"I Read the News Today, Oh Boy" Trivia

Wednesday, May 16th

1. Two in ten people say this is their biggest pet peeve about their jobs.

Answer: Lack of privacy.

2. Parents will spend $34 billion this year on what?

Answer: Clothing for their kids

Tuesday, May 15th

1. If you're a guy, there's a 40% chance you'll do this today.

Answer: Listen to music

2. According to a Swedish study, one in three women have declined sex due to fears of what?

Answer: passing gas during the act

Monday, May 14th

1. On average, it would take 18 of these to weigh an ounce.

Answer: Hummingbirds

2. After about 18 months the brain chemicals that cause this begins to fade.

Answer: Romantic bliss/feelings

Friday, May 11th

1. There are around 1,800 of these born in the U.S. each year.

Answer: Sets of Triplets

Thursday, May 10th

1. It's estimated that 25% of all paperclips made are never used for clipping paper together and end up where?

Answer: The trash

2. In a survey of women who were cheated on, 3% said they did this within a week.

Answer: Ate a gallon of ice cream in one sitting

Wednesday, May 9th

1. Seventeen percent of women said they couldn't live without what invention?

Answer: hair dryer

2. This happens 370,000 times each day in the U.S.

Answer: 911 calls are made

3. According to a study, the more your kid watches TV the less likely they are to eat what?

Answer: fruits and vegetables

4. Fifty-five percent of Americans say they won't be doing what this summer?

Answer: taking a vacation

Monday, May 7th

1. One in ten people claim they've seen what?

Answer: A ghost

2. Seventy-five percent of these are consumed in the morning.

Answer: raisins

Friday, May 4th

1. June is the busiest month for what? Hint: It's not weddings.

Answer: Garage sales

2. In a survey, 61% of married people say they keep what hidden from their spouse?

Answer: Money

Thursday, May 3rd

1. 37,000 Americans are injured each year by what sport?

Answer: Golf

2. Around the world, nearly every person does this in .3 seconds.

Answer: Blink

Wednesday, May 2nd

1. Around 8,000 companies in the U.S. have this in common.

Answer: They're owned by women. And that's just companies with 100 or more employees

2. According to crime experts, when burglars break into a home they most often begin searching the master bedroom. They first look in the bedroom dresser, the bedside tables, and then shoeboxes in the closet. What's next on the list?

Answer: Under the mattress

Tuesday, May 1st

1. Eight percent of women say this makes them feel sexy.

Answer: Perfume

2. Eighty-nine percent of men say they've done this to another person.

Answer: Punched them

Monday, April 30th

1. Every year the U.S. uses 200 billion sheets of paper for what?

Answer: Faxing

2. There are 41 million of these in the U.S.

Answer: Ducks

Friday, April 27th

1. Since hitting the market in 1912, over 450 billion of these have been made.

Answer: Oreo Cookies

2. If you're an average person, you'll receive 7 of these this year.

Answer: Birthday Cards

3. Each year (in the U.S.) around 5,000 bicyclist do this.

Answer: Crash

4. Six percent of adults say they don't like what food?

Answer: Pizza

Wednesday, April 25th

1. In the Netherlands 27% of all trips have this in common.

Answer: They're made on a bicycle. Per capita, the Netherlands has more bikes than any other country.

2. Around 3,300 of these were closed in the U.S. in 2011.

Answer: Post offices

Tuesday, April 24th

1. The average one of these is attended by 141 people.

Answer: Wedding

2. There are 28,527 of these in the U.S.

Answer: Jewelry stores

3. What famous landmark is 277 miles long?

Answer: The Grand Canyon

Monday, April 23rd

1. Seven percent of moms admit they've thrown away what?

Answer: A Mother's Day gift

2. The average American gets 18 of these each year.

Answer: Vacation days. About half of Americans don't take half or more of their vacation time.

Friday, April 20th

1. A half a million of these died during World War I.

Answer: Horses

2. In a national survey, nurses wereon top as the most trusted profession. What profession was at the bottom:

Answer: Car Salesmen

Thursday, April 19th

1. 10,000 Americans do this each day.

