Post a general knowledge trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google

[red dog 1]

Here's a sports question to start the thread:

What baseball player was voted Most Valuable Player (MVP) in both leagues? (answered)

[Captain Zero]

1. Frank Robinson

And I did not look .
I'm an Orioles fan but live 90 miles from Cincy.

[red dog 1]

3. Well done!

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

52. F. Robby is my all-time favorite Oriole.

He spent only six years of his twenty-one year playing career in Baltimore but what a six years it was!

And his HOF plaque has him wearing an O’s cap.

[Liberty Belle]

151. Which county has the most Native American tribes of any U.S. county (19) ?

The answer will probably surprise most folks.

[JoseBalow]

162. My guess is Los Angeles County

because of it's size.

My second guess would be someplace in Oklahoma, where I couldn't name a single county.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

167. Hmm. I live in New Mexico, and

we have the 19 Pueblos here, although they'd be scattered around several different counties.

[AltairIV]

2. my baseball era

Frank Robinson for the Cincinnati Reds and Baltimore Orioles.

[red dog 1]

4. You got it!

[Captain Zero]

5. What's the largest US city on a non-navigable river

Take a guess...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. My guess: Los Angeles.

People drive through it in “Repo Man,” and ants nest there in “Them,” so how navigable could that river be?

[Grumpy Old Guy]

26. Tucson

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

53. Albuquerque.

I think the Rio Grande is narrow and not all that deep in Albuquerque’s vicinity.

[FM123]

7. What is the oldest city in the United States?

(Hint : it was settled by Europeans in 1565)

[rsdsharp]

8. St. Augustine.

[FM123]

9. Yes!

And a beautiful city to visit!

[VGNonly]

21. St. Augustine FL

[FM123]

24. Yes!

And one of my fav cities to visit!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

168. The oldest capital is Santa Fe, NM, founded in 1610.

[FM123]

184. I hear Santa Fe is beautiful!

Sure like to visit one day....

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

185. It is beyond beautiful.

I do hope you make that visit.

[FM123]

186. Yes, I hope so too. Thank you!

[Harker]

10. What's the longest U.S. river not used for commercial shipping?

[efhmc]

11. My curiosity was killing me so looked it up. Not going to put it here but I had never heard of ti.

[RazorbackExpat]

16. My guess is the Colorado River

[Harker]

18. That was mine, too, initially, but there is some commercial traffic.

[RazorbackExpat]

19. Commercial traffic? From where to where?

Needles to Lake Havasu City?

[Harker]

20. Between poor question forming, and even poorer knowledge, I'm going to eat it.

What I was aiming for was the Susquehanna, at 444 miles, is the longest river entirely within the U.S. that has no commercial traffic, while the Colorado no longer has any shipping, but is home to commercial "traffic" in the recreational sense.

My embarrassment is intensified by having lived in Colorado for 50 years, and now crossing the Susquehanna a couple times each week.

[brush]

35. Wouldn't the damn of the Colorado disqualify it?

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[Harker]

40. There was some limited freight traffic prior to the damming, brush.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboats_of_the_Colorado_River

I should stick to subject areas I know for better questions.

[LNM]

115. The Snake?

[Harker]

117. No, but a good guess.

I bundgled the phrasing of the question, which ought to have included, "entirely within the US.", resulting in The Susquehanna River.

[Liberty Belle]

152. I'll guess the Yukon River, due to icy conditions?

[tornado34jh]

12. Name 5 chemical elements whose chemical symbol is not same as its name

There are 11 in total.

[KitFox]

13. Off the top of my head: Gold (Au think); silver (Ag)

lead (Pb) sodium (Na),; tin ( Sn) Mercury but I can’t remember the symbol. Can’t think of any more. I used to have that chart memorized- dang that was eons ago😁

[Wolf Frankula]

14. Mercury is Hg

Or it's Freddie. You decide.

Wolf

[RazorbackExpat]

15. Potassium K

Tungsten W
Iron Fe
Copper Cu
Antimony Sb

[ProfessorGAC]

44. Also, Potassium....

...( K), Antimony (Sb), Iron (Fe), Tungsten (W), Copper (Cu).
Also, the symbol for mercury is Hg.
I spent 43 years working ss a chemist, so shame on me if I didn't know this one.

[VGNonly]

23. Gale singing the elements.

[link:

[Kittycatkat]

57. awesome!

