The new trivia thread.

[descartes]

What city has the largest by area , underground shopping complex in the world?

Toronto

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Alcatraz was closed as a prison in 1963, why was it closed?

 

[TheDr]

Alcatraz was closed as a prison in 1963, why was it closed?

It cost too much to operate, the buildings were damaged from saltwater corrosion and a new, modern prison had opened for the traditional Alcatraz style inmate.

 

[Brill]

How about Bing Crosby with White Christmas...

Billboard's Hot 100 didn't start until 1958, Bing didn't get 6 consecutive decades on any singles chart nevertheless.

No to Paul Anka as well, he didn't reach the chart after the 80s.

 

[nondescriptive]

What act is the only one to have a song on Billboard's Hot 100 for 6 consecutive decades?

Tony Bennett?

 

[Brill]

Tony missed out in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s.
He did chart this year though with Amy Winehouse.

 

[nondescriptive]

only 2 acts during the 1960s managed to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart with their first 7 consecutive releases. Name the two bands.

Beach Boys one of the 2?

 

[Brill]

only 2 acts during the 1960s managed to reach the Top 10 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart with their first 7 consecutive releases. Name the two bands.

I know one is Gary Lewis & The Playboys, I'll guess the other is Herman's Hermits.

 

[nondescriptive]

Name the singer song writer that was killed in a boating accident while saving one of her children from an on coming boat.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

What creature has the biggest eyes proportional to body size.

 

[nondescriptive]

What creature has the biggest eyes proportional to body size.

Has to be an insect, a fly?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Let me ad the specification of mamal.

 

[rockl]

"Let me ad the specification of mamal."

lemur?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Not Lemur.

 

[TheDr]

What creature has the biggest eyes proportional to body size.

In all animals, I believe it is the Vampire Squid that has the biggest eyes proportional to body size. As for mammals, i would say some small, notcturnal creature... I can picture it in my mind, and the eyes are huge... but I cant recall the name

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Here is a list of notcturnal animals, which one is it?

Aye-aye[1]
Badger
Bat
Bat-eared Fox[2]
Binturong
Bushbaby
Bush Rat
Cat
Catfish
Cockroach
Cougar
Coyote
Cricket (insect)
Cyprus Spiny Mouse
Eastern Woolly Lemur
Firefly
Flying Squirrel
Galagos
Gerbil
Great Grey Slug
Hamster
Hedgehog
Hermit Crab
Jaguar
Kammerer
Kangaroo
Koala
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Iranian Jerboa
Kakapo
Kit Fox
Kiwi
Leopard
Lion
Margay
Mink
Mole
Monica
Mouse
Nine-banded Armadillo
Octodon
Oncilla
Opossum
Owl (excluding the several species of Hawk-owls)
Panamanian Night Monkey
Pangolin
Paradoxical Frog
Perdido Key Beach Mouse
Phyllophaga (genus)
Possum
Python regius
Rabbit rat
Raccoon
Ratel (Honey Badger)
Red-eyed Tree Frog
Scorpion
Skunk
Slow Loris
Spectacled Bear
Tapeti
Tarantula
Tarsier
Tiger
Western Woolly Lemur
White-faced Storm-petrel (when caring for young)
White-tailed Deer
Wombat

 

[descartes]

Here is a list of notcturnal animals, which one is it?

Aye-aye[1]
Badger
Bat
Bat-eared Fox[2]
Binturong
Bushbaby
Bush Rat
Cat
Catfish
Cockroach
Cougar
Coyote
Cricket (insect)
Cyprus Spiny Mouse
Eastern Woolly Lemur
Firefly
Flying Squirrel
Galagos
Gerbil
Great Grey Slug
Hamster
Hedgehog
Hermit Crab
Jaguar
Kammerer
Kangaroo
Koala
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Iranian Jerboa
Kakapo
Kit Fox
Kiwi
Leopard
Lion
Margay
Mink
Mole
Monica
Mouse
Nine-banded Armadillo
Octodon
Oncilla
Opossum
Owl (excluding the several species of Hawk-owls)
Panamanian Night Monkey
Pangolin
Paradoxical Frog
Perdido Key Beach Mouse
Phyllophaga (genus)
Possum
Python regius
Rabbit rat
Raccoon
Ratel (Honey Badger)
Red-eyed Tree Frog
Scorpion
Skunk
Slow Loris
Spectacled Bear
Tapeti
Tarantula
Tarsier
Tiger
Western Woolly Lemur
White-faced Storm-petrel (when caring for young)
White-tailed Deer
Wombat

bushbaby

 

[TheDr]

Here is a list of notcturnal animals, which one is it?

Aye-aye[1]
Badger
Bat
Bat-eared Fox[2]
Binturong
Bushbaby
Bush Rat
Cat
Catfish
Cockroach
Cougar
Coyote
Cricket (insect)
Cyprus Spiny Mouse
Eastern Woolly Lemur
Firefly
Flying Squirrel
Galagos
Gerbil
Great Grey Slug
Hamster
Hedgehog
Hermit Crab
Jaguar
Kammerer
Kangaroo
Koala
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Iranian Jerboa
Kakapo
Kit Fox
Kiwi
Leopard
Lion
Margay
Mink
Mole
Monica
Mouse
Nine-banded Armadillo
Octodon
Oncilla
Opossum
Owl (excluding the several species of Hawk-owls)
Panamanian Night Monkey
Pangolin
Paradoxical Frog
Perdido Key Beach Mouse
Phyllophaga (genus)
Possum
Python regius
Rabbit rat
Raccoon
Ratel (Honey Badger)
Red-eyed Tree Frog
Scorpion
Skunk
Slow Loris
Spectacled Bear
Tapeti
Tarantula
Tarsier
Tiger
Western Woolly Lemur
White-faced Storm-petrel (when caring for young)
White-tailed Deer
Wombat

Tarsier. or more specifically the Phillipine Tarsier

 

[Ceiling Cat]

 

[GPIDEAL]

I was thinking of Livluvlaf's choice.