What's new
Apple iPad Forum 🍎

Welcome to the Apple iPad Forum, your one stop source for all things iPad. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

The Trivia Thread

scifan57

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Dec 3, 2011
Messages
34,947
Reaction score
23,010
Location
Regina,Canada
Here's a thread where members can ask trivia questions and member's can see if they know the answer. How this works is that a member will ask a question and the answer will be hidden by the spoiler button feature, meaning that the answer will not be visible to a viewer until they tap on the spoiler button. This will allow members to see if they can guess the answer, then tap the button to see if they were right.

One last thing, all questions and answers must follow the forum rules, see link in my signature.

OK, here's one to start it off.

What would you find on a billboard outside the town of Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada?

New York may be big, but this is Biggar

Here are some anotated screenshots to show how to create the spoiler.
image.jpg
image.jpg
image.jpg
 
Last edited:
OP
scifan57

scifan57

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Dec 3, 2011
Messages
34,947
Reaction score
23,010
Location
Regina,Canada
Do I get this right: no one needs to post an answer, but everybody is allowed to add another question?
Correct, there's no need to post the answer, it's already there, hidden by the spoiler button. It's not a contest, simply a way for members to exercise their minds in a search for the answer. The spoiler button is there to see if you managed to guess the answer without having to wait for the member who posted the question to reply. Everyone is welcome to post a question of their own but that is not mandatory.
 

J. A.

Super Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Nov 11, 2012
Messages
25,927
Reaction score
26,310
Location
Apetlon, Austria
Let's see if I can get this spoiler working.

This is general knowledge in Austria, so I hope it's not too easy or too difficult:
Where was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born? (city and street)

Salzburg, Getreidegasse 9
 
OP
scifan57

scifan57

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Dec 3, 2011
Messages
34,947
Reaction score
23,010
Location
Regina,Canada
Saskatchewan has a town named after a famous composer, what's the name of the town?

Mozart, Saskatchewan
 

J. A.

Super Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Nov 11, 2012
Messages
25,927
Reaction score
26,310
Location
Apetlon, Austria
This should be easy:

Which phrase do you hear very often when you're using the Underground in London?

Mind the gap
 

abababababab

iPad Fan
Joined
Apr 21, 2013
Messages
4,139
Reaction score
694
Location
Singapore
This is a name shared by the San Francisco subway system, a former Major League Baseball commissioner, and an underachieving Simpson. What is it?

Bart. San francisco's transit system, Bay Area Rapid Transit is often shortened to BART. In 1989, A. Bartlett Giamatti took over as commissioner of baseball and he was popularly known as Bart. Bartholomew J. Simpson, was best known as Bart to everyone.
 

J. A.

Super Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Nov 11, 2012
Messages
25,927
Reaction score
26,310
Location
Apetlon, Austria
Which famous film composer wrote the music for the pilot episode of "Gilligan's Island?"

John Williams
 
Last edited:

J. A.

Super Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Nov 11, 2012
Messages
25,927
Reaction score
26,310
Location
Apetlon, Austria
Which manmade structures, created from natural materials, are used as nest sites by insects, and/or designed to allow insects to hibernate?

Insect hotels
 

abababababab

iPad Fan
Joined
Apr 21, 2013
Messages
4,139
Reaction score
694
Location
Singapore
The center of which national capital city is built around an original Moorish fortress?

Madrid
 

giradman

iPad Fan
Joined
Apr 26, 2011
Messages
8,096
Reaction score
8,717
Location
North Carolina
Well, let me give this a try - Dave :)

Which USA President added the MOST territory to the expanding United States during his term?

James K. Polk, 1845-1849 - Annexation of Texas; Mexican War/Treaty of Guadaloupe Hildalgo; Oregon Territory.
 

J. A.

Super Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Nov 11, 2012
Messages
25,927
Reaction score
26,310
Location
Apetlon, Austria
Which NASA astronaut was the last person to set foot on the Moon?

Harrison "Jack" Schmitt

Who is the last person to walk on the Moon?

Eugene "Gene" Cernan
 

J. A.

Super Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Nov 11, 2012
Messages
25,927
Reaction score
26,310
Location
Apetlon, Austria
And because these already are questions about Apollo missions:

Which astronaut took this famous Earthrise picture in 1968? (Credits: NASA)

William "Bill" Anders
 

Attachments

  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    33.3 KB · Views: 268
Last edited:

giradman

iPad Fan
Joined
Apr 26, 2011
Messages
8,096
Reaction score
8,717
Location
North Carolina
What was the name of the first submarine to sink an enemy warship?

H.L. Hunley - a Confederate submersible that demonstrated the advantage and danger of undersea warfare. Although not this nation's first submarine, Hunley was the first submarine to engage and sink a warship - Feb 16, 1864 - USS Housatonic.

 

Most reactions

Latest posts

Top