Answers
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Below
are the correct answers to the Number Questions in Gates of Trivia. The number (1 - 5) preceding each question
indicates the stage of the game the question is in.
1
Mao
Zedong led his Red Army on the famous Long March in 1934-35. About how many miles were traveled in the
Long March?
6,000
1
How
long were Thomas Edison's first moving-picture kinetoscope "peep
shows"?
13
seconds
1
The
Ironman Triathlon Championship, held annually in Hawaii, consists of a 2.4 mile
swim, a 112-mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run -- one right after the other!
About how long does it take the winner to complete the three events?
8 hours
1
Up to
Bill Clinton, 41 different men have held the office of President of the United
States. Up to Al Gore, how many
different men have held the office of Vice President of the United States?
45
1
For how
many seconds does the average punted football remain in the air during an NFL
game?
5
1
On a
midsummer day, how many hours of daylight are there at the North Pole?
24
1
How
many years did the Hundred Years' War last?
116
1
How
many teams currently comprise the Big Ten college football conference?
11
1
"Herb
Alpert and the Tijuana Brass" were one of the most popular instrumental
bands of the '60s. Including Alpert,
how many people were in the band? Hint:
Herb once referred to the group as an "oversexed-tet."
7
1
A prime
number is one that is evenly divisible only by itself and 1. How many prime numbers are evenly divisible
by 17?
1
1
Counting
from C to C, for example, there are eight notes in a musical scale. Counting from C to C on a piano, including
both white notes and black notes, how many notes are there?
13
1
In
their respective lives, Brahms composed four symphonies, Beethoven composed
nine, and Mozart composed 41. How many symphonies did Franz Joseph Haydn
compose?
104
1
If
you're a newborn coyote, how long can you expect to live?
14
years
1
Of the
100+ songs recorded by Elvis Presley that made it to the Billboard top 40, only
three have a number in their title -- the same number in each case. That number is:
1
1
How
many current U. S. coins do NOT include the words, "United States of
America"?
0
1
What
distance is covered in a marathon, in feet?
138,435
1
At the
close of many episodes of the television series "The Waltons," each
of the nine family members began to say goodnight to each other. If every member of the family said goodnight
to every one else in the family, how many "goodnights" would be
exchanged?
72
1
High
school science students know that 32 degrees Fahrenheit is equivalent to 0
degrees Celsius. What is the only
number for which the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit is exactly equal to the
temperature in degrees Celsius?
-40
1
The
largest musical group to have a Billboard top-40 tune in the rock era is the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with "Battle Hymn of the Republic" in 1959.
How many voices comprise the group?
375
1
Washington's
Mount Saint Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, in one of the largest volcanic
explosions in North American history.
Prior to 1980, for how many years had Mount Saint Helens been dormant?
123
2
In
World War II's 1940 Battle of Britain, Great Britain lost about 900
airplanes. About how many planes were
lost by Germany?
2,300
2
The
most prolific film composer of all time was Max Steiner, who created the scores
for "King Kong," "Gone with the Wind," and how many other
films?
304
2
How
long does it take for freshly applied interior latex wall paint to dry?
30
minutes
2
Rocky
Marciano was world heavyweight boxing champ from September, 1952, until he
retired undefeated in April, 1956. How
many times did Marciano successfully defend his title during his 4-1/2-year
reign?
6
2
Take a
look at the shoes worn by Olive Oyl, Popeye's girlfriend in the comic strip and
cartoons, and you'll notice their very unusual shape, due, no doubt at least in
part, to her very unusual shoe size.
What is it?
14AAAAAA
2
How
long does it take to cook Minute Rice?
5
minutes
2
About
how long will it take for a 10-pound frozen turkey to thaw in a refrigerator?
2 days
2
How
many suicides are chronicled in the Old and New Testaments?
7
2
How
many players are there on a regulation lacrosse team?
10
2
The
largest book of "Sunday-size" crosswords currently available is one
containing 300 puzzles. To complete all
of the puzzles in that book, approximately how many boxes must be filled in?
