May 16, 2017 Trivia Questions and Answers

1. What do you call a group of cats?  A clowder 

2. What does CVS stand for?  Consumer value stores.  

3. What is the oldest car company?  Mercedes Benz 

4. What does it mean for a bowler to score a turkey? Three strikes in a row.  

5. Actor Will Smith was nominated for a number of acting awards for his portrayal of what superb athlete in what 2001 film?  Mohammad Ali 

6. Who wrote "the star-spangled banner" originally known as “The Defense of Fort McHenry”? Francis Scott Key.  

7. With a minute, how long does it take for light to reach from the sun to the earth?  8.33 minutes.   

8. In computer science was does RAM stand for? Random access memory 

9. Last week Derrick Jeter's number was retired completing the retired single digit jerseys 1-9. Name as many as you can 

10. What is the average shoes size of an adult and male in the U.S.?  10.5 

11. What famous poem begins with the following line? Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 

12. In the movie 40-year-old virgin which pops singer's name did Andy (played by Steve Carrel) yell out as he was having hair waxed from his chest? Kelly Clarkson 

13. What state has the most craft breweries?  California 

14. In 2000, Craigslist began to grow by adding its first site for a city other than its "home base." What city was that?  Boston 

15. Within 5% what percentage of the worlds water is salt water? 97.2 percent Salt Water 

16. What Beverly Hills 90210 actress is celebrating her 44th Birthday today?  Tori Spelling 

17. Who is on the US $50 Bill?  Ulysses S. Grant 

18. What is the capitol city of Missouri?  Jefferson City 

19. What year did Berlin Wall come down?  1989 

20. What is electrical resistance measured in?  Ohms. 

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1. A clowder 

2. Consumer value stores

3. Mercedes Benz 

4. Three strikes in a row.  

5. Mohammad Ali 

6. Francis Scott Key.  

7. 8.33 minutes.   

8. Random access memory 

9. Last  

1 Billy Marin 

2 Derrick Jeter 

3 Babe Ruth. 

4 Lou Gehrig 

5 joe DiMaggio 

6 Joe Torre 

7 mickey mantle  

8 Yogi Berra 

8 Bill Dickey 

9 Roger Maris 

10. 10.5 

11. Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" 

12. Kelly Clarkson 

13. California 

14. Boston 

15.  97.2 percent Salt Water 

16.   Tori Spelling 

17. Ulysses S. Grant 

18. Jefferson City 

19. 1989 

20. Ohms. 

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