Quiz Mish-Mash II: The Trivia Strikes Back

Answer: Albumblatt

"Fur Elise" is the piece's subtitle - basically, it's "Albumblatt", for Elise. It's also sometimes called "Bagatelle #25 in A".

From Quiz My Mish-Mash Hodge-Podge Mixed Quiz

Answer: Glamdring

Glamdring is first seen in "The Hobbit" - Orcrist is the name of Thorin's sword, and Beater and Biter are the nicknames given them by the orcs.

From Quiz The Ultimate Useless Trivia Whiz

Answer: Istanbul

The city of many names. The word Byzantium became the name given to the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire in the middle ages. It's referred to in many works of literature such as W.B Yeats' famous poem 'Sailing to Byzantium'.

From Quiz General Knowledge II

Answer: Steve Allen

Steve Allen hosted the "Tonight" show from its debut in 1954 until 1957. Allen was famous for his comedy routines, most notably his "Man-in-the-Street" sketches.

From Quiz General Knowledge I

Answer: Intake, compression, power, exhaust

The four strokes are: INTAKE, COMPRESSION, POWER, and EXHAUST. During the INTAKE stroke, the fuel-air mixture is drawn through the intake valves and into the cylinder by the downward-moving piston. After the piston reaches the bottom of the cylinder and begins moving upward, the COMPRESSION stroke begins. At the top of this stroke, the spark plug or glow plug fires, causing the compressed fuel-air mixture to explode. This drives the piston back down in the POWER stroke. Finally, during the EXHAUST stroke, the piston begins moving upward again, pushing the burned fuel through the exhaust valves and out of the cylinder.

From Quiz Nothing Is Hard 14

Answer: Methane

There is only about 2% of methane in Neptune's atmosphere!

From Quiz Three Streets 3

Answer: Philadelphia Athletics

Cobb played outfield for Philadelphia his last 2 years hitting .357 in 134 games in 1927 and .323 in 95 games in 1928.

From Quiz Mixiblob 4

Answer: Being breathed on by a billy goat

The dung beetle throwing was a supposed cure for a stomach ache, while bathing in the washwater of a corpse was said to cure epileptic fits. Horse urine was a sworn cure for baldness.

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