RTS Trivia Contests

[Mandikay]

Did you get the premade juice? Which did you get? I have been curious about them.

Would love to hear your thoughts on them.

I got 3 bottles of biltmore, 8 bottles of vanilla custard, 6 bottles of crunch berries, 2 bottles of yellow cake and 1 strawberrys and cream. I love the biltmore, it's really good stuff. I usually order my vanilla custard and crunch berries from somewhere else but I decided to give these a try, they are still steeping now but they smell amazing, much better than the ones I usually get. The yellow cake and strawberrys and cream smell amazing too. If they taste anywhere near as good as they smell they have definitely earned a customer for life. The customer service seemed great and they shipped very quickly. I will update on this post as soon as they finish steeping but so far I am really impressed

 

[Mandikay]

Darn it. I should have entered as I actually knew most of those. Was trying to give others a chance to win though.

Same here, I won last time so I was trying to give others a chance

@The_Vapin_Chemist I think that is a great idea to do it randomly for those with the correct answers.. Gives everyone a chance

 

[Debadoo]

we are going to try Deb's suggestion of a random draw for all correct answers (I actually have a random generator spreadsheet that I built a while back that will be perfect for this).

kewl! hope most folks like this option. That's kewl you made your own spreadsheet. Random.org is also an easy way to randomize a winner and one that a lot of contest folks use.

Good luck everyone!! So glad RTS found a way to continue these. I learn lots of neat stuff.

 

[The_Vapin_Chemist]

We had two people with all correct answers this week. Thanks to everyone who played, the participation was much higher this week. Congratulation @salemgold you were our random winner this week! Please PM me your account number, first and last name, or email associated with your account so that I can get your coupon set up for you.

Correct answers:
1. What was unusual about the hand-carved Great Seal of the U.S. that Soviet diplomats gave Averell Harriman in 1945 when he was U.S. ambassador to Moscow?
a. It contained a listening device that enabled the Soviets to monitor all conversations in Harriman’s private study, where the seal was displayed on the wall. The bug wasn’t discovered until 1952.

2. How often can the design of an American coin be changed without Congressional approval?
a. Once in 25 years

3. How many islands, reefs, and shoals make up the Hawaiian archipelago?
a. 132

4. What city on the Virginia-North Carolina border is named for the two states?
a. Virgilina

5. Who was the first U.S. citizen to cross the Continental Divide?
a. Meriwether Lewis, on August 12, 1805, during his historic expedition with William Clark.

6. How many shots were fired in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
a. 34, evenly split between the Earps and the Clantons.

7. What building in Hayward, Wisconsin, is shaped like a muskie?
a. The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame

8. The life expectancy of the average American born in 1990 is 72.7 years for males and 76.1 for females. What was it for the average American born in 1900?
a. 46.6 for males and 48.7 for females

9. What animal served as Yale’s mascot before the bulldog?
a. A cat. The bulldog replaced the cat in the late 1800’s.

10. How did Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward signal his anonymous Watergate source, Deep Throat, when he wanted to make contact?
a. He put a red flag in a flowerpot on his apartment balcony.

11. What major American city passed an ordinance in 1838 making it necessary to get a license before serenading a woman?
a. Los Angeles

12. Who was the first American to get oil drilling concessions in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait?
a. John Paul Getty

 

[oplholik]

Congratulations Salem. Have fun shopping.

 

[Debadoo]

wahoooooo Salem!!!!

 

[Mandikay]

Congrats Salem!!

 

[440BB]

Great job salemgold! Fun trivia too!

 

[salemgold]

WOOHOO!!!!!!! Thank you, RTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been so busy with stuff from Hurricane Matthew that I forgot all about this!!!

Thank you so much!!!

 

[Debadoo]

WOOHOO!!!!!!! Thank you, RTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been so busy with stuff from Hurricane Matthew that I forgot all about this!!!

Thank you so much!!!

Hope you haven't had damage or power loss

 

[The_Vapin_Chemist]

Good afternoon everyone! Since I didn't get around to posting this week's trivia yesterday, trivia will run through Sunday night and I will announce our winner on Monday. I will be picking a random winner from all correct trivia responses. Just a reminder to please PM your answers and have fun everyone there are a few tricky one this time around.

Category: Astronomy
1. What object created by people can be seen from the moon?

2. Which country landed the first craft on the moon?

3. What planet in our solar system has the hottest mean surface temperature?

4. Which is farther from the sun, Neptune or Pluto?

5. What is the brightest star in the night sky of the Norther Hemisphere?

6. What causes the Earth’s seasons?

7. Although a few moons of Uranus are named after characters in Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” most are named after what?

