Trivia Answers, November 5th
(Questions and Answers taken from The Bathroom Trivia Book)
1. What was the first cartoon character blown up to be a parade balloon?
Felix the Cat
2. What was the first tropical storm/hurricane named after a man?
Bud, on June 19, 1978
3. What was the first television game show in the U.S.?
Truth or Consequences debuted on July 1, 1941 with Ralph Edwards as host and Ivory Soap as its sponsor.
4. In 1962, the “Galactic Network” was first conceived. What do we call it nowadays?
The Internet
5. In 1929, it hit the shelves as Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda. It has since had an image makeover and done fairly well for itself under what name?
Seven Up
6. He began life as a King and ended up as a U.S. President. Can you identify him?
Gerald Ford born Leslie King
7. Back in 1953, they still let the lab boys name products so the chemist who developed “Water Displacement, 40th attempt” called it exactly that but marketing boys tweaked it a bit to_____________?
WD-40
8. Who is Gordon Sumner better known as?
Sting
9. What is a Brandophile?
A person who collects cigar bands
10. Who was the first female to appear on a box of Wheaties?
Mary Lou Retton
