Trivia Why's, Volume 1 - Updates, Corrections, and Additional Information
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- Question 35: Question should say "birth name" not "given name".
- Question 46: Extra information should reference Bismarck (2nd) instead of St. Paul (4th).
- Question 61: Extra information is true but this movie was with Billy Crystal.
- Question 102: Bobby Knight won his 880th game on January 1, 2007.
- Question 112: Question should say "besides Canada".
- Question 122: Question should also say "and was the son of a senator" (otherwise Andrew Johnson also qualifies).
- Question 124: Question should say "own" not "owned".
- Question 126: Question should say "first" not "only" as Namibia has won other medals since then.
- Question 135: The team moved to Sacramento for the 1985-86 season.
- Question 143: Question should say "d'Urberville" not "D'Uberville".
- Question 153: Both acids were known before Priestley's work with them.
- Question 172: Question should specifically ask for the common name (the scientific namem is corvidae).
- Question 174: Tim Montgomery's record was erased from the books in December 2005 when he was banned for two years for doping in the BALCO case.
- Question 202: Bethlehem, where he was born, is less commonly known as the City of David.
- Question 244: Question should say "main country".
- Question 292: Question should also say "beast of burden" to distinguish the llama from its closest relatives.
- Question 305: Question should say "middle of the five classes" (Gammas) instead.
- Question 320: Biro's first name is Laszlo, not Lajos.
- Question 333: The calcium is released from the bones; the parathormone is released by the parathyroid glands in the neck.
- Question 379: The correct date is December 8, 1980. The given date was when Chapman was legally declared not insane. He has now been denied parole four times.
- Question 389: The correct title ends with the word "Thought" not "Thoughts".
- Question 390: Barry Bonds broke Aaron's record on August 7, 2007.
- Question 420: The word "basemen" should be singular ("baseman").
- Question 428: The correct spelling is "Wilfrid".
- Question 454: California has also had eight national parks since 1994.
- Question 471: The year (2000) needs to be in the question now that the U.S. Presidents dollars are being released (2007).
- Question 512: Question should say "birth name" not "given name".
- Question 536: Question should say "notary public" not "notary republic".
- Question 553: Extra info should say "22" not "32".
- Question 626: Question should say "elected". P.B.S. Pinchback served as governor of Louisiana briefly but was not elected.
- Question 648: Ronaldo of Brazil netted his 14th goal on June 22, 2006 and his 15th five days later.
- Question 667: "Underground station" should be "railway station".
- Question 672: The word "clips" should be "kips".
- Question 684: Rupp won 876 games, not 879.
- Question 697: Pygmalion was Greek, not Roman.
- Question 700: Question should say "projected to have a Hispanic majority".
- Question 788: The 1944 winner was Franklin Roosevelt not Theodore Roosevelt.
- Question 747: The organization's name should be "Pure" not "Physical".
- Question 858: The Saturn was the *successor*, not the predecessor.
- Question 875: The magazine is now simply known as AARP the Magazine.
- Question 918: Unitas led the Colts to four championship games but only three titles.
- Question 921: Two smaller moons, Nix and Hydra were discovered in 2005. Pluto is no longer considered to be a full-fledged planet.
- Question 983: Chastain is incorrectly spelled with an 'e' at the end.
- Question 1,015: [Derek and the] Dominos is incorrectly spelled with an 'e'.
- Question 1,029: Question should say "dioxide" not "oxide".
- Question 1,060: Question should say "land animal" not "land mammal".
- Question 1,069: Question should say "Gojira" not "Gojiva".
- Question 1,084: Modern Sweden was founded in 1523, not 1521.
- Question 1,108: Answer is no longer true but can be fixed by substituting "largest" for "principal".
- Question 1,294: The correct answer is Belize as of 2006, although the old answer was probably wrong anyway.
- Question 1,302: Brett Favre broke Dan Marino's career touchdown record on September 30, 2007 and his yardage record on December 16, 2007.
- Question 1,313: "Steele" should be "Steel".
- Question 1,367: "Originated" would be more accurate as "helped popularize" since Aesop's Fables are older.
- Question 1,520: Richard Cromwell is the correct answer as the question is stated. Edward VIII was the shortest-reigning monarch, however.
- Question 1,543: Question should say "birth name" not "given name".
- Question 1,714: Question should say "was" not "is".
- Question 1,784: Marco Polo may have reached it first, but his claims remain debatable.
- Question 1,798: The correct answer is Oslo, Norway.
- Question 1,930: Sitka, Alaska incorporated in 2000 and took over the number one spot from Juneau.
- Question 1,962: The WLAF became NFL Europe and then NFL Europa and then shut down in June 2007.
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