[jmowreader]

85. None of them!

Natrium is the Latin word for sodium. They could have used So if they wanted to use the English name for it, because no other element uses that
Kalium is the Latin word for potassium. Polonium is Po, so that wouldn't work.
Ferrum is the Latin name for iron. Ir is Iridium.
Cuprum is the Latin name for copper. Co is Cobalt.
Stannum is the Latin name for tin. Ti is titanium.
Stibium is the Latin name for antimony. They could have called it An because that's not in use.
Wolfram is several languages' word for tungsten, after the name of its ore Wolframite. Tu isn't in use, so it could have been that.
Aurum is the Latin name for gold. Go was available.
Argentum is the Latin name for silver. Si is silicon.
Hydrargum is the Latin name for mercury. Me was available.
Plumbum is the Latin name for lead. Le was available.

Scientists really like Latin, especially "noli me tangere," so it makes sense they'd give as many elements as they could Latin-derived symbols.

[RazorbackExpat]

17. What was the first state admitted to the Union in the 19th century,

but not officially admitted until 1953?

[dweller]

38. Guess

Alaska


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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

169. Definitely NOT Alaska which was finally admitted

in 1959.

[Earl_from_PA]

102. Ohio

...

[RazorbackExpat]

124. Correct

[VGNonly]

22. What was the largest wood-walled fortification in North America?

A reconstruction still exists.

[applegrove]

29. Louisbourg, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia?

[VGNonly]

43. Good guess but Louisbourg is stone and brick.

Ft . Meigs in Perrysburg OH is said to the largest wooden fort. I grew up there, close enough to the fort site to occasionally find musket balls and other bits of metal.

[applegrove]

46. Oh great. I was at Louisburgh when I was 4 and before

it was fully reconstructed. I just assumed the insides were wood.

[VGNonly]

50. Wow, Louisbourgh is very impressive!

I've never been in Nova Scotia, did pass the Quebec/Gaspe and New Brunswick while at Expo 67.

Ft. Meigs was constructed during the winter/spring of 1813 in 3 months during The War of 1812. The British General Henry Proctor along with Chief Tecumseh led the attacks. I believe that Canadian militia also took part. Two sieges advanced, both were repulsed. The fort was then taken down. The reconstruction took place in the early 1970s.

[applegrove]

59. I remember going to Old Fort Henry as a child. The tour

guide told us about a tunnel prisoners had dug to escape. I was beside myself with intrigue. That was in Kingston, Ontario. Been to the Citadel in both Halifax, NS and Quebec City. Redoubt in Halifax. Vibes that we are beyond war at this point.

[hedda_foil]

108. Cahokia in Missouri.

[red dog 1]

25. What is the name of the spot farthest away from any land in the world?

[applegrove]

28. It is that dead zone in the Pacific. I never know names.

[VGNonly]

42. Point Nemo

48 52 6 S 123 23 6 W

That is the location where satellites and other space objects are crashed at. The International Space Station is planned to be sunk there in 2031.

[red dog 1]

58. Ding!

[applegrove]

27. Canada is the country with the most coastline in the world. Who is second?

It starts with the letter "N".

[Harker]

41. Norway, I would think.

[applegrove]

47. Right on!

[Harker]

48. Takk!

[brush]

30. Where is the southern-most point in the US?

[EverHopeful]

39. Key West, FL?

Or is that just a brag. Did you mean the continental US?

[ProfessorGAC]

45. My Answer, Too

Though Brownsville Texas claims the same because they actually on the continent.
There's a hotel in Key West called the "Southernmost". It's around 8 blocks from where my wife's college roommate lived for over 40 years.

[greatauntoftriplets]

78. I've stayed at the Southernmost!

[ProfessorGAC]

81. We Had Lunch There Once

Long time ago. They had a key shrimp salad our friend said we had to try.
We also used to hang out at the Green Parrot which is only 6 to 8 blocks away!
Played at a few jam sessions there, too.

[greatauntoftriplets]

83. I know where the Green Parrot is.

Key West is a great place. It has lots of the old Florida left, plus tons to do.

[brush]

49. Key West is correct. There's an actual monumemt there to signigfy it as the southern-most point of the continental US.

However, a point in Hawaii is even closer to the equator.

https://planetofthepaul.com/the-most-southern-point-in-the-us-key-west-vs-hawaii/

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

55. It isn't in Hawaii?

[brush]

56. Key West is the southern-most point in the continental US

You are correct however as a point in Hawaii is closer to the equator.

https://planetofthepaul.com/the-most-southern-point-in-the-us-key-west-vs-hawaii/

[brush]

31. Who said this?

"The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, But It Bends Toward Justice."

