How are we feeling Trivia Geeks after our St. Patrick’s Day/March Madness selection Sunday? Hopefully ready to tackle a new week, and your Daily Dozen Trivia Answers Explained for Monday March 18th, 2024.
How did you do, Frank?: Missed one! Let’s hope this competency continues! Looking at the percentages, you guys did great as well.
NFL: Jeff Fisher failed to win more than 7 games in all five seasons that he acted as the Head Coach of this NFC franchise from 2012-2016.
Answer: Los Angeles Rams
Explained: Now infamous, many don’t remember how close he came to beating “The Greatest Show On Turf” years before.
MLB: Along with winning the 2007 Cy Young, this Padres player achieved the pitching Triple Crown as he led the NL in Wins, ERA, and Strikeouts.
Answer: Jake Peavy
Explained: The Padres need to win more championships. We can’t have this kind of excellence always being forgotten.
College Basketball: After going 9-12 during the regular season, this school won four games in a row to win the 2021 Big East tournament and clinch a spot in the NCAA tournament.
Answer: Georgetown
Explained: Many college students try to pass their classes the same way.
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History: This former Minnesota Senator acted as U.S. Vice President under Carter from 1977-1981 and was on the losing side of a historic side landslide election against Reagan in 1984.
Answer: Walter Mondale
Explained: If you’re a Gen X er things start getting blurry here, but you need to know Mondale
Celebrity Mashup Answer: Nicolas Cage and Mark Cuban
Explained: They took it easy on us after a weekend of tough mashes. Cuban was a gimmie
Snacks and Candy: What brand of chips sells a Sweet Spicy Chili variety in a purple bag with a classic form of the chip on the cover?
Answer: Doritos
Explained: And they’re the best Doritos
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Television: From 2010-2016, this TNT crime drama centered around two women, a street-tough detective and a book-smart medical examiner.
Answer: Rizzoli and Isles
Explained: Peak TNT TV. But many of us have been Angie Harmon stans since her Law and Order days.
Movies: A young Keke Palmer played an 11-year-old girl from South Los Angeles that participates in the Scripp’s National Spelling Bee in this 2006 drama.
Answer: Akeelah and The Bee
Explained: I never saw Larence Fisburne work harder to promote a film. Palmer never looked back
Music: This American rock band dropped Top 5 hit songs in the 2000’s like: “Kryptonite”, “Here Without You”, and “When I’m Gone”.
Answer: 3 Doors Down
Explained: Make sure it’s “3” and not “Three”. My post nint of the day, “Kryptonite” is still one of the best rock songs of the era. It had us jamming.
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