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Shadowman wrote:

njb902 wrote:The answer to yesterday's question was C. The Wicked Witch of the West. Congrats to Shadowman and SW's SilverHammer, JelZe you get. 003% of a point.

Today's trivia question!

Since Sleepy Hallow premiered on FOX tonight. Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hallow?

A. Washington Irving

B. Booker T. Washington

C. Bram Stoker

D. Mary Shelley

A. Washington Irving. Booker T Washington was a civil rights leader, (Or a pro wrestler, if you don't want to be specific) Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, and Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

Huh. I never watch wrestling, so I had no idea there was one named Booker T. Washington.

njb902 wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

njb902 wrote:The answer to yesterday's question was C. The Wicked Witch of the West. Congrats to Shadowman and SW's SilverHammer, JelZe you get. 003% of a point.

Today's trivia question!

Since Sleepy Hallow premiered on FOX tonight. Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hallow?

A. Washington Irving

B. Booker T. Washington

C. Bram Stoker

D. Mary Shelley

A. Washington Irving. Booker T Washington was a civil rights leader, (Or a pro wrestler, if you don't want to be specific) Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, and Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

Huh. I never watch wrestling, so I had no idea there was one named Booker T. Washington.

There was a wrestler named Booker T, and that's enough for me to be a total smartass about things.

Shadowman wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Shadowman wrote:

njb902 wrote:The answer to yesterday's question was C. The Wicked Witch of the West. Congrats to Shadowman and SW's SilverHammer, JelZe you get. 003% of a point.

Today's trivia question!

Since Sleepy Hallow premiered on FOX tonight. Who wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hallow?

A. Washington Irving

B. Booker T. Washington

C. Bram Stoker

D. Mary Shelley

A. Washington Irving. Booker T Washington was a civil rights leader, (Or a pro wrestler, if you don't want to be specific) Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, and Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

Huh. I never watch wrestling, so I had no idea there was one named Booker T. Washington.

There was a wrestler named Booker T, and that's enough for me to be a total smartass about things.

Well this is a trivia thread, seems like trivia to me.

The answer to yesterday's question was A. Washington Irving, congrats Shadowman!

Today's trivia question.

In who's novels is the A.S.S. Vorpal Blade a key setting?

A. David Weber

B. Orson Scott Card

C. A. C. Crispin

D. John Ringo

who is John Ringo.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:who is John Ringo.

Is that your answer or are you asking?

njb902 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:who is John Ringo.

Is that your answer or are you asking?

Final answer, I put it in jeopardy format, "who is/what is"

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

njb902 wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:who is John Ringo.

Is that your answer or are you asking?

Final answer, I put it in jeopardy format, "who is/what is"

Lol.

Isn't it a good thing the United States of America wasn't called the Aligned States of America

The answer to yesterday's question was D. John Ringo, congrats SW's SilverHammer!

Today's trivia question.

Who won the 1967 World Series?

A. The Boston Red Soxs

B. The New York Yankees

C. The Chicago White Soxs

D. The St. Louis Cardinals

Bonus question of DOOM

How many games did it take to decide the winner?

The answer to yesterday's question was D. The St. Louis Cardinals. The answer to the bonus question was 7 games. I'm disappointed no one answered the Bonus question of DOOM .

Today's trivia question.

The Earth's atmosphere is divided into layers. What layer is between the Exosphere and the Mesosphere?

A. The Ozone Layer

B. The Thermosphere

C. The Troposphere

D. The Ionosphere

What is B. The Thermosphere

The answer to yesterday's question was B. The Thermosphere, congratulations SW's SilverHammer!

Today's trivia question of epicosity!

What is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

A. 42

B. 43

C. 44

D. God created us in his own image, a giant disembodied ham sandwich.

42. How is that even trivia? Everyone on here should know that by now.

Shadowman wrote:42. How is that even trivia? Everyone on here should know that by now.

From now on I'll only go with questions that are so obscure no one could get them without cheating

The answer to yesterday's question was A. 42.

Today's trivia question.

Which of these people founded General Electric?

A. Thomas Edison

B. Charles Coffin

C. Elihu Thomson

D. Nikola Tesla

E. Edwin Houston

F. Philip Diehl

G. George Washington Carver

H. Guglielmo Marconi

There may be more than one answer, so let the leptons fall where they may.

njb902 wrote:The answer to yesterday's question was A. 42.

Today's trivia question.

Which of these people founded General Electric?

A. Thomas Edison

B. Charles Coffin

C. Elihu Thomson

D. Nikola Tesla

E. Edwin Houston

F. Philip Diehl

G. George Washington Carver

H. Guglielmo Marconi

There may be more than one answer, so let the leptons fall where they may.

Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston

njb902 wrote:

Shadowman wrote:42. How is that even trivia? Everyone on here should know that by now.

From now on I'll only go with questions that are so obscure no one could get them without cheating

Pft. Who needs cheating when you can say '42'?

You know what? Sign me up for this.

Mindmaster wrote:You know what? Sign me up for this.

The more the merrier.

The answers to yesterday's question are A, B, C, and E, you came close SW's SilverHammer nice try.

Today's trivia question.

Who played Little John in the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

A. Christian Slater

B. Mike McShane

C. Walter Sparrow

D. Nick Brimble

Cup of leptons anyone?

Nick Brimble.

The answer to yesterday's question was D. Nick Brimble, congrats Mindmaster!

Today's trivia question.

What event happened today September 23?

A. Battle of Flamborough Head, it was in this battle that John Paul Jones gave us his memorable quote of "I have not yet begun to fight."

B. The Northern Pacific Railway
(reporting mark NP) was completed in a
ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former
president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final
"golden spike" in an event attended by rail
and political luminaries.

C. In a referendum , the people of
Norway reject membership of the European
Community .

D. King Louis XVI of France accepts
the new constitution.

A. The Battle of Flamborough Head

Interesting man John Paul Jones, served in the Russian imperial navy after the revolutionary war. Didn't get along with any of the founding fathers, George Washington called him “boorish”.

Not to mention he influenced many Navy traditions that still go on today.

Flamborough Head was the battle between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, right?

Mindmaster wrote:Not to mention he influenced many Navy traditions that still go on today.

Flamborough Head was the battle between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, right?

Yes, though it was between a 5 ship American/French squadron and 2 British ships.