Tue, 17 November 2009  Who Are They Trivia This is a Tough One
John Forbes Nash, Jr? He is a famous twentieth-century mathematician. Born in 1928, John Nash graduated from Princeton and eventually went on to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994. Of course, much of his fame also comes from his life story. In 1959, Nash was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for which he was treated for nearly a decade. His life was under the microscope in the Ron Howard film "A Beautiful Mind" which starred Russell Crowe in 2001. Crowe's performance as Nash won an Oscar as well as Howard's direction and the screenplay. The film also took home 'Best Picture'.
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Last Post Answers: C: England The scale of the fraud was uncovered after two rival gangs clashed over who 'owned' the meters in Connaught Square. Their dispute culminated in a shooting that left one man dead, two wounded and two more hurling themselves through a second-floor window as they fled for their lives. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 177_Mostly_Trivial_177_Who_Are_They_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:20 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 2 November 2009  Parking Meters Trivia It Pays to Park...
Hands Down The parking meter has been almost unchanged since it started driving in 1959: one meter per space; put your money in the slot. In driving in Northern Europe younever see parking meters; You buy a piece of paper at a parking automat (typically one per block) and put it on your dashboard. Why the difference? I assume that available technologies are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, so it must be that the lower wage in the U.S. of the low-skilled meter collectors leads us to choose individual meters. Why the change? One would think it’s because the price of the kiosks has fallen steadily while even low-skilled wages continue to rise — to the point where the European-style technology is now cost-effective.
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Last Post Answers: A: Boxing In old boxing days many bruised fighters couldn't get to their feet when the bell for the new round began. Their managers new they could do nothing but give up since they were took weak to continue. As a signal, one of them would toss in an article used to soak up blood -- a towel or sponge. Today's boxing regulations are meant to limit the brutality of the past. But the saying today meaning when you are forced to give up of "throwing in the towel" still remains. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 176_Mostly_Trivial_176_Parking_Meters_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 5:18 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 14 October 2009  Word Origins Trivia More Fun on Word Origins
Hands Down This basically means to score a victory without much work. One version is with horse racing the jockey doesn't even have to lift his hands to guide his horse if he's way out in front. Another one is for boxing in which the opponent is a pushover and so the winner doesn't even have to raise his hands to protect himself. Pass the Buck Anyone who avoids making decisions or accepting responsibility is said to pass the buck. This all starts from the old days of card playing in which piece of buckshot is placed before someone who has the deal. The dealer has a lot of responsibility on determining the game's format. If a cautious player doesn't want to take on this responsibility, he's allowed to "pass the buck" to the next player who will be the dealer.
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Last Post Answers: D: Reeding Reeding on genuine coins is even and distinct. The counterfeit coin's reeding may be uneven, crooked or missing altogether. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 175_Mostly_Trivial_175_Word_Origins_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:21 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 9 October 2009  Trinity Day a.k.a. the day we entered the nuclear age.
On 16 july 1945, at 05:29:45 a.m. mst., in the white sands proving ground [NM, USA] the first atomic explosion was detonated; code name: Trinity Trinity was a test of an implosion-design plutonium bomb; the same basic design of the bomb that was dropped 24 days later on Nagasaki [the second nuclear bomb dropped on japan]. ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Thu, 1 October 2009  Counterfeiting Trivia Biggest software counterfeiting bust in history!
As a Windows user we all get tired of Windows Genuine Advantage validations. Turns out the investment Microsoft made in that may have shut down a counterfeit ring that has distributed more than 2 billion dollars of counterfeited software. The FBI and Chinese authorities have a bunch of people under arrest. Based on what we have seen overseas I am betting this is just the tip of the iceberg. How to Spot Counterfeiting Due to continuing improvements by U.S. mints, it's pretty tough to make counterfeit bills credible. However, there are still counterfeiters out there. It's not as hard to make paper money that will at least pass to a cashier's till, and new technology is used on the black market to create counterfeit bills. It takes a skilled eye to spot some counterfeit money, as well as attention to detail and a few moments to scan different parts of the bill.
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Last Post Answers: A: Dip it in boiling water for a few seconds The corn on the cob our great-grandmothers ate was starchy field corn that had to be boiled for a half hour or more to become tender. Gradually, sweet corn hybrids containing more and more sugar were developed. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial. D: Reeding Reeding on genuine coins is even and distinct. The counterfeit coin's reeding may be uneven, crooked or missing altogether.Direct download: 174_Mostly_Trivial_174_Counterfeiting_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:39 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 18 September 2009  Corn Trivia Make Corn Part of Your 5 A Day Plan!
