Can you name the answers to the Not So Obvious questions? by midlifecrisis

Question	Answer	Quick Fact
Band that had a 1962 hit with Twist and Shout
Baseball team with the highest winning percentage in World Series		2-0 in WS competition
Country that won the men's soccer gold medal in the 1996 Olympics		no - not Brazil
Animal that pulled the chariot of Norseman's Goddess of Love (Freyja)		horses need not apply
Last name (or title) of mighty rulers that named two summer months after themselves		July (Julius) and August (Augustus)
US Government Agency started to combat counterfeiting of money		formed at the end of the Civil War
The largest type of bear		native to Alaska
The planet with the largest volcano		named Olympus Mons
Second best selling game of all time, Swahili for 'to build'		should have called it Collapse
Original color of the Great Pyramid
Baskin Robbins best selling ice cream flavor		accounts for one quarter of their sales
Actress that had the most appearances on cover of Life magazine
Bakery delight that many Russian children get on their birthday		that's no piece of cake
Color that Native Americans historically painted their doors to keep bad spirits out		also keeps salesmen away

Question	Answer	Quick Fact
Country with largest government run employer in the world
Before 1928, these popular spinning toys were called 'bandalore' and 'joujou'
The one letter that does not appear in the periodic table of elements		Hydrojen?
19th century war that produced over 400,000 morphine addicts
Country with the most inland waters and lakes
Lubricant product that got its name for its ability of 'water displacing'
December 26th holiday started as a day to give clothing and food to the poor
Writing implement company name that is French for 'oily chalk'		Crayola also produces Silly Putty
Physicist, theologian, alchemist and astronomer that was a member of the British Parliament
City that constructed the first American subway system in 1896
Popular flower that comes from the Turkish word for 'turban'
Ironically, this fruit originated in the African Desert
The name of the airplane that crashed with Buddy Holly aboard		this led to Don McClean's big hit song

Javascript is not currently enabled on your browser.
If you do have Javascript enabled:
This site uses javascript to make the magic happen.
Please turn on javascript and reload this page, or use a more current browser (like Firefox)

The Not So Obvious Quiz

by midlifecrisis

Created Jun 3, 2010 in Miscellaneous
Game Plays 222

Friend Scores and Standings

Loading friend results....

Top Games Today in Miscellaneous

Top Games with Similar Tags

Top User Games in Miscellaneous

	campervana:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:14 GMT	1 point
	civil war is too vague - i guess you mean the american one though

	zoothorn:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:17 GMT	1 point
	Not too bad, but a few issues: WalMart employs 1.8 million people. That's still more than your answer. The person you listed was by no means the only scientist to serve in Parliament; that answer's pretty vague.

	zoothorn:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:17 GMT	2 points
	Oh, and 'Caesar' isn't a last name, it's a title.

	midlifecrisis:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 18:25 GMT	1 point
	fixed - thanks

	betraisefold:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 19:19 GMT	1 point
	Toronto is also 2-0 in the World Series (or do you mean highest games won percentage?) - but at least I got a couple of free answers by typing Blue Jays. I suggest asking for the original color of the Great Pyramid instead of Pyramids - not all of the large pyramids were white - the Red Pyramid for example is so named because of the pinkish-red limestone casing. Also, much of the casing was stolen and reused in other buildings long before it eroded and although much of it may have by now your quick fact on that seems somewhat inaccurate. It is a good collection of interesting and some obscure trivia though, well done. Jenga was definitely surprising to me.

	midlifecrisis:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 19:26 GMT	2 points
	betrausefold: thanks for the feedback - I incorporated your info

	Willy2shirts:	Jun 3rd, 2010 at 19:53 GMT	2 points
	The American Pie one is false. Check Snopes. The plane had no name, just a registration number.

	RootBeerCapoeira:	Jul 25th, 2011 at 22:53 GMT	1 point
	gosh if that plane really had been named "American Pie" instead of having no name, Adam Hertz would've been pretty disrespectful (creator of "American Pie" the movie)