Big Muddy
09-23-2015, 02:06 PM
One of my wife's friends sent this to her....evidently, these are some of the questions on that tv show....she passed it to me, and I only scored 60%, and some of those were swags. ;)
Try it without cheating:
1. "Nephelococcygia" is the practice of doing what?
Finding shapes in clouds
Sleeping with your eyes open
Breaking glass with your voice
Swimming in freezing water
2. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term "computer bug"?
Moth
Roach
Fly
Japanese beetle
3. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, LBJ had four buttons installed in the Oval Office labeled "coffee," "tea," "Coke" and what?
Fresca
V8
Yoo-hoo
A&W
4. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
India
Peru
Canada
Iceland
5. What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?
N
A
U
L
6. Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky
Elmer Sperry
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Gottlieb Daimler
7. The U.S. icon "Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked during the War of 1812 as a what?
Meat inspector
Mail deliverer
Historian
Weapons mechanic
8. In a failed assassination attempt, what U.S. president was shot at twice at point-blank range, but survived because both guns misfired?
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Martin Van Buren
9. In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet," Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?
Training parrots to talk
Cheating at card games
Digging graves
Making jams and jellies
10. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting "American Gothic"?
Traveling salesman
Local sheriff
His dentist
His butcher
Try it without cheating:
1. "Nephelococcygia" is the practice of doing what?
Finding shapes in clouds
Sleeping with your eyes open
Breaking glass with your voice
Swimming in freezing water
2. Which insect shorted out an early supercomputer and inspired the term "computer bug"?
Moth
Roach
Fly
Japanese beetle
3. For ordering his favorite beverages on demand, LBJ had four buttons installed in the Oval Office labeled "coffee," "tea," "Coke" and what?
Fresca
V8
Yoo-hoo
A&W
4. In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
India
Peru
Canada
Iceland
5. What letter must appear at the beginning of the registration number of all non-military aircraft in the U.S.?
N
A
U
L
6. Who is credited with inventing the first mass-produced helicopter?
Igor Sikorsky
Elmer Sperry
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Gottlieb Daimler
7. The U.S. icon "Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who worked during the War of 1812 as a what?
Meat inspector
Mail deliverer
Historian
Weapons mechanic
8. In a failed assassination attempt, what U.S. president was shot at twice at point-blank range, but survived because both guns misfired?
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Martin Van Buren
9. In addition to his career as an astrologer and "prophet," Nostradamus published a 1555 treatise that included a section on what?
Training parrots to talk
Cheating at card games
Digging graves
Making jams and jellies
10. Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting "American Gothic"?
Traveling salesman
Local sheriff
His dentist
His butcher