[dweller]

32. MLK

My question : Name the only two people to have won both an Oscar and a Nobel prize .


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[brush]

33. You are correct on my question. Is Barrack Obama one of the two of your question?

[dweller]

34. Not to my knowledge

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[brush]

36. What's the answer?

[dweller]

37. The only 2 people to win both an Oscar and a Nobel prize

Are George Bernard Shaw and Bob Dylan

Both Nobels in Literature.

Oscars : Shaw for the cinema production of Pygmalion ,
and Dylan for for the song Things Have Changed from the movie Wonder Boys


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[macwriter]

80. Al Gore

Didn't Gore win both for his environmental work? I seem to remember that.

[dweller]

95. Nope

Won (shared) a Nobel , never won an Oscar


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[VGNonly]

51. What was the name of the ship

that completed the Northwest Passage?

[dweller]

60. Well it wasn't

https://m.

&pp=ygUzdGhlIHdyZWNrIG9mIHRoZSBlZG11bmQgZml0emdlcmFsZCBnb3Jkb24gbGlnaHRmb290


Was it ?


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[VGNonly]

61. No... it wasn't the Edmund.

This ship was a fishing boat with a crew of seven. The NW Passage was sailed from 1902-1906 by a well known polar explorer.

[dweller]

62. Well

I got the earworm out there anyway


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[justaprogressive]

118. Shackleton?

now I have to look darn you!

[VGNonly]

119. The ship was the Gjoa.

The explorer Roald Amundsen.

[VGNonly]

63. Mia Farrow, Sally Field,

Tuesday Weld, Sandra Locke and singer Karen Carpenter were all considered for the lead role in what film? (none were chosen)

[Harker]

65. "Coalminer's Daughter"?

Purely a guess.

[VGNonly]

66. The role was Mattie Ross in True Grit.

Kim Darby was 21 at the time of filming.

[red dog 1]

64. What's the most remote populated spot on Earth?

[Angleae]

68. McMurdo AFB in antarctica.

[red dog 1]

71. Good guess but no

[VGNonly]

70. Tristan da Cunha

In the South Atlantic

[red dog 1]

72. Yes

[VGNonly]

67. Aside from Alaska

what is the northernmost US state?

[Angleae]

69. Minnesota

[VGNonly]

73. Which WW2 plane was nicknamed The Jug?

[Harker]

75. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

[VGNonly]

82. Yes!

Fast and durable, they could take a lot of fire from enemy planes and flak. Their only real flaw, slow climbing rates.

What US plane was known as Whistling Death?

[Harker]

92. The Vought F4U Corsair, I believe.

[VGNonly]

98. Corsair is correct.

The US Navy had 112 carriers during WW2. Many were built during the war, some sank. Which 3 carriers served for the duration of the war, from Pearl Harbor to VJ Day?

[Harker]

99. I got only "Enterprise."

[VGNonly]

111. The Ranger and Saratoga

The Ranger was underpowered and lightly armored. She spent almost the entire war in the Atlantic, spending the remainder of the war as a night training carrier in the Pacific. The Saratoga was a sister ship to the Lexington. She was torpedoed in January of 42 needing repairs and modernization. The Lex was lost at The Battle of the Coral Sea. The Yorktown was damaged in the same battle, but was patched up well enough to fight along side the Big E and the Hornet at Midway. The Yorktown then sank at Midway. The Hornet was lost in The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands.

[Harker]

113. Good work, VGNonly!

I grew up with a set of Samuel Eliot Morison's works on navel operations of WWII in the house, but never cracked it.

[VGNonly]

120. My Father served on a LST 1944-46

An Ensign, later Lt.(jg), he was the engineering officer.

[Harker]

138. My father listened to the radio at night, hoping your father would win the war before he was old enough to fight...

Then invented totally unbelievable tales of his heroism.

[red dog 1]

74. In what California city was "Believe It or Not" cartoonist Robert Ripley born in?

[Historic NY]

129. Santa Rosa

[red dog 1]

132. You Got it!

[Sneederbunk]

76. Excluding Alaska, what state extends farthest north?

[The Madcap]

77. Minnesota?

[Sneederbunk]

79. Correctamundo.

[jmowreader]

84. Only two players have been voted MVP of both leagues

They are Frank Robinson and Shohei Ohtani.