There are more than two hundred varieties of corn. All are good sources of vitamin C, but only yellow kernels contain small amounts of vitamin A in the form of beta carotene Corn can be traced back to Mexican or central American cultures as early as 3400 B.C., and has become a staple among Native American civilizations throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Last Post Answers: B: Rain is on the way Conversely, if you see bats playing around in the early evening, it’s a sign of upcoming good weather. It is also believed by some that a bat flying three times around a house is an omen that there will be a death in the house. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Comments[0] |
Wed, 16 September 2009  Rock of Gibraltar This puts a whole new meaning to the saying, "Never run a red light!"
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Fri, 4 September 2009  Superstition Trivia Are You? I'm Not!
The superstition that walking under ladders is bad luck is fairly widespread. In America and Europe, this belief originated around the late 1700s. Even those of who don’t think we’re superstitious have a reflexive fear of tempting fate. In theirexperiments, Dr. Risen and a colleague, Thomas Gilovich of Cornell, found found that students think that not doing their reading makes them more likely to be called on in class; that trading away a lottery ticket makes that ticket more likely to win; that an applicant to Stanford graduate school is less likely to get in if he goes around wearing a Stanford T-shirt.
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Last Post Answers: B: Bing Crosby Like Crosby, Paul and Ford used the now-ubiquitous recording technique known as close miking, where the microphone is less than 6 inches (15 cm) from the singer's mouth. This produces a more-intimate, less-reverberant sound than is heard when a singer is 1 foot (30 cm) or more from the microphone. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 172_Mostly_Trivial_172_Superstition_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:34 PM Comments[0] |
Fri, 28 August 2009  Les Paul Trivia Another Legend Passes On.
Paul, who helped revolutionize the electric guitar and musical recording technology with his innovations of multi-track recording and overdubbing, was a hero to several generations of guitar slingers and a number weighed in with their tributes to the "Wizard of Waukesha." Slash Praises Les
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10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? 1944 Paul's trio appeared on Who's radio show A: Jack Benny B: Bing Crosby C: Howdy Doody > Last Post Answers: A: The State of Washington The modern day espresso street vending cart evolved from a Boeing Company shuttle cart, purchased from surplus, and was first utilized to serve people espresso at an arts and crafts fair in Edmonds, Washington. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 171_Mostly_Trivial_171_Les_Paul_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 1:18 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 25 August 2009  Classic Television Sheriff John
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Sun, 16 August 2009  Vending Machines Trivia Are you Hungry or need an iPod?
In the early 1920's, the first automatic vending machines started dispensing sodas into cups. In 1926, an American inventor named William Rowe invented the cigarette vending machine. Vending machines soon offered everything including; cigars, postcards, stamps, etc. In Philadelphia, a completely coin-operated restaurant called Horn & Hardart was opened in 1902 and stayed opened until 1962.Thats Cool! Famous Vending Machines
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10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? The modern day espresso street vending cart evolved from a Airline Company shuttle cart, and was first utilized to serve people espresso at an arts and crafts fair. Where was this? A: The State of Washington B: The State of New York C: The State of Confusion > Last Post Answers: D: line of sight (horizon) Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 169_Mostly_Trivial_169_Vending_Machines.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 10:55 AM Comments[0] |
Fri, 31 July 2009  Radio Trivia How much do you listen to Radio?
Guglielmo Marconi invented his spark transmitter with antenna at his home in Bologna, Italy, in December 1894. He took his "Black Box" to Britain in Feb. 1896 and although it was broken by custom officials, he filed for British Patent number 12039 on June 2, 1896. He formed his first Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company in Britain in 1897 at age 23 and the world's first radio factory on Hall Street in Dec. 1898. The American Marconi Co. was formed in 1899. Marconi controlled patents for the Lodge tuner of 1900 with dial, and Fleming valve of 1904 that acted as a diode tube to amplify electrical current in one direction. His company sold spark transmitters to the U.S. Navy for point-to-point transmission." ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Fri, 17 July 2009  Michael Jackson Trivia How much do you know about the King of Pop?