Answer: Retire

2. Discarded sheep's wool, corn cobs, coconut shells, and tundra moss have all been used by pre-modern man as what?

Answer: A form of toilet paper

Wednesday, April 18th

1. The U.S. has 500 million of these.

Answer: Parking spaces, not including those in parking garages.

2. There are over 25 million acres of this in the U.S.

Answer: Lawn

3. In 1849 the rights to this invention were sold for just $385.

Answer: Safety pin

Tuesday, April 10th

1. It's estimated that a quarter of a million kids are injured each year while participating in what?

Answer: A snowball fight

2. Women are twice as afraid of this as men.

Answer: Flying

3. There were 12 of these on board the Titanic.

Answer: Dogs. That's 12 confirmed. Only 3 survived. Only first class passengers had dogs on the voyage. One family received an insurance settlement for their two dogs that didn't survive.

Monday, April 9th

1. 2012 will have three of these.

Answer: Friday the 13th

2. Over a third of tweens - - 8 to 12-year-olds - - has a what?

Answer: A cellphone

Friday, April 6th

1. In a survey, 22% percent of women said wish their men had better manners where?

Answer: At the table

2. The average guy owns eight of these.

Answer: Ties

Thursday, April 5th

1. Sixty-seven new varieties of these hit store shelves last year.

Answer: Toothpaste

2. How many three-cent stamps are there in a dozen?

Answer: Many people will answer four, but of course there are 12 three-cent stamps in a dozen.

Wednesday, April 4th

1. Thirty-one percent of adults say they never wear what?

Answer: Sunscreen

2. Forty-six percent of adults say they've told someone what?

Answer: If they want to be buried or cremated

Tuesday, April 3rd

1. New York City has 570 miles of what?

Answer: Shoreline

2. You'll use this for about 2 1/2 years before it gets lost, stolen, or breaks.

Answer: Umbrella

Monday, April 2nd

1. The average woman will buy three of these this year.

Answer: Pairs of shoes

2. The oldest one of these discovered is 77,000 years old.

Answer: Mattress

Friday, March 30th

1. What breakfast character's nickname is 'Larry'?

Answer: The rosy cheeked, white-haired man on the Quaker Oatmeal box

2. One in four kids didn't do this yesterday.

Answer: Eat any vegetables

3. Between 800 and 1500 A.D. English law decreed that every male must practice what every day?

Answer: Archery

4. During the Civil War around 125 women did what?

Answer: Fought. But because women weren't supposed to fight they were dressed as men

