I am His Majesty, the almighty GOD of all trivia. Ask me anything.

[MrScorpio]

Bring it on.

(At least until the Hurricane hits)

[Wonk]

1. Will you answer off the top of your head or google first?

[MrScorpio]

2. My noggin is on standby.

Of course

[Wonk]

3. Who was the first Icelander to win a Nobel Prize?

[MrScorpio]

4. The only Icelander I know won the NB

was Laxnes or something like that.

[Wonk]

6. Close enough (afaik). What was the reaction in Iceland to this?

http://www.nobel.se/literature/laureates/1955/press.html

[MrScorpio]

8. Icelandic trivia is not my strong suit

But I guess the started acting and thinking more Icelandic instead of thinking of being some off-shoot of Norway

[Wonk]

11. I was trying to stump you. Pretty good try, don't you think?

on edit: Oops, replied to the wrong post....

[MrScorpio]

13. You're damn good.

That would have been a great gameshow trivia question

But I would have been hosed if I was expected to spell it correctly

[mbartko]

5. What's My Middle Name?

[MrScorpio]

7. It's the name that sits between your first and your last

Next

[mbartko]

9. Ah, very clever, Mr. Scorpio. Touche.

[Kenneth ken]

10. ok

when were Chrissie Hynde's daughters born? Month-date-year for each, please.

[MrScorpio]

12. If its a question that will never end up on a game show...

I'm pleading ignorance.

Try to be a little more general

[Kenneth ken]

14. ok

that's fair - I don't know the answer either (that's why I asked.)

Jeopardy for $500.00 jeopardydollars:

this 1978 film starred Anthony Hopkins and Ann-Margret

[MrScorpio]

15. Magic

Hopkins and his dummy go head to wooden head.

[Kenneth ken]

16. oooh - so close!

I prefaced it as a jeopardy - you have to phrase you answer in the form of a question.

the correct answer: What is Magic?

:evilgrin:
it's among my favorite movies of all time.

[MrScorpio]

17. You got yer correct answer, Sugar butt

I win again

[underpants]

18. How many city blocks (on average) make up a MILE?

Hmmmmmmmmm?

[amber dog democrat]

19. when coupling railroad cars

what do you do after connecting the glad hands?

and what is the speed under yard limits?

i got tested on this once.