Michael Jackson was the subject of the controversial 2003 documentary "Living With Michael Jackson." It profiled Jackson's hectic lifestyle and included his children. The show was hosted by British journalist Martin Bashir. Originally produced for the BBC, it earned strong ratings in the U.S. as well when it aired on VH1 and other networks. Jackson has repeatedly referred to the special as inaccurate and unfair. Neither the host nor the show's parent network issued any retractions or modifications, but Jackson later released videos from his personal camera which he'd had present at every interview with Bashir. From that recording it showed Bashir's original answers to Jackson, which he excluded in his documentary, and it showed things in a different light. The documentary made from Jackson's videos is called "The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See." Jackie (May 4, 1951) Tito (October 15, 1953) Jermaine (December 11, 1954) LaToya (May 29, 1956) Marlon (March 12, 1957) Michael (August 29, 1958) Randy Jackson (October 29, 1961) Janet Jackson (May 16, 1966)
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Thu, 25 June 2009  Myth Trivia Myth, Hallucination, or History?
Medusa, one of the three Gorgons, daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. She was the only one of the Gorgons who was subject to mortality. She is celebrated for her personal charms and the beauty of her locks. Medusa and her sisters came into the world with snakes on their heads, instead of hair, with yellow wings and brazen hands. Their bodies were also covered with impenetrable scales, and their very looks had the power of killing or turning to stones.. Perseus cut off her head, and the blood that dropped from the wound produced the innumerable serpents that infest Africa. The head still retained the same petrifying power as before, as it was fatally known in the court of Cepheus ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Fri, 12 June 2009  Scotland Trivia Time for a Wee Dram!
The recorded history of Scotland begins in the 1st century AD, when the Romans invaded Britain. The Romans added southern Britain to their empire as the province Britannia. They were unable, however, to subdue the fierce tribes in the north. To keep these tribes from invading Britannia, Emperor Hadrian had a massive wall built across the island from sea to sea. ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Fri, 12 June 2009  Classical Music Trivia Things you never knew about Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Born to a wheelwright (and occasional harpist) Mathias Haydn, the only artifact he retained all his life was a wheelmaker's hammer used by his father. He kept this in a specially made ornate box. Haydn's nickname as a child was "Sepperl". Although his full name was Franz Joseph Haydn, he didn't use the name Franz, which is therefore omitted in most texts nowadays. He also never spelled his name Josef. Haydn was a good friend of Mozart, in whose house the two musicians used to play in string quartets ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Mon, 1 June 2009  B-Movies online . . . what more can you ask for? Welcome to BMC
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Sun, 10 May 2009  More Animal Fun Trivia Wild Turkeys(Meleagris gallopavo)
They live in woods in parts of North America and are the largest game birds found in this part of the world. They spend their days foraging for food like acorns, seeds, small insects and wild berries. They spend their nights in low branches of trees (yes, wild turkeys can fly!) ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? What animal has the longest lifespan? A: Elephant B. Blue Whale C. Giant Tortoise D. Locust Last Post Answers: B. Baseball. The infamous 'Black Sox' scandal was encapsulated in this immortal quote. 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson was emerging from a courthouse on charges that he and his Chicago White Sox team-mates conspired to fix the results of the 1919 World Series for a gambling syndicate. A young fan cut to the soul of sporting morality with his heartfelt question. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Comments[0] |
Thu, 30 April 2009  Sports Trivia. Scandals anyone?Pete Rose "Betting on Baseball" scandal
One of the worst sports scandal is Pete Rose's banishment from baseball. The 1919 Black Sox scandal ultimately did more harm to the game, but Rose's case was much more tragic. Here you have the manager for the Cincinnati Reds, the sport's all-time leader in base hits, and he gets thrown out of the game for illegally betting on baseball. ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Or Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Last Post Answers: C. Goalie Mask. During a games against the New York Rangers, in November 1959 Plante got injured by a puck. After leaving the game, he was patched up but refused to return to the game without his facial mask. He created this mask and had been wearing it during practices since 1956. The idea of a facial covering was not a new idea, Clint Benedict wore a mask/nose guard when he had a broken nose during the 1920's, but after his nosed healed he never wore it again. In co-operation with Fibreglass Canada, they created the first goalie's mask. Plante was also the first person to consistently wear the mask during games. Today every goalie in the NHL is required to wear a goalie's mask. Plante was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Quebec Sports Pantheon in 1994 Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Comments[0] |
Sat, 18 April 2009  Patent Trivia. Are you Inventive?"The patent system added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius." Abraham Lincoln
The fee to file a patent application is $385 for an independent inventor. The total cost to obtain a patent, including issuance fees and attorney fees, is approximately, $4,000 to $5,000.Its expensive to be inventive! How did a mistake lead to the creation of America's favorite variety of cookie?