Thursday, March 29th

1. Admission to this historical and world-famous event was just 50 cents.

Answer: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair

2. This spring they'll sell about 75,000 hot dogs at what annual event?

Answer: Kentucky Derby

Tuesday, March 27th

1. Animal experts tell us elephants do this more than any other animal.

Answer: Fart

2. The average one of these lasts about 10,000 bounces.

Answer: A basketball used in the NBA

3. About 9.3 million Americans buy these for their cars.

Answer: Personlized license plates

4. Approximately 150 people are killed each year by what?

Answer: Coconuts

5. Fourteen percent of adults (mostly women) call this their guilty pleasure.

Answer: Romance novels

6. The average amateur golfer has seven on these.

Answer: Clubs he or she rarely or never uses

Thursday, March 22nd

1. Fifty-six percent of kids have this in common.

Answer: They get an allowance

2. Nearly 6 million of these are consumed every hours around the world.

Answer: Aspirin

Wednesday, March 21st

1. One in four households will do what this year?

Answer: Plant a garden

2. Thirty-six percent of people consider this the perfect breakfast.

Answer; Pizza

Tuesday, March 20th

1. This year you'll eat about 9 pounds of what?

Answer: Corn

2. After dropping one of these in the toilet, 43% of us say we'd throw it away.

Answer: Toothbrush

Monday, March 19th

1. On average, it takes about 13 hours to build what?

Answer: A car

2. Every couple of years about 16,000 people do what?

Answer: Gather to compete in the Olympics

3. The fastest of these travel at 59 feet a second. Hint: the first one in 1857 traveled 40 feet a minute.

Answer: Elevators

Thursday, March 15th

1. Around 56 million people will do what this year?

Answer: Attend a Major League Baseball game

2. Before they die the average American will do this 1,811 times.

Answer: Eat at McDonald's

Wednesday, March 14th

1. According to a survey, 44% of adults admitted to doing this.

Answer: Picking their nose and eating it

2. Fourteen percent of adults say they've done what at work?

Answer: Had sex

Tuesday, March 13th

1. Eight foods account for an estimated 90 percent of food allergies. The eight foods are milk, peanuts , tree nuts (almonds, walnuts), fish, shellfish, soy, wheat, and... what?

Answer: Eggs

2. In a recent survey of adults, 80% believes kids today are what?

Answer: Spoiled

Monday, March 12th

1. One in five men say they won't date a woman who has vastly different tastes in what?

Answer: Music

2. Eleven percent of women say they'd change this about their man.

Answer: His nose

Friday, March 9th

1. Ninety-eight percent of men say doing this helps them keep sane.

Answer: Listening to music

2. The average guy will spend just under $200 this year on what?

Answer: Concert tickets and concert merchandise

Thursday, March 8th

1. About three-fourths of U.S. families use these.

Answer: Credit cards. The average card sees $300 a month in charges.

2. The average person will eat 6 1/2 pounds of these each year.

Answer: Shelled peanuts

Wednesday, March 7th

1. There are 72 million of these in the U.S.

Answer: Dogs

2. Every year 48,000 Americans are injured by what?

Answer: Toilets

Tuesday, March 6th

1. The U.S. Social Security Administration says it has almost 5.3 million of these in its database.

Answer: Unique names, like Joe, Joseph, Josephine, etc.

2. According to a recent survey, 80% of moms admit to what?

Answer: having a favorite child

Monday, March 5th

1. Three-fourths of adults who eat this candy are women.

Answer: Life Savers

2. When Russia's Mir Space Station fell out of space and burned up on its way back to earth, more than 100 of these were inside.

Answer: Books

Friday, March 2nd

1. In 1998 the FBI released its 1,200 page file on what person?

Answer: Frank Sinatra. The document included a 1938 mug shot of Frank Sinatra and allegations of mob and Communist Party ties.

2. It's 6 to 10 a year for the average child, 2 to 4 for the average adult. What am I referring to?

Answer: The number of colds per year each gets

Thursday, March 1st

1. In ancient Greece, women didn't start counting their age until this happened.

Answer: They were married.

2. Each year Americans get rid of 100 million of these.

Answer: Cell phones

Wednesday, February 29th

1. Before you leave for work, do this and burn 30 to 40 calories.

Answer: Make the bed.

2. About 5 million Americans will go to work where today?

Answer: Their own home. That's the number of people who work out of their homes.

Tuesday, February 28th

1. Every year, over 3 billion of these end up in U.S. landfills.

Answer: Wire hangers

2. After the front page the second most-read section of a typical Sunday newspaper is what?

Answer: Coupon inserts

Monday, February 27th

1. The number of these in the U.S. peaked in the 1960's at around 12,000. Today there are just over 3,000.

Answer: Bowling alleys

2. Every day nearly 1% of the world's population does this.

Answer: Visits a McDonald's

Friday, February 24th

1. Forty-four percent of adults say this is a problem they wish they could fix.

Answer; Falling asleep

2. German scientists recently found that doing this boosts metabolism by 24 percent for 90 minutes afterward.

Answer: Drinking chilled water

Thursday, February 23rd

1. Only Alaska, Washington, California and Hawaii have these.

Answer: Active volcanoes

2. In some parts of the country its slang term is Alabama Kleenex. What is it?

Answer: Toilet paper

Wednesday, February 22nd

1. The tallest in the U.S. is in North Carolina; the shortest is in Michigan.

Answer: Lighthouses. The North Carolina lighthouse is Cape Hatteras Light at 207 feet. The shortest is St. Clair Flats South Channel Front Range Light in Michigan at 17 feet.

