Trivia Why's, Volume 2 - Updates, Corrections, and Additional Information

Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 E-books (additional corrections)

• Question 53: The correct answer is "Set" (c). "Run" is second at 396.
• Question 165: Two smaller moons, Nix and Hydra were discovered in 2005.
• Question 182: Blair was replaced by Gordon Brown, his former Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Juner 27, 2007.
• Question 234: Marshall Faulk broke Centers's record in week 14 of the 2005 NFL season.
• Question 246: Michigan has now won 860 games, 39 ahead of Notre Dame through the 2006 season.
• Question 270: The correct answer is pink (b), as the extra information already states.
• Question 282: Question should say "SECOND most goals per game", as he slipped behind Bossy before retiring again on January 24, 2006.
• Question 328: Question should say "was" not "is".
• Question 426: Riley is now just over 100 wins behind following the 2005-06 season.
• Question 432: The correct year should be 1742, not 1923
• Question 490: The correct answer is Oslo, Norway.
• Question 499: Question should say "original name" not "given name".
• Question 615: Proxima Centauri is 4.22 light years away (24.8 billion miles) in the same star system as Alpha Centauri A and B.
• Question 609: Both acids were known before Priestley's work with them.
• Question 639: Extra information should say "Neptune's", not "Pluto's". Neptune was the outermost planet then, regardless of Pluto's status as a planet.
• Question 718: Question should say "Where" not "What".
• Question 772: Question should say "land animal" not "land mammal".
• Question 781: Extra information is missing the word "sequel" after "1991".
• Question 816: Brett Favre broke Dan Marino's career touchdown record on September 30, 2007 and his yardage record on December 16, 2007.
• Question 847: Question should say "deputy mayor" not "mayor".
• Question 919: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has since passed the billion dollar mark.
• Question 932: Question should say "notary public" not "notary republic".
• Question 942: Rupp won 876 games, not 879.
• Question 943: The final was in 1974, not 1975.
• Question 960: The word "clips" should be "kips".
• Question 1,008: The WLAF became NFL Europe and then NFL Europa and then shut down in June 2007.
• Question 1,016: Marco Polo may have reached it first, but his claims remain debatable.
• Question 1,032: Barry Bonds broke Aaron's record on August 7, 2007.
• Question 1,036: Victoria is the capital of British Columbia.
• Question 1,151: The correct answer is Ezra Pound (who's not a female).
• Question 1,225: The movie was in 1984 (the award was 1985).
• Question 1,282: Indiana standardized on using daylight saving time beginning in April 2006.
• Question 1,387: The movie was in 1989 (the award was 1990).
• Question 1,403: Question should say "original name" not "given name".
• Question 1,444: As of 2006, Russia has passed the U.S. for second place and China has passed Mexico for fifth.
• Question 1,565: Question is too unclear. Should say "middle of the five classes" (Gammas) instead.
• Question 1,631: The correct answer is 'b', as the extra information already states.
• Question 1,724: The correct answer is Emily.
• Question 1,744: The correct answer is Belize as of 2006 (but the old answer was probably wrong anyway).
• Question 1,796: The correct spelling is "Wilfrid".
• Question 1,814: Close quote needs to be inserted.
• Question 1,816: The song name should be "Hang on Sloopy" (the given song was a 1994 parody).
• Question 1,825: The movie was in 1993 (the award was 1994).
• Question 1,878: The first opponent was the Bees, not the Red Sox (wrong league).
• Question 1,908: Johns Hopkins tied Syracuse with their ninth title in 2007, and Syracuse won its tenth in 2008.

Note: The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet (or small solar system object) on August 24, 2006. Pluto has been removed as a choice from some questions in this volume.

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