Answers to “Gates of Trivia” Sports & Miscellaneous questions in Puzzle Challenge 2

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Below are the correct answers to the Sports & Miscellaneous questions in Gates of Trivia. The number (1 - 5) preceding each question indicates the stage of the game the question is in.

1

Where did French fried potatoes originate?

Belgium

1

In baseball, when a batted ball strikes the foul pole on the fly, it is considered:

A fair ball

1

Which continent has been the host of over half of the Winter Olympics since they began in 1924?

Europe

1

In the comic strip "Blondie," Dagwood Bumstead works for the rather autocratic J.C. Dithers. What does the J.C. rather appropriately stand for?

Julius Caesar

1

On old-time radio, Edgar Bergen and his sidekick, Charlie McCarthy, entertained America by doing an act whose appeal, in a non-visual medium, is today somewhat difficult to explain. What was it?

Ventriloquism

1

Participants in professional tennis's Australian Open become very familiar with Synpave Rebound Ace. Who or what is it?

The surface of the court

1

This aptly-named tennis great won the Australian Open 11 times, far more than anyone else. Name this Hall-of-Famer.

Margaret Court

1

The major league baseball team that has retired the most uniform numbers was the first to retire a uniform number, Lou Gehrig's #4 in 1939. Name the team.

New York Yankees

1

In 1966, Scott Paper introduced a new product as a publicity stunt, but enormous consumer demand started a new industry. Before the fad waned in 1968, over $100 million of them were sold by some 60 different companies. Name this once-popular paper disposable.

Woman's dress

1

What small village, the seat of Otsego County, New York, is to baseball fans what Mecca is to Moslems?

Cooperstown

1

What sport, played by two teams of from two to eight people, is scored based on "point of entry"?

Darts

1

King George IV of England and Louis XVI played with them; Napoleon's soldiers carried them to pass the time between battles. Somewhat popular in 1920s America, they became, circa 1961, an all-out craze -- one company alone sold 15 million in a single year. What are they?

Yo-yos

1

Which of the following terms is commonly used in all of these sports: bowling, mountain climbing, golf, and wrestling?

Pin

1

What food company was quite disappointed when Joe DiMaggio's 1941 consecutive-game hitting streak ended at 56, because they were all set to sign DiMaggio to a tie-in endorsement if his streak had gone just one more game?

Heinz

1

Appropriately, which sign of the zodiac is symbolized by a pair of wavy lines?

Aquarius

1

She appeared on the cover of People magazine's first issue in March, 1974, and again on the magazine's 20th anniversary issue. Name this actress with a LOT of children.

Mia Farrow

1

On the day of the American Bicentennial, July 4, 1976, how much did it cost, appropriately, to mail a one-ounce letter in the United States?

13 cents

1

What soon-to-be pro tennis sensation was the NCAA Division I champ in 1965?

Arthur Ashe

1

Which of the following is NOT a usual ingredient of Eggs Benedict?

Bacon

1

If you order steak tartare, how will it be cooked?

Not at all

2

Its official name is the International Lawn Tennis Challenge Trophy. It's competed for annually by teams of 16 nations. What's the name of the American college student who donated this 400-pound trophy in 1900?

Dwight F. Davis

2

What is added to ginger ale to make a Shirley Temple?

Grenadine

2

The original Olympic games were held from 776 B.C. to 393 A.D. They were celebrated as a religious festival, in whose honor?

Zeus

2

When he was a mechanic for the Northrop Corporation (an aircraft works) in Inglewood, California, this 22-year-old became world-famous in 1937 when, intending to fly from New York to Los Angeles, he ended up in Ireland instead. Name this misdirected pilot.

"Wrong Way" Corrigan

2

Appropriately, which sign of the zodiac is symbolized by the Roman numeral II?

Gemini

2

A gourmet chef could tell you that sweetbreads are doubly misnamed -- they are neither sweet nor made from dough. What exactly are sweetbreads?

Thymus glands and pancreases of calves, lambs or pigs

2

Their grandparents' raccoon coats were long gone, but the raccoon came back into style for the kiddies in the winter of 1957, with what items of apparel?

Hats

2

Allen Funt, host and originator of TV's "Candid Camera," got his start on radio. What was his radio show called?

Candid Microphone

2

What male has appeared on the cover of People magazine most often?

