Pub Trivia Picks Up the Phone: The Answers
Man, Linus was the Great Betrayer on this one. Pretty much everybody who missed the Peanuts question got distracted by the boy with the blanket!
* How many apples high are Smurfs? Answer: Three
Correct: colonelrowe, bibliogrrl, susansugarspun, carolineyoachim, timakers, pats_quinade, cyphomandra, karimariw
* How many dice are there in the game of Yahtzee? Answer: Five
Correct: colonelrowe, davidlevine, susansugarspun, ckd, carolineyoachim, muneraven, pats_quinade, snurri, danima, cyphomandra, karimariw
* Which Peanuts character plays the piano? Answer: Schroeder
Correct: colonelrowe, davidlevine, bibliogrrl, jess_ka, ckd, j00j, muneraven, pats_quinade, snurri, danima, cyphomandra
* In the nursery rhyme, Little Miss Muffett was eating what when the spider scared her? Answer: Curds and whey
Correct: colonelrowe, heavenscalyx, davidlevine, bibliogrrl, jess_ka, susansugarspun, ckd, j00j, carolineyoachim, timakers, secritcrush, muneraven, pats_quinade, snurri, danima, cyphomandra, karimariw
* Name the largest U.S. state capital city not home to an NFL, NBA, MLB, or NHL franchise. Answer: Austin
Correct: jess_ka, ckd, carolineyoachim, muneraven
* Who invented the system of shorthand writing that replaced the Pitman method in 1888? Answer: Gregg
Correct: davidlevine, ckd, secritcrush
* How many U.S. presidents first served as governors? Answer: 17
Close: colonelrowe, muneraven, snurri (off only by 1!), karimariw
* A McBurney incision is used to perform what kind of surgery? Answer: Appendectomy
Correct: colonelrowe, jess_ka, susansugarspun, j00j, secritcrush, muneraven, pats_quinade, snurri, cyphomandra
* How much does it cost the U.S. Treasury to make a currency note? Answer: 6 cents
Correct: muneraven
Close: secritcrush, pats_quinade, danima, karimariw
* Which letter of the greek alphabet is used to denote the brightest star in a constellation? Answer: Alpha
Correct: colonelrowe, heavenscalyx, davidlevine, jess_ka, susansugarspun, ckd, j00j, timakers, secritcrush, muneraven, snurri, danima, cyphomandra, karimariw
* What are the code names given to the bombs dropped on Japan to end WWII? Answer: Fat man and little boy
Correct: colonelrowe, heavenscalyx, davidlevine, susansugarspun, ckd, j00j, timakers, secritcrush, muneraven, pats_quinade, snurri, danimakarimariw
Close: carolineyoachim, bibliogrrl
Other reasons people are fantastic:
* How many U.S. presidents first served as governors?
...a lot of them? - jess_ka
* Name the largest U.S. state capital city not home to an NFL, NBA, MLB, or NHL franchise.
Those would be sports organizations, right? - danima
* Which letter of the greek alphabet is used to denote the brightest star in a constellation?
You'd think I'd know this, being married to an astronomer and all. You'd be wrong, though. - carolineyoachim
* What are the code names given to the bombs dropped on Japan to end WWII?
Bombs - I have numerous problems with the phrasing of this question, as surely the important bit is the whole ATOMIC factor (there being plenty of other bombs dropped on Japan) and there's still arguing about the role this played in ending the war, particularly given that a not inconsiderable amount of WWII took place in Europe. I also note the bomb droppers have deftly been erased from the question. Anyway. Having registered my displeasure, [answers]. - cyphomandra
[Yeah, I think this question would have had a hard time minimizing any more than it already is - it's the badly-worded question for this round. No good. - tacithydra]