8. What is the English adjective to describe the planet Jupiter?

9. What is the English adjective now generally used to describe the planet Venus and its hypothetical inhabitants?

10. Who was the first person to assert that Earth orbits around the sun?

11. What is true about the landing temperature of most meteorites?

12. What is the difference between the Evening Star and the Morning Star?

 

[oplholik]

Good luck everybody.

 

[The_Vapin_Chemist]

Congratulations to @JeremyR on winning this week's trivia! Thanks to everyone that played!

Answers:
1. What object created by people can be seen from the moon?
a. No man-made object, including the Great Wall of China, can be seen from the moon.

2. Which country landed the first craft on the moon?
a. The old Soviet Union. They crash landed Luna 2 in 1959, then soft-landed Luna 9 in February 1966, and then the US laded the Surveyor I in June 1966.

3. What planet in our solar system has the hottest mean surface temperature?
a. The answer is not Mercury (closest to the Sun), but in fact Venus (whose gases, mostly carbon dioxide, trap the heat).

4. Which is farther from the sun, Neptune or Pluto?
a. Pluto is usually farther from the Sun than Neptune, but not always. Pluto has a very eccentric (elliptical) orbit and is sometimes closer than Neptune.

5. What is the brightest star in the night sky of the Norther Hemisphere?
a. Not the North Star (Polaris), but Sirius (the Dog Star).

6. What causes the Earth’s seasons?
a. The Earth’s seasons are caused by the tilted axis of the Earth.

7. Although a few moons of Uranus are named after characters in Alexander Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” most are named after what?
a. Most are named after characters in the works of Shakespeare. Titania, Oberon, and Puck (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream); Cordelia (from King Lear); Ophelia (from Hamlet); Portia (from The Merchant of Venice); and Rosalind (from As You Like It).

8. What is the English adjective to describe the planet Jupiter?
a. Jovian

9. What is the English adjective now generally used to describe the planet Venus and its hypothetical inhabitants?
a. Not Venusian, but Cytherean. This comes from Cytheria, a small island now part of Greece where Aphrodite emerged on a seashell. On a side note, the expression venereal disease pays homage to Venus, the Roman goddess of love.

10. Who was the first person to assert that Earth orbits around the sun?
a. Copernicus became famous for the theory, but the first were some unnamed ancient thinker around the seventh century BC.

11. What is true about the landing temperature of most meteorites?
a. Most are not hot when they land, but actually have frost on them due to the speed at which they pass through the atmosphere.

12. What is the difference between the Evening Star and the Morning Star?
a. Both refer to the planet Venus, depending on which time of day it is dominating the darkness.

 

[Debadoo]

Wahooooooo congrats JeremyR!!! Thanks for the contests!

 

[salemgold]

Woohoo!!!! Congrats to JeremyR!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a side note, I did submit answers to this at the last minute. Did a rush job on it. It is good to know that I only missed #10 because there were some very tricky questions in there. I learn a lot each time that I participate in these and they are a lot of fun.

Thanks again, RTS Vapes

 

[oplholik]

Thanks RTS, and congrats Jeremy.

 

[JeremyR]

Thanks RTS!!

Thanks everyone!!

 

[The_Vapin_Chemist]

Good afternoon RTS Trivia friends! This week's trivia has arrived in the category of Television. Again, the contest is for a one time use coupon for 90% off on up to $150 worth of product. The contest will run through Monday night and the random winner from all correct answers will be announced on Tuesday. Good luck!

1. What state is the setting of the television series, Friday Night Lights?

2. What TV show’s trademark opening narration included changing the names “to protect the innocent”?

3. Before Vanna White’s first appearance as Pat Sajak’s assistant on Wheel of Fortune in 1982, she appeared as a contestant on what long-running game show?

4. What creator and writer has won several Emmys for his work on The Practice, L.A. Law and Ally McBeal?

5. What talk show host’s final guests were Bette Midler and Robin Williams?

6. What was the name of the Endeavour 42 sailboat the Sonny Crockett lives on during that series run of Miami Vice?

7. Who played Detective Lieutenant Dan August before his movie career took off?

8. What TV show featured the first interracial kiss?

9. What 2003 reality show was actually a parody of reality TV in which the “winner” was actually surrounded by actors posing as contestants?

10. The Hills, starring Lauren Conrad, was a reality spin-off from what other MTV series?

11. Who was the only regular castmember from M*A*S*H to have actually served in the Korean War?

12. What actress portrayed Diane Chambers on Cheers and later as a recurring character on Fraiser?

 

[oplholik]

Here we go gang, good luck to all.

 

[Debadoo]

Wahooooooo a MASH question!!! Good luck to everyone!