Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Trivia Corner Reboot WINNER and #10 Answers

A lot of people participated in this round. It seems like everybody brought their 'A' game for this last round. It came down to the wire. The winner was between Nippy and Geof. I had to get more specific answers from them to better calculate the winner. Geof almost snuck by Nippy to claim the throne but Nippy got one more question right than Geof. You should of cheated Geof, nobody would of known (Geof is now kicking himself).

Without further adieu I present you with the winner of Trivia Corner Reboot: Nippy the Penguin from CrazyPenguinRamblings. Congrats to Nippy for containing a plethora of useless knowledge. He should consider going on Jeopardy or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire but he has to give me 16.75% of his winnings. My elves are constructing his crown as I type. For winning I am going to write a post about Nippy and his blog, it will post next Monday in the normal Trivia Corner time slot. A new Trivia Corner will start up again in 2 weeks.

Here are the answers, if you still care. You can check out the final scores on the sidebar.

1) What are the Mudi, Sloughi, Xoloitzcuintli, and Leonberger? (worth 2 points)

a) Names of cities
b) Extinct insect species
c) African Tribes
d) Dog breeds - All officially recognized by the American Kennel Club.
e) Moons of Neptune

2) 'A' is the first note on a standard piano keyboard. What is the last note? (worth 3 points)
'C'. The standard keyboard has 88 keys.

3) What hard-hitting major league baseball player named a son Shea after the first home stadium of the New York Mets? Clue: He wasn't a Met. (worth 4 points)
Chipper Jones in 2004. Barry Larkin also named his daughter Brielle D'Shea.

4) In the world of creepy crawlies, what is a slowworm? (worth 4 points)
A legless lizard that looks like a snake.

5) For what trade did Revolutionary War hero Thomas Paine serve a six-year apprenticeship as a teenager in England? (worth 5 points)
Corset making, which was his father's trade.

4 comments:

Copyboy said...

Congrats crazy penguin. the fact that there is a legless lizard and a snake creeps me out.

Sadako said...

The slowworm sounds really scary...

Chuck said...

Congrats Nip! How the hell did I miss the piano thing??? I guess that's why I don't play today!!

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

Congratulations to the brilliant Nippy. I scared you a little, didn't I, Nip? I was SOOOO close to catching up. Just 52 more points and I'd have shared in the glory. Sigh.
xoRobyn