2014 Trivia Calendar Game

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 10:41 am

So each year louthegiantrat and I buy a page-a-day calendar and ask each other trivia. The person who wins the year (currently longest streak of correct answers in a row) wins a haiku about calendar picking prowess and cooked dinner. Figured I would bring some of that joy to the Swamp. So I will post the question (although it is page a day, it sometimes gets bulked up a few days) and do my best to keep score in some fashion for first correct answer. Also, regardless of what the correct answer, whatever the answer is on the calendar is what is used (there have been some "Moops" each years)

Jan 1
On this day in pop culture history, what famous "Johnny" played his first concert behind bars?

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 01, 2014 11:19 am

Was he behind bars because he shot a man in Reno (just to watch him die)?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:53 am

Of course, It is not a very hard calendar

January 2
What famous "punk rocker" (aptly named) stood trial on this day in 1979?

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 8:34 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:Of course, It is not a very hard calendar

January 2
What famous "punk rocker" (aptly named) stood trial on this day in 1979?

Child please.

Sid Vicious.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:36 am

I have a counter question.

Who threw a bachelor party for his medical school roommate in the same suite at the Chelsea Hotel where Mr. Vicious allegedly administered the fatal heroin injection to his paramour, Nancy? Hint--one of the party favors was a tank of nitrous, removed from the hospital under cover of a softball equipment bag.

(The stripper gets really bummed out when she gets less attention than a tank of nitrous. Bet you didn't know that.)

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 9:53 am

howard wrote:I have a counter question.

Who threw a bachelor party for his medical school roommate in the same suite at the Chelsea Hotel where Mr. Vicious allegedly administered the fatal heroin injection to his paramour, Nancy? Hint--one of the party favors was a tank of nitrous, removed from the hospital under cover of a softball equipment bag.

(The stripper gets really bummed out when she gets less attention than a tank of nitrous. Bet you didn't know that.)

Umm, Dr. Kevorkian? No, no. Conrad Murray!

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 7:40 am

January 3
Which technology company incorporated on this day in 1977?

January 4th/5th
4th. Which former wrestler was elected governor of Minnesota on this day in 1999?

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:13 am

In a garage in Los Altos. Apple Computer. I'll leave the political question to others.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 8:54 am

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:08 pm

jessie ventura. jumping in the game. love the idea

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:42 am

Tonya Hardings' bodyguard attacked which famous ice skater on this day in 1994?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 7:15 am

Kerrigan. Why? Whhhhhhhyyyyyyyyy?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:09 am

Jan 6 - The Super Bowl is not a cookware item. Instead, it is a game played by participants of what sport?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:24 am

Gunpowder wrote:Jan 6 - The Super Bowl is not a cookware item. Instead, it is a game played by participants of what sport?

Funny. These questions are ridic.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:49 am

Did you get the "Celebrity Jeopardy Question a Day Calendar"?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:41 am

Here is what we are playing

Louthegiantrat and I have had this page-a-day thing going on for maybe 10 or 12 years now. We have tried them all (there really are not that many page a day trivia calendars). Jeopardy is pretty good, the ESPN one last year was just not a good one (lots of poorly written questions and answers that were wrong or dated...but they also got the date of the Jewish holidays wrong on it too). The Mensa calendar was too easy for louthegiantrat and some questions did not translate well into an email (number layout questions). We also try to pick something that varies the topics. Nothing worse than 365 days of trivia on a single topic (i.e. New York Yankees trivia or such).

One of the interesting things is to see what ads gmail starts to put next to the trivia threads.

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:21 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:Tonya Hardings' bodyguard attacked which famous ice skater on this day in 1994?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:15 am

What famous Christmas song about a reindeer reached #1 on the U.S. pop charts on this day in 1947?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:21 am

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:43 am

Make It Reindeer

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:22 am

What famous "King of Rock and Roll" was born today in 1935?

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:31 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:What famous "King of Rock and Roll" was born today in 1935?

Ylvis

howard · Post by **howard** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:04 pm

"…was a hero to most…

…and John Wayne too!"

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:44 am

On this day in 1965, the James Bond movie Goldfinger featured which iconic English sports car for the first time?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:45 am

wlu_lax6 wrote:On this day in 1965, the James Bond movie Goldfinger featured which iconic English sports car for the first time?

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:36 am

What large country introduced the world's cheapest car on this day in 2008?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:57 am

Dots, not feathers.

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:35 am

Didn't get the above until I went to write the answer.

At least that was a good question. If they ask "which rapper was killed in Vegas?" or whatever again I'm starting my own Swamp calendar.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:43 am

Gunpowder wrote:Didn't get the above until I went to write the answer.

Me neither. Also could have gone with "useless, faceless".

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:13 am

Gunpowder wrote:Didn't get the above until I went to write the answer.

At least that was a good question. If they ask "which rapper was killed in Vegas?" or whatever again I'm starting my own Swamp calendar.

Don't get your hopes up too high. It is a long year and the calendar has not shown the skills for promotion from short season rookie ball.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:15 am

On this day way back in 1908, what location in northwestern Arizona did President Teddy Roosevelt declared a national monument?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:36 am

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:04 pm

I don't think the Grand Tetons are in Arizona. (Maybe the Grand Ta-tas)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:13 pm

The mormon promised land

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:38 pm

Which NBA star retired for a second time on this day in 1999?

howard · Post by **howard** » Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:15 pm

Waited all day for this. Wasn't his last time.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 6:58 am

What famous baseball player did Marilyn Monroe marry on this day in 1954?

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:38 am

Marv Throneberry.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:16 pm

You know that's the right answer because Marv had an older brother that also played in the bigs! Anyway, Van Lingle Mungo isn't the correct answer.

Post by **brian** » Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:17 pm

Virgil Trucks?