The Contest Starts

The contest starts now. Anyone that has posted a comment on The Dahn Report since its inception in December of 2007 until 7 AM this morning can enter. Only one entry per person is allowed. Unlike the past you will not be told how well you did on the contest until the winners are announced. Each question has a point value next to it, depending on what I think the difficulty of the question is. The entry with the most total points wins, second most total points second, and so on. In case of a tie between two entrants there will be a coin flip. If two or more entrants tie a Scrabble tile with the letter of your first name will be put in a bag and the winner will be drawn from those entries. The official answers to the contest questions are the ones that I have on file. The winner of the contest will be announced no later than Midgnight Pacific Daylight Time on August 7, 2009. The winner of the contest will get to choose a $50 gift card from Starbucks, Baja Fresh, Red Robin, Outback, Macy’s Nordstrom, Old Navy, and Home Depot. Second place will get a $25 gift card from the same choices.

Some little hints before you start. Don't over think the questions and make them harder than they are. Take your time. Don't respond right away, you have four days to come up with the answers.

The entries should be sent by email to williamjdahn@aol.com no later than August 5, 2009 at 7 AM Pacific Daylight Time.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!

Trivia Each (points listed after each question)

(source Trivial Pursuit)

Question 1:

What two German magicians met on a cruise ship when one offered up his pet smuggled cheetah for the other’s stage performance? 10 points.

Question 2:

What is the Academy Award statuette, also known as Oscar, holding in front of him? 10 points.

Question 3:

What President is said to have had the largest feet, wearing a size 14 shoe?
10 points.

Question 4:

What former forescenic scientist is known for her gritty well-written mysteries?
10 points.

Question 5:

The amusement park Six Flags flys what six flags? 5 points for each flag.

WHAT DO THESE THREE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON: 10 points each.

(source the game Tri-Bond)

Question 6:

What do a basketball player, a soccer player, and a baby have in common?

Question 7:

What do the slogans “taking candy from a baby”, “falling off of a log”, and “shooting fish in a barrel” have in common?

Question 8:

What do Buster Brown’s Dog, Muhammad Ali, and full cut underpants have in common?

Question 9:

What do a golf course, a bowling alley, and a wrestling star have in common?

Question 10:

Other than being famous or rich what do Frank Sinatra Jr., Charles Lindbergh, and Patty Hearst have in common?

THE DAHN REPORT - 10 points each.

(source The Dahn Report)

Question 11:

What famous actor was The owner of The Dahn Report’s dad often mistaken as?

A. Gomer Pyle..

B. Dustin Hoffman

C. Spenser Tracy

D. Clark Cable.

Question 12:

The Owner of The Dahn Report is scared of:

A. Snakes.

B. Dogs.

C. Lions

D. Clowns.

Question 13:

What did The Owner of The Dahn Report go out of his comfort zone to do in the fall
of 2008:

A. Sky Dived.

B. Bungee jump.

C. Rock Climbed.

D. Took comedy classes.

Question 14:

Which of the following is not an idol of the Owner of The Dahn Report

A. George Washington.

B. RFK

C. Thomas Edison

D. His Dad.

Question 15:

What happened to the owner of The Dahn Report his first day on a job in February of 2009?

A. He was fired.

B. He fell and had a concussion.

C. He was given a bonus.

D. His computer crashed.

WHO AM I? 25 points each

Question 16:

I was born in Pasadena, California on August 15, 1912. I was the eldest of three children. At 6’ 2” I was the tallest student at Katherine Branson School for Girls in San Francisco, California. At the onset of World War II I worked as a research assistance in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), now the CIA. After attending a special school in France I changed careers. Following a 40-year career in that new occupation in November of 2000 I received France's highest honor, the Legion d'Honneur. In August 2002, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled an exhibit featuring the place where I filmed three of my popular TV shows. Because of her height Meryl will never really be confused for me but she soon will be associated with my name. Who Am I?

(source. Biography.com.)

Question 17

I was Born in 1925, the son of a Boston doughnut company executive, and was educated at Phillips Andover Academy and taught myself to play piano as a teen. I attended Harvard and was elected president of the Hasty Pudding Club. My college was interrupted during WWII by a stint in the US Navy. After the war I supported myself by playing piano in bars and silent movies. Billy Wilder once said of me “there was a little bit of genius in everything he did." I starred with Judy Holliday in my first film in 1954. Using my military experience I became a famous MR. in a smash 1955 filmed named after that mister. I won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for my fourth film. One film made Tony and I famous cross dressers. Known at the time mostly for comedy, Lee and I had some wine after I gave her roses. Jane, Michael, and I almost had a radioactive Syndrome. I died a year after my friend Walter did. Who Am I?

(source: http://www.starpulse.com)

Question 18:

I was Born to Russian-immigrant parents, I made my first film appearance at age four. I took taking dancing lessons since infancy. I was in a grown up role opposite the causeless rebel, James, and frolicked in grass with Warren. I was also a regular on a 1953 television sitcom. My first marriage to Robert didn’t last. The second time Robert and I married it lasted until my death. I was nominated three times for Oscars. once with the rebel, once for frolicking in that grass and for spending time with a proper stranger. I died at a to early age while filming a science fiction movie. My drowning death remains a mystery to some. Who Am I?