Michael Jackson

2

What company once ran an ad displaying its products with the line, "Please do not lick the page," underneath?

Life Savers

2

Which of the following terms is commonly used in all of these sports: baseball, basketball, and ice hockey?

Assist

2

What sport's standard equipment includes shoulder slings, swami belts, chocks, nuts, and icescrews?

Mountain climbing

2

Ironically, the site of a saloon once owned by Babe Ruth's father is today contained within the grounds of a major-league baseball stadium. Name the stadium's city, Babe Ruth's birthplace.

Baltimore

2

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, who or what is the world's largest landowner, with over 720 million acres?

The United States Government

2

What famous American credited his financial success to selling people on "throwing away the things they need and buying the things they don't need"?

P.T. Barnum

2

Procter and Gamble introduced the first hard-water detergent in 1947, and it's still a bestseller today. Name the brand.

Tide

2

Who is the only cartoonist to have made the Fortune magazine list as one of America's highest-paid entertainers?

Charles Schulz

2

In 1970, Universal Press Syndicate picked up the comic strip, "Bull Tales," the creation of a 20-year-old Yale student that was originally published in the school's daily paper. By what name do we know the strip today?

Doonesbury

2

What appropriately named evangelist of the early part of this century had formerly been a major-league baseball player?

Billy Sunday

2

This flamboyant New Yorker was the epitome of the 19th-century successful businessman. He spent $750,000 every year redesigning his mansion, his poker chips were made of onyx and mother-of-pearl, and spent $3,000 a month just on candy. Name this memorable millionaire.

"Diamond Jim" Brady

3

This radio game show has been off the air for 45 years, but its name lives on today as part of the title of a bestselling reference book. Name the show.

Information Please

3

At the turn of the century, Cleveland-area resident Coburn Haskell invented a dimpled ball made of elastic thread and wound under tension around a rubber core -- precursor of the modern golf ball. Haskell's occupation was:

Dentist

3

"Harvard Beats Yale - - -," read the historic, tongue-in-cheek headline in the 1968 Harvard Crimson, after one of the most famous installments in the bitterly contested football rivalry. Both teams were unbeaten when the game began. What was the final score?

29-29

3

Brooke Shields once posed for an anti-smoking ad that carried the line, "Smoking spoils your looks." How were the two cigarettes that appeared in the ad displayed?

In her ears

3

Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre troupe panicked the nation with his 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's "War of the Worlds." It was originally broadcast on the night before what holiday?

Halloween

3

What company adopted the slogan, "Vermont's Finest," for its products, after discovering there were no other manufacturers of the products in Vermont?

Ben & Jerry's ice cream

3

Raised in New York City's "Hell's Kitchen," Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly became famous in the 1920s for starting what national craze?

Flagpole sitting

3

The radio game show, "Take It or Leave It," was one of the most popular programs of the 1940s. What was the most money a contestant could win on the show?

$64

3

The principal ingredient in ketchup is tomatoes. What is the principal ingredient in most mustards?

Vinegar

3

In 1975, Warner Communications agreed to pay Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster $20,000 a year for life for something they created in 1933, but sold their rights to in 1938. You may not have heard of Siegel and Shuster, but their creation is world-famous today. Name it.

Superman

3

What tool's parts include a crown, shank, point, and eye?

Sewing needle

3

Which of the following aviation categories will NOT be found in the latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records?

Safest airline

3

Which of the following terms is commonly used in all of these sports: billiards, baseball, bowling, and football?

Pocket

3

What appropriately named 1920s newspaper comic was intended to teach good manners to teenagers?

Etta Kett

3

On a Monopoly gameboard, the combined number of "Chance" and "Community Chest" squares is:

6

3

Another name for cilantro is:

Coriander

3

The theme of the 1967 World's Fair was "Man and his World." Where was the fair held?

Montreal

3

Which of the following countries has never won the most medals at a Winter Olympics?

Finland

3

In 1973, 56-year-old former Wimbledon champ Bobby Riggs was defeated by Billie Jean King in a nationally televised "Battle of the Sexes," before the largest tennis crowd ever. Where did this memorable match take place?

Houston Astrodome

3

In the first 20 years of People magazine's history, who appeared on more covers than anyone else?

Princess Di

4

Where does banana oil come from?

It's synthetically produced

4

Where did Great Danes originally come from?

