The new trivia thread.

[bobistheowl]

What are calculated with this formula?

The roots of a quadratic equation. The equation takes the form of ax² + bx + c = 0. Most students spend the majority of tenth grade math solving quadratic equations, and then never do so again during the remainder of their lifetime.

 

[bobistheowl]

What font is used for file names in Windows operating systems?

Tahoma. Any character in the ASCII, ANSI, or Unicode range for the Tahoma font can be used in a file name.

 

[bobistheowl]

What is the claim to fame of Constantine XI Palaiologos?

He was the last Roman Emperor.

 

[bobistheowl]

On New Year's Day, 1962, Decca Records auditioned two bands, with the intention of signing one of them to a recording contract. They passed on The Beatles. Who did they sign?

Brian Poole & the Tremeloes.

 

[bobistheowl]

What was noteworthy about the way Eddie Phillips of the Mod band The Creation played guitar?

He used a violin bow, later copied by Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. This clip is from episode 17, (February 25, 1967), of the German music show Beat-Club. Phillips uses the bow from approximately 1:20.

 

[bobistheowl]

According to Martin Mull, why do men have nipples?

"So they can find their cigarettes when they're drunk".

 

[bobistheowl]

Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry was the first black actor to become a millionaire, and the first black actor to receive onscreen credit for his work. What was his stage name?

Stepin Fetchit, the "laziest man in the world".

 

[bobistheowl]

What Otis Redding song, played as an instrumental, was used by The Blues Brothers as the intro to Soul Man?

I Can't Turn You Loose

Here's Otis performing the song, from the September 16, 1966 edition of Ready Steady Go!

 

[bobistheowl]

Who was the first Premier of Ontario, and what, very specifically, did he have in common with the first Prime Minister of Canada?

 

[bobistheowl]

What was the claim to fame for the town of Melbourne, Quebec, from 1954 to 1975?

 

[bobistheowl]

What was particularly significant about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game vs the Pittsburgh Steelers, at Pittburgh, on December 5, 1976?

 

[bobistheowl]

What 3D science fiction film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Michael Jackson, was exhibited only at Disney theme parks from 1986 through the 1990s?

 

[bobistheowl]

Why didn't Joni Mitchell perform at the Woodstock music festival in 1969, (manager's decision)?

 

[bobistheowl]

What snack food was advertised in television commercials starring seven foot, seven inch Romanian NBA player Gheorghe Mureșan?

 

[bobistheowl]

What are abbreviated by the acronym ROYGBIV?

 

[bobistheowl]

What's his name?

 

[Ceiling Cat]

What's his name?

 

[bobistheowl]

 

[bobistheowl]

What's his name?

 

[Ben Hogan]

What 3D science fiction film, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and starring Michael Jackson, was exhibited only at Disney theme parks from 1986 through the 1990s?

Captain Eo.