(source: http://www.starpulse.com)

Question 19:

I was born in 1820 into a wealthy and well-connected British Family and named after the city I was born in. I first had a calling into an occupation in 1837, into a career at the time that was handled mostly by female “hangers-on” who followed armies and were equally likely to function as prostitutes. The occupation at the time had a poor reputation filled by poor women. When I was old enough to go in the profession I witnessed the death of pauper in a workhorse infirmary after which I announced the intention of my career to my family. It evoked intense anger and distress from my mother. I was a pioneer in hospital sanitation methods. Against my mother’s wishes in 1851 I rejected the marriage proposal of a politician, poet, and First Baron. During the Crimean war I took a staff of 38 to Scutari where despite the objections of the doctors I improved the conditions of the wounded soldier so that the mortality rate dropped from 40% to 2%. I treated 2,000 patients myself and came down with Crimean Fever. I am remembered today because of my compassion, care skills, administrative skills, and introducing new ways to care for patients and ways if maintaining medical records. I am often referred to by a phrase because of the Grecian lamp that I always carried with me. The lamp allowed me to write letters at night to the family of every soldier that died in my care. Because of my commitment to my profession I was able to start a training school on July 9, 1860. My notes on my profession were published in 1860. In 1883 Queen Victoria awarded me the Royal Red Cross and in 1907 I was the first woman awarded the Order of Merit. After I died in 1910 my relatives refused the offer to have me buried in Westminster Abbey. There is still a museum named after me in London. I once was quoted as saying:

"My occupation is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter's or sculptor's work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God's spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts." Who Am I?

(source: http://www.tentmaker.org/biographies/)

QUESTION 20:

I was born in 1860 and died a spinster in 1927. My family wasn’t the warmest family in the world. My sister and I shared the front of the Upstairs of the family home and my parents shared the back of the upstairs of the home. We didn’t always even eat meals together. I did try to bury the hatchet but that caused me nothing but trouble. I was acquitted by the jury in an hour and a half. I died of pneumonia nine days before my estranged sister died. In my will I left thirty grand to The Animal Rescue League and also left five hundred a month for the care of my father’s grave. I am a sixth cousin once removed of Elizabeth Montgomery. Among other things there was a Ballet and Theatre performances of my life story. The Travel channel once selected my home as the most scary place on earth. In 2008, The History Channel's series MonsterQuest visited my home looking for ghosts. An episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents entitled "The Older Sister" retold my story, in which my older sister was the real culprit and I was just covering for her. Who Am I? .

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/)

LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY. Point value noted by question. No double or Final Jeopardy. The subject is miscellenous questions

Question 21: 10 points:

Article 1, Section 8 if the U.S. Constitution says Congress can make this, regulate its value and punish people who copy it.

Question 22: 20 points

“A Foot In The Door” is the title of this brush salesman’s autobiography.

Question 23: 30 points.

In October 1960 this world leader sat holding his shoe in the U.S. General Assembly. He was also once refused entrance to Disneyland.

Question 24: 40 points.

Dating back to the American Revolution it’s the oldest continuously occupied military post in the United States.

Question 25: 50 Points:

This fourteenth century Nomadic leader’s corpse was exhumed by Russian scientitsts in 1941.

(source: computer game Play Jeopardy 2 by Sony)

CURRENT NEWS: 10 POINTS.

Question 26:

You wouldn’t be all wet if you told us what feat that 17 year-old Zac Sunderland was the youngest to recently accomplish.

(source The Oregonian. Date provided after the contest)

WHERE AM I: 25 POINTS.

Question 27:

I am in a city where the population in 2006 was over a half of million. I'm known as a port city. I have been listed as the night largest city in my country. My local economy has been lead by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries but lately has shifted towards the service sector, particularly health sciences. I am home to The Royal Botantical Gardens, The Bruce Trail among other things including a football hall of Fame. Our local football team plays at Ivor Wayne Stadium. Because of my diverse locations several TV and film productions have been filmed here. What City and Country am I in?

(souce: wikipedia)

Question 28:

I am the second largest city in my country famous for my natural settings, carnivals, my beaches, the samba, and other music. I’m home to a giant statue named Christ The Redeemer. My city boasts of the largest and second largest urban forests in the world. My city is often considered one of the most violent in the world. I was discovered by a Portuguese expedition that included Amerigo Vespucci. According to the IBGE of 2008, there were 11,835,000 people residing in my Metropolitan. As a result of the influx of immigrants from the late 19th to the early 20th century, one may find in my city communities of Jews, Arabs of Lebanese and Syrian origin, Italians, Spaniards, Germans. A movie blamed a May-December romance on me. Where Am I?

(souce: wikipedia)

29. THE FINAL QUESTION: 25 points each correct answer.

On the long running Perry Mason television series in “The Case Of The Deadly Verdict” Perry Mason lost the case. One of the guest actors on that case is the cousin of a current U.S. Senator that was recently in the news. Name the actor, the Senator, the recent movie that the actor had a role in, and name the state that the Senator represents.

(source: The Oregonian as credited from wire reports. Date divulged after the contest)