In 1930, Ruth Wakefield was mixing a batch of cookies for her roadside inn guests when she discovered she was out of baker's chocolate. She substituted broken pieces of semi-sweet chocolate, expecting it to melt and absorb into the dough to create chocolate cookies. But the chocolate didn't absorb into the dough. When she removed the pan from the oven, Wakefield realized she had accidentally invented chocolate chip cookies. They were named "Tollhouse" after Wakefield's inn, and they remain the most popular variety of cookie in America. My Favorite cookie as well! ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out would ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site.
10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? Hockey is the national winter sport in Canada, what was Jacques Plante's contribution to the game of hockey? A. In-line Skates B. Shoulder Pads C. Goalie Mask D. Referee Whistle Last Post Answers: B. Cockroaches Set up in the back of his store a pest control specialist has created The Cockroach Hall of Fame and Museum where you will find cockroaches (dead) dressed up in costumes to create several different scenes. But there are also some live ones - Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches, up to four inches long that hiss if picked up! Make sure to check your clothes before you leave. Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 162_Mostly_Trivial_162_Patents_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:55 AM Comments[0] |
Sat, 4 April 2009  Museum Trivia. What do you collect?The Smithsonian Museums
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research joint and museum complex, Funded by the government of the U.S.and from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and magazine. Most of its Hang outs are aroun the Washington, D.C. area, but its other19 museums, zoo, and nine research centers include sites in New York City, Virginia, Panama, and beyond. It has over 136 million items in its collections,[whew] It publishes a monthly rag named Smithsonian [duh] and employs the Smithsonian Police to protect visitors, staff and the property of the museums.Wow, it own police force! ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out wound ya? Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site.
10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? Back in the USA in Plano, Texas you will not want to miss a museum starring which one of these undesirable insects? A. Fire Ants B. Cockroaches C. Weevils D. Killer Bees Last Post Answers: C. Vice President Spiro Agnew Netflix is our new sponsor. Click on the Netflix Ad on the left hand side of the site. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 161_Mostly_Trivial_161_Museums_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 12:03 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 1 April 2009  April Fools Trivia Have Fun
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Sun, 29 March 2009  Impeachment Trivia. Out you go.The White House
Back when George W. Bush was president, if he was removed from office for any reason, medical being another possibility, Cheney would nominate someone to be the Veep. Maybe his neighbor & pal Donald Rumsfeld. Now there's something to lose sleep over. Only if something happened to both No.43 & the Veep (say, a really bad hunting accident) would Pelosi become President. Just in case you were worrying. Read about Nixon, Agnew, and Ford to see a relevant example, in case you're too young to remember it. Something to ponder over. ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out wound ya? Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Mon, 16 March 2009  Classic Television Trivia. Part 6The Brady house
The house used in exterior shots, which bears little relation to the interior design of the Bradys' home, is located in Studio City, within the city limits of Los Angeles, California. According to a 1994 article in the Los Angeles Times, the San Fernando Valley house was built in 1959 and selected as the Brady residence because series creator Schwartz felt it looked like a home where an architect would live. How 'bout that? ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out wound ya? Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Wed, 4 March 2009  The Sun Trivia Another shorter Mostly Trivial, but still this is a Hot Topic.
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Thu, 19 February 2009  Lie Detector Trivia. Also called a Polygraph.I'm Not Lying!
There's a two-sided problem with the polygraph that has become increasingly clear over the course of the past century: A person who can remain cool under pressure can beat a polygraph, and on the other hand, a person who doesn't handle stressful situations well may be inaccurately labeled a liar. Wild Huh? ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out wound ya? Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? How do you increase your polygraphic reactions? A. Biting your tongue B. Putting a tack in your shoe C. Holding your breath D. All of These Last Post Answers: C. Camillus Cutlery Company. The knife was called the Babe Ruth “Mascot” Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 157_Mostly_Trivial_157_Lie_Detectors_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:18 AM Comments[0] |
Fri, 13 February 2009  Friday the 13th Trivia It's Philip V, (1292-1322) King of France to your right.
