Author: Evelyn Beresford
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which yearbook award did Donald Trump win in high school?” Hailing from the 1964 graduating class of New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, former President Donald Trump was voted “Ladies’ Man” by his graduating class in his high school yearbook’s “popularity poll.” The yearbook shows that Trump, was a member of the varsity soccer, baseball, and football teams. He also won numerous athletics awards and a “neatness and order medal” in 1960. “I did very well under the military system,” Trump said in an interview. “I became one of the top guys at…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Who is the only person to win an Oscar for acting in a Quentin Tarantino film?” Christoph Waltz’s breakout role came in Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, where he played SS officer Hans Landa. He would later collaborate with Tarantino once again in 2012, where he played bounty hunter King Schultz in Django Unchained. For both performances, he earned an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Waltz also received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which U.S. President weighed 350 lbs. on his inauguration day?” William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, and inaugurated on this day in 1909. President William Howard Taft has the honor of being America’s heaviest leader, weighing 354 pounds when he was inaugurated. Although “Big Bill” was the only man to serve as both U.S. president and Supreme Court chief justice, what most remember about Taft is that he supposedly became stuck in the White House bathtub. Beyond his weight, Taft is also remembered for being the first U.S. president to…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “7-Up originally contained which substance as an ingredient?” The original recipe for 7-Up contained lithium as an ingredient. In fact, 7-Up was originally called “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda” when it was created in 1929. The drink contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, in its formula until 1948, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration outlawed usage of the chemical in soda drinks. They eventually abandoned the original name of the popular soft drink and called it 7-Up. It has been theorized that the “7″ actually refers to the atomic mass of lithium. Step 2 : Answer…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Where can you find this street lined with Jacaranda trees?” …1. Kingston, Jamaica 2. Paris, France 3. Kyoto, Japan 4. Pretoria, South Africa Step 2 : Answer to the question “Where can you find this street lined with Jacaranda trees?” Pretoria, South Africa – There’s more than one place in the world where you can see a Jacaranda tree, but none are quite as stunning as this street in Pretoria, South Africa. The delicate trees (which look a bit like purple cherry blossom trees) are in full bloom between September and November. Many streets, including Celliers…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Where is this colorful Andean town?” …1. Ecuador 2. Venezuela 3. Colombia 4. Chile Step 2 : Answer to the question “Where is this colorful Andean town?” Colombia – On the coast of an artificial lake lies the colorful Colombian town of Guatapé. Its vibrant, traditional houses are an art lover’s dream. Each house is covered in frescos featuring animals and people, along with intricate geometric designs and contrasting color blocks. Known as “zocalos,” these panels make Guatapé the “most colorful town in the world,” with local businesses advertising their wares on their friezes, while others…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which item serves as the mascot for Pixar Animation Studios?” …Pixar is an animation film studio best known for its CGI-animated feature films. Pixar has produced 21 feature films, beginning with Toy Story (1995), which was the first-ever computer-animated feature film. The Pixar production logo is a sequence that appears at the beginning and end of most Pixar productions movies, and features a playful desk lamp. The 1986 short film Luxo, Jr. is the source of the small hopping desk lamp included in Pixar’s logo. Luxo Jr. serves as the mascot for Pixar Animation Studios,…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which TV sitcom used a Frank Sinatra musical hit as its theme song?” Married… with Children is a sitcom that aired for 11 seasons. The show follows the dysfunctional family of Al Bundy, a once glorious high school football player turned hard-luck women’s shoe salesman; his wife, Peggy; their attractive, dumb, and popular daughter, Kelly; and their smart, and unpopular son, Bud. Its theme song is “Love and Marriage” performed by Frank Sinatra from the 1955 television production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Originally broadcast from April 5, 1987 to June 9, 1997, it is…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “The original inspiration for Batman’s cape came from a sketch by whom?” …When Bob Kane drew his first concept of Batman, it was very different from what we think of Batman today. In his original sketch, Batman wore red tights and a domino mask that didn’t hide his blonde (yes, blonde) hair. Instead of a cape, Kane designed Batman with two wings on his back that always stayed up. Kane claimed the design was inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci’s diagram of the ornithopter, a flying machine with huge bat-like wings. Leonardo Da Vinci’s ornithopter designs…
Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which of these tough guy actors was a cheerleader in college?” …The “Pulp Fiction” star studied marine biology at Morehouse College, an all-male institution in Atlanta, Georgia. After joining a local acting group, Samuel L. Jackson found an interest in acting and switched his major. As a way to pick up the ladies, he showed off his school spirit and joined the cheerleading squad so he could travel with the basketball and football teams to games at other universities, where females crowded the stands. And Jackson is glad he did – he ended up meeting…