Egypt

4

On Olympics scoreboards, NOR is Norway and SLE is Sierra Leone. What nation is INA?

Indonesia

4

The theme of the 1982 World's Fair was "Energy Turns the World." Where was the fair held?

Knoxville, Tennessee

4

On what piece of sporting equipment will you find a face, heel, toe, sole, scoring lines, and screws?

Golf driver

4

What city is scheduled to host the Winter Olympics in 2002?

Salt Lake City

4

The first newspaper comic is generally agreed to be "The Yellow Kid," created by R.F. Outcault in 1895 for the old New York World. What noted newspaper nabob paid Outcault's salary at the World?

Joseph Pulitzer

4

Which of the following current American League teams has had its home in the same city since the league's founding in 1901?

Detroit Tigers

4

What national craze, which was born in Denver in 1935, was later made a federal offense?

Chain-letter writing

4

Which of the following terms is commonly used in all of these sports: baseball, bowling, fishing, and skating?

Strike

4

How many signs of the zodiac are represented by a pair of living things?

None

4

Complete this sentence, the headline of one of the most famous automobile ads of all time: "At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this new Rolls Royce comes from the __."

Electric clock

4

The tag line, "Give dad an expensive belt," was once used for what product?

Chivas Regal scotch

4

Which of the following automotive categories will NOT be found in the latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records?

Slowest driver

4

Which of the following sports is NOT listed in the sports section of the latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records?

Yo-Yo

4

The 2004 Summer Olympics will be held in:

Athens, Greece

4

Which of the following nations has never won the most medals at a Summer Olympics?

East Germany

4

Of course, the fact that Marlon Brando and James Dean wore them in films that year may have helped a bit. But in 1955, sales of Levis began to skyrocket, the same year the company added what to their pants for the first time?

Zippers

4

A popular American food product was invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. It was called "World's Fair Cornucopia" then. What do we call it today?

Ice cream cone

4

In the comic strip "Blondie," the title character started her own business after 60 years as a housewife. What business did Blondie Bumstead and her partner go into?

Catering

5

The symbols of the 1939 New York's World's Fair were a pyramid and sphere. What were they called?

The Trylon and Perisphere

5

In what year were the first triangular-shaped U.S. postage stamps issued?

1997

5

What was the subject of the first commemorative stamps issued in the United States?

Columbus's discovery of America

5

How many signs of the zodiac have exactly four legs?

6

5

Although it was cancelled due to World War II, the 1940 Winter Olympics were originally scheduled to be hosted by what country?

Japan

5

What city was scheduled to host the 1976 Winter Olympic games, but was forced to withdraw when voters rejected a bond issue that would have financed the undertaking?

Denver

5

What does a gasoline's octane rating measure?

Its tendency to pre-ignite

5

Who was the first woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?

Queen Isabella

5

Of the 12 signs of the zodiac, only one:

Is inanimate

5

Which of the following unconventional activities is NOT mentioned in the latest edition of the Guinness Book of World Records?

Watermelon-pit spitting

5

For the first year of its history, People magazine avoided pop-music cover stories, guided by its market research. What pop star got to be the subject of the first People music cover when Warren Beatty cancelled a long-planned interview?

Olivia Newton-John

5

What noted performer of the 19th century had the curious hobby of visiting New York City's most infamous prison, nicknamed "The Tombs," and would, while locked in a cell on Murderer's Row, plaintively recite Shakespearean soliloquies?

Junius Brutus Booth

5

What piece of sporting equipment has parts called the tail, buckles, and shovel?

Ski

5

In 1985, Pete Rose broke Ty Cobb's all-time record for career base hits. In 1923, whose record for career base hits did Ty Cobb break?

Honus Wagner

5

Which of the following terms is commonly used in all of these sports: bowling, skating, and weightlifting?

Lift

5

What is the world's most valuable object, by weight?

A postage stamp

5

Through 1996, what athlete had won the most Summer Olympics gold medals?

Ray Ewry

5

Which of the following was NOT formerly a Summer Olympics event?

Darts

5

The first New York World's Fair was held in 1939-40. What did the fair commemorate?

150th anniversary of the George Washington's inauguration

5

For every American presidential election from 1880 to 1920 -- except for the year 1900 -- this city hosted the national political convention for at least one of the two major parties. Name it:

Chicago