Fact-or-Fake Friday or Fight!
Here are three weird news items from the past few weeks. Two of them are true, and one of them we just made up. Take a guess, and check the answers below to see if you’re right.
Quizzes
Impossible Questions: Silly Stumpers Edition (Answers)
Got your guesses ready? Let’s check and see how you did. What do My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and World War Z have in common? They’re among the highest-grossing movies of all time…that never topped the weekly box office. My Big Fat Greek Wedding made $241 million, Squeakwel made […]
Impossible Questions: Silly Stumpers Edition
You know what to do: try and come up with a solution to these tricky questions, then come tomorrow and see if you’re right.
The Return of the Bride of Fact-or-Fake Friday!
If you’re new around here, here’s the deal: Below are three weird news items from the past few weeks. Two of them are true, and one of them…we made up. Take a guess, and check the answers to see if you’re right.
Impossible Questions: Tough TV Trivia Edition – The Answers
Got your answers ready? Let’s see how you did.
What do “Golden Age of Television” series The Arthur Murray Party, The Ernie Kovacs Show, Pantomime Quiz, Space Cadet, and Ted Mack’s Original Amateur Hour have in common?
They’re all TV classics, but the weird distinction these five series share is that each were broadcast, at one time or another, on all four major TV networks of the era: ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont. The Arthur Murray Party had a run on each of the four networks twice.
Impossible Questions: Tough TV Trivia Edition
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Impossible Questions: NFL Postseason Edition (Answers)
Got your answers ready from last week’s Impossible Questions? Let’s see how you did.
Last weekend’s AFC title game marked the first time in history that what has happened?
On Sunday, the New England Patriots played the Denver Broncos for a spot in the Super Bowl. Both teams will be led by star quarterbacks who have hosted Saturday Night Live. The Patriots’ Tom Brady hosted SNL in April 2005, while Manning did his stint in March 2007. Only eight NFL players have ever guest-hosted NBC’s long-running sketch comedy show while they were still active players. In addition to Brady and Manning, they were: Deion Sanders, Fran Tarkenton, Eli Manning, Joe Montana, Walter Payton…and O.J. Simpson.
Impossible Questions: NFL Postseason Edition
Okay, you know the drill. See if you can answer these brain-benders about the NFL playoffs…and then come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
This weekend’s AFC title game marks the first time in history that what has happened?
What dubious record is held by the Green Bay Packers?
The Seattle Seahawks are the only team to ever do what in the NFC West?
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Once Again, It’s Fact-or-Fake Friday!
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for your weekly faux-news news roundup. As usual, two of these bizarre news items are legitimately true. The other one we legitimately made up off the top of our heads. Answers are below; good luck!
Guess the Answers to These Impossible Questions (Answers)
Got your answers all figured out? Let’s see how you did.
1. What distinction is shared by Suzette Charles, Alberto Contador, and President Gerald Ford?
All attained a noteworthy title when the previous titleholder resigned or had the honor taken away due to scandal. Suzette Charles was named Miss America 1984, when the crowned winner, Vanessa Williams, resigned due to a nude photo scandal. (Charles reigned for only seven weeks.) Alberto Contador was declared the winner of the 2006 Tour De France…in 2007, after “winner” Floyd Landis was found to have taken performance-enhancing drugs. Ford was appointed Vice President when previous office holder Spiro Agnew resigned, and when President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal, Ford