Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Trivia of the Day: General Knowledge

1. What peer-to-peer internet phone network did Kazaa founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis introduce in 2003?


Ah, Kazaa.
When waiting eight hours for a corrupted
Kelly Clarkson song was the height of technology. 

2. What controversial author won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children" in 1981?


He also won Padma Lakshmi.
Inexplicably.

3. Who made painful news in 1993 as the victim of a domestic attack after his wife cut off his penis?


Blogger people: "No." 

4. What TV network was criticized for not telling viewers that a giant balloon had injured two sisters during its live coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in 2005?


Criticized because that was the most interesting 
thing that happened during the whole show. 

5. How many hours finish the following Dale Arden quotation from the classic T.V. series "Flash Gordon:" "Flash, I love you! But we only have (blank) hours to save the Earth!"


You could say the character
had a flair for the dramatic.





Answers:

1. SKYPE
2. Salman Rushdie
3. John Wayne Bobbit
4. NBC
5. 14

Source: Brainstormer Pub Quiz

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