2. A new survey finds that 35% of British adults sleep with what?

Answer: Teddy bears

3. Forty-two percent of us say we wish we could change what tomorrow?

Answer: Careers

Tuesday, February 21st

1. $16 billion a year is spent on what each year in the U.S.?

Answer: Security/alarm systems for homes, business, etc.

2. The first edition of this book took 20 years to write.

Answer: Webster's Dictionary

3. More than 285,000 surgeries for this are performed each year in the U.S.

Answer: Hip replacement

4. Thirty percent of the members of the Bald Headed Men of America club say they do this.

Answer: Shave their heads

Friday, February 17th

1. It takes 10 to 12 years for one of these to decompose.

Answer: Cigarette butt

2. The first one of these was built in 1929 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was called Tom Thumb. What was it?

Answer: Minature golf course

Thursday, February 16th

1. Every Valentine's Day this happens about 220,000 times, in the U.S.

Answer: Marriage proposals

2. This year, three percent of pet owners said they did what?

Answer: Bought their pet a Valentine's Day gift

Wednesday, February 15th

1. In the U.S. 73 million acres of land are used to grow what?

Answer: Soybeans

2. This contains about 49 germs per square inch.

Answer: Toilet

Tuesday, February 14th

1. The average business person has 18 of these in or on their desk.

Answer:Other people's business cards

2. In a recent survey of Americans, 78% said what is "seriously broken"?

Answer: The U.S. tax system

Monday, February 13th

1. All of these sold in one year would circle the world 5 times.

Answer: LEGO bricks

2. This is the most widely eaten fruit in America.

Answer: Bananas

Friday, February 10th

1. The average person will spend 7.5 minutes picking out what?

Answer: Valentine card for their sweetheart

2. The artist Rembrandt painted 64 portraits of what famous historical figure?

Answer: Himself

Thursday, February 9th

1. Lazy Bones, Flashamatic, and Space Commander 200 were names of early versions of what?

Answer: The TV remote control

2. About 10% of managers say they've accidentally done what?

Answer: Fallen asleep in a meeting

3. This morning you'll use 20 to 30 gallons of water doing what?

Answer: Taking a shower

4. North America has about 700 species of what?

Answer: Butterfly

Tuesday, February 7th

1. What food or beverage contians an ingredient called "What is merchandise 7x"?

Answer: Merchandise 7x is part of the secret formula for Coca-Cola. It's a flavoring made up of at least six ingredients

2. The average person will flex these 25 million times in their lifetime.

Answer: Their finger joints.

Monday, February 6th

1. If you call a phone number that begins with area code 871, where are you calling?

Answer: A cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The telephone area code for a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean is 871.

2. For the Super Bowl, a little over 4% of Americans did this.

Answer: Bought a new TV.

Friday, February 3rd

1. The average person eats 28 of these in their lifetime.

Answer: Pigs

2. The Talon Slide Fastener was invented in 1913. Today it's known better as what?

Answer: The zipper

Thursday, February 2nd

1. You'll spend four minutes today doing what?

Answer: Searching for lost things

2. There are 66 million of these machines in the U.S.

Answer: Lawn mowers

Wednesday February 1st

1. A 1964 Playboy cover photo was the first to feature what?

Answer: A man. Peter Sellers.

2. The shortest one of these as 5 feet, 4 inches.

Answer: U.S. President. It was James Madison.

Tuesday, January 31st

1. In the U.S., Maine is the leading producer of what oral care gadet?

Answer: Toothpicks

2. The average woman will consume six pounds of this in her lifetime.

Answer: Lipstick

Monday January 30th

1. Back in 1993, the U.S. government spend almost $300,000 researching what?

Answer: Pickles

2. In a typical home, 23% of the water is used for what?

Answer: Laundry and dishes

Friday, January 27th

1. Up the early 1950s many psychiatrists and educators thought you were disadvantaged if you were what?

Answer: Left-handed

2. New York State has the most; North Dakota has the fewest. What?

Answer: Lawyers

Thursday, January 26th

1. Every minute two of these are occurring somewhere in the world.

Answer: Minor earthquakes

2. According to the Guinness World Records, the largest of these in the world is located in Algarrobo, Chile.

Answer: Swimming pool. It's 3,323 feet long and has an area of 20 acres.