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Wed, 11 February 2009  Knife Trivia. Schwing! Sharpen your Trivia skillsThe Knife... One of Our Oldest Tools
It's an amazing tool. An ancient tool for which there has been no substitute. Throughout history, knives have been essential for survival, as well as for providing food and shelter. From its earliest form, the knife developed out of necessity, and its evolution may be traced through the paths of technology. Pretty Neat huh? ______________ Help Mostly Trivial out? Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
10% off any order: TRIVIAL1 $5 off $30 or more: TRIVIAL2 $7.49 .com domains: TRIVIAL3 ______________ What do you know, Joe? Which knife company signed up slugger Babe Ruth and produced a knife bearing his signature? A. Bowen Knife Company B. Swiss Army Knife Company C. Camillus Cutlery Company Last Post Answers: B. Aspartic acid and Lysine. An ionic bond will form between positively charged and negatively charged amino acids. Aspartic acid, asp, or D, is a negatively charged acidic amino acid while lysine, lys, or K, is a positively charged basic amino acid. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you, yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do one for Mostly Trivial! This is groovy, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Comments[0] |
Fri, 30 January 2009  Healthy Foods Trivia Another shorter Mostly Trivial. We'll still do the standard versionThis is interesting. A Spanish breed of pig called the Iberico, possesses, naturally, omega-3 fatty acids. This is the only pig known to naturally possess omega-3.
Also, quite recently at the University of Missouri, 5 cloned and modified pigs were produced with their muscle tissue stacked with omega-3 fatty acids.
These modified pigs abide at the University of Missouri and are kept in very nice surroundings. There is little likelihood of any one them ever finding their way to our table. We love piggies at Mostly Trivial, so we dont eat them! ______________ Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Wed, 21 January 2009  It's Raining Cats and Dogs Who Doesn't Dig Animals?Cats are Historic Recently the cat was commonly believed to have been domesticated in ancient Egypt, [thats what I thoughtas well!] where it was a cult animal. I think some people worship their cats even now :-) Dogs are Furry ______________ Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Last Post Answers: A. Reba McEntire Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks YOU yes YOU, to leave a Review in iTunes or anywhere else that you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. This ALL helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we still get more and more! If you have a Podcast as well, do an Mostly Trivial! This is cool, go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes to help support Mostly Trivial.Direct download: 154_Mostly_Trivial_154_Cats_and_Dogs_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 11:29 AM Comments[0] |
Mon, 12 January 2009  Country Diva Trivia This is another new shorter of Mostly Trivial. We'll still do the standard version.
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Wed, 7 January 2009  Gemstone Trivia part II Another Crystal Clear Show, except a mistake corrected in the questions! ;-( [now fixed]More Diamond Trivia Diamonds were worn by aristocratic families to ward off the plague during the Middle Ages. The poorest people always died first, since they lived closer to the docks, where the ships often brought the plague from other countries. The rich had an idea that since the poor went first, that displaying their wealth (diamonds) would keep them from infection. This just goes to show how naive people were about what really caused the plague, kinda like religeon does. ______________ Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Mon, 5 January 2009 A Glowing Review Thanks to Ralph from the Unmutual.Blogspot posthttp://the-unmutual.blogspot.com/2008/12/podcast-review-mostly-trivial.html Trivia should be fun -- and not many people make it as much fun as Johnee Bee, host of the "Mostly Trivial" podcast. The show is a nice balance of frantic silliness and straight-forward common sense. The calm, even-voiced Johnee Bee hosts the quiz. He asks the questions, provides the answers and gives additional information about the subject. Introducing the show is Mr. Category Guy, whose deep, gravelly electronically altered tones don't quite disguise the fact that he's also Johnee Bee. And the same is true of Johnee's able assistant, Robot Boy, who speaks in a higher and more artificial-sounding voice. The trivia's interesting enough; it's usually about things that a reasonably well-rounded person might know. But it's the production values that really make this podcast. I don't know who Johnee Bee is, but he has to have a background in major market radio. His characters are deftly drawn, and with a few simple sound effects, he can paint an audio picture of Mr. Category Guy having one too many in his sound booth, or Robot Boy extending his hydraulic arm to give Johnee Bee the list of questions. Although all three voices are done by the same person, the conversations flow naturally, and the comic timing is impeccable -- these are mad editing skills at work! And the podcast is peppered with all kinds of crazy and non-sequitur quotes and sound effects. Snippets from classic films, TV shows, and cartoons pepper the podcast, providing a counterpoint -- and sometimes humorous commentary -- to Johnee Bee's simple, straightforward delivery. The choice of music is also brilliant. Johnee Bee uses the strange musical stylings of Coconut Monkeyrocket, which provide a Carl Stalling-like soundtrack to the proceedings (if Stalling was more like Spike Jones, that is). I thoroughly enjoy this little six to eight-minute podcast, and only wish it came out more often. But I can hear the amount of production work Johnee Bee puts into each episode, and I know that probably won't happen without a bigger payday. My suggestion? Syndicate it. One of the reasons I'm moving away from radio is the dull, uninspired "morning trivia" segments on some of my local stations. If "Mostly Trivial" was available as a segment radio stations could just drop in, then I think the show would be a much bigger hit than it is, and Johnee Bee might become as famous as Dan Orkin's "Chickenman" -- and for much the same reason. - Ralph______________ Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Fri, 2 January 2009  Swimming Pool Trivia Mostly Trivial makes a BIG splash
One of the most haunted sections of the ship the RMS Queen Mary is the former First Class Swimming Pool.