100,000
2
On what
current denominations of U. S. coins are the right side of a person's face
depicted?
1 cent
and $1
2
Pro
golfer Tiger Woods electrified the sports world by winning the 1997 Masters
tournament by a record margin over the second-place finisher. By how many
strokes did Woods win the tournament?
12
2
Of all
the U. S. presidents, John Tyler had the most children. How many?
15
2
A
factorial--the mathematical term meaning the product of all the positive
integers from 1 to a given number--is represented by what punctuation symbol?
!
2
If you
can't remember the number of plays credited to William Shakespeare, it's the
same as the uniform number Casey Stengel wore as manager of the New York
Yankees. What's the number?
37
2
How
long are Chinese "thousand-year eggs" aged?
42 days
2
A
portrait of Benjamin Franklin appears on the U.S. $100 bill, as well as what
other denomination?
$2
2
How
many people comprise the British rock group the Thompson Twins? It may or may
not be helpful to know that none of the members of the group are named
Thompson.
3
2
In
1961, New York Yankee outfielder Roger Maris established a new major-league
record by hitting 61 home runs. How
many times was Maris intentionally walked during the 1961 regular season?
0
2
Trivia buffs
know that the number of lifetime major league home runs hit by Babe Ruth is the
same as the number of Joe Friday's badge on the '50s TV show,
"Dragnet." What's the number?
714
3
How
long does it take the average broken nose to heal?
10 days
3
Of the
130,000 photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt that are stored in his
presidential library, how many depict him in a wheelchair?
2
3
If you
were able to put a swarm of bees, say, 50,000 of them, on a scale, about how
much would they weigh?
10
pounds
3
Of the
160+ former players who are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, the position
with the lowest representation is third baseman. How many third basemen are
enshrined in Cooperstown?
8
3
The
current world record for the mile run is held by Noureddine Morceli of Algeria.
To the nearest second, Morceli's record is:
03:44
3
The
largest margin by which a team has won the one-game Little League World Series
has been:
20 runs
3
The
heaviest saltwater fish ever caught was a great white shark, off Australia in
1959. The shark tipped the scales at how many pounds?
2,664
3
According
to Islamic tradition, how long did it take Allah to dictate the Koran to
Mohammed?
22
years
3
What
final score must be reached by the victor in a regulation game of darts?
0
3
Entomologists
have recently estimated the number of ants that currently inhabit the
planet. That estimate is:
1
quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000)
3
On a
regulation baseball diamond, it is exactly 90 feet between home plate and first
base, first base and second base, etc.
What is the straight-line distance, to the nearest foot, between first
base and third base?
127
3
Of the
nine Beethoven symphonies, the ones that have one-word popular nicknames are
numbered:
3, 6,
and 9
3
How
many horses must be selected to make a bet known as a quinella?
2
3
John
Tyler, born in 1790, was the 10th president of the United States, serving from
1841 to 1845. His last surviving child died during the administration of which
president?
33rd
(Harry Truman)
3
The
government of the Bahamas has some innovative ideas about money. Which of the
following coins or currency have been issued in the Bahamas?
All the
other answers (15 cent coin, 50 cent bill, $3 bill)
3
How
many times does "One" or "1" appear on a U. S. $1 bill as an indicator of the denomination?
16
3
If
you're an average termite queen, about how many eggs can you produce each day?
30,000
3
The
smallest number that is evenly divisible by every one-digit number, 1 through
9, is:
2,520
3
There
are 46 chromosomes in every human cell, and 48 in every cell of a potato. How
many chromosomes are there in each cell of a drosophila fruit fly?
8
3
Canada
has more lakes than any other nation in the world. Approximately what
percentage of the world's lakes are found in Canada?
50
4
How
long will it typically take a skilled climber to reach the summit of Mount
Kilimanjaro?
5 days
4
Approximately
how many automobiles were there in the United States in 1894?
4
4
What is
the average amount of time that a Duraflame log will burn?
3 hours
4
During
the Great Depression, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its low point of
41.22 in 1932. How many years after that did it take the average to reach its
pre-crash high of 381.17?
