TOUGH TRIVIA ON KBND
THE QUESTIONS WE USE HERE ON TOUGH TRIVIA COME FROM A VARIETY OF RELIABLE SOURCES, SUCH AS HORN-ABBOT'S TRIVIAL PURSUIT AND TED MAGNUSON'S OREGON TRIVIA. WE WORK HARD TO ENSURE THAT OUR INFORMATION IS ACCURATE. HOWEVER, WE REALIZE THAT - FROM TIME TO TIME - YOUR SOURCE MAY GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT ANSWER THAN OURS. SO, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GAME, K-B-N-D ACCEPTS AS FINAL THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OUR SOURCES. - - - AND, AFTER ALL, THIS IS JUST FOR FUN. . . .
HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS FOR TODAY'S GAME.
*1. WHAT CARTOON CHARACTER MADE HIS HOME IN THE IM-GWEE-GWEE VALLEY?
*2. WHAT FORMER N-F-L QUARTERBACK WAS THE #1 PICK IN THE VERY FIRST DRAFT HELD BY THE NOW DEFUNCT U-S-F-L (UNITED STATES FOOTBALL LEAGUE)?
*3. WHAT SMOOTH VOICED SINGER WAS THE FIRST VOCALIST TO WIN GRAMMY AWARDS IN THREE DIFFERENT GENRE CATEGORIES?
*4. WHAT WAS NEIL DIAMOND'S FIRST TOP-10 HIT?
*5. WHICH OREGON COASTAL STATE PARK WAS THE FIRST TO BE ESPECIALLY SET UP FOR HIKERS AND CYCLISTS?
*6. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A T-V SERIES TO CHANGE NAMES PRIOR TO GOING ON THE AIR. FOR EXAMPLE, "ALL IN THE FAMILY" WAS DEVELOPED USING THE NAME "THOSE WERE THE DAYS". WHAT SITCOM STARTED LIFE AS "FAMILY BUSINESS"?
*7. WITHIN 100, AND ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST 10, WHAT IS THE SMALLEST OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE FOR A PORTLAND TRAILBLAZER GAME PLAYED IN THE MEMORIAL COLISEUM?
8. WHICH MAMMAL - AND YOU MUST BE SPECIFIC - HAS THE HEAVIEST BRAIN?
9. THIS MAJOR LEAGUE PITCHER ONCE THREW A NO-HITTER - AND HIT TWO HOME RUNS IN THE GAME WHILE DOING IT. NAME HIM.
10. WHAT WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN NOVEL TO SELL ONE MILLION COPIES?
11. WHAT STRINGED INSTRUMENT IS PROMINENTLY FEATURED IN THE 1949 THRILLER "THE THIRD MAN"?
12. MOST OF US KNOW THAT PORTLAND'S LIGHT RAIL TRAIN IS CALLED "MAX". BUT WHAT IS "MAX" AN ACRONYM FOR?
13. ACCORDING TO T-V GUIDE, THIS PROGRAM HAS OCCUPIED MORE TELEVISION AIR TIME THAN ANY OTHER. NAME IT.
14. TOM SEAVER WAS THE SECOND PLAYER IN MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY TO WIN BOTH A "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR" AND A "CY YOUNG" AWARD - NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SAME YEAR. WHO WAS THE FIRST?
15. WHAT EUROPEAN NATION LEADS THE WORLD IN PER CAPITA SOFT DRINK CONSUMPTION?
will carry over to our next game. Good Luck!