The Swamp

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?

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

Of course, It is not a very hard calendar


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

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.

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.)

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!

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?

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

jessie ventura. jumping in the game. love the idea

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

Kerrigan. Why? Whhhhhhhyyyyyyyyy?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Make It Reindeer

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

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

Ylvis

"…was a hero to most…

…and John Wayne too!"

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

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

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

Dots, not feathers.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The mormon promised land

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

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

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

Marv Throneberry.

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.

Virgil Trucks?