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Welcome back to Trivia Tuesday! After the big GOTV push I hope you've had a chance to catch up on your sleep and reconnect with your friends and family.
Much of the buzz this week has been on President-Elect Obama's potential Cabinet appointments. Well there is also the issue of what type of dog his family will get, but the Cabinet picks were important as well (Btw, note to the Obamas - thank you for considering adopting from a shelter, and yes, hypoallergenic dogs can be found there.)
Anyways, for this week's topic I thought I would focus on Presidential Cabinets. Rules as always, no looking up your answer via the Internet and you can post your own questions below.
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Trivia Tuesday. Today we'll be looking at Presidential races in the last fifty years (thus no questions like who was Tippecanoe in "Tippecanoe and Tyler too".)
Howdy everyone and welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday. No theme for this week's trivia, it's just a mish-mash of all sorts of political bits and pieces (including a slightly disturbing bit of trivia at the end.)
Well hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday. Today I'd like to focus on some of the statewide measures that are going to be on the November ballot.
This Friday night at 7:00 MT will see the first Presidential debate between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. The schedule for all four debates are:
First presidential debate
Friday, September 26
Vice presidential debate
Thursday, October 2
Second presidential debate (town meeting)
Tuesday, October 7
Hello everyone and welcome back to Trivia Tuesday. Today I'm going to focus on topics that relate to the upcoming election. But before we plunge ahead I thought I'd share with you some curious things I ran across in my research for today's post.
August got a little busy, eh? But here we all are, ready to charge through September!
I started to work on this last night, but happened to run across an amazing thread on BoingBoing where people were posting their memories of Denver in the 6os and 70s! So I blew a couple hours down Memory Lane....
With Hurricane Ike dominating much of the news, I had weather on my mind, so I chose that as this week's topic. Same rules as always, no internet research, and if you don't know, GUESS! Personal anecdotes are always welcome, too. After all, talking about the weather is a universal pastime!
1. The worst wildfire season to date in Colorado was in __. (A trial about one fire from then is currently in the news.)
2. Name the greatest natural disaster in Colorado history, measured by lives lost.
3. Name the greatest natural disaster in Colorado history, measured by property loss. Bonus: One hard hit site pictured here -- what is it?
4. Federico Pena was helped into the Denver Mayor's office by a blizzard, then almost kicked out because of another one. So what is a "Pena snowplow"?
5. Colorado boasts a 175 degree spread between its hottest recorded temp (114 degrees) and its lowest (-61 degrees). Where does this put us in the rankings of most extreme temp spread in the 50 US states?
Well hi everybody and welcome back to Trivia Tuesday. Today I'm going to take you in the wayback machine all the way to the just concluded DNC and RNC.
I'm working away this morning and at about 10:30 I realized, "Ack, it's Tuesday, time for Trivia!" Luckily, I've tucked away a few questions for just such an occasion when I needed to come up with some at the last minute.
Oh Bush Administration, is there any outrage you cannot put forth? Apparently they are taking a cue from Walmart that Armageddon is coming with a Democratic White House. For in the waning days of this Administration, the Interior Department has proposed an administrative rule that would wipe out the independent scientific review currently used to determine harmful impacts on species and replacing it with a unilateral government review devoid of scientific data.
So, in Trivia Tuesday's little corner of the world, let's focus on political questions that relate to the protection of our country's and state's natural heritage.
Since today is a special day, I decided to make our Colorado Pop Culture Trivia quiz about important state dates. Just to be mean, I'm starting it out bare bones, but if need be, I will add hints later.
So here you go. No Googling, just guessing and being goofy!
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Trivia Tuesday. Today I thought I'd throw in a few questions related to our neighbors here in the Rocky Mountain West. Yes, our beautiful region where the mountains are taller, the rivers are wider and where national networks forget our time zone exists ("Catch The Office, 8 Eastern and Pacific/7 Central on NBC!").
Here's some food trivia for you. I just ate a bowl of Cheerios for dinner because it is WAY too hot to eat anything warm, or even to stand around in the kitchen long enough to make a sandwich.
But you clicked on this post seeking answers, so here they are.
Tjlord knew that Rocky Ford is the Melon Capital of the World.
Bco Gal knew one of the SquareStaters that has a restaurant, Greenchiledem. That's Fiesta's New Mexican Cafe & Cantina in Edwards (Eagle County). She also had the location right for the other place, plus she knew that of the foods listed in #2, it is cheese that has no festival of its own.
ELuning knew the Colorado Beetle preys on potato crops, and also that we kan haz cheesburger because Louis Ballast of Denver invented and trademarked them in 1936. AND also that the other Square State restauranteur is Wanda James.
(That would be the 8 Rivers Restaurant. I believe they are opening a second one soon, in LoDo, but I couldn't find anything current about it.)
ELuning then posed TWO new bonus questions"
6.a. Sam Arnold's The Fort in Morrison revived Mountain Man cuisine for the masses. What is the special ingredient Arnold would serve with Old Crow Whiskey?
b. Arnold used to keep a tame bear in the courtyard. He would amuse -- and startle -- guests by feeding the bear what food item. Bonus bonus: How would he feed it to the bear?
Ralphie posted this bonus question: "What Colorado Buffalo wrote the intelligence report on JFK's heroics in the aftermath of the crash of PT-109?"
ELuning knew it was Byron "Whizzer" White.
That's it. I'm going to go water my few pitiful remaining tomato plants now.
(No, I am not intentionally going to a bi-weekly format. It just happened. Twice. But it's not a tradition until it happens three times.)
