Friday, December 23, 2011

Trivia Quiz #213 - Trivia Quiz About Countries

Countries - Questions and Answers
  1. Who ruled England from 827 until 860?
     
  2. 300,000 Chinese troops invaded a country in February of 1979,
    what was the country?
     
  3. Worlds most remote weather station is located in what country?
     
  4. What European country was in an official state of emergency from
    1933 until 1945?
     
  5. Which country lost over seventeen percent of its entire
    population in World War II?
     
  6. Which two countries share Victoria Falls?
     
  7. Adolf Hitler was born in what country?
     
  8. In 1989, what country did the United States invade in what George
    Will dubbed "an act of hemispheric hygiene"?
     
  9. What country did Ion Iliescu take over after its previous
    president was arrested, tried and shot?
     
  10. What North American country enacted the War Powers Act to quell a
    separatist rebellion in 1970?
     
  11. Aruba maintains the strongest ties to what European country?
     
  12. Fireworks originated in what country?
     
  13. The Saturn V rocket was built by what country?
     
  14. What European country uses its Latin Name, Helvetia, on its
    stamps?
     
  15. In which country was the World Wide Web invented?
     
  16. China has how many time zones?
     
  17. What is the name of the country that flew the first supersonic
    airliner in 1968 and had it crash in 1973?
     
  18. The Greek historian Herodotus dubbed what country "the gift of
    the Nile"?
     
  19. In South America what is the largest country?
     
  20. Japan sends the most what to Australia?
     
  21. Which European country launched Europe's first super high speed
    passenger train in 1981?
     
  22. Portugal is bordered by only want country, what is it?
     
  23. India ink was developed in what country?
     
  24. What country did 153 of the first 400 Nobel Prize-winning
    scientists call home?
     
  25. What country first came up with windmills?
     
  26. A patent on polyester was patented first in what country?
     
  27. The worlds first mid air collision took place over what country?
     
  28. Eddy Grant comes from what country?
     
  29. Roxette came from which European country?
     
  30. Celine Deion was born in what North American Country?
     
  31. What floral symbol do the country of Peru and the state of Kansas
    have in common?
     
  32. What country has a volcano called Okinawa?
     
  33. Lesotho is a southern African Kingdom surround by which country?
     
  34. In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs?
     
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #213 - Countries Trivia


  1. Egbert, Ethelwulf and Ethelbald
  2. Vietnam.
  3. Canada.
  4. Germany.
  5. Poland.
  6. Zimbabwe and Zambia.
  7. Austria.
  8. Panama.
  9. Romania.
  10. Canada.
  11. Netherlands.
  12. China.
  13. USA.
  14. Switzerland.
  15. Switzerland.
  16. China has only one time zone. The government requires all clocks
    throughout the country be synchronized with Beijing.
  17. The Soviet Union.
  18. Egypt.
  19. Brazil.
  20. Tourists.
  21. France.
  22. Spain.
  23. China.
  24. The United States.
  25. It was Iran in A.D. 644 for grinding grain.
  26. Briton.
  27. Austria.
  28. Guyana.
  29. Sweden.
  30. Canada.
  31. The sunflower.
  32. Japan.
  33. South Africa.
  34. Madagascar.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Trivia Quiz #212 - Trivia Quiz About Music, Singers

Music, Singers, Songs, Bands - Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. Who sang "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man which was a hit after he died?
     
  2. What six words are the most famous words spoken in The Jazz
    Singer, the first movie with a sound track?
     
  3. As a child, what opera star was featured as a singing orphan on a
    radio soap opera?
     
  4. Why was opera singer Enrico Caruso's first film, My Cousin, a big
    flop?
     
  5. How did the lead singer and lyricist of the Irish rock band U2,
    Bono, get his name?
     
  6. Who was the original lead singer with the group The Wailers?
     
  7. What famous country singing star starred in the movie 9 to 5?
     
  8. Who was the lead singer with INXS?
     
  9. What musical instrument was singer Nat King Cole also very
    talented with?
     
  10. What environmental campaigner and UK pop singer appeared in the
    movie Dune?
     
  11. The Way We Were was the first number one hit for what singer?
     
  12. In Woody Allen's 1977 movie hit, Annie Hall, what famous American
    singer-songwriter played the part of slick record promoter Tony
    Lacey?
     
