QUESTION: Movies

Who has the only speaking part in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie?

ANSWER: Slogans

Texaco

For many years, Texaco was the only company selling gasoline under the same brand name in all 50 states as well as Canada, making it the most truly national brand among its competitors. Its current logo features a white star in a red circle (a reference to the lone star of Texas), leading to the long-running advertising jingles "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star" and "Star of the American Road."

Matt: WRONG
Record: 438-383

QUESTION: Slogans

What company's slogan is "Trust your car to the man that wears the star"?

ANSWER: Literature

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Matt: WRONG
Record: 438-382

QUESTION: Literature

What novel begins: "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted...persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."?

ANSWER: Politicians

Willard

Romney was named after hotel magnate J. Willard Marriott, his father's best friend, and his father's cousin Milton "Mitt" Romney, 1925–1929 quarterback for the Chicago Bears.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 438-381

QUESTION: Politicians

What is Mitt Romney's real first name?

ANSWER: Baseball

Roger Maris

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 438-380

QUESTION: Baseball

Who is the only (eligible) back to back MVP not in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

ANSWER: Comics/Cartoons

Wendy

Matt: WRONG
Record: 437-380

QUESTION: Comics/Cartoons

What is the name of Casper's "good little witch" friend?

ANSWER: Clothing

Clergyman

The chasuble is the outermost liturgical vestment worn by clergy for the celebration of the Eucharist in Western-tradition Christian Churches that use full vestments, primarily in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran churches, as well as in some parts of the United Methodist Church. In the Eastern Churches of Byzantine Rite, the equivalent vestment is the phelonion.

"The vestment proper to the priest celebrant at Mass and other sacred actions directly connected with Mass is, unless otherwise indicated, the chasuble, worn over the alb and stole". Like the stole, it is normally of the liturgical colour of the Mass being celebrated.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 437-379

QUESTION: Clothing

Who wears an alb and chasuble over their clothes?

ANSWER: Geography

Romania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical regions of Crişana, Maramureş, and Romanian part of Banat.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 436-379

QUESTION: Geography

Most of Transylvania is part of what country?

ANSWER: Flowers

Kentucky Derby winner

In 1904 the red rose became the official flower of the Kentucky Derby. The tradition was strengthened when, in 1925, New York sports columnist Bill Corum, later the president of Churchill Downs, dubbed the Kentucky Derby the "Run for the Roses". The garland as it exists today was first introduced in 1932 for the 58th running won by Burgoo King.

Each year, a garland of 554 red roses is sewn into a green satin backing with the seal of the Commonwealth on one end and the twin spires and number of the running on the other. Each garland is also adorned with a "Crown" of roses, green fern and ribbon. The "Crown", a single rose pointing upward in the center of the garland, symbolizes the struggle and heart necessary to reach the winners' circle.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 435-379

QUESTION: Flowers

Who is given 554 red roses on the first Saturday of every May?

ANSWER: Television

The Ewings

The house was built in 1970 by Joe Duncan and was known as Duncan Acres, named after his family. The property was originally 200 acres (0.81 km2) in size. The "Mansion" at Southfork Ranch is actually a 4769 sq ft. house with a 957 sq ft (88.9 m2) enclosed garage that was turned into a den/card room.

The TV series' exteriors were shot on the ranch beginning with the second season (1978–1979) of Dallas, and shot there until 1989 when the series' production shifted entirely to Lorimar Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios) in California. The reunion movies J.R. Returns (1996) and War of the Ewings (1998) returned to the ranch, along with the reunion special Dallas Reunion: The Return to Southfork (2004). War of the Ewings in 1998 was the only time filming was done inside the real ranch for dramatic purposes (Return to Southfork in 2004 was a retrospective, and not a genuine "episode").

The ranch is currently an event and conference center, owned by Forever Resorts. Daily tours of the Ranch and Ewing Mansion are offered for an admission fee of $9.50 for adults.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 435-378

QUESTION: Television

Who lived at Southfork Ranch?

