Think you know your election trivia? - CNN.com

For this election eve, here's some election trivia from CNN. Some highlghts:

"Either John McCain or Obama will be the first incumbent member of Congress to be elected president since John F. Kennedy in 1960."

"If McCain wins, he will have headed the first successful GOP presidential ticket in 80 years that did not include someone named Bush or Nixon."

"Democrats controlled both houses of Congress from 1955 to 1981. This 26-year stretch is the longest any single party has controlled both chambers of Congress. (The GOP took control of the Senate in 1981.)"

Best of the comments, Re: George Takei's wedding on Wil Wheaton's blog

WWdN: In Exile: congratulations, george and brad!

Best comment:

by dake: "What I always say is, if gay marriage is a threat to your marriage, then the problem in your marriage ISN'T gay marriage."

Question > Music

Who had the distinction of being the only recording artist with a song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 before being signed by a label?

Question > Literature

What author of an oft-censored novel learned about the meat business in Austria, is a veteran of the D-Day invasion at Utah Beach, and once dated a future wife of Charlie Chaplin?

Answer: J.D. Salinger, author of oft-censored The Catcher in the Rye

Question > Movies

On what silver screen character's arm would you find a tattoo heart with the inscription "To Be Filled In Later"?

Answer: Bellini, from Mr Magorium's Emporium

Question > Music

What singer had a number 1 hit in 1973, but is perhaps better known from her Emmy-award winning roles on a sketch comedy show, and the subsequent spin-off sitcom?

Answer: Vicki Lawrence. The song was "The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia". The Emmy was for "The Carol Burnett Show", from which her show "Mama's Family" was spun-off.

Fruitcake Trivia

OK... long hiatus... yada yada... busy... blah blah... life changes.

Anyway, this is good enough to being me back for at least one post:

Fruitcake Trivia from the Duluth News Tribune.

Good stuff! Enjoy!

Question > Movies

What 1966 film features opening credits which are spoken aloud, rather than appearing printed on the screen?

Question > History

Who's epitaph reads: "In Loving Memory of my Beloved Son, Murdered by a Traitor and Coward Whose Name is not Worthy to Appear Here"?

UPDATE: Answer: Jesse James

Question > General Trivia

Hurricanes, tropical storms, and typhoons are known by what two-word meteorological term?

UPDATE: Answer: Tropical Cyclone

Question > Sports

What is the name and nickname of the former boxer who was Executive Director of the Association in the Defense of the Wrongly Convicted from 1993 to 2005?

UPDATE: Answer: Ruben "Hurricane" Carter

Question > History

What was destroyed off the Florida coast in 1715 because of a hurricane?

UPDATE: Answer: The Spanish Treasure Fleet

Question > History

What year saw the deadliest Atlantic Hurricane ever with over 22,000 killed?

UPDATE: Answer: 1780

Question > Sports

We'll try another theme week... the answer to this question should help you determine the theme...

What is the nickname of the college football team which suffered a 100-6 loss by Houston in 1968?

UPDATE: Answer: (The University of Tulsa) Golden Hurricane

Question > Comics

And thus ends back to school week...

What is the name of Linus Van Pelt's beloved school teacher?

UPDATE: Answer: Miss Othmar (later Mrs. Hagemeyer)

Question > Movies

Back to school week continues...

What silver screen teacher critiqued a student's poem by saying: "Congratulations. You may have just written the first poem to get a negative score on the Pritchard scale."?

UPDATE: Answer: John Keating from Dead Poet's Society

Question > Literature

More back to school Trivia:

What novel features the History and Civics lessons of teacher Mr. Dubois?

UPDATE: Answer: Starship Troopers

Question > History

We continue back to school week...

Who was the first U.S. Secretary of Education?

UPDATE: Answer: Shirley Hufstedler, appointed by Jimmy Carter in 1979.

Prior to this, Education was part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

Question > Television

Welcome to back to school week!

What fictional town would you be visiting if you saw a High School football game with the visitors playing against the "Steeplejacks"?

UPDATE: Answer: The Steeplejacks were the mascots of Twin Peaks High School, from the 90s TV Show "Twin Peaks".

Question > General Trivia

What was the code name for Apple's 20th Anniversary Macintosh?

UPDATE: Answer: Spartacus