Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions… NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) What company is the largest toy distributor in the world?

2) What was the first U.S. city to host the Olympics?

3) Which book did Americans rate as their favorite– second to only the Bible– in 1900?

4) What was the first animal ever cloned?  (Bonus points– what was the animals name?)

5) Who said: “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me?”

Things I Live For: Fall scented candles on fallish days; the kickers of the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers

Quote of the Day: “ANY idiot can be famous.  I figure I’m more the LEGENDARY type.” –Calvin, Calvin & Hobbes

Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions…. NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) What is the only common word in the English language that ends with “MT”?

2) Which of the 50 states takes in the least amount of tourist dollars?

3) What phrase is said to be the most oft-printed warning in the history of printed word?

4) What was the only product ever promoted by Elvis in a television commercial?

5) What is a group of owls called?

Things I Live For: Any mail that isn’t bills, catalogues, or junk mail; 9/11 conspiracy theories

Quote of the Day: “I started out on burgundy but soon hit the harder stuff – Everybody said they’d stand behind me when the game got rough – but the joke was on me there was nobody there to call my bluff.” –Bob Dylan

Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions…. NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) How many books of the Bible are named for women?  What are they?

2) What is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the 50 states?

3) What is the average life span of a Major League Baseball in terms of pitches?

4) Who played the role of Chandler’s father on “Friends”?

5) What was Oprah’s birth name?

Things I Live For: The European Union; Fresca

Quote of the Day: “We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.” –Agnes Repplier

Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions…. NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) What are the only 2 words in the English language that contain ”a e i  o u” in their proper order?  Hint: one of the words can be used to descride me on a fairly regular basis

2) What brand of underwear does Marty McFly wear in Back to the Future?

3) What mobster said “I’ve been accussed of every death except the casualty list of the World War?”

4) What is the southern most state capitol of the contiguous United States?

5) What sitcom, which premiered in 1988, featured the character known as Dr. Harry Weston?  (Goddamn this was one of the greatest shows ever!  I used to always watch it when my brother and I stayed over at my grandma’s house.)

Things I Live For: The smell of Murphy’s Oil Soap; Cider doughnuts from Crane’s

Quote of the Day: “If you smile at me, I will understand – That is something everyone everywhere does in the same language.” –CSNY

Trivia is just another form of random shit, so you know I love it.  Useless knowledge can help you impress people, or win shots at a bar.  It’s win-win all around.  So try your hand at these questions…. NO GOOGLING!!!  I’ll post the answers in the comments section later today…

1) Who is the only King in a deck of cards that does not have a mustache?

2) What Disney movie was the first full length animated feature to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?

3) How long did the Hundred Years’  War last?

4) Name the only father/son duo to hit back-to-back home runs in a MLB game.  Bonus points if you name the team and year!

5) Who was the first Beatle to have a number one hit single after the breakup of the band?  Bonus points if you can name the song, which is a personal fave of mine!

Things I Live For: The fact that football is back; hairspray

Quote of the Day: “Promise me you’ll never forget me, because if I thought you would, I’d never leave.” –Winnie the Pooh