FLSD – TRIVIA questions and answers
What country touches the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Bay of Bengal?
✔✔India
Which country borders 14 nations and crosses 8 time zones? ✔✔Russia
Havana is the capital of what country? ✔✔Cuba
How many hearts does an octopus have? ✔✔3
The unicorn is the national animal of which country? ✔✔Scotland
A group of ravens is known as? ✔✔Unkindness
How long do elephant pregnancies last? ✔✔22 months
The name of which African animal means "river horse"? ✔✔Hippopotamus
What is a duel between three people called? ✔✔A truel
In the state of Georgia, it's illegal to eat what with a fork? ✔✔Fried chicken
In public places in the state of Florida, what's illegal to do when wearing a swimsuit?
✔✔Sing
Who invented the word "vomit"? ✔✔William Shakespeare
What can be broken but is never held? ✔✔A promise
What does come down but never goes up? ✔✔Rain
What is measured in "Mickeys"? ✔✔The speed of a computer mouseow many banks
did Billy the Kid rob?
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·5
· 37 ✔✔ANSWER. ZERO. Unlike other Old West outlaws such as Jesse James and
Butch Cassidy, Billy the Kid didn't make his living as a bandit. The young gunslinger
stole the occasional horse, but he never once held up a bank, train or even a
stagecoach. Outside of his gunfighting days with the Regulators, his main criminal
enterprise was rustling cattle on the New Mexico plains.
, What was Butch Cassidy's first criminal offense?
· Stealing a pie
· Killing his landlord
· Killing a cat
· Stealing a horse ✔✔ANSWER: STEALING A PIE. Butch Cassidy's first criminal
offense was minor. Around 1880, he journeyed to a clothier's shop in another town, but
found it closed. He broke into the shop and stole a pair of jeans and some pie, leaving
an IOU promising to pay on his next visit. The clothier pressed charges, but Cassidy
was acquitted by a jury.
How many criminals did U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves arrest?
· 1500
· 375
· 3000
· 750 ✔✔3 Answer: 3000. Over his 32-year career, Reeves, the first black U.S. Deputy
Marshal west of the Mississippi River, arrested 3,000 felons, including some of the most
dangerous criminals of the time. He killed 14 men in self-defense, but was never
wounded himself, despite having his hat and belt shot off on separate occasions.
16) What kind of doctor was "Doc" Holliday?
· DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
· DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
· HE WASN'T A DOCTOR OF ANYTHING
· DOCTOR OF DENTISTRY ✔✔At age 21, Holliday earned a degree in dentistry from
the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. He set up practice in Griffin, Georgia, but
was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that had claimed his mother,
having acquired it while caring for her. Hoping the climate in the American Southwest
would ease his symptoms, he moved to that region and became a gambler, a reputable
profession in Arizona in that day.
"Death Valley Days" was a popular western drama series that was at one time hosted
by a man who was to become President of the United States. Who was this host?
· Dwight Eisenhower
· Ronald Reagan
· Richard Nixon
· Gerald Ford ✔✔"Death Valley Days" was sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax, a
popular cleaning product of the day. Ronald Reagan was host from 1965 through 1966.
He was one of six hosts that included John Payne and Merle Haggard.
Who directed and starred in the 1976 Western "The Outlaw Josey Wales"? ✔✔Clint
Eastwood.
Which 1961 Western starred and was directed by Marlon Brando? ✔✔One-Eyed Jacks.
What country touches the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea, and the Bay of Bengal?
✔✔India
Which country borders 14 nations and crosses 8 time zones? ✔✔Russia
Havana is the capital of what country? ✔✔Cuba
How many hearts does an octopus have? ✔✔3
The unicorn is the national animal of which country? ✔✔Scotland
A group of ravens is known as? ✔✔Unkindness
How long do elephant pregnancies last? ✔✔22 months
The name of which African animal means "river horse"? ✔✔Hippopotamus
What is a duel between three people called? ✔✔A truel
In the state of Georgia, it's illegal to eat what with a fork? ✔✔Fried chicken
In public places in the state of Florida, what's illegal to do when wearing a swimsuit?
✔✔Sing
Who invented the word "vomit"? ✔✔William Shakespeare
What can be broken but is never held? ✔✔A promise
What does come down but never goes up? ✔✔Rain
What is measured in "Mickeys"? ✔✔The speed of a computer mouseow many banks
did Billy the Kid rob?
· 19
·0
·5
· 37 ✔✔ANSWER. ZERO. Unlike other Old West outlaws such as Jesse James and
Butch Cassidy, Billy the Kid didn't make his living as a bandit. The young gunslinger
stole the occasional horse, but he never once held up a bank, train or even a
stagecoach. Outside of his gunfighting days with the Regulators, his main criminal
enterprise was rustling cattle on the New Mexico plains.
, What was Butch Cassidy's first criminal offense?
· Stealing a pie
· Killing his landlord
· Killing a cat
· Stealing a horse ✔✔ANSWER: STEALING A PIE. Butch Cassidy's first criminal
offense was minor. Around 1880, he journeyed to a clothier's shop in another town, but
found it closed. He broke into the shop and stole a pair of jeans and some pie, leaving
an IOU promising to pay on his next visit. The clothier pressed charges, but Cassidy
was acquitted by a jury.
How many criminals did U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves arrest?
· 1500
· 375
· 3000
· 750 ✔✔3 Answer: 3000. Over his 32-year career, Reeves, the first black U.S. Deputy
Marshal west of the Mississippi River, arrested 3,000 felons, including some of the most
dangerous criminals of the time. He killed 14 men in self-defense, but was never
wounded himself, despite having his hat and belt shot off on separate occasions.
16) What kind of doctor was "Doc" Holliday?
· DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
· DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
· HE WASN'T A DOCTOR OF ANYTHING
· DOCTOR OF DENTISTRY ✔✔At age 21, Holliday earned a degree in dentistry from
the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. He set up practice in Griffin, Georgia, but
was soon diagnosed with tuberculosis, the same disease that had claimed his mother,
having acquired it while caring for her. Hoping the climate in the American Southwest
would ease his symptoms, he moved to that region and became a gambler, a reputable
profession in Arizona in that day.
"Death Valley Days" was a popular western drama series that was at one time hosted
by a man who was to become President of the United States. Who was this host?
· Dwight Eisenhower
· Ronald Reagan
· Richard Nixon
· Gerald Ford ✔✔"Death Valley Days" was sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax, a
popular cleaning product of the day. Ronald Reagan was host from 1965 through 1966.
He was one of six hosts that included John Payne and Merle Haggard.
Who directed and starred in the 1976 Western "The Outlaw Josey Wales"? ✔✔Clint
Eastwood.
Which 1961 Western starred and was directed by Marlon Brando? ✔✔One-Eyed Jacks.
