Trivia

[Scout333]

Nice one JP. My first thought was Lincoln also. Next question is----

What is the word for "fear of long words"?

 

[jpcavin]

I was a psych student. One of my favotires...
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

 

[Scout333]

I was a psych student. One of my favotires...
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Rats, I thought that would be harder to get. You guys are too smart! Congratulations JP! The board is yours.

 

[jpcavin]

According to this man, he was "kind of a sissy" as a child; he was doted on by his mother and was often left out of roughhousing because of his bad eyesight. Too poor to attend college, he made a living as a clerk, bookkeeper, and haberdasher before entering politics.

 

[konakathy]

Truman

 

[jpcavin]

Truman

Well that didn't take vary long. Congrats, Kathy. The floor is yours.

 

[konakathy]

Who earned infamy for noting, "A billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be ?"

 

[burrocrat]

Who earned infamy for noting, "A billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be ?"

Um, was it T. Rade Winds?

 

[jpcavin]

J Paul Getty

 

[konakathy]

J Paul Getty

A big Red Star for you! Winner!

 

[jpcavin]

A big Red Star for you! Winner!

I'd like to trade a red star for a Blue Hawaiian please...

 

[burrocrat]

I'd like to trade a red star for a Blue Hawaiian please...

Is that like a Brazilian?

 

[konakathy]

I'd like to trade a red star for a Blue Hawaiian please...

I like your thinking....let's up the winnings! A Blue Hawaiian for the winner.

 

[konakathy]

Is that like a Brazilian?

Ya mean, with that hairy back of yours, you don't know the difference?

 

[burrocrat]

Ya mean, with that hairy back of yours, you don't know the difference?

C'mon, there's no right answer to that question, what kind of trivia game is this?

 

[jpcavin]

I could have sworn I had posted the below question after I answered correctly but I don;t see it anywhere. That Blue Hawaiian must have made by brain fuzzy.

Who said. "The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights."

 

[burrocrat]

J Paul Getty?

 

[jpcavin]

J Paul Getty?

Yep. I thought I was pulling a fast one with the same guy. Way to go Donkey. You want a carrot or a Fuzzy Navel?

 

[burrocrat]

Yep. I thought I was pulling a fast one with the same guy. Way to go Donkey. You want a carrot or a Fuzzy Navel?

Yeah, that was tricky, can I just stick with beer?

 

[burrocrat]

What have you got when you’re driving late at night under a big sky that just pops and have to pull over to marvel at the universe?