  13. In 1985 what famous female singer married Sean Penn?
     
  14. What's Love Got To Do With It? was a movie about what famous
    female vocalist?
     
  15. Author Peter Benchley was born on exactly the same day as what
    singer?
     
  16. The Jazz Singer was made by what film company?
     
  17. Time Inc merged with what movie company in 1989 to make Time
    Warner?
     
  18. Which singer "ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more?
     
  19. What was singer Sinead O'Coner re-dubbed when she became a
    priestess of the Catholic Latin Tridenine Church?
     
  20. What was the name of the male vocalist backed by the Zodiacs?
     
  21. What are veteran pop singer Stewarts first names?
     
  22. Daryl Hanna once performed as a singer in an all-girl band known
    as what?
     
  23. At 54 years old, which famous singer took everything but her
    boots off for a playboy cover?
     
  24. What major Hollywood studio signed the first black performer,
    singer Lena Horne, in 1942?
     
  25. Bob Marley's birthday, February 6, is a national holiday in what
    country?
     
  26. What is the name of the country singer who recorded The IRS
    Tapes; Who'll Buy My Memories to help pay a $16.7 million tax bill?
     
  27. After getting out of jail in 1991, what famous soul singer said,
    "I feel good"?
     
  28. When three alternative rock producers spied singer Shirley Manson
    on MTV and asked her to play with them, what hit band got its start?
     
  29. In 1991, which famous rock n roll band resurrected Bob Dylan's
    Knockin on Heaven's Door?
     
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #212 - Music - Singers, and Artists Trivia

  1. Buddy Holly.
  2. Al Jolson's first words: "You ain't heard nothing yet, folks!"
  3. Beverly Sills, on the radio serial Our Gal Sunday.
  4. It was a silent movie - not a big box office draw for a
    professional singer.
  5. From a hearing aid store in Dublin called Bono Voz adapted from
    Latin meaning "good voice".
  6. Junior Braithwaite.
  7. Dolly Parton.
  8. Michael Hutchence.
  9. Piano.
  10. Sting.
  11. Barbra Streisand.
  12. Paul Simon.
  13. Madonna.
  14. Tina Turner.
  15. Rick Nelson.
  16. Warner Brothers.
  17. Warner Brothers.
  18. Bob Dylan.
  19. Mother Bernadette Mary.
  20. Maurice Williams.
  21. Roderick David.
  22. "Psychotic Kindergarten".
  23. Nancy Sinatra.
  24. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
  25. Bob Marley's.
  26. Willie Nelson.
  27. James Brown.
  28. Garbage.
  29. Guns N' Roses.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Trivia Quiz #211 - Trivia Quiz About Songs, Singers, Groups, Musicals and More

Singers, Songs, Musicals, Bands - Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. In the song, "You can't hurry love, You'll just have to" what?
     
  2. The song " I Talk To The Trees" was featured in what musical?
     
  3. According to the group Poison, what does every rose have?
     
  4. In the 1950s hit song who did Running Bear love?

     
  5. Which musical featured the song, "Ol' Man River?
     
  6. In the rock n roll song, what is said right after Good Golly?
     
  7. Which "Bond Film" did Lulu sing the title song for?
     
  8. Sheryl Crow sang the title song for which Bond Film?
     
  9. The song "Rhythm Of Life" was featured in which musical?
     
  10. What kind of animals are being referred to in the song "Bight
    Eyes">
     
  11. A famous American composer had two of his songs used as official
    state anthems, what is his name?
     
  12. What is the last word of Shania Twain's song "Man! I Feel Like A
    Woman!"?
     
  13. In the Disney classic Snow White sings "Some Day My Prince Will
    Come" and what other song?
     
  14. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, what was the song the
    Navy band was playing?
     
