CATEGORIES I ONLY KNOW MAJOR DISNEY MOVIES YES, I LISTEN TO WEIRD FACTS LEAGUE RAP MUSIC BASEBALL NAME THAT METAL GRAMMAR NAZIS WHERE DID YOU NATIONAL SAY? FOOTBALL LEAGUE OLYMPICS MUSIC IS THIS A TRICK? TV SHOWS RELIGION MOVIES U.S. PRESIDENTS RANDOM I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS 10 QUESTIONS I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 1 WHILE THEY ARE NOW BEST KNOWN FOR PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT, THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO FIGHT WHAT PROBLEM? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 2 WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE PALE CRESCENT MOON THAT APPEARS AT THE BASE OF FINGERNAILS? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 3 WHAT POPULAR SODA WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD UNDER THE DECIDEDLY UNCATCHY NAME OF “BIB-LABEL LITHIATED LEMON LIME SODA”? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 4 IN 2003, WHAT FAMOUS AIRCRAFT MADE ITS FINAL FLIGHT? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 5 THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS DOLL USUALLY JUST GOES BY HER FIRST NAME, BARBIE. BUT SHE ALSO HAS A LAST NAME. WHAT IS IT? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 6 WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME GIVEN TO THE SEARCH ENGINE THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS GOOGLE? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 7 WHEN FIDEL CASTRO TOOK OVER CUBA IN 1959, HE ORDERED ALL COPIES OF WHAT BOARD GAME TO BE DESTROYED? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 8 ON WHAT DAY OF THE YEAR ARE YOU MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN ANY OTHER DAY? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 9 FLUID CONCEPTS AND CREATIVE ANALOGIES: COMPUTER MODELS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS OF THOUGHT MAY NOT BE A WIDELY KNOWN BOOK, BUT IT IS FAMOUS FOR ONE VERY SPECIFIC REASON. WHAT IS IT? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS QUESTION # 10 WHAT CELEBRITY WEDDING GARNERED THE MOST INTERNET SEARCHES OF ALL TIME? I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWERS I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 1 WHILE THEY ARE NOW BEST KNOWN FOR PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT, THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED TO FIGHT WHAT PROBLEM? COUNTERFEIT MONEY. IN 1865, WHEN THE SECRET SERVICE WAS FORMED, IT’S ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN ONE-THIRD AND ONE-HALF OF ALL THE CURRENCY CIRCULATING IN AMERICA WAS COUNTERFEIT. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 2 WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE PALE CRESCENT MOON THAT APPEARS AT THE BASE OF FINGERNAILS? THE LUNULA I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 3 WHAT POPULAR SODA WAS ORIGINALLY SOLD UNDER THE DECIDEDLY UNCATCHY NAME OF “BIB-LABEL LITHIATED LEMON LIME SODA”? 7UP. IT SOLD WELL WITH ITS UNWIELDING NAME, BUT AFTER A FEW YEARS ON THE MARKET IT WAS GIVEN ITS NOW FAMOUS NAME—THOUGH NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHY 7UP WAS CHOSEN. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 4 IN 2003, WHAT FAMOUS AIRCRAFT MADE ITS FINAL FLIGHT? THE CONCORDE, A LUXURY JETLINER, FLEW FOR THE LAST TIME OCTOBER 24, 2003, MARKING THE END OF ITS COMMERCIAL SUPERSONIC TRAVEL. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 5 THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS DOLL USUALLY JUST GOES BY HER FIRST NAME, BARBIE. BUT SHE ALSO HAS A LAST NAME. WHAT IS IT? ROBERTS. IN FACT, HER FULL NAME IS BARBARA MILLICENT ROBERTS. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 6 WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME GIVEN TO THE SEARCH ENGINE THAT IS NOW KNOWN AS GOOGLE? BACKRUB. LARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN CREATED BACKRUB WHILE THEY WERE STUDENTS AT STANFORD, BUT CHANGED THE NAME TO GOOGLE AFTER ABOUT A YEAR. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 7 WHEN FIDEL CASTRO TOOK OVER CUBA IN 1959, HE ORDERED ALL COPIES OF WHAT BOARD GAME TO BE DESTROYED? MONOPOLY. TO HIM, THE GAME EMBODIED CAPITALISM AND SYMBOLIZED AMERICAN POWER AND MONEY. SO HE BANNED THE GAME FROM HIS COUNTRY FOR GOOD. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 8 ON WHAT DAY OF THE YEAR ARE YOU MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN ANY OTHER DAY? YOUR BIRTHDAY. WE MAY THINK OF IT AS A TIME FOR CELEBRATION, BUT RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT, IN FACT, PEOPLE ARE 14 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO PASS AWAY ON THEIR BIG DAY. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 9 FLUID CONCEPTS AND CREATIVE ANOLOGIES: COMPUTER MODELS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS OF THOUGHT MAY NOT BE A WIDELY KNOWN BOOK, BUT IT IS FAMOUS FOR ONE VERY SPECIFIC REASON. WHAT IS IT? BACK IN 1995, IT WAS THE FIRST BOOK EVER SOLD ON AMAZON.COM. JOHN WAINWRIGHT ORDERED IT FROM THE COMPANY WHEN THEY WERE STILL OPERATING OUT OF JEFF BEZOS’S GARAGE IN SEATTLE. I ONLY KNOW WEIRD FACTS ANSWER # 10 WHAT CELEBRITY WEDDING GARNERED THE MOST INTERNET SEARCHES OF ALL TIME? ACCORDING TO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, THE 2010 WEDDING OF CHELSEA CLINTON AND MARC MEZVINSKI WAS THE MOST SEARCHED FOR CELEBRITY WEDDING EVER. IT HAD MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF SEARCHES THAN THE PREVIOUS HOLDER OF THE TITLE, THE 2009 WEDDING OF KHLOE KARDASHIAN AND LAMAR ODOM. CATEGORIES I ONLY KNOW MAJOR DISNEY MOVIES YES, I LISTEN TO WEIRD FACTS LEAGUE RAP MUSIC BASEBALL NAME THAT METAL GRAMMAR NAZIS WHERE DID YOU NATIONAL SAY? FOOTBALL LEAGUE OLYMPICS MUSIC IS THIS A TRICK? TV SHOWS RELIGION MOVIES U.S. PRESIDENTS RANDOM GRAMMAR NAZIS 10 QUESTIONS GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 1 WHAT IS THE LONGEST ENGLISH WORD IN WHICH THE LETTERS APPEAR IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 2 WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THE SENTENCE “THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG”? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 3 WHAT IS THE DOT ABOVE A LOWERCASE i OR j CALLED? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 4 WHAT IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED NOUN IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 5 WHAT IS THE HIGHEST-SCORING WORD IN SCRABBLE? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 6 DOES ADVERTISING “AFFECT” OR “EFFECT” SOMEONE’S DESIRE FOR A PRODUCT? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 7 WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE SHOWS A STRONG EMOTION OR FEELINGS AND ALWAYS ENDS WITH THE SAME PUNCTUATION? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 8 WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE TELLS OR ASK SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING AND CAN HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PUNCTUATION ENDINGS? GRAMMAR NAZIS QUESTION # 9 WHAT PART OF SPEECH JOINS WORDS OR GROUPS OF WORDS? GRAMMER NAZIS QUESTION # 10 WHAT IS AN EXCLAMATORY WORD THAT EXPRESSES EMOTION? GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWERS GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 1 WHAT IS THE LONGEST ENGLISH WORD IN WHICH THE LETTERS APPEAR IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER? AEGILOPS WHICH IS A GENUS OF GRASSES. GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 2 WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THE SENTENCE “THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG”? IT IS A PANGRAM, WHICH MEANS IT’S A SENTENCE THAT CONTAINS EVERY LETTER OF THE ALPHABET. GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 3 WHAT IS THE DOT ABOVE A LOWERCASE i OR j CALLED? A TITTLE GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 4 WHAT IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED NOUN IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE? “TIME” IS