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I know everybody is breathlessly waiting so here it is:
1Q: Who came the closest to winning the Medal of Honor 3 times and what medal did he get instead?
There are only 19 people to ever win 2 Medals of Honor so that was a good place to start. You know I always throw a Marine question in so that narrowed it even further.
1A: Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler. “It is conceivable Butler might have become the only three-time recipient of the Medal of Honor. However, at the time of the Boxer Rebellion Marine Corps regulations did not allow officers to receive this decoration. For his bravery he received the Marine Corps Brevet Medal which is second in order of precedence after the Medal of Honor in the Marine Corps.
Despite his father's desire that he remain in school, Smedley Butler dropped out when the United States declared war against Spain in 1898. As he was only 16 years old, Butler lied about his age to secure a second lieutenant's commission in the Marines just 38 days short of his 17th birthday.
Butler was twice wounded during the Boxer Rebellion. During the Battle of Tientsin on July 13, 1900, Butler climbed out of a trench to retrieve a wounded officer for medical attention, whereupon he was shot in the thigh. Another Marine helped the wounded Butler to safety but was himself shot; Butler continued to assist the first man to the rear. Four enlisted men received the Medal of Honor; though officers were not eligible to receive the award, in recognition of his bravery in the incident, Butler was commissioned a captain by brevet. Butler received his promotion while in the hospital recovering, two weeks before his nineteenth birthday.
First Medal of Honor, Vera Cruz, Mexico (1914)
Second Medal of Honor, Haiti (1915)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
2Q: This is the world’s largest fully operating musical instrument. What and where is it?
2A: The Wanamaker Organ at Macy’s downtown Philadelphia with 28,543 working pipes (#2 in the world) and 461 ranks(#1 in the world). The key word here is “operating” The Midmer-Losh pipe organ in Atlantic City is larger but undergoing refurbishment which has removed well over half of it’s 33,114 pipes from operating status.
3Q: Van Zandt met Springsteen for the first time on this date.
3A: 11/3/67
4Q: What was the first DVD single to ever be released in the USA?
4A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_Robbie Sly and Robbie "Superthruster" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_9 February 9, 1999
5Q: 1:What was the first alcoholic drink James Bond had? 2: What did he normally drink?
5A: As written, fictional British spy James Bond in the novel Casino Royale orders a Haig & Haig Scotch in his room (following the explosion of the bomb, Bond finishes his “first straight whisky” as he prepares to eat a lunch of “pâté de foie gras and cold langouste.) Whisk(e)y is the most consumed drink in all the Bond books and movies.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5..._favourite.html
6Q: How much did the U.S. Government pay Partagas per 1,000 cigars during WWII?
6A: The going rate was $70 per thousand. http://laflordecano.com/history.html
7Q: At the time of this quiz, this thread has the most views with no replies in The Lobby. What is the title?
7A: http://www.cigarpass.com/forumsipb/index.php?showtopic=18062 Jim K, Something for you.... 473 views with no replies at the start of this contest.
http://www.cigarpass.com/forums/index.php?...=all&st=280 for 0 replies
8Q: This group wasn’t too famous when did their best to rock the Casbah but later on were quite well know the world over. Who were they?
8A: The Quarrymen who later changed their name to The Beatles played the Casbah Coffee Club as the house band.
9Q: A Hilton hotel has a statue of what Supreme Court Justice in the entranceway?
9A: Justice John Paul Stevens. From the “Washington Post” In a Washington Post article in 2005 about Stevens’s childhood, young Stevens and his brothers posed as models for the bronze sculptures by the grand stairway at what is now the Chicago Hilton and Towers.”
10Q: The only word spoken in this movie was “Non!” Who said it?
10A: Marcel Marceau in Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie”
11Q: He was on the first cover of Guitar World magazine
11A: Johnny Winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Winter)
12Q: What do the movies The Last Samurai, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera and Serenity have in common?
12A: They were the first HD DVD titles were released on April 18, 2006.
13Q: This is the only US aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
13A: The 46-year-old Kitty Hawk, which is based in the Japanese port city of Yokosuka, is the only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
14Q: Korbel Brandy is aged in barrels that previously held what?
The part you got wrong here is that Jack Daniel's is not bourbon.
14A: Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
15Q: What is U.S. patent 2,817,025 for?
15A: The first TV remote control.
16Q: This fictional character, played by a single actor, is the only one ever to appear on 7 different television shows.
16A: Richard Belzer as Det. John Munch is the only fictional character played by a single actor to appear on seven different television shows. These shows were on three different networks: NBC (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order SVU, Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury), FOX (The X-Files, Arrested Development), and UPN (The Beat).
17Q: From a Saturday Night Live skit, what was the proof of Uncle Jemima’s Mash Liquor?
17A: 190 proof
And there you have it. Jackstraw gets a prize for finding the correct answer for #4 and Brickhouse get a prize for having the most correct answers. I hope you enjoyed playing.
