Extreme Trivia #76

August 24, 2007 at 1:52 pm

First, our last trivia answer.

blue Army Class A dress uniform

And the winning question supplied by rcgeist: What is the Army’s new Class A dress uniform?

More background here.

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer:

trivia answer choice woodward

What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #75

August 20, 2007 at 10:53 am

First, our last trivia answer …

White House web site first

… and the winning question from Peter Roff: What is a picture of the first White House homepage on the world wide web?   Also, Richard  notes this:

For a chuckle I submit the following which came from an FAQ section on the site:
What is it?  It is an interactive citizens’ handbook that is available on the Internet, a network of computer networks that is used by people in over 150 countries. It uses a service on the Internet called the World Wide Web (WWW), which gives people the ability to share documents that not only contain text but also include graphics, photos, sound, and video.

Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer …

trivia aanswer bau

… What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #74

July 24, 2007 at 1:51 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer — the Senator who has visited the Iraq Area of Responsibilities more than any other member of Congress — and the winning question, which no one got right: Who Is Sen. James Inhofe?

Inhofe from C-SPAN

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer:

Welcome to the White House

What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #73

July 17, 2007 at 1:54 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer — ”John Edwards is one of those rare, naturally gifted politicians who doesn’t need a long record of public service to inspire confidence in his abilities” — and the winning question by Brian:

What was the reasoning about the Senator from North Carolina when the Des Moines Register Editorial Board “came to conclude he’s a cut above the others” in 2004?

Click here to read the editorial.

Des Moines Register John Edwards

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer: the Senator who has visited the Iraq Area of Responsibilities more than any other member of Congress. What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #72

July 11, 2007 at 4:54 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer — a special July 4th-themed double (1) July 4, 1960; and (2)  Felix Grucci.— and the winning question by Peter Roff:

On what date was the 50th star added to the United States flag and what former member of Congress is also a member of the family that conducts the fireworks display over the National Mall every July 4?

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer: ”John Edwards is one of those rare, naturally gifted politicians who doesn’t need a long record of public service to inspire confidence in his abilities.”  What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #71

July 3, 2007 at 8:51 am

First, last week’s trivia answer — Concerto No. 2 for Solo Trumpet and Strings (3rd Movement) Composed by Johann Melchior Molter — and the winning questions:

  • Peter Roff: What is the name of the piece of music used by C-SPAN for Washington Journal and who composed it?
  • Dr. Wong: What musical piece makes political junkies salivate and come running to their television sets, in the same way the words, “Paris Hilton Update - coming up next on CNN!” makes Nicole Richie run to hers?

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer — and a special double version, you have to get both correct: (1) July 4, 1960; and (2)  Felix Grucci.  What are the questions?

July 4, 1960

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Extreme Trivia #70

June 27, 2007 at 1:11 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer — “I will not run as either a Democrat or Republican, because I will not sell out to anybody, but to the American people, and I will sell out to them” — and the winning question from Peter Roff: “What did H. Ross Perot say to CNN’s Larry King would be a condition of his running for president in 1992?”

Larry King Ross Perot 1992 Dana Carvey from unclebarkly

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer: Concerto No. 2 for Solo Trumpet and Strings (3rd Movement) Composed by Johann Melchior Molter.  What’s the question? 

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Extreme Trivia #69

June 20, 2007 at 3:57 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer — the military connection between “Top Gun” and “Broadcast News” — and the winning question from rcgeist:

What is the F-14 Tomcat.

In Top Gun, Tom Cruise’s Maverick flew an F-14 throughout the film and made use of the venerable dogfighter to make three kills of MiG-28 (actually F-5 Freedom Fighters painted black) at the end of the film.

In Broadcast News, William Hurt’s anchorman character interviewed a Navy aviator about flying a F-14 in combat in response to a Libyan attack on an American air base in the Mediterrean while offscreen, Albert Brooks coaches Hurt’s character via phone thru the producer played by Holly Hunter.

F14 Tomcat from The Aircraft Gallery

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer: “I will not run as either a Democrat or Republican, because I will not sell out to anybody, but to the American people, and I will sell out to them.”   What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #68

June 14, 2007 at 12:04 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer … 

“When I lead this country, the secretary of defense is going to have to make the choices, between how we keep, how we protect the survivability of our nuclear deployment on the Midgetman missile, or on the Minuteman, whatever it is. We’re going to have to—the MX. We’re going to have to do that. It’s Christmas.”

… and the winning question from Peter Roff:

In the first Bush/Dukakis presidential debate, how did Vice President George Bush answer this question posed by the Atlanta Journal_constitution’s John Mashek: “Mr. Vice President, the governor has suggested that you’ve never met a weapons system that you didn’t like or want. Are you prepared to tell the voters one system in this time of tight budgetary restraints and problems at the Pentagon that you’d be willing to cut or even eliminate that wouldn’t endanger national security?”

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer: The military connection between “Top Gun” and “Broadcast News.”  What’s the question?

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Extreme Trivia #67

June 7, 2007 at 6:24 pm

First, last week’s trivia answer — Warm Springs, Georgia — and the winning questions:

  • Lee Annis: Where did FDR rehabilitate after contracting polio in the 1920s and 1930s and pass away on April 12, 1945?
  • AlexC: What was FDR’s health-spa of choice?
  • Peter Roff: Where did Franklin Roosevelt establish a hospital for polio patients in 1927 (which is still in existence today) that also later became home to his “Little White House?”
Roosevelt Warm Springs Georgia Truman library president dead

Now, this week’s Extreme Trivia answer:

“When I lead this country, the secretary of defense is going to have to make the choices, between how we keep, how we protect the survivability of our nuclear deployment on the Midgetman missile, or on the Minuteman, whatever it is. We’re going to have to—the MX. We’re going to have to do that. It’s Christmas.”

What’s the question?

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