Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The Contest Starts

For the rules read the post from yesterday, May 18, 2009, on The Dahn Report.

The Winner Will Be announced hopefully by 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on May 20, 2009 but definitely no later than 7:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time on May 21.

Following are a list of questions. Accumulate the most points with right answers by Noon Pacific Daylight Time on May 20, 2009 and you will win your choice of a $25 Starbucks Gift Card or a $25 Macy's Gift Card.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS

150 POINTS FOR EACH ANSWER (Unless stated differntly at the end of the question):

What age is the world's youngest line dancing champion? Within five years.

What is the highest speed ever achieved on a bicycle? Within 20 miles.

What silent screen lover was locked out of his honeymoon cabin for refusing to carry his bride over the threshold?

Name the movie the following line was spoken in and the actress who spoke it: "I guess you are attractive in a corn-red sort of way. You can find yourself a poor girl falling for you f - well, if you threw in a set of dishes." (75 points for the actress, 75 points for the movie)

100 POINTS FOR EACH ANSWER(unless stated differently at the end of the question):

July 20, 1969 was man's first landing on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. Can you name the other two crew members that were with him? (50 points of each name)

What movie's release coincided with protests over the Three Mile Island Incident?

What was the last album the Beatles recorded together?

Who was the first animated character to be banned in East Germany for not measuring up to Marxist principles?

50 POINTS FOR EACH ANSWER:

Name the man that served the United States both as president and as vice president and wasn't elected to either office?

What singing group starred in "Rock Around The Clock"?

What singing group consists of Laverne, Maxine, & Patty?

25 POINTS FOR EACH ANSWER:

What feud ended in marriage in Kentucky in 1891?

What year occurred "fourscore and seven years" before Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?

What is the capital of Alaska?

What river did Egyptians throw virgins into for centuries believing they would help hold back floods?

2 comments:

William J. said...

So Far Dona is in the lead and Mary Z is second.

William J. said...

It is really close

Kaye is in the lead but since she already won a bet off of me about The Apprentice she defers to the next highest if she wins.

Dona is second.

DR is Third.

Mary Z. is fourth

You do know you can check your answers and email me again with corrections, right?

Bill