[jmowreader]

86. The blue ink in your printer is called Cyan. Why?

[Harker]

93. The chemical cyanide has a blue cast to it, and was/is an ingredient in colorants?

[ProfessorGAC]

103. Fun Fact On That

The cyanide is so tightly bound to the iron atoms that it's non-toxic.
Not many cyano compounds that aren't toxic. Prussian blue is. It was actually used orally to reduce absorption of radioactive thallium in the gastrointestinal system.

[Harker]

105. That is fun, Professor... thanks! n/t

[Buzz cook]

127. κυανός Kyanos Cyanos Cyan

From the Greek for a shade of blue.

[jmowreader]

87. What makes Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium unique among MLB ballparks?

[LNM]

116. Wild guess. It's the furthest distance from any other park?

[jmowreader]

121. No. It's only a couple hundred miles from Busch Stadium

T-Mobile Park in Seattle is the farthest from any other stadium.

I’ll give you a hint: It has to do with the fences.

[jmowreader]

88. What makes San Diego's Petco Park unique among MLB ballparks?

[Brother Buzz]

114. Western Metal Supply Building, a historical warehouse that could not be demolished was..

Incorporated into the left field design?

That, and I understand Petco Park has a lot of dogs allowed days.

[jmowreader]

122. You got it

As to the dogs-allowed days…considering it’s sponsored by a pet store chain, I’m surprised every game isn’t dogs-allowed!

[Brother Buzz]

123. Maybe some games are 'Cats only' days

All I know is I could never, EVER take my dog to a game because, faster than you can spit, she’d be out on the field with the ball in her mouth and play a hilarious game of keep away with the umpires and security. I guarantee she would get a standing ovation from the fans.

[jmowreader]

89. In New York City, what's the difference between a street and an avenue?

[ProfessorGAC]

104. Avenues Have Trees Bordering Them?

Just a guess, but I'm thinking about 5th Avenue vs the numbered streets there.

[jmowreader]

106. Orientation

Streets run east-west, avenues north-south.

[ProfessorGAC]

107. Same As Chicago

I should have guessed that.
Avenues run north/south here, too.

[Historic NY]

130. Direction Avenues north-south Streets east- west.

[Wiz Imp]

90. What country has the most islands in the world?

[red dog 1]

91. (wild guess) Indonesia?

My 2nd guess would be the Philippines.

[Wiz Imp]

94. Good guesses, but no.

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Indonesia is 7th and the Philippines 10th in total number of islands.

However, in terms of inhabited islands, Indonesia does have the most*. So maybe, get a half point for that.

*The unofficial number for the US is actually higher, but that number is considered dubious.

[VGNonly]

96. Sweden?

[Wiz Imp]

100. Correct!

Sweden has an incredible 267,570 islands, but only around 1000 are inhabited.

[ProfessorGAC]

97. Indonesia?

I've been there a few times & when you fly in it looks like hundreds of islands.

[Wiz Imp]

101. They are probably #1 in terms of inhabited islands, but 6 countries have more total islands.

Indonesia has 17,508 total islands, 6,000 of which are inhabited

[CanonRay]

109. Which country has the most pyramids?

[Harker]

110. Peru?

[CanonRay]

112. Nope!

[red dog 1]

131. Mexico?

[CanonRay]

133. No sir.

Good guess though

[CanonRay]

134. Hint: There are 220 of them.

[VGNonly]

125. What WW2 plane was nicknamed

the Fork-Tailed Devil?

[Historic NY]

128. Lockheed's P-38

[Bayard]

126. How did Harrison Ford keep his famous fedora on in filming the Indiana Jones movies?

[Harker]

136. A couple of discreet screws under the hat band?

Bobby pins?

[Bayard]

137. Nope

[JoseBalow]

142. By reading his own press releases?

[underpants]

154. Two sided tape or doubled up duct tape (?)

[rsdsharp]

158. Staples.

[underpants]

166. Yep. I looked it up.

Staple gun.

[Bayard]

172. Ding ding ding!

[Harker]

135. What were the last names of blues harmonica greats Big Walter and Little Walter?

[red dog 1]

140. I knew Little Walter's last name but I can't remember it now. He played with McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)

among others, and had his own band as well.

My favorite LW song is "My Babe" which was written for him by Willie Dixon.

Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry & Etta James all recorded for Chess Records, which was founded by Phil & Leonard Chess.

Have you seen the movie "Cadillac Records"?
It's one of my favorite movies.
The acting is superb! (Etta James is played by Beyonce' Knowles)

[Harker]

141. I enjoyed it, too, Red.

I grew up with blues records being played in the house by my mom, and I'm pretty well versed in it, from the 1930s Delta recordings to Chess, mostly, and beyond.

I was lucky enough to have the honor of taking my mom to see Albert Collins late in her life.

[Harker]

139. From what SAC air base did General Jack D. Ripper implement "Wing Attack Plan R"

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in "Dr. Strangelove"?

[jmowreader]

146. Burpelson Air Force Base

[Harker]

147. You know it!

[VGNonly]

143. Which civil war general born in Virginia

but stayed loyal to the Union? Was known as The Rock of Chickamagua.

[UnderThisLaw]

149. George Thomas

[red dog 1]

145. Who was the first Black player to sign an NBA contract?

[underpants]

156. Charley Cooper

I think he was the first black player in the ACC.

[red dog 1]

178. So that was college hoops

I'm looking for the first Black player to sign an NBA contract (without using Google)

[underpants]

182. I had to look into up.

Lloyd, Cooper, and Clifton entered the National Basketball Association in 1950 and became pioneers for today’s African-American basketball players. Cooper was the first African-American to be drafted by an NBA team. Clifton was the first to sign an NBA contract. And on Oct. 31, 1950, Lloyd, a member of the Washington Capitols, became the first African-American to play in an NBA game when he entered a game against the Rochester Royals.

[red dog 1]

183. Yeah, but the title of this thread reads:

"Post a general knowledge trivia question & see if anyone knows the answer without using Google"

Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton was the first Black player to sign an NBA contract.
(The other night I watched the movie made about him called "Sweetwater" .. it was pretty good)

[underpants]

170. Looked it up

Earl Lloyd

[red dog 1]

179. Earl Lloyd was the first Black player to play in the NBA

I'm looking for the first Black player to sign an NBA contract (without using Google) and it wasn't Earl Lloyd

[Harker]

148. What was the fastest piston engine aircraft of WWII?

[rsdsharp]

160. Vought F4U Corsair?

[Harker]

174. No, it's not an American plane.

Good that you gave it a go!

[Angleae]

175. Ta152?

[Harker]

180. Great guess, but not it. Right on the country!

I'll hold off for further guesses.

[red dog 1]

150. What well-known politician was one of the first people to recreationally run the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon

He had been a department store manager and was a pilot in WW2

[underpants]

153. Poppa Bush?

[red dog 1]

155. No, good guess though.

He was a Navy pilot in WW2.

[underpants]

165. Okay I've given this much thought

ON EDIT - I thought had to be a President

and smoked on this matter.

So there are 3 Presidents left (JFK to Reagan) of WWII service age. I have no idea about their military service but they had to have because so much was made of Clinton not serving. B

Nixon doesn’t strike me as much of an outdoorsman.
LBJ was a teacher. Must’ve served in WWII but as a pilot?
Ford was a male model after his football days so there’s a connection there.

I’m…going ….with….LBJ.

[red dog 1]

181. It was Barry Goldwater

He was hired for the Ripley's Believe It or Not Radio program in 1940 to act as the "live" announcer while he was in a small boat with a guy who was "piloting" the boat down the Colorado rapids.

Goldwater was 6' 2" & weighed 200 lbs.
Ripley didn't choose him, and when he saw Goldwater, (the guy they hired to be the announcer), Ripley said:
"Why didn't they get someone smaller? That guy might sink the boat!"

[rsdsharp]

157. Barry Goldwater.

[red dog 1]

161. Yep.

[rsdsharp]

164. The department store manager kinda gave it away.

[JoseBalow]

159. John McCain?

I know he was shot down as a Navy pilot... He was from Arizona, wasn't he?

[red dog 1]

163. It was Barry Goldwater.

And yes, McCain was from Arizona too.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

171. Barry Goldwater?

I should have read through the next few answers.

[VGNonly]

177. Who was the politician that reached

a unclimbed Canadian summit in 1965? (he had no previous climbing experience)

[snot]

173. Quote a line or passage from Shakespeare

in which the subjunctive mood is deployed.

[gab13by13]

176. Normally, for the most part,

how many ears of corn per stalk?