Pub Trivia Wades Back In: The Answers
Usually I'm good about at least neatening up before I fall off LJ (i.e., posting things like this!) - clearly not this time. Sorry, all. Here are the much belated answers!
* What is the animal known as a "river horse"? Answer: Hippopotamus
Correct: stillsostrange, pats_quinade, mkhobson, jess_ka, glorioushubris, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, cyphomandra, secritcrush, davidlevine
* Death Valley is in what state?
Correct: stillsostrange, pats_quinade, jess_ka, merylinabarrel, glorioushubris, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, secritcrush
* What is the name of newspaper published daily for U.S. servicemen around world? Answer: Stars and Stripes
Correct: sarah_prineas, snurri, merylinabarrel, glorioushubris, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, secritcrush, davidlevine
* What is Tiger Woods' first name? Answer: Eldrick
Correct: Yeah, this one screwed us, too.
* Which Italian city has famed mass transit system known as "vaporetti"? Answer: Venice
Correct: sarah_prineas, stillsostrange, snurri, jess_ka, glorioushubris, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, cyphomandra, davidlevine
* What is the name of "the beer that made Milwaukee famous"? Answer: Schlitz
Correct: glorioushubris, shaolingrrl
* "Dyspepsia" is the medical term for what? Answer: Indigestion
Correct: sarah_prineas, pats_quinade, snurri, mkhobson, jess_ka, glorioushubris, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, cyphomandra, secritcrush, davidlevine
* "Mistake-out" is the original name of what office product? Answer: Liquid Paper
Correct: Nobody got the mistake-out question because they did the same thing we did - went for Wite-out/White-out instead of Liquid Paper (they're owned by different companies). We thought this was dumb as bricks, but still lost the point, so feel free to give yourselves a free point and we'll all just pretend we stormed the judges table or something.
* PC's Limited was the original name of what office product company? Answer: Dell
Correct: glorioushubris, cyphomandra
* What name is given to a sentence or word that reads the same forward as backward? Answer: Palindrome
Correct: sarah_prineas, stillsostrange, pats_quinade, snurri, mkhobson, jess_ka, merylinabarrel, glorioushubris, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, cyphomandra, secritcrush, davidlevine
* What Irish political group's name translates to "ourselves alone"? Answer: Sinn Fein
Correct: sarah_prineas, stillsostrange, pats_quinade, snurri, mkhobson, jess_ka, maureenmcq, shaolingrrl, cyphomandra, secritcrush, davidlevine
Other reasons people rock:
* What is Tiger Woods' first name?
Oh, gawd. It's Elrond, or something. - sarah_prineas
Eldon? (Something with an E, I am sure.) - secritcrush
if it's not Tiger I feel gyped - jess_ka
Horndog, apparently. - shaolingrrl
* What is the name of newspaper published daily for U.S. servicemen around world?
no idea. I am, however, suddenly curious as to what cartoons it has. - cyphomandra
* "Dyspepsia" is the medical term for what?
The horrible sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that this quiz is giving me. - mkhobson
* What is the name of "the beer that made Milwaukee famous"?
I think my answer to this question is something along the lines of "not famous enough". - cyphomandra