Pub Trivia Picks Up the Phone

[tacithydra]

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[ckd]

Yahtzee: 5 dice
Peanuts: Schroeder
Little Miss Muffet: curds and whey
State capital: I'll guess Austin, TX
Shorthand: Gregg
Constellation: Alpha
Bombs: Fat Man and Little Boy

[j00j]

* How many apples high are Smurfs? Um, colorless green ideas sleep furiously? Seriously, I don't even understand this question

[anonymous]

* How many apples high are Smurfs?

It's either two and a half or three. I'm going with three.

* How many dice are there in the game of Yahtzee?

six

* Which Peanuts character plays the piano?

linus

* In the nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffett was eating what when the spider scared her?

curds and whey

* Name the largest U.S. state capital city not home to an NFL, NBA, MLB, or NHL franchise.

I assume this is largest by population. Very few of them have franchises... Uh. Syracuse.

* Who invented the system of shorthand writing that replaced the Pitman method in 1888?

No idea

* How many U.S. presidents first served as governors?

8

* A McBurney incision is used to perform what kind of surgery?

orthoscopic

* How much does it cost the U.S. Treasury to make a currency note?

98 cents

* Which letter of the Greek alphabet is used to denote the brightest star in a constellation?

Alpha

* What are the code names given to the bombs dropped on Japan to end WWII?

fat man and little boy

[timakers]

That was me and damn it schroeder. Guh.

[heavenscalyx]

You did the same thing I did! I had the picture of him in my head and everything, and the name "Schroeder" just didn't overcome the power of Linus.

[secritcrush]

* How many apples high are Smurfs?

one

* How many dice are there in the game of Yahtzee?

six

* Which Peanuts character plays the piano?

Linus

* In the nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffett was eating what when the spider scared her?

Curds and Whey

* Name the largest U.S. state capital city not home to an NFL, NBA, MLB, or NHL franchise.

Hartford CT

* Who invented the system of shorthand writing that replaced the Pitman method in 1888?

Gregg

* How many U.S. presidents first served as governors?

two

* A McBurney incision is used to perform what kind of surgery?

appendectomy

* How much does it cost the U.S. Treasury to make a currency note?

5 cents

* Which letter of the Greek alphabet is used to denote the brightest star in a constellation?

Alpha

* What are the code names given to the bombs dropped on Japan to end WWII?

Fat man and Little boy

[orbitalmechanic]

I just love the diversity of Smurf height and the unanimity of the bombs dropped on Japan. This is a weird crowd.

[pats_quinade]

Did nobody else grow up having that damn Smurfs commercial dropped on them instead of nuclear bombs? "What's three apples high? And blue? And on your TV!"

I don't even LIKE the smurfs.