  15. What famous rock and roll group got it's name from a song by the
    blues band Muddy Waters?
     
  16. Which group sang a silly love song?
     
  17. Shirley Bassey sang for three Bond films, what film was the third
    one?
     
  18. What popular soft drink was advertised though the song "I'd Like
    To Teach The World To Sing?
     
  19. Gene who recorded the rock song "Be Bop A Lula"?
     
  20. Who wrote the song "White Christmas"?
     
  21. The song "Food, Glorious Food" was featured in what musical?
     
  22. What musical featured the song "Shall We Dance"?
     
  23. What Frank Sinatra song rhymes a line with "shy way"?
     
  24. "It took so long to bake it" is a line in what song?
     
  25. Top Gun had a successful song hit by Berlin, which song was it?
     
  26. For the movie "The Woman in Red" a Stevie Wonder song won and
    Oscar, what song was it?
     
  27. Carly Simon sand the title song for which Bond film?
     
  28. "The Dancing Cuckoos" was the theme song of which pair of comics?
     
  29. What was the name of the only song from a Hitchcock film to ever
    win and Oscar for Best Song?
     
  30. What was the name of the song that won an Oscar for the film The
    Poseidon Adventure?
     
  31. Which Monty Python movie has the song "Always Look on the Bright
    Side of Life?
     

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #211 - Singers and Songs Trivia

  1. Wait.
  2. Paint Your Wagon.
  3. Its thorn.
  4. Little White Dove.
  5. Showboat.
  6. Miss Molley.
  7. The Man With The Golden Gun.
  8. Tomorrow Never Dies.
  9. Sweet Charity.
  10. Rabbits.
  11. Stephen Foster, My Old Kentucky Home for Kentucky and Old Folks
    at Home for Florida.
  12. Woman.
  13. I'm Wishing.
  14. The Star-Spangled Banner.
  15. The Rolling Stones.  Muddy Waters song was "Rollin Stone".
  16. Wings.
  17. Moonraker.
  18. Coca Cola.
  19. Vincent.
  20. Irving Berlin.
  21. Oliver.
  22. The King and I.
  23. My Way.
  24. Macarthur Park.
  25. Take My Breath Away.
  26. I Just Called To Say I Love You.
  27. The Spy Who Love Me.
  28. Laurel and Hardy.
  29. "Que Sera Sera".
  30. The Morning After.
  31. The Life of Brian.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Trivia Quiz #210 - Famous People Trivia Quiz

Famous People Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. Who became prime minister of India following Lal Bahadur Shasrtri?
     
  2. Who was it who once said "Hello Muddah Hello Faddah"?
     
  3. What is the last name of fashion designer Donatella, sister of
    the murdered Gianni?
     
  4. World War I German spy Mata Hari was born in what country?
     
  5. What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known,
    I would have become a watchmaker"?
     
  6. What was the name of the philosopher who once stated "Children
    today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food,
    and tyrannize their teachers"?
     
