Daily Dozen Trivia Answers Explained 5/14/24: “Nomad Mashup”
A happy Tuesday Trivia Lovers. While I’m hurting, I did manage to get some happiness aggregating your Daily Dozen Trivia Answers Explained for Tuesday May 14th. It was a pretty friendly quiz.
How did you do, Frank?: Missed two. The perfect is still elusive.
Here we go.
NFL: During the 2000’s decade, Marty Booker was the only player to have over 1,000 receiving yards in a season for this NFC franchise.
Answer: Chicago Bears
Explained: Imagine if he had a real quarterback throwing to him.
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NBA: Chauncey Billups went to the Conference Finals in seven straight seasons from 2003-2009, six times with the Pistons and then with this West team in 2009.
Answer: Denver Nuggets
Explained: It still feels like we don’t talk about Billups enough
MLB: Nicknamed “Pronk”, this hitter launched 200 HR’s for Cleveland from 2003-2012 and led the American League in Slugging Percentage in 2006.
Answer: Travis Hafner
Explained: Hafner was knocking the cover off the ball in Cleveland there for quite a while.
Book: Later gaining greater fame after her lifetime, this English woman anonymously published novels in the 1810’s like: Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, and Mansfield Park.
Answer: Jane Austen
Explained: Look at the Dozens players showing their softer side. Better than expected percentage right on this one.
Celebrity Mashup Answer: Chris Pine and Frances McDormand
Explained: Despite McDormand being one of the best actresses of our generation, we got a single digit right rate on this one. Nomadland was the post hint on the title.
Grocery Products: What baked goods manufacturer sells a mini donut variety and competitor to Hostess’s Donnettes under the name Pop’ettes?
Answer: Entenmann’s
Explained: Leave their chocolate frosted donuts in the fridge. Then come back here and thank me.
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Television: The “Douchebag Jar” was a recurring gag primarily used on the character Schmidt from this FOX sitcom that debuted in 2011.
Answer: New Girl
Explained: Great show. Catchy theme song. “Who’s that girlllll?
Movies: Johnny Knoxville plays a man who pretends to have a developmental disability to enter the Special Olympics in this 2005 sports comedy featuring Brian Cox and Katherine Heigl.
Answer: The Ringer
Explained: Knoxville’s run as a movie star was something else.
Music: Sisqo was the lead singer of this R&B group that dropped hits in the 1990’s like “How Deep Is Your Love”, “In My Bed”, and “Never Make a Promise”.
Answer: Dru Hill
Explained: They don’t make them like this anymore.
How did you do? Let me know in the comments.
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