RHS January 2021 Trivia

 1. This kid was "Thin Man" Nick and Nora's child who later also portrayed "The Boy with Green Hair". He later was involved with a TV time leaper. Who was he?

Dean Stockwell

2. This kid was "The Kid" and also "Peck's Bad Boy" in the early days of film. Later he festered as an Addams family uncle. Who was he?

Jackie Coogan

3. This baby had a BIG voice even as a little child. She started back in the very beginning of talking pictures as a singing kid, but is probably best known in her role as a comedy writer opposite Morey Amsterdam. Who was she?

"Baby" Rose Marie

4. This young lady achieved notice with a collie and then with a "velvet" horse.  Later known for a role as a "cat" and for her many husbands and jewels. Who was she?

Liz Taylor

5. This young lad was in a green Welsh valley and also a Lassie flick. He later aped it up on a planet of primates. Who was he?

Roddy McDowell

RHS December 2020 Trivia

 

Sports nicknames: I'll give you the players' names, sports, and how many words and how many letters are in each nickname:

example: Joe Dimaggio  _3_   _6_  _7_  baseball   answer The Yankee Clipper

1. Augusta  _8_  _6_  Moran   tennis  "Gorgeous Gussie"

2. Cal Ripken, jr.  _3_  _4_  _3_   baseball  "The Iron Man"

3. Chris Evert  _3_  _6_   tennis  "Ice Maiden"

4. Joe Walcott  _6_  _3_  boxing  "Jersey Joe"

5.  Glenn Davis  _6_  _7_   &  Doc Blanchard  _6_  _6_  college football "Mister Outside" & " 

"Mister Inside"

6. Jack Nicklaus  _3_  _6_  _4_   golf  "The Golden Bear"

7. George Herman Ruth  _3_  _6_  _2_  _4_   baseball  "The Sultan of Swat"

8. Lou  _3_  _4_  _5_  Gehrig   baseball  "The Iron Horse"

9. Karl  _3_ _7_  Malone  basketball  "The Mailman"

10. Dorothy Hamill  _6_  figure skating   "Squint"

Dr. Edward D. Rockstein

RHS November Trivia

 1. Where are the the U.S. Equestrian Team Headquarters and Olympic Training site located?Gladstone, New Jersey   BTW New Jersey has more horses per square mile than any other state in the U.S.!

2. The U.S.' oldest roadside attraction and the world's largest elephant effigy are located where?

Margate, NJ.: Lucy is the world's largest 'elephant', and the only one in America designated as a National Historic Landmark. She was built in 1881 by James V. Lafferty, a real estate developer with a knack for promotion. Standing six stories tall, weighing 90 tons, covered with 12,000 square feet of sheet tin, Lucy was more than an object of awe -- she was a functioning building, serving first as a real estate office, as a summer home, even briefly as a tavern, until unruly drunks nearly burned her down. She also gave people a reason to come to Margate City while Lafferty gave his real estate pitch.

3.  Alexandra Zuck, born in Bayonne, NJ in 1942, became a successful child model and film actress. She married a singer, musician, actor, impressionist from East Harlem. What was her well-known stage name?

Sandra Dee who was Bobby Darin's first wife.

4. Who was the American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played both Major League Baseball (Chicago Cubs, 1951) and in the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1947–48). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain?

Chuck Connors

October RHS Trivia

1. Jane [or Deborah] "Mother" Leeds is connected with what South Jersey "myth"? 

 answer: The Jersey Devil. According to popular folklore, the Jersey Devil originated with a Pine Barrens resident named Jane Leeds, known as Mother Leeds. The legend states that Mother Leeds had 12 children and, after finding she was pregnant for the 13th time, cursed the child in frustration, crying that the child would be the devil. In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night while her friends gathered around her. Born as a normal child, the thirteenth child changed to a creature with hooves, a goat's head, bat wings, and a forked tail. Growling and screaming, it beat everyone with its tail before flying up the chimney and heading into the pines. In some versions of the tale, Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child's father was the devil himself. Some versions of the legend also state that there was subsequently an attempt by local clergymen to exorcise the creature from the Pine Barrens. 

 2. Where is the oldest, still operating, light house in the United States? 

 answer: Sandy Hook, New Jersey [over 250 years old] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Light

 3. Where was the first dinosaur skeleton found in the United States? 

 answer: Haddonfield, NJ The Hadrosaur skeleton discovered in Haddonfield in 1858 was not only the first dinosaur fossil recorded found in the United States, it is also one of the most complete dinosaur fossils ever found. The Hadrosaur was also the first dinosaur ever to be put on public exhibit. https://www.thoughtco.com/hadrosaurus-1092727 

 4. Where was the world's first film studio? 

 answer: West Orange, NJ Edison's Black Maria Film Studio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%27s_Black_Maria

September RHS Trivia

 1. Where was the first brewhouse in New Jersey--which is the oldest extant brewhouse building in America?

Penn's Brewhouse, 1682: 6 West Pearl Street, Burlington, NJ

https://southjerseybeernews.blogspot.com/2009/10/oldest-brewhouse-in-usa-is-in-nj.html

2. What was the 12 minute "Walk of Death"?

Howard Unruh of Camden a mass shooter shot and killed 13 people in 12 minutes 6 Sep 1949

My brother was born 31 Aug 1949 at Camden Cooper Hospital. My father and I went to pick up my mother and brother from Cooper that day. I was left in the car while my dad wnt to get them. Suddenly there were sirens and, police cars and ambulances all over. It took a long time for my dad, mom, and baby brother to get back to the car!

3. Who was the first player ever to score three goals in a FIFA Women's World Cup final and the second soccer player ever to score a hat-trick in any senior FIFA World Cup Final?

Carli LLoyd of Delran

4. Who was the original host of the Jeopardy! TV quiz show?

Art Fleming [Fazzin]

RHS August 2020 Trivia

 

1. New Jersey High School Civics:  How many counties in the state of New Jersey? Which county is the largest in land area? Which, the smallest?

Twenty-one, Burlington County, Hudson County

2. "Superman" came to radio as a serial on WOR in 1940. Who originally voiced Superman? Hint: He also later hosted radio's "Time's A-Wastin' " in 1948 which became "Beat the Time" in 1949 and transitioned to CBS television as "Beat the Clock" which he also hosted 1950-1956?

Bud Collyer

3. Election Trivia: Does the District of Columbia have any electors in the Electoral College?

Yes, three

4.Has a sitting United States President ever been arrested? If so, whom and for what?

Yes, Ulysses S. Grant,  for speeding

President Grant was arrested for speeding. They brought him to the department for holding, but then the chief was unsure if they could charge a sitting President without impeachment, so they let him pay a fine and walk back to the White House after impounding his buggy.

RHS July 2020

1. Name the Al Capp-created, holey police detective, who appeared in a comic within a comic and also in Wildroot Cream Oil ads?

Fearless Fosdick

2. Who was the WOR radio NY daily nighttime radio host, humorist, and storyteller who was also famous for the popular Christmas movie, "A Christmas Story (1983),"  which he wrote (based on his novel) and narrated as the adult voice of Ralphie?

Jean Shepherd

3. Henry Ford's trademark "woody" station wagon production gave rise to a non-motor-car-related industry/company. What was the product and its famous brand name?

charcoal briquets     Kingsford Charcoal

4. Who was the New Jersey born, academic scholarship holder at Rutgers, all-American football player, Rutgers class valedictorian (who later received an LL.B. from Columbia Law School while playing in the NFL), who became a recording and film actor of note?

Paul Robeson