THE NUMBER-ONE NOUN, FOLLOWED BY “YEAR” AND “PEOPLE”. GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 5 WHAT IS THE HIGHEST-SCORING WORD IN SCRABBLE? IT’S OXYPHENBUTAZONE, AN ANTI- INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION. IT CAN SCORE YOU A WHOPPING 1,778 POINTS, THOUGH THE CHANCES YOU’D ACTUALLY EVER BE ABLE TO PLAY THIS WORD ARE SLIM. GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 6 DOES ADVERTISING “AFFECT” OR “EFFECT” SOMEONE’S DESIRE FOR A PRODUCT? AFFECT GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 7 WHAT KIND OF SENTENCE SHOWS A STRONG EMOTION OR FEELINGS AND ALWAYS ENDS WITH THE SAME PUNCTUATION? EXCLAMATORY GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 8 WHAT TYPE OF SENTENCE TELLS OR ASK SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING AND CAN HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PUNCTUATION ENDINGS? IMPERATIVE GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 9 WHAT PART OF SPEECH JOINS WORDS OR GROUPS OF WORDS? CONJUNCTION GRAMMER NAZIS ANSWER # 10 WHAT IS AN EXCLAMATORY WORD THAT EXPRESSES EMOTION? INTERJECTION CATEGORIES I ONLY KNOW MAJOR DISNEY MOVIES YES, I LISTEN TO WEIRD FACTS LEAGUE RAP MUSIC BASEBALL NAME THAT METAL GRAMMAR NAZIS WHERE DID YOU NATIONAL SAY? FOOTBALL LEAGUE OLYMPICS MUSIC IS THIS A TRICK? TV SHOWS RELIGION MOVIES U.S. PRESIDENTS RANDOM OLYMPICS 10 QUESTIONS OLYMPICS QUESTION # 1 WHAT TOWN, NICKNAMED “SKI TOWN, U.S.A.” HAS PRODUCED MORE WINTER OLYMPIANS THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE COUNTRY? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 2 WINNING ATHLETES AT THE 1900 OLYMPICS IN PARIS RECEIVED WHAT OBJECTS INSTEAD OF GOLD MEDALS? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 3 THE STONES USED AT OLYMPIC CURLING EVENTS ARE MADE FROM WHAT VERY SPECIAL MATERIAL? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 4 HOW MANY ROUNDS ARE IN AN OLYMPIC BOXING MATCH? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 5 WHAT ARE THE THREE ALPINE SKIING EVENTS? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 6 WHO WAS FORCED TO RETURN HIS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL AFTER IT WAS LEARNED HE HAD PLAYED SEMI-PRO BASEBALL? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 7 WHAT SPEED-SKATER WON FIVE GOLD MEDALS AT THE 1980 WINTER OLYMPICS? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 8 WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT THE MONTREAL OLYMPICS? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 9 WHAT WOMAN WON THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL FOR THE U.S. AT THE 1968 WINTER OLYMPICS? OLYMPICS QUESTION # 10 WHAT’S THE HIGHEST CITY TO HAVE HOSTED THE SUMMER OLYMPICS? OLYMPICS ANSWERS OLYMPICS ANSWER # 1 WHAT TOWN, NICKNAMED “SKI TOWN, U.S.A.”, HAS PRODUCED MORE WINTER OLYMPIANS THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE COUNTRY? STEAMBOAT, COLORADO. IT’S CHURNED OUT MORE THAN 80 OLYMPIC ATHLETES SINCE 1932. OLYMPICS ANSWER # 2 WINNING ATHLETES AT THE 1900 OLYMPICS IN PARIS RECEIVED WHAT OBJECTS INSTEAD OF GOLD MEDALS? THEY WERE GIVEN PAINTINGS, WHICH AT THE TIME WERE CONSIDERED TO BE MORE VALUABLE THAN MEDALS. OLYMPICS ANSWER # 3 THE STONES USED AT OLYMPIC CURLING EVENTS ARE MADE FROM WHAT VERY SPECIAL MATERIAL? A SPECIAL WATER-RESISTANT MICROGRANITE FOUND ON AILSA CRAIG, AN UNINHABITED ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF SCOTLAND. OLYMPICS ANSWER # 4 HOW MANY ROUNDS ARE IN AN OLYMPIC BOXING MATCH? THREE OLYMPICS ANSWER # 5 WHAT ARE THE THREE ALPINE SKING EVENTS? DOWNHILL, GIANT SLALOM AND SLALOM OLYMPICS ANSWER # 6 WHO WAS FORCED TO RETURN HIS OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL AFTER IT WAS LEARNED HE HAD PLAYED SEMI-PRO BASEBALL? JIM THORPE OLYMPICS ANSWER # 7 WHAT SPEED-SKATER WON FIVE GOLD MEDALS AT THE 1980 WINTER OLYMPICS? ERIC HEIDEN OLYMPICS ANSWER # 8 WHO STOLE THE SHOW AT THE MONTREAL OLYMPICS? NADIA COMANECI OLYMPICS ANSWER # 9 WHAT WOMAN WON THE ONLY GOLD MEDAL FOR THE U.S.