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1. What do the letters in CD-Rom stand for? (Compact disk, read-only memory. It is a type of CD where the information on the disk cannot be changed. The CD, an innovation for the baby boomers, might be replaced in the near future by the I-Pod and other gizmos that can download music in the computer’s memory with no need for a disk, tape, record, etc.)
2. What was the name of the prison in The Green Mile? (Cold Mountain Correctional Facility, which was also used by Stephen King in the book by the same name. The book was made into a movie in 1999, starring Tom Hanks.)
3. What was the name of the pet mouse in the movie The Green Mile? (Mr. Jingles. The movie, which will probably become a classic, is about a mouse, a convicted murderer with magic powers to do good and a prison guard who never dies because he is paying for the sin of executing an innocent man.)
4. What are the flavors in Neapolitan ice cream? (Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Vanilla ice cream is the most popular flavor, followed by chocolate. Butter pecan and strawberry are virtually tied for thrid place.)
5. Okay, travelers, name the past slogans for license plates in these states:
   Arizona (Grand Canyon State)
   Michigan (Water Wonderland, Great Lakes State)
   Ohio (Birth Place of Aviation, Seat Belts Fastened, The Heart of It All!)
   Wisconsin (America’s Dairyland)
   Missouri (Show Me State)
   New York (The Empire State)
   California (Golden State)
6. Who was the first to set up an assembly line for the production of automobiles? (Henry Ford did this in 1913. The Ford Motor Company opened in 1903.)
7. What was the name of Henry Ford's estate in Dearborn, Michigan, which also happened to be the name of one of Ford’s cars? (Fair Lane, which was also a name of one of the Ford cars from the 1960s - the Fairlane.)
8. What is the capital of Canada and what is its population? (Ottawa, Ontario - population 777,978.)
9. Where does a cow’s “cud” come from? (It is regurgitated forage. When a cow eats, the food passes through the cow’s first chamber, which can hold over 30 gallons of forage and liquid. It then passes into a second chamber where it starts to ferment and is turned into little balls. At this stage, the cow burps back up the little balls and chews on them for hours.)
10. The Altair 8800, one of the first personal computers, was featured on the cover of what magazine in 1975? (The Altair 8800 was introduced on the January 1975 cover of Popular Electronics magazine. It cost $400 but there was one catch - you had to build it yourself!)
11. Who was the most prolific inventor of all time? (Thomas Edison. He had more than 1,000 patents to his name. Among his most famous "firsts" was the phonograph, electric light bulb, an electric generating system and the moving picture camera.)
12. What four tennis tournaments, if won in the same year, constitute a “Grand Slam”? (Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Australian Open and French Open.)
13. Who played in the first Super Bowl? (The Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs played on January 15, 1967 at the L.A. Coliseum.)
14. Who is known for uttering the phrase “Let’s kick it up a notch” as they add extra spice to dishes? (TV chef Emeril Lagasse often uses this catch phrase.)
15. Prior to the establishment of dentistry as a profession, who worked on a person’s teeth? (Barbers, doctors and even blacksmiths worked on teeth until 1696 when dentistry became a profession.)
16. Who was the first doctor to successfully perform a heart transplant? (Dr. Christiaan Bernard performed the first heart transplant on December 3, 1967 in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Bernard transplanted the beating heart of an accident victim into an older man whose heart was failing.)
17. What do we put on a boo boo and who invented it? (A Band-Aid, of course. A man named Earle Dickson was working for Johnson and Johnson Company when his wife suffered a minor cut. Her husband cut up some of the large pads used in hospitals and taped them over his wife’s cut. This led to the invention of the Band-Aid. Over 125 billion Band-Aids have been sold to date.)
18. Who was the Canadian author who wrote Never Cry Wolf (which later became a movie starring Rick Moranis) and other stories about the out-of-doors? (Farley Mowat. Mowat is a conservationist born in Belleville, Ontario, May 12, 1921. A Canadian conservation group recently named a ship after him. He wrote many stories for adults and children.)
19. How old must you be in Canada to vote? (18 years old, same as in the U.S.)
20. Which president of the United States was the only president to get all of the electoral votes and the only president who did not live in Washington D.C? (George Washington. He never lived in D.C. because the city didn’t become the capital until 1800, a year after he died.)
21. Who was the first American woman to go into space? (Sally Ride. She was a mission specialist aboard the shuttle Challenger in 1983. Sally Ride was a ranked tennis player on the junior tennis circuit. She has a PhD in physics from Stanford.)
22. Who was the childhood movie star who went on to be a government official under four presidents? (Shirley Temple. She starred in 57 movies - 44 of them before she was 12 years old. She served under presidents Ford, Nixon, Reagan and George H. W. Bush.)
23. Anne Frank started every diary entry with “Dear Kitty.” Who was Kitty? (Kitty was an imaginary friend. Anne Frank hid from the Nazi’s for two years before being found and sent to a concentration camp where she died.)
24. In the early 60s, there was a crisis that the Russians referred to as “The Caribbean Crisis.” The Cubans coined it the “The October Crisis.” What was it known as in the United States? (It was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The Soviets had assembled nuclear warheads on the island of Cuba aimed at the U.S. Many feared at the time that this action would launch a nuclear war between Russian and the U.S. Fortunately, the crisis ended peacefully when the Soviets disassembled the warheads.)
25. What is the name of the bridge that connects the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan? (The Mackinac Bridge. It is a five-mile long bridge built in 1957 and spans the Straits of Mackinac.)
26. What do we call the martial art form that developed from “a synthesis of indigenous Ryukyuan methods and Chinese kempo"? (Karate. It is known primarily as a striking art, featuring punching, kicking, knee/elbow strikes and open-handed techniques.)
27. What is the most recognized smell in the world? (According to a research report by UPI {United Press International}, the smell people can identify most often is coffee. Peanut butter comes in second.)
28. What was the name of the first ship to sail around the world? Hint: It was one of Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet of ships. (It was the Victoria and the year was 1521. Magellan was the man who named the Pacific Ocean. Pacific means peaceful, which described the seas at the time he sailed there.)
29. What mission was NASA on when the infamous words “Houston, we have a problem” were heard around the world? (It was Apollo 13 and the year was 1970. An explosion aboard the aircraft caused a near catastrophe. Fortunately, the crew was able to return to earth safely.)
30. Where were inline skates invented? Hint: it is a northern state with twin cities. (Minnesota. Two brothers, Scott and Brennan Olson, looking to play hockey after the ice melted, lined up the wheels on their roller skates and…well, the rest is history.)
31. What was the nickname given to the eight Chicago White Sox baseball players who fixed the 1919 World Series? (Their nickname was the “Black Sox.” They were permanently banned from baseball for their role in this scandal. One of the players was “Shoeless” Joe Jackson.)
32. When Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon on July 20, 1969, which foot hit the surface first? (His left foot stepped out first. The size of the first footprint was 13 by 6 inches, the dimensions of Neil Armstrong's boot. The footprints left behind will last for millions of years because there is no wind on the moon.)
33. Who was the last man to walk on the moon? What year was it? (Eugene A. Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon. The year was 1972.)

More July Trivia!
Visit all the pages of our site. Many of the activity ideas include trivia sections. In particular, check out the following this month:

• Canada Day - Canadian Trivial Pursuit
• Lighten Up - Trivia quiz about the characters Red Skelton created.
• Morsels & More - Fun facts and trivia about MoonPies.
• Let's Talk - Trivia and fun facts about the moon.
• Reel to Real - Facts and trivia about Robin Williams.
• Who Am I? - Interesting facts about John Glenn.
• Daily Chronicles - Daily fun facts and other trivia.