The Second longest swimming pool is the Orthlieb Pool in Casablanca, Morocco. The pool is 480 meters or 1,574 feet long and 75 meters or 246 feet wide. The Orthlieb Pool is filled with sea water and covers 8.9 acres.
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Last Post Answers: B. Los Alamos Los Alamos continued to be the most secret town in the U.S. until well after the Cold War. Dugway is the U.S. Army chemical weapons test range in Utah. Alamogordo was the site of the first nuclear explosion and White Sands was a missile testing area close by.Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you to leave a Review in iTunes if thats how you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. It helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we have a lot more! If you have a Podcast as well, do an intro for me! Also go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes. Direct download: 151_Mostly_Trivial_151_Swimming_Pools_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 7:08 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 10 December 2008  Nuclear Bomb Trivia A chain reactionMy God, what have we done?" - Robert Lewis co-pilot of the Enola Gay On August 2, 1939, just before the beginning of World War II, Albert Einstein wrote to then President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Einstein and several other scientists told Roosevelt of efforts in Nazi Germany to purify uranium-235, which could be used to build an atomic bomb! It was shortly thereafter that the United States Government began the serious undertaking known then only as "The Manhattan Project." Simply put, the Manhattan Project was committed to expediting research that would produce a viable atomic bomb.KaBOOM! ______________ Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Wed, 3 December 2008  Holidays Around the World Trivia Let's Celebrate!
Cinco de Mayo is frequently regarded as the Mexican equivalent of the United States 4th of July. This is simply not true. Actually, it is the equivalent of the 5th of May. LOL. Of greater importance is the battle of Cinco de Mayo that occurred in 1862. Juarez, who had been Zapotec Indian minister of Justice in Juan Alvarez' cabinet in the 1850's, entered Mexico City on January 11, 1861 and promptly expelled the Spanish minister, the papal legate, and members of the episcopate. Additionally, he took steps to enforce the decrees of 1859 disestablishing and disendowing the church. He could not have known at this time that almost a century later, "antidisestablishmentarianism" would become the longest word in the English dictionary. Although Juarez was recognized by the United States and had received both moral and military aid from the US, there were over $80,000,000 in debts at that time to Europe alone. The Mexican Congress in July 17, 1861 decreed the suspension for 2 years of interest payments on the external national debt, and 3 months later a convention occurred between Great Britain, France, and Spain calling for joint intervention in Mexico. ______________ Go Daddy.com picked us for a Go Daddy campaign. If you go their site and you buy a domain name use the Promo Codes below
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Last Post Answers: B. Good Friday On April 14, 1865, while Lincoln was watching the play "Our American Cousin", Booth sneaked into the unguarded section that the president was in. Booth raised his pistol and shot Lincoln in the head, and the bullet went through his skull and stopped behind his right eye. Booth escaped the theater (although he had a broken leg), but was later found in a tobacco barn in Virginia eight days later. A pistol went off, and no one knows if Booth was killed from a soldier's bullet, or if he committed suicide. Johnee Bee from Mostly Trivial asks you to leave a Review in iTunes if thats how you get this show. Add yourself to my Frappr Map as well. Dont forget to vote for my show at Podcast Alley. It helps my exposure to new listeners. It seems we have a lot more! If you have a Podcast as well, do an intro for me! Also go to Go Daddy.com and use our promo codes. Direct download: 149_Mostly_Trivial_149_Holidays_around_the_World_trivia.mp3 Category: podcasts -- posted at: 2:25 PM Comments[0] |
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