The new trivia thread.

[nondescriptive]

Who was first female athlete to host SNL?

 

[shack]

Who was first female athlete to host SNL?

Gonna guess either Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova. I remember a skit but forget who was real. I think Chris was real.

 

[nondescriptive]

Gonna guess either Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova. I remember a skit but forget who was real. I think Chris was real.

Correct, Chris Evert it was.

 

[nondescriptive]

What sport world wide, has the highest mortality rate?

 

[anon1]

What sport world wide, has the highest mortality rate?

As a percentage of active participants, it has to be a form of motor racing.

 

[shack]

What sport world wide, has the highest mortality rate?

Muff diving.

 

[trod]

What sport world wide, has the highest mortality rate?

Golf ?

 

[MissCroft]

Golf ?

Yeah, I think I read somewhere that it was golf because many people have died of heart attacks on the golf course.

 

[Brill]

What sport world wide, has the highest mortality rate?

Cockfighting.

 

[Brill]

What do these rock bands have in common?

The Velvet Underground
The Honeycombs
The Carpenters
The Thompson Twins

 

[FTWWTF]

What do these rock bands have in common?

The Velvet Underground
The Honeycombs
The Carpenters
The Thompson Twins

They all have "The" in their names.

 

[babemagnet]

What do these rock bands have in common?

The Velvet Underground
The Honeycombs
The Carpenters
The Thompson Twins

Two things really. Female drummers
They all sucked.

 

[nondescriptive]

What sport world wide, has the highest mortality rate?

Believe it or not, Lawn Bowling has the highest mortality rate, most likely since most of participants are Sr. citizens.

Pole Vaulting also has a high mortality rate, at least so in the U.S.

 

[Brill]

Two things really. Female drummers
They all sucked.

Correct on the first, but I've heard they all refused to suck.

 

[Brill]

Who was Murray McLauchlan's song, "Linda Won't You Take Me In" written for?

 

[nondescriptive]

Who was Murray McLauchlan's song, "Linda Won't You Take Me In" written for?

Denise Donlon?

 

[Brill]

Not Denise Donlon.

 

[bobistheowl]

Which Toronto TV news anchor stepped down in 1988, in part because of an alleged assault on a cleaning woman?

 

[shack]

Which Toronto TV news anchor stepped down in 1988, in part because of an alleged assault on a cleaning woman?

Earl Camembert fondled Perini Scleroso.

 

[bobistheowl]

Earl Camembert fondled Perini Scleroso.

He may well have, but SCTV went off the air in 1984.