Trivia teaser

[TheBigDog]

1) What sport was invented in Holyoke, Massachusettes 4 years after basketball was in nearby Springfield?

LaCrosse?

[Racoon]

#3) Right Pyro! ;)

 

#1) Try again BigDog. but yes, there is a "net" used in it... :)

[TheBigDog]

#1) Try again BigDog. but yes, there is a "net" used in it... :)

Women's basketball?

[Racoon]

Women's basketball?

 

Nopers...

But it is "more" popular with women...???

 

(don't want my post count to get artificially high w/ one-liners so here...)

 

#9) What First Lady habitually said "Okey-dokey artichokey" to end meetings with staffers?

 

#10) What American Statesman invented the Rocking Chair?? :)

[InfiniteNow]

Field hockey

 

ben franklin #10

[Pyrotex]

What is the longest word in the English language that is pronounced as ONE SYLLABLE? Caution: though you will recognize the noun that is the base of the word, it is a rather old noun not common today.

[Racoon]

Field hockey

 

ben franklin #10

 

CorrectaMundo on #10 IN! you get a ...:)

 

#1) still not right! :)

 

#11) What inventor proposed to his second wife in Morse Code, after his late wife nicknamed their kids Dot and Dash??

 

#12)What scientist lost the only copies of his work on the nature of light when his pet pooch knocked over a candle?? ;)

[Pyrotex]

#10) What American Statesman invented the Rocking Chair?? :)

I believe that was Thomas Jefferson.

 

woops! Late and Wrong!!

[Pyrotex]

#11) What inventor proposed to his second wife in Morse Code, after his late wife nicknamed their kids Dot and Dash??

Either Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Alva Edison.

[InfiniteNow]

#12 - Fig.

 

 

Ooops. I meant Newton. :)

 

 

hmmm... or was it James Clark Maxwell?

[infamous]

Ding Ding Ding!

we have a Winnu' ;)

 

 

#6) What truck driver malady was once more commonly called "piles"? :)

Hemordhoids................ouch, that was a nasty bump.

[infamous]

I really don't know, but I will guess measles?

No, but a good try never-the-less, the answer would be the common cold..........Infy

[Racoon]

#6) Right Infy!

 

#11) right Pyro it was T-Ed.

 

#12) Yes InfiniteNow, the great Sir Newton!

 

Clap, Clap, Clap! :)

 

as for #1) ???

VOLLEYBALL! ;)

 

#7) a Jack and Queen

 

#8) French

[Racoon]

ok,

#4) I thought BigDog woulda' got it for sure - Cinncinati

#5) a square knot

#9) Hilary R. Clinton

 

Alrighty... Round 2...

 

A) What species of whale dives deeper and stays underwater longer than any other? -Right BigDog! Sperm whale!

 

:eek2: What organ do most snakes, except the boa family, have only one of? - INFY answered Lung; correct!

 

C) What English city was the worlds first to mine for coal, in 1233? YES! Pytotex! - Newcastle it is!

 

D) What Christmas plant was off-limits to early Catholics, due to its pagan past? Yessir! Turtle answered correct - Mistletoe it is!!

 

E) What 8-legged critters are mites' closest relatives?

 

F)How many eggs does the average hen lay in a month? 10,20, 0r 30?

 

G)What is "Kwok's" disease said to be an allergy to?-Right again Pyro! you musta' googled it :eek_big:

 

H) What element has the lowest boiling point? Yes - Helium indeed Jay-Q

[Guest chendoh]

Kinda depends on the woman, doesn't it? :eek2:

Yes, and now she has three, extra ways. :eek_big:

[Guest chendoh]

#6) What truck driver malady was once more commonly called "piles"? :eek2:

 

Hemmoroids

 

late

[infamous]

 

:eek2: What organ do most snakes, except the boa family, have only one of?

 

Would that be a lung??