  7. From where did the famous philosopher Plato get his name from?
     
  8. In 64 A.D., when Rome burned, where was Nero?
     
  9. What were the dying words of Robert E. Lee?
     
  10. Who wrote an Unauthorized Biography about Nancy Reagan?
     
  11. What was the name of the American athlete who fell over during
    the final of the 3,000 meters at the LA Olympics?
     
  12. Carrie Fisher is what actresses daughter?
     
  13. Who was the king of rock and roll?
     
  14. What was the name of Sherlock Holmes' assistant?
     
  15. What famous woman was accused of abducting Stompie Seipei?
     
  16. Who was the journalist who first told the world about the My Lai
    massacre?
     
  17. Axle Rose's father-in-law was a famous singer, what was his name?
     
  18. Rudolf Nureyev was what kind of dancer?
     
  19. What was the full name of the movie mogul famous for his
    goldwynisms?
     
  20. Twiggy was the most famous model of which decade?
     
  21. Elizabeth Taylor married which Richard twice?
     
  22. In what field is Giorgio Armani famous?
     
  23. In what decade of the twentieth century was Goldie Hawn born?
     
  24. What politician referred to drawing a line in the sand about the
    Gulf War?
     
  25. Borris who succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev?
     
  26. What was the name of the tennis player who famously yelled at an
    umpire "You cannot be serious!"?
     
  27. Mark Spitz won his seven gold medals where?
     
  28. Al Gore was elected Senator for what state in 1985?
     
  29. What was aviation pioneer Lindbergh's first name?
     
  30. What part of the UK was Sir Anthony Hopkins born?
     
  31. Deep Blue, an IBM computer played chess with what internationally
    known chess champion?
     
  32. Charles Schulz's most famous creation was what?
     
  33. Which famous family group included the brothers Marlon and Tito?
     

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #210 - Famous People Trivia

  1. Indira Gandhi.
  2. Allan Sherman.
  3. Versace.
  4. In Holland as Margaretha Geertrulida Zelle.
  5. Albert Einstein.
  6. Socrates, who lived in Greece from 470 to 399 B.C.
  7. It was a nickname given him by his wrestling teacher.
  8. Nero was at home in his villa at Antium 35 miles from Rome.
  9. Strike the tent.
  10. Kitty Kelley.
  11. Mary Decker.
  12. Debbie Reynolds.
  13. Elvis Presley.
  14. Dr. Watson.
  15. Winnie Mandela.
  16. Seymour Hersh.
  17. Don Everly.
  18. Ballet.
  19. Sam Goldwyn.
  20. 1960s.
  21. Burton.
  22. Fashion design.
  23. 40s.
  24. George H. Bush.
  25. Yeltsin.
  26. John McEnroe.
  27. Munich.
  28. Tennessee.
  29. Charles.
  30. Wales.
  31. Gary Kasparov.
  32. Peanuts comic strip.
  33. Jackson Five.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Trivia Quiz #209 - Fame Trivia Quiz

Famous Stuff Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. Stephen Sondheim supported himself before his West Side Story
    success, by writing what?
     
  2. Which Gwen won an Olympic Gold medal in track?
     
  3. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey were band leaders, but who was Arnold
    Dorsey?
     
  4. Who is the famous clarinetist who performs with the New Orleans
    Funeral and Jazz Band?
     
  5. Dudley Moore is famous for playing what instrument?
     
  6. What geological feature was named for the man that was the head
    of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th
    century.
     
  7. What was the name of the Russian goldsmith who became famous for
    his jeweled eggs?
     
  8. What well known French landmark is named after a German city?
     
  9. Who was the explorer that included a photograph of his nude
    mistress in a book he wrote about his travels?
     
  10. Who is the famous mother of Elijah Blue?
     
  11. What world renowned southern city is known for its Beale Street
    Blues?
     
  12. What is the name of the world's most famous Opera House?
     
  13. What famous American frontiersman boasted: "I can't say I was
    ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days"?
     
  14. What was the name of the future President who made the famous
    Checkers Speech in 1952?
     
  15. What well known American's father headed the investigation into
    the Lindbergh kidnapping in 1932?
     
  16. What renowned Cherokee Indian was known to the Americans of his
    time as George Guess?
     
  17. Francis Bellamy wrote what famous words to commemorate the 400th
    anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America?
     
  18. What world renowned frontierswoman, buried in Deadwood, South
    Dakota, was laid to rest wearing a white dress and with a gun in
    each hand?
     
