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June 27, 2006
Trivial Tuesday #25
1. J.K. Rowling recently said that two characters will die in the last installment of the Harry Potter Series. No one is safe, including Harry Potter himself. What is J.K. Rowling's full name?
2. Axl Rose was arrested in Stockholm this Tuesday morning after allegedly biting a security guard. Who was the original lead guitarist For W. Axl Rose's band, Gun N' Roses?
3. Warren Buffett, the second richest person in the world, announced Friday that he would be giving 85% of his wealth to charity. With what company did he make his billions?
4. Google's Gbuy, a competitor to PayPal, is expected to enter beta mode soon..possibly tomorrow. With what single letter domain name is PayPal associated?
5. Roger Federer broke the record for consecutive grass-court wins today at Wimbledon. His last loss on a grass-court was also at Wimbledon in what year?
Posted by mhader at June 27, 2006 4:22 PM
Comments
1. Ms. Barbara says Joanne (no middle name) K is for her grandmother - Kathleen Rowling.
5. Ms. Douty says 2002
Mom is not so smart.... she doesn't say anything...
Hope you're having fun while I'm away!!!
Posted by: Mom... at June 27, 2006 6:38 PM
3. Birkshire Hathaway
4. x.com
Posted by: Jonathan at June 27, 2006 10:41 PM
Hey you forgot to post the answers to last week's trivia!
Man, I totally forgot about x.com, and we even used it before paypal.
Posted by: Ben at June 28, 2006 7:39 AM
2. Slash!
Posted by: Mary at June 28, 2006 9:16 AM
Most of yesterday's trivia has been answered correctly. The Guns N' Roses question is a little tricky though. Slash was actually #2. He was not lead guitar on the first EP.
I posted the answers to the trivia in the comments section..I was curious to see if anyone noticed :)
answers:
1. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
2. Tenacious D
3. Eileen Collins
4. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
5. 1997
Posted by: michael at June 28, 2006 1:10 PM
Don't confuse us! We are creatures of habit...
Posted by: Mom... at June 28, 2006 4:27 PM
I did notice after I'd already complained. :)
I liked my answer for #1 better than the real answer.
Posted by: Ben at June 28, 2006 4:59 PM
@Ben
As did I.
Posted by: michael at June 28, 2006 7:03 PM
Same here.
Posted by: Jonathan at June 29, 2006 12:33 PM