22
4
About
how long will it take a 25-year-old woman to burn 500 calories while sitting in
a chair?
3 hours
4
How
long did it take to sew 100 stitches on the first sewing machine?
25
seconds
4
About
how many pieces of wood are used to make a standard violin?
70
4
How
many letters are there in the Hawaiian alphabet?
12
4
The
All-American Soap Box Derby has been held in Akron, Ohio, since 1934. What
distance do the gravity-powered vehicles travel in the event?
954
feet
4
In law,
what is the minimum number of disorderly people needed to cause a riot?
3
4
On what
denomination of U. S. currency will you find a picture of a clock?
$100
4
Although
the coin itself is perfectly round, both sides of the Susan B. Anthony dollar
have a recessed inner edge that is a polygon of how many sides?
11
4
It's
said that blood is thicker than water, and scientists tell us that it's true.
Human blood is, in fact, how many times thicker than water?
6
4
Over
the past 4,000 years of recorded history, during about what percent of calendar
years have at least two countries been at war?
90
4
What is
the term of office for members of the Board of Governors of the U. S. Postal
Service?
9 years
4
A cubic
yard of air weighs approximately:
2
pounds
4
How
many acts are there in the Virgil Thompson opera, "Four Saints in Three
Acts"?
4
4
Like
the U. S., Mexico is composed of states, such as Chihuahua and Tabasco. How
many states does Mexico have?
31
4
At one
time or another, the U. S. has had all of these denominations of coins, EXCEPT:
4 cents
4
How
many different rhetorical questions are asked in the lyrics of the Bob Dylan
tune, "Blowin' in the Wind"?
9
5
About how
many active volcanoes are there on earth?
500
5
The
amount of time it takes for the moon to circle the earth is increasing each
year by approximately:
.002
seconds
5
Of the
41 men who have held the office of President of the United States through Bill
Clinton, how many had no brothers or sisters?
0
5
About
how many feathers will you find on your average chicken?
8,000
5
Dr.
Seuss's 1957 book, "The Cat in the Hat," is one of the all-time
bestselling books for children. How
many different words are used in the book?
220
5
How
long was a typical session of psychoanalysis with Sigmund Freud?
55
minutes
5
In
1935, American seismologist Charles Richter devised the scale of earthquake
intensity named for him. What is the
highest number on the Richter scale?
There
is no maximum
5
Six-digit
numbers composed of a repeated group of three digits, such as 285,285 and
831,831, are always divisible by:
1001
5
What is
the highest value of U. S. postage stamp ever issued for consumer mail?
$14
5
In the
famous Abbott and Costello baseball routine "Who's On First?," how
many players' names are mentioned?
8
5
On what
denomination of U. S. currency will you find a picture of the Washington
Monument?
$50
5
In
men's tournament horseshoe pitching, how many feet must the horseshoes be
thrown to reach the stake?
40
5
The
solar wind, an emanation from the sun's corona, contains electrons and protons,
and affects the magnetic field of the earth. Approximately how fast does the
solar wind travel?
450
miles per second
5
If a
television programming executive has a choice of six different half-hour shows
to fit into four available time slots, in how many different ways can the
selection of the four shows be made?
360
5
In the
'50s TV game show, "The $64,000 Question," how many questions did a
contestant have to answer correctly to win the $64,000 prize?
17
5
On what
denomination of U. S. currency will you find the names of over 20 U. S. states?
$5
5
The
A.C. Nielsen Co. first measured U.S. TV-viewing habits in 1950-51. That season,
the #1-rated show was NBC's "Texaco Star Theater"; in '51-'52, CBS's
"Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts." How many years later did ABC first
have the year's #1-rated show?
19
5
On what
denomination of U. S. currency will you find pictures of two American flags?
$10
5
The
song titles and names of groups that comprise the top 100 Billboard singles of
1955-1995 include each of the following numbers, EXCEPT:
3
5
In
their respective lives, Richard Wagner composed 13 operas, Mozart composed 15,
and Verdi composed 27. How many operas did Beethoven compose?
1