The new trivia thread.

[nondescriptive]

Metal ring, called a monkey, holds a pyramid of cannonballs in place on a warship.
At one point they started to make them out of brass (so they wouldn't fuse together with the balls from the salt in the sea air).
When it got too cold, the brass ring, monkey, would shrink a bit and the cannonball pyramid would fall off.

Go to the head of the class!

 

[grooverider]

The Lone Rangers horse was named "Silver", what was Tonto's horse's name?

Scout

Always in the Groove...

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Which 2 large multinational companies use to make kamakazie planes for the Japanese government in WWII?

Answer:

Kawasaki and Mitsubishi both manufactured Kamikaze planes with bomb tips for the Japanese government during WWII. There were several other companies that also manufactured Kamikaze planes, but the others did not become multinational companies.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

This actor was the original choice for the Tin Man in the wizard of Oz but had to quit because he was allergic to the tin coloring on his skin. Who is this actor that later became famous?

 

[bobistheowl]

Buddy Ebsen.

 

[Brill]

What dope song about being high in a train station was sung on the Lawrence Welk show?

 

[bobistheowl]

One Toke Over the Line by Brewer and Shipley.

 

[Brill]

Correct!

 

[bobistheowl]

What was the name of Daedalus' cat on The Mighty Hercules?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

What was the name of Daedalus' cat on The Mighty Hercules?

Dildo!

 

[bobistheowl]

Dildo!

Close, but no cigar.

 

[Insidious Von]

What was the name of Daedalus' cat on The Mighty Hercules?

Dido.

Does anyone remember Nicole Morin's (Goin Down the Road) see through, bra-less blouse on The Party Game? She was later arrested, what did she do?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Name the comedian in this pic that has Chinese ancestry.

 

[Brill]

Who has placed the most songs on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart?

 

[shack]

Which actor has been in more movies than any other?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

In this pirate song there is a mention of 15 men on a dead mans chest. Explain what this means.

 

[bobistheowl]

Who has placed the most songs on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart?

The cast of Glee?

 

[bobistheowl]

How do you indicate ten thousand in Roman Numerals?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

how do you indicate ten thousand in roman numerals?

mmmmmmmmmm

 

[Brill]

The cast of Glee?

Correct!

In February 2011, the cast of Glee surpassed Elvis as the artist with the most songs placed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, though fewer than one-fourth of them have charted for more than one week.
They are currently at 155 songs in just 3 years.