Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Trivia Corner Reboot #7 Answers

Congrats to Pat Tillett, BayGirl32, Vikki and Nippy the Penguin for getting all 3 trivia questions correct. They all got 10 points added to their accumulating scores. Now Nippy is on top of the leader board, he managed to slide himself in front of Geof this week. I also want to recognize Chuck for getting on the board the this week.

Here are the answers.

1) What fruit, considered exotic in the 17th century, did King Charles II of England pose with in an official portrait? (worth 2 points)

a) Mango
b) Kiwi
c) Peach
d) Pineapple - The portrait shows the king receiving a pineapple as a gift, a symbol of royal privilege because of it's rarity at the time.
e) Richard Simmons

2) In cowboy slang, what's a "skunk egg"? (worth 3 points)

An onion


3) What was the password of the Allied forces on D-Day in 1944? (worth 5 points)

Mickey Mouse

5 comments:

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

How do you people know these things??!
I'm in awe.
xoRobyn

Nippy The Penguin said...

I am an endless source of useless information lol!

Pat Tillett said...

A rare moment of clarity, I assure you, it will pass...

Donda said...

The only one I knew was the pineapple and that is only because I saw it on Antiques Road Show.

California Keys said...

So they didn't yell penis really loud?