  19. The Horseshoe Falls are part of which famous Falls?
     
  20. In which state is the Sun Studio where Elvis made his recordings?
     
  21. What politician appeared in an episode of Major Dad that marked
    the Marine corps' 215th anniversary?
     
  22. What famous actor turned down the role of Archie Bunker in the
    pilot for All in the Family?
     
  23. Who won $15,000 on the TV show Name That Tune before gaining fame
    as an astronaut?
     
  24. What Hollywood actor turned down the role of Marshall Matt Dillon
    on Gunsmoke?
     
  25. In 1958, what couple appeared in a TV play, A Turkey for the
    president?
     
  26. Before legally changing his name, what was Mr. T's real name?
     
  27. Unlike Dallas where oil was the big thing, Falcon Crest was about
    what California product?
     
  28. In what US state, famous for its ski resorts, is South Park
    situated?
     
  29. What was the name of the first feline featured on Lifestyles of
    the Rich and Famous?
     
  30. What did Farrah Fawcett the famous actress have named after her?
     

Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #209 - Fame Trivia

  1. Topper TV scripts.
  2. Torrence.
  3. Pop singer Englebert Humperdinck.
  4. Woody Allen.
  5. Piano.
  6. Mount Everest, named for Sir George Everest.
  7. Peter Faberge.
  8. The Eiffel Tower.
  9. Robert Peary, discoverer of the North Pole.
  10. Cher.
  11. Memphis, Tennessee.
  12. La Scala.
  13. Daniel Boone.
  14. Richard Nixon.
  15. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
  16. Sequoya.
  17. The Pledge of Allegiance.
  18. Calamity Jane.
  19. Niagara.
  20. Tennessee.
  21. Dan Quayle.
  22. Mickey Rooney.
  23. John Glenn.
  24. John Wayne.
  25. Future President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy.
  26. Lawrence Tero.
  27. Wine.
  28. Colorado.
  29. Morris the Cat.
  30. It was a gold-plated "Farrah faucet".

Monday, December 12, 2011

Trivia Quiz #208 - Aviation Trivia Quiz

Aviation Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. Klagenfurt international airport is in what country?
     
  2. McCoy international airport is located in what US state?
     
  3. What airline was the owner of the plane that crashed off the
    coast of Nova Scotia in 1998?
     
  4. What state is Oakland international airport located in?
     
  5. What island in the Canary Islands was the scene of one of the
    worst air disasters in history with the collision of two jumbo jets?
     
  6. In what country is Osaka international airport?
     
  7. What kind of aircraft was developed by Sigorsky in the United
    States in 1942?
     
  8. What name is given to the methods for making an aircraft hard to
    detect?
     
  9. The airline Augusta comes from what country?
     
  10. Punto Arenas International airport is in which country?
     
  11. In what US state is San Antonio international airport situated?
     
  12. Who pioneered the airship?
     
  13. What is the location of Sky Harbor international airport?
     
  14. What author had a best selling novel, Airport?
     
  15. Who was the first woman to run a US airline?
     
  16. In Germany, what is the main airport?
     
  17. The airline TAP originates from what country?
     
  18. What was the Airline that linked Silicon Valley to Austin Texas
    dubbed as?
     
  19. The airline VASP comes from which South American country?
     
  20. What was the name of the German airship that crashed and burned
    in New Jersey in 1937?
     
  21. Who had a national airline called Garuda?
     
  22. Ethel Merman made a cameo appearance as a man who thinks he's
    singer Ethel Merman in what 1980 film?
     
  23. What was the name of the first man to die in a US airplane crash?
     
  24. Why did the band Led Zeppelin perform under an alias, the Nobs,
    when they played in Copenhagen?
     
  25. What US state is Wichita international airport located in?
     
  26. In the movie "Rain Man" Dustin Hoffman says he would be willing
    to fly on only one airline because of its safety record, what was
    the airline?
     