Wednesday, January 25th

1. Seventy-eight percent of people will watch the Super Bowl where?

Answer: At home, either alone or with family and/or friend

2. In a survey, men said their third least favorite outdoor chore is mowing the lawn; cleaning the garage is second; what's No. 1?

Answer: Gutter cleaning

Tuesday, January 24th

1. There are around 9,500 women in the U.S. employed as what?

Answer: firefighters

2. Fifty-six percent of women say they form an opinion on what in just 20 seconds?

Answer: another woman. That opinion is based on the other woman's appearance.

3. In the recording industry, what is significant about the dates 1948, 1964, and 1993.

Answer: Those are the dates the LP, the audiocassette, and the compact disc and the MP3 digital audio file were introduced.

Monday, January 23rd

1. The Oral-B was the official toothbrush on what famous journey?

Answer: The Apollo 11 mission

2. you probably see white paint mixed with turpentine every day. Where?

Answer: On TV commercials. Milk in TV ads is usually a mixture of white paint and turpentine.

3. If you argue with your spouse about this at least once a week, your marriage is 30% more likely to end in divorce than those that argue about it less frequently.

Answer: Money/finances

4. This board game has 121 holes.

Answer: Chinese Checkers.

Friday, January 20th

1. One mile of this takes up 17 acres of land.

Answer: a four-lane highway.

2. There are 292,000 of these in the U.S.

Answer: Car salesmen

3. Researchers say 65% of kis have had one of these.

Answer: an imaginary friend.

4. Every year about 2 million of these are stolen from grocery stores.

Grocery carts

Thursday, January 19th

1. Seventy-six percent of us who go to work have this in common.

Answer: We commute to work alone. That's by car, bike, feet, etc

2. It's estimated that 19 million American women own at least one pair of what?

Answer: Thong underwear

3. Fifty percent of the magazines printed have this in common.

Answer: never sold.

Wednesday, January 18th

1. Americans throw away about 2 billion of these a year. What?

Answer: Razors.

2. 11,500 U.S. men visit the emergency room each year with injuries related to what?

Answer: Shoveling snow.

Tuesday, January 17th

1. The Packard Motor Car Company, United Airlines and B&O Railroad were first in their respective industries to offer customers what?

Answer: Air Conditioning.

2. Who is photographed over 400 time A DAY?

Lady Gaga
Kim Kardashian
Pippa Middleton

Answer: Pippa Middleton. The Daily Mail's photo editor, Paul Silva, says he receives around 400 photographs of Pippa Middleton every day. Her life since the royal wedding has included photographers camped outside her home.

Monday, January 16th

1. According to a survey, 9% of adults do once a day, 28% 2-3 times a week, and the majority about once a week. What?

Answer: Vacuum

2. Before buying one of these a guy will spend 2 hours, 3 minutes doing research.

Answer: A TV

Friday, January 13th

1. Researchers say 59% of us don't do this enough.

Answer: Eat fruits and veggies

2. Ninety percent of women say they do this for their men.

Answer: Iron their shirts

Thursday, January 12th

1. This year Americans will consume 27 billion calories on what day?

Answer: Super Bowl Sunday

2. By the time you die you'll have spent two weeks of your life doing what?

Answer: Kissing

Wednesday, January 11th

1. Men and women share many of the same food cravings, but women crave chocolate most. What do men crave most?

Answer: Meat

2. About 300 Americans are rushed to the hospital each year after swallowing what?

Answer: A paper clip.

3. An average of two people per year die from what?

Answer: Flatulence

4. Studies show married men do this twice as often as single men.

Answer: Change their underwear.

5. Each year (in the U.S.) there are about 15,000 accidents involving what?

Answer: Vacuum cleaners

Tuesday, January 10th

1. Forty-two percent of wives say they've had a crush on who?

Answer: One of their husband's friends

2. Americans spend $1.5 billion each year on what product?