OK, first let's honor our prize answerers from last quiz. ELuning scored first by naming the Westernaires, the CSU Rams, the town of Dinosaur and also the song about the fox out on the town-o. Plus (eventually) the singer, Peter Yarrow. AND he got a bonus funny answer point for suggesting Dick Wadhams as the state reptile, plus two more for naming the state bird (lark bunting) and animal (bighorn sheep).
Frankenoid knew the Fruita bird was Mike the Headless Chicken. This question/answer became a good mini course on strange Colorado festivals! I love it when that happens!
The two questions that didn't get answered were the state fish (Greenback Cutthroat Trout) and state reptile, which is the Western Painted Turtle. You may recall this from this year's lege session, when the nomination was introduced and lobbied for by a class of third graders. Unsurprisingly, the ONLY representative to vote against it was...Doug Bruce.
Here's your bonus pic -- a Colorado Aggie, seen here as Sophomore of the year in 1948, who went on to become a Colorado governor.
And now, THIS week's quiz, at last!
1. What Colorado town is the Melon Capital of the World?
2. Which of these foods is NOT the subject of an annual festival here in Colorado? Cheese, oatmeal, strawberry, sweet corn, tea.
3. What food crop is attacked by the Colorado Beetle?
4. This massively popular food item was invented in Denver in 1936, and even trademarked! What is it?
5. Two frequent SquareState posters are restauranteurs. Give their screen names, and for bonus points, the restaurant names.
As always, no fair Googling. Funny and/or interesting answers get bonus points!
At Netroots Nation this year the second annual PubQuiz took place. The idea - form a team and answer politial minutiae. AdamB from Daily Kos is the host. Our team, Shock and Awesome, was ready for the challenge. But we soon were "shocked" to discover we weren't as "awesome" as we thought.
Hello everyone and welcome again to Trivia Tuesday. For this week's edition, I'd like to focus on the years 1969 - 1974 (aka the Nixon Years). So let's slip into our bell bottoms, jump in the van and pop the music into our 8-track. On to trivia baby!
Yes, time for another session of Colorado Pop Culture Trivia! I had wildlife on my mind today. Not because my personal life is all that wild, I'm sorry to say, but because this week I've been treated to catching views of teeny toads (and one big one tonight!) and a pair of young foxes. More about the foxes later.
As always, funny answers are just as welcome as correct ones. No Googling Allowed. Feel free to share cool info in your answers--I love that!
1. The largest youth horse club in the world and the location of their headquarters. (And be nice, I'm an alumnus!)
2. They used to be the Colorado Aggies. Who are they now? (Be nice, a former CO governor is an alumnus!)
3. Where would you find the following streets: Brontosaurus Boulevard, Stegosaurus Freeway, Triceratops Terrace, Brachiosaurus Bypass, and Diplodicus Drive?
4. What animal became the state reptile this year? For extra credit, name the state animal, state bird, and/or state fish.
5. What bird is honored with a celebration every year in Fruita?
Okay, about that fox. I was driving the last mile home and an animal dashed across the road in front of me. I slowed down to check it out and saw it was a young fox holding a dead bird (?) in its mouth. There was another interested party checking out the dinner too, a second fox. Since its sibling didn't want to share, it turned around and started heading up the edge of the cornfield. Amazingly, me driving along just a few yards away didn't bother it a bit. You can't see much because of the dim light, but what it was doing was BROWSING, looking down each row between the cornstalks, just like it was shopping at a supermarket!
I will tell you up front, the video quality is poor, because the sun was down and I only had my old junky camera (the one I don't mind carrying in my purse because it's no great loss if something happens to it). The only reason I am posting it at all is because I am very proud that I have figured out how to overlay a sound clip when editing a video!
I guess I could give extra credit for IDing the singer and song....
I'm back from vacation! Had too good a time, because I overdid a little and had to limp back home early. The few times we did end up somewhere with wifi, I couldn't manage to stay awake long enough to do much more than check my email. That's why I didn't do an answer post until now.
Now I am home and in half-catch up, half recuperate mode. So I'm taking the week off for the Colorado Pop Culture Trivia. I'll try to make next Friday's twice as fun to make up for it.
So, on to the answers and star answerers!
GreenChiliDem was first to ID #1, the location of Buffalo Bill's grave. She also identified the Four Corners marker and knew it was the Navajo people in charge at the park (#5). Then she got an honorary bonus point for suggesting Pikes Peak for #3, the place you can see six states from. I believe that was a correct answer, even though it wasn't the one I was thinking of.
Frankenoid knew #2, that Colfax is the longest street in the US.
The answer I was looking for for #3, was this site:
the Wonder Tower in Genoa. It's about 10 miles east of Limon, and it's AMAZING! If you like oddball and old stuff as much I as I do, anyway. If you want a taste, here's a link to a photo essay page I did on our visit last year.
CLICK ME!
Question #4, about Steve Canyon, was touched on by Frankenoid. She knew he was a character in the Sunday comix years ago, but not the Colorado connection.
Here's the short version. In 1947, a neighborhood of Idaho Springs decided to change its name from Squirrel Gulch to Steve Canyon. (Hey, seems like an improvement to me!) Then they somehow wangled $12,000 in Federal funds to get a big statue of the character carved. And it's still there today, because we SAW it on the way home from vacation!
You can go HERE to read more, and learn about many other zany roadside attractions all across America!
In a few days we celebrate the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. An excerpt from this historic document:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
I decided to make our Colorado Pop Culture Trivia quiz about important state dates. Just to be mean, I'm starting it out bare bones, but if need be, I will add hints later.
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