http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/trivia en heidi@stennieville.com Copyright 2008 2008-12-03T15:15:03-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081203/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081203/#When:14:15:03Z Yesterday’s answer:  Charles Bronson. Today’s question:  The name of what South American capital city means “I see a hill”? The World 2008-12-03T14:15:03-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081202/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081202/#When:14:15:38Z Yesterday’s answer:  Jethro Tull. Today’s question:  What actor, in describing his craggy appearance, once said “I resemble a rock quarry that got dynamited?” The Cinema 2008-12-02T14:15:38-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081201/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081201/#When:14:15:43Z Friday’s answer:  First mystery guest on What’s My Line was Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto, then of the New York Yankees, later TV spokesman for The Money Store. Today’s question:  What rock group is named after the eighteenth-century English inventor of the seed drill? Music & Theatre 2008-12-01T14:15:43-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081128/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081128/#When:14:15:10Z Yesterday’s answer:  15.  The number had been increased in 1795 to include Kentucky and Vermont.  But with more and more states joining the Union, the number was reduced to 13 as of July 4, 1818, to represent the original 13 states. Today’s question:  Who was the first mystery guest to appear on the TV quiz show What’s My Line? in 1950? I thought maybe we’d had this one before, but we had who was the last mystery guest. Television & Radio 2008-11-28T14:15:10-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081127/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081127/#When:14:15:43Z Yesterday’s answer:  they are called dives because when the term was first introduced in New York City, such an establishment was usually located below street level in a run-down row house, requiring patrons to descend into the building’s depths. Today’s question:  How many stripes were on the official American flag in 1818 before Congress passed a law forever setting the number at 13? America, Past & Present 2008-11-27T14:15:43-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081126/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081126/#When:14:15:47Z Yesterday’s answer:  4 oz., when available.  Which was never, because the officers guzzled it all. Today’s question:  Why do we call seedy saloons “dives”? Language 2008-11-26T14:15:47-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081125/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081125/#When:14:14:59Z Yesterday’s answer:  Green and maroon. Today’s question:  What was the daily ration of hard liquor for soldiers in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War? War & the Military 2008-11-25T14:14:59-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081124/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081124/#When:14:15:51Z Friday’s answer:  “Little Boy Blue” provided the title Come Blow Your Horn. Today’s question:  All of automaker Henry Ford’s cars were black until 1925, when he introduced two new colors.  What were they? Business, Advertising & Inventions 2008-11-24T14:15:51-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081121/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081121/#When:14:15:05Z Yesterday’s answer:  Apollos De Rivoire was the father of Paul Revere. Today’s question:  What popular nursery rhyme provided Neil Simon with the title for his first play? Music & Theatre 2008-11-21T14:15:05-08:00 http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081120/ http://www.stennieville.com/index.php/site/dt081120/#When:14:15:57Z Yesterday’s answer:  Crystal got it - Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Today’s question:  Who was Apollos De Rivoire? Miscellaneous 2008-11-20T14:15:57-08:00