Category: Trivia
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This week’s question: Approximately how many stop-motion moves had to be made per one second of film in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: What are all of the official languages of the United Nations? Answer: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish
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Trivia: What Are the Official Languages of the UN?
This week’s question: What are all of the official languages of the United Nations? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: How many pounds did the largest pumpkin pie ever baked weigh? Answer: 3,699 pounds (it was baked in New Bremen, Ohio in 2010)
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It was 52 degrees and falling when we pulled into the Stone Harbor parking lot on a recent Thursday night, a not-so-gentle reminder of the colder, darker months to come. Making our way across the bar to a table for three, we looked around in anticipation of the first of what has become tradition for […]
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Trivia: How Heavy Was the Largest Pumpkin Pie Ever Baked?
This week’s question: How many pounds did the largest pumpkin pie ever baked weigh? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: The average lead pencil can draw a line how many miles long? Answer: 35
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This week’s question: The average lead pencil can draw a line how many miles long? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: What is Judge Judith Sheindlin’s annual salary? Answer: $47 million, which translates to $900,000 per workday (she works 52 days each year)
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Local, Native, Tourist, or Transplant? Take our Door County Local Quiz
While writer Myles Dannhausen Jr.’s research confirmed that there’s no single answer to what makes someone a Northern Door local, he did get some ideas for some questions you might ask to test someone’s local credentials. Here’s a 20-question quiz made up of suggestions from a bunch of locals, a few transplants, and the Door […]
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This week’s question: What is Judge Judith Sheindlin’s annual salary? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: What is the origin of the term “jaywalker?” Answer: The word “jay” was once slang for “foolish person,” so when a pedestrian ignored street signs, they were referred to as a “jaywalker.”
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Trivia: What’s the Origin of “Jaywalker?”
This week’s question: What is the origin of the term “jaywalker?” Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: How many days does it take the average snail to travel one mile? Answer: 115
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This week’s question: How many days does it take the average snail to travel one mile? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: Lambeau Field has been sold out on a season ticket basis since what year? Answer: 1960
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This week’s question: Lambeau Field has been sold out on a season ticket basis since what year? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: Which state was first to celebrate Labor Day as a legal holiday, and in what year? Answer: Oregon, 1887.
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This week’s question: Which state was first to celebrate Labor Day as a legal holiday, and in what year? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: What are the exact odds of scoring a hole-in-one in golf on a par three hole? Answer: 8,750 to 1.
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This week’s question: What are the exact odds of scoring a hole-in-one in golf on a par three hole? Answer: In next week’s issue. Last week’s question: Which African country is considered the Lightning Capital of the World (it receives nearly 2.
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Door County Trivia – Cana Island Lighthouse
The spiral staircase to Cana Island Lighthouse’s gallery deck has how many steps?
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In addition to taking home a bushel of Door County apples this fall, take home some apple facts. 1. The average person eats how many apples a year? a. 37 b. 42 c. 65 d. 83 2. The largest apple ever picked weighed: a. 1 pound, 14 ounces b. 2 pounds, 9 ounces c. 3 […]