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 Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:31 pm
Welcome to my little trivia thread.
Below are ten trivia questions... how many do you know the answers to?
Please post your answers, and look for the answers to follow soon.
Good luck!
1. (Movies) What is the name of the 40-story Los Angeles skyscraper that is the setting of the film Die Hard?
Nakatomi Plaza
2. (Medicine) What is the medical term for nearsightedness?
Myopia
3. (Politics) What is the secret service name for Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Evergreen
4. (Business) What is the original name of the Best Buy retail chain?
Sound of Music
5. (Comics) What is the name of Heathcliff's girlfriend, in the comic strip Heathcliff?
Sonja
6. (Education) What is the motto of the University of Wyoming?
7. (Literature) What is the name of the English estate of the title character in the Bram Stoker novel Dracula?
8. (Music) What is the nickname of the singer/actress Bette Midler?
The Divine Miss 'M'
9. (Language) The Latin motto of Tufts University is "Pax et lux". What is the English translation of the motto?
Peace and Light
10. (Personalities) What is the maiden name of hotelier Ivana Trump?
As time progresses, and permission allows, I may offer prizes in the future. For now, however, these are just for fun.
Thank you for your time.
I look forward to reading your responses.
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:26 pm
Wow... I only know the second one: Myopia, off the top of my head. I won't answer the others to give others a chance XD...
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:16 am
5. Isn't her name Natasha?
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:39 pm
1. (Movies) What is the name of the 40-story Los Angeles skyscraper that is the setting of the film Die Hard?
The 20th Century Fox headquarters.
3. (Politics) What is the secret service name for Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Evergreen and Chelsea Energy
4. (Business) What is the original name of the Best Buy retail chain?
Sound of Music
5. (Comics) What is the name of Heathcliff's girlfriend, in the comic strip Heathcliff?
Sonja..I'm probally wrong.
6. (Education) What is the motto of the University of Wyoming?
New Thinking
8. (Music) What is the nickname of the singer/actress Bette Midler?
The Divine Bette Midler
9. (Language) The Latin motto of Tufts University is "Pax et lux". What is the English translation of the motto?
Peace and Light
10. (Personalities) What is the maiden name of hotelier Ivana Trump?
Zelničkova
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:42 pm
Yuuri-Kei 5. Isn't her name Natasha?
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:49 pm
lil-bit-of-devil
1. (Movies) What is the name of the 40-story Los Angeles skyscraper that is the setting of the film Die Hard?
The 20th Century Fox headquarters.
Think of the name of the building IN the movie.
3. (Politics) What is the secret service name for Hillary Rodham Clinton?
Evergreen and Chelsea Energy
Correct.
4. (Business) What is the original name of the Best Buy retail chain?
Sound of Music
Correct.
5. (Comics) What is the name of Heathcliff's girlfriend, in the comic strip Heathcliff?
Sonja..I'm probally wrong.
Correct.
6. (Education) What is the motto of the University of Wyoming?
New Thinking
No.. good guess.
8. (Music) What is the nickname of the singer/actress Bette Midler?
The Divine Bette Midler
Close...
9. (Language) The Latin motto of Tufts University is "Pax et lux". What is the English translation of the motto?
Peace and Light
Correct.
10. (Personalities) What is the maiden name of hotelier Ivana Trump?
ZelničkovaClose.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:58 pm
1. (Movies) What is the name of the 40-story Los Angeles skyscraper that is the setting of the film Die Hard?
Nakatomi Corp
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:24 am
Sonja, shoot I knew that. Yeah the Die Hard setting is Nakatomi Plaza.
Bette Midler's nick is the Divine Miss M, I almost said the Rose, but that was a movie she was in!
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:42 am
lil-bit-of-devil 1. (Movies) What is the name of the 40-story Los Angeles skyscraper that is the setting of the film Die Hard?
Nakatomi Corp
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:44 am
Yuuri-Kei Sonja, shoot I knew that. Yeah the Die Hard setting is Nakatomi Plaza. Bette Midler's nick is the Divine Miss M, I almost said the Rose, but that was a movie she was in!
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:10 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:13 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:15 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:44 pm
Goodness, the only one I got was the translation of "pax et lux" but that's really easy for classical singers, really....lux perpetua and et in terra pax are probably some of the most common latin phrases that find their ways into a typical latin mass...
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Intellectual Elocutionist
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:09 pm
7. Hillingham Estate?
10. Ivana Marie Zelníčková
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