ANSWER: Insects

Royal Jelly

Royal jelly is a honey bee secretion that is used in the nutrition of larvae, as well as adult queens. It is secreted from the glands in the hypopharynx of worker bees, and fed to all larvae in the colony.

When worker bees decide to make a new queen, either because the old one is weakening, or was killed, they choose several small larvae and feed them with copious amounts of royal jelly in specially constructed queen cells. This type of feeding triggers the development of queen morphology, including the fully developed ovaries needed to lay eggs.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 434-378

QUESTION: Insects

Due to the holiday yesterday, many didn't answer so this will also be today's question...

What is a young bee fed to ensure it becomes a queen?

ANSWER: Music

I'll Be There



Matt: CORRECT
Record: 434-377

QUESTION: Music

The Jackson 5 and Mariah Carey both had a #1 hit with what song?

ANSWER: Temperature

-40°

On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (°F) and the boiling point 212 °F (at standard atmospheric pressure). This puts the boiling and freezing points of water exactly 180 degrees apart. Therefore, a degree on the Fahrenheit scale is 1⁄180 of the interval between the freezing point and the boiling point. On the Celsius scale, the freezing and boiling points of water are 100 degrees apart. A temperature interval of 1 degree Fahrenheit is equal to an interval of 5⁄9 degrees Celsius. The Fahrenheit and Celsius scales intersect at −40 °F (−40 °F and −40 °C represent the same temperature).

Matt: WRONG
Record: 433-377

QUESTION: Temperature

At what temperature do the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales intersect(represent the same temp.)?

ANSWER: Food

Mahi Mahi

Dolphinfish is not related to dolphin the mammal. Dolphinfish is called mahi-mahi in the Pacific, and that name is often used when marketing the species at the retail and restaurant level.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 433-376

QUESTION: Food

What name is given to dolphin fish on restaurant menus?

ANSWER: Broadway

Baltimore



Matt: WRONG
Record: 432-376

QUESTION: Broadway

What city is the musical Hairspray set in?

ANSWER: Logos

Sirius Radio

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 432-375

QUESTION: Logos

What media company's logo is a black dog with a star for a left eye?

ANSWER: Bible

Naomi

Orpah is a woman mentioned in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible. She was from Moab and was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and wife of Chilion. After the death of her husband, Orpah and her sister-in-law Ruth wished to go to Judea with Naomi. However, Naomi persuaded Orpah to return to her people and to her gods.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 431-375

QUESTION: Bible

In the book of Ruth, who is Orpah's mother-in-law?

ANSWER: Random Facts

Coffee

Matt: WRONG
Record: 431-374

QUESTION: Random Facts

What is the most recognized smell in the world?

ANSWER: Games

Bishop

The canonical chessmen date back to the Staunton chess set of 1849. The piece's deep groove symbolizes a bishop's (or abbot's) mitre. The groove originates from the original form of the piece, an elephant with the groove represented the elephant's tusks (see photo in the history section). The British chose to call the piece the bishop because the projections at the top resembled a mitre.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 431-373

QUESTION: Games

Which chess piece was originally called "the elephant"?

ANSWER: Places

Westward Ho!

Westward Ho! is a seaside village near Bideford in Devon, England. The A39 road provides access from the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford and Bude. It lies at the south end of Northam Burrows and faces westward into Bideford Bay, opposite Saunton Sands and Braunton Burrows.

The village name comes from the title of Charles Kingsley's novel Westward Ho! (1855), which was set in nearby Bideford. The book was a bestseller, and entrepreneurs saw the opportunity to develop tourism in the area.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 431-372

QUESTION: Places

What's the only place in Britain that ends with an exclamation point?

ANSWER: Clowns

Rodeo Clown

Typically, rodeo clowns work in groups of two or three, with two free-roaming rodeo clowns and sometimes a third, often more clownish-behaving team member, who is known as the barrel man. The barrel man uses a large padded barrel that he can jump in and out of easily, and the barrel helps to protect the rodeo clown from the bull.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 430-371