  27. What US Congressman had roles in Hairspray and Airplane II before
    winning his seat in congress?
     
  28. What pilot was the first to suffer a passenger fatality in 1908?
     
  29. An Israeli commando raid to rescue 103 hostages in 1976 took
    place at the airport in what Uganda airport?
     
  30. Delta Airlines started out as the first crop-dusting outfit to
    battle what?
     
  31. Where on an airplane are its ailerons located?
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #208 - Aviation Trivia

  1. Austria.
  2. Florida.
  3. Swissair.
  4. California.
  5. Tenerife.
  6. Japan.
  7. The Helicopter.
  8. Stealth Technology.
  9. Australia.
  10. Chile.
  11. Texas.
  12. Count Von Zeppelin.
  13. Arizona, US.
  14. Arthur Haily.
  15. Maureen O'Hara. Antilles Air boats in the Virgin Islands.
  16. Frankfurt.
  17. Portugal.
  18. The "Nerd Bird".
  19. Brazil.
  20. The Hindenburg.
  21. Indonesia.
  22. Airplane.
  23. Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge.
  24. Airship heiress Eva Von Zeppelin threatened legal action.
  25. Kansas.
  26. Quantas.
  27. Sonny Bono.
  28. Orville Wright.
  29. Entebbe's.
  30. Boll weevils.
  31. The wings.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Trivia Quiz #207 - Food Trivia Quiz

Food Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. What type of oven will not brown foods?
     
  2. What type of food did Linda McCartney launch?
     
  3. What type of tree leaves are the only food that a koala bear will
    eat?
     
  4. Which country in Europe consumes more spicy Mexican food than any
    other?
     
  5. The FDA approved what fat substitute for use in snack foods even
    though there were reports of side affects like cramps and diarrhea?
     
  6. Federal labeling regulations require how much caffeine be removed
    from coffee for it to be called decaffeinated?
     
  7. What famous Greek once advised: "Let your food be your medicine,
    and your medicine be your food"?
     
  8. What interesting way does the snakebird, darter, or water turkey
    catch fish?
     
  9. Chicken is the leading cause of what food born illness?
     
  10. Who invented Margarine in 1868?
     
  11. What group of people were the first to use freeze-drying on
    potatoes?
     
  12. What was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles favorite food?
     
  13. What food was considered the food of the Gods, and was said to
    bring eternal life to anyone who ate it?
     
  14. When Birdseye first introduced its frozen foods in 1930, what was
    it called?
     
  15. What was the convenience food that Joel Cheek developed?
     
  16. What did Clarence Birdseye do before hitting on the idea of
    frozen foods?
     
  17. The song, Food, Glorious Food, was featured in which musical?
     
  18. Of the Worlds food crops, what percentage is pollinated by
    insects?
     
  19. The Giant panda's favorite food is what?
     
  20. Which entertainer on Conan O'Brien's show, choose NBC cafeteria
    chicken over his own brand in a blind taste test?
     
  21. What drink was sold as Diastoid when first introduced?
     
  22. What type of micro organism makes up the base of marine and
    freshwater food chains?
     
  23. What type of creature builds a lodge in which to store food, rear
    its young, and pass the winter?
     
  24. What fruit or vegetable was dubbed the FlavrSavr and was the
    first genetically engineered food sold in the United States?
     
