trivia game

[duke62]

i thought this could be fun.a mr trivia thread.please no cheating by looking it up on google .only 1 trivia question until the question is answered ill start
where did the middle finger gesture derive from

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Ok here it goes
I think it came from the 100 year war when the french would catch an english archer they would cut off their middle finger so they could not draw a bow. When the english won a battle they would put up their middle fingers mocking the french army.
No idea if this is true but i heard it once.

 

[duke62]

ding ding we have a winner now we need another trivia question lets keep it going

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Nice i cant believe thats actually the answer. Now do i have to come up with the next qustion?

 

[duke62]

sure thats a good idea whoever gets the right answer gives the next trivia question

 

[MikeyZO]

I got one for ya. What car built orginally for NASCAR was bought and modified by the government for the purpose of chasing commercial airline jets to test for emissions and pollution and such? (And as far as I know was the only car tested that was able to keep up with the jets and didnt get blown away by the engines)

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Ok so the new question is
Name the Author and the book from which the following quote comes from. NO GOOGLE
"History, said Stephen, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."

 

[duke62]

i know the answer but not going to say so someone else can get in the game ....initials jj

 

[MikeyZO]

I know the book but not the author.

and my question totally got thrown to the wayside *sniff*

 

[duke62]

give it a while maybe u stumped everyone.

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Im sure someone will get it.

 

[masterswimmer]

Ulysses by James Joyce

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Correct Round 2 goes to the Swimmer. Your turn to pick a question maby masterswimmer can become the masterstumper. :biglaugh:

 

[masterswimmer]

Correct Round 2 goes to the Swimmer. Your turn to pick a question maby masterswimmer can become the masterstumper. :biglaugh:

Thank you, thank you......but lets not take the master thing any further



swimmer

 

[masterswimmer]

I think we all know who the first ballplayer to hit a homerun at the now closed Yankee Stadium was.

I want to know who the first ballplayer to commit an error at the now closed Yankee Stadium was?

 

[duke62]

i guess noone wants to play

 

[MikeyZO]

Ok I had to ask around and my Uncle (a HUGE Yankee fan) actually knew it was Babe Ruth. So I admittedly looked up the rest and found that it was on April 18, 1923 and he dropped a fly ball in the 5th.

So I'll throw mine back out there. What car built orginally for NASCAR was bought and modified by the government for the purpose of chasing commercial airline jets to test for emissions and pollution and such? (And as far as I know was the only car tested that was able to keep up with the jets and didnt get blown away by the engines)

 

[duke62]

see ur wrong mikey he said the now closed yankee stadim.trick question the stadium was rebuilt

 

[georgelc86]

renovated but never torn down. AH-HA Your wrong Duke, "so you get *NOTHING*! You lose! Good day sir!"

Where is that quote from?

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Willy Wonka