AlasBabylon's Trivia - ANSWERS and SCORES for week 463

[Marci]

463.1. Sporting Chance

463.1.1 On what day is The Kentucky Derby always held?
ANSWER: the first Saturday in May

463.1.2 Which coach has the honor of being the namesake for
the Super Bowl trophy?
ANSWER: Vince Lombardi

463.1.3 Where, and on which course, is the Preakness Stakes run?
ANSWER: Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland

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463.1 – Greek Mythology

463.1.1 In Greek Mythology, who was the queen of the underworld
and wife of Hades?
ANSWER: Persephone

463.1.2 To whom was the beautiful Aphrodite married?
ANSWER: Hephaestus

463.1.3 Which Greek heroine would only marry a man who could
beat her in a foot race?
ANSWER: Atalanta
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463.4 – Time in a Bottle

463.4.1 What day followed Wednesday, September 2, 1752?
ANSWER: Thursday, 14 September 1752 - Great Britain and
the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11
days to "catch up"

463.4.2 How long is a fortnight?
ANSWER: is a contraction of "fourteen nights

463.4.3 How long is a "jiffy"?
ANSWER: 1/100th of a second.

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463.3 - Fictional Fraternities

463.3.1 Who belonged to the International Order of Friendly Sons
of the Raccoons?
ANSWER: Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) and sewer worker
Ed Norton (Art Carney)

463.3.2 Who belonged to the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos
Lodge?
ANSWER: Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble

463.3.3 Which law officer was a member of the Regal Order of the
Golden Door to Good Fellowship?
ANSWER: Sherriff Andy Taylor
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463.5 – Gossip Mavens

463.5.1 Under what name did Elda Furry wrote her memoire,
"From Under My Hat"?
ANSWER: Hedda Hopper

463.5.2 Who wrote the 1943 memoir "The Gay Illiterate"?
ANSWER: Louella Parsons

463.5.3 Jackie Oh!, Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized
Biography and, His Way: The Unauthorized Biography
of Frank Sinatra?
ANSWER: Kitty Kelley
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===== SCORES =====
Name ~ Score
ANDY ~ 30
Arlene ~ 30
At Neethling ~ 30
Chris ~ 30
Civexgovjd ~ 24
Darlene ~ 30
DeedeeTex ~ 6
Dragon ~ 30
Druid Queen ~ 30
Fieldsjen ~ 30
Georgette ~ 24
Mare ~ 30
Mindot ~ 24
Moonstep ~ 4
Peggy ~ 30
Pmantis ~ 24
Racetracker ~ 30
Randy ~ 1
Shirley ~ 30
SlvrANblak ~ 30
Steve ~ 18
Susan ~ 30
Susie ~ 22
Team Robert ~ 30
Ymangellover ~ 30
Active Players this week: ~ 26

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