1Q: Who came the closest to winning the Medal of Honor 3 times and what medal did he get instead?
There are only 19 people to ever win 2 Medals of Honor so that was a good place to start. You know I always throw a Marine question in so that narrowed it even further.
1A: Marine Major General Smedley Darlington Butler. “It is conceivable Butler might have become the only three-time recipient of the Medal of Honor. However, at the time of the Boxer Rebellion Marine Corps regulations did not allow officers to receive this decoration. For his bravery he received the Marine Corps Brevet Medal which is second in order of precedence after the Medal of Honor in the Marine Corps.
Despite his father's desire that he remain in school, Smedley Butler dropped out when the United States declared war against Spain in 1898. As he was only 16 years old, Butler lied about his age to secure a second lieutenant's commission in the Marines just 38 days short of his 17th birthday.
Butler was twice wounded during the Boxer Rebellion. During the Battle of Tientsin on July 13, 1900, Butler climbed out of a trench to retrieve a wounded officer for medical attention, whereupon he was shot in the thigh. Another Marine helped the wounded Butler to safety but was himself shot; Butler continued to assist the first man to the rear. Four enlisted men received the Medal of Honor; though officers were not eligible to receive the award, in recognition of his bravery in the incident, Butler was commissioned a captain by brevet. Butler received his promotion while in the hospital recovering, two weeks before his nineteenth birthday.
First Medal of Honor, Vera Cruz, Mexico (1914)
Second Medal of Honor, Haiti (1915)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
2Q: This is the world’s largest fully operating musical instrument. What and where is it?
2A: The Wanamaker Organ at Macy’s downtown Philadelphia with 28,543 working pipes (#2 in the world) and 461 ranks(#1 in the world). The key word here is “operating” The Midmer-Losh pipe organ in Atlantic City is larger but undergoing refurbishment which has removed well over half of it’s 33,114 pipes from operating status.
4Q: What was the first DVD single to ever be released in the USA?
4A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_Robbie Sly and Robbie "Superthruster" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_9 February 9, 1999
5Q: 1:What was the first alcoholic drink James Bond had? 2: What did he normally drink?
5A: As written, fictional British spy James Bond in the novel Casino Royale orders a Haig & Haig Scotch in his room (following the explosion of the bomb, Bond finishes his “first straight whisky” as he prepares to eat a lunch of “pâté de foie gras and cold langouste.) Whisk(e)y is the most consumed drink in all the Bond books and movies.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5..._favourite.html
6Q: How much did the U.S. Government pay Partagas per 1,000 cigars during WWII?
6A: The going rate was $70 per thousand. http://laflordecano.com/history.html
7Q: At the time of this quiz, this thread has the most views with no replies in The Lobby. What is the title?
7A: http://www.cigarpass.com/forumsipb/index.php?showtopic=18062 Jim K, Something for you.... 473 views with no replies at the start of this contest.
http://www.cigarpass.com/forums/index.php?...=all&st=280 for 0 replies
8Q: This group wasn’t too famous when did their best to rock the Casbah but later on were quite well know the world over. Who were they?
8A: The Quarrymen who later changed their name to The Beatles played the Casbah Coffee Club as the house band.
9Q: A Hilton hotel has a statue of what Supreme Court Justice in the entranceway?
9A: Justice John Paul Stevens. From the “Washington Post” In a Washington Post article in 2005 about Stevens’s childhood, young Stevens and his brothers posed as models for the bronze sculptures by the grand stairway at what is now the Chicago Hilton and Towers.”
10Q: The only word spoken in this movie was “Non!” Who said it?
10A: Marcel Marceau in Mel Brooks’ “Silent Movie”
11Q: He was on the first cover of Guitar World magazine
11A: Johnny Winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Winter)
12Q: What do the movies The Last Samurai, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera and Serenity have in common?
12A: They were the first HD DVD titles were released on April 18, 2006.
13Q: This is the only US aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
13A: The 46-year-old Kitty Hawk, which is based in the Japanese port city of Yokosuka, is the only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
14Q: Korbel Brandy is aged in barrels that previously held what?
The part you got wrong here is that Jack Daniel's is not bourbon.
14A: Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey
15Q: What is U.S. patent 2,817,025 for?
15A: The first TV remote control.
16Q: This fictional character, played by a single actor, is the only one ever to appear on 7 different television shows.
16A: Richard Belzer as Det. John Munch is the only fictional character played by a single actor to appear on seven different television shows. These shows were on three different networks: NBC (Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order SVU, Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury), FOX (The X-Files, Arrested Development), and UPN (The Beat).
17Q: From a Saturday Night Live skit, what was the proof of Uncle Jemima’s Mash Liquor?
17A: 190 proof
And there you have it. Jackstraw gets a prize for finding the correct answer for #4 and Brickhouse get a prize for having the most correct answers. I hope you enjoyed playing.