  25. What fitness guru appeared as a dancing meatball in an Italian TV
    commercial as an art student?
     
  26. What Olympic athlete could not run the 200-meter final in the 92
    Olympics because of food poisoning?
     
  27. What morning food has a name derived from the German word for
    stirrup?
     
  28. In 1904, what food product was renamed Post Toasties cereal
    because the clergy objected to the original name?
     
  29. In the United States, what are the five most frequently eaten
    fruits?
     
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #207 - Food Trivia

  1. Microwave oven.
  2. Vegetarian food.
  3. Eucalyptus.
  4. Norway.
  5. Olestra.
  6. Ninety seven percent.
  7. Hippocrates.
  8. It spears the fish with its long, straight, sharp bill.
  9. Salmonella poisoning.
  10. Hyppolyte Merge-mouries.
  11. The Incas.
  12. Pizza.
  13. Ambrosia.
  14. Frosted Food.
  15. Instant Coffee.
  16. He trapped frogs for a zoo.
  17. Oliver.
  18. 80 percent.
  19. Bamboo shoots.
  20. Kenny Rogers.
  21. Malted milk.
  22. Plankton.
  23. Beaver.
  24. The tomato.
  25. Richard Simmons.
  26. Michael Johnson.
  27. Bagel.
  28. Elijah's Manna.
  29. The  banana, apple, watermelon, orange,  and
    cantaloupe

Friday, December 2, 2011

Trivia Quiz #206 - Racing Trivia Quiz

Racing Trivia - Questions and Answers


  1. In horse racing, how long is the Breeder's Cup?
     
  2. Winning a total of 20 races, how many total rides did South
    African-born Michael Roberts take in 1992 English horse racing?
     
  3. Which of the triple Crown races is held on Long Island?
     
  4. Herve Filion topped what sport with a record of 14,084 wins?
     
  5. The Spa-Francorchamps motor racing track is in what country?
     
  6. The British call it stock car racing... what do Americans call
    it?
     
  7. Horse racing's Melbourne Cup is held in what month?
     
  8. Racing's Niki Lauda born in which country?
     
  9. What is the name of the song in which Stephen Foster encourages
    people to bet on de bay?
     
  10. Bernie Ecclestone is associated with what multi million dollar
    sport?
     
  11. Who is France's most successful racing driver of all time?
     
  12. What is the last name of the racing brothers Emerson and Wilson?
     
  13. Juan Manuel Fangio comes from what South American country?
     
  14. Walter Cronkite was part of what car racing team that competed in
    the 1959 Sebring 12-hour race?
     
  15. What riding practice did jockey Tod Sloan popularize in horse
    racing?
     
  16. In horse racing what are the three big races only for fillies
    called?
     
  17. What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?
     
  18. What racing sport achieves the highest speeds?
     
  19. What piece of equipment do recreational bikes have that racing
    bikes do not?
     
  20. Where is the horse race known as the Japan Cup held?
     
  21. In the season Damon Hill was racing's Formula One world champ,
    how many of his races did he win?
     
  22. What do the initials BMX stand for in cross country racing?
     
  23. Col. Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. developed most of the rules of
    what sport in the United States?
     
  24. The phrase "turning point" came from what ancient sport?
     
  25. Where did the word furlong as used in horse racing come from?
     
  26. Mike Hawthorn, a Formula One motor racing world champion, won how
    many of his 45 races?
     
  27. In the 1990s, who was the first racing driver to win the opening
    formula one race and not end the season as the champion?
     
  28. Ayrton Senna lost his life at which formula one racing circuit?
     
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #206 - Racing Trivia

  1. 1 mile 1 furlong.
  2. 1,068.
  3. The Belmont.
  4. Harness racing.
  5. Belgium.
  6. Demolition Derbies.
  7. November.
  8. Austria.
  9. Camptown races.
  10. Motor Racing.
  11. Alain Prost.
  12. Fittipaldi.
  13. Argentina.
  14. Lancia.
  15. The "monkey crouch" position - knees tucked under chin, upper
    body lying along the horse's neck.
  16. The Triple Tiara -  the Mother goose, Coaching Club-American
    Oaks, and the Acorn.
  17. The America's Cup.
  18. Airplane racing.
  19. Brakes.
  20. Tokyo.
  21. Eight.
  22. Bicycle moto cross.
  23. Horse racing.
  24. Chariot racing.  Turning points were the places where the
    chariot drivers turned at both ends of the stadium.
  25. Back when a race was a furrow long... the length of a plowed
    field.
  26. Three.
  27. David Coulthard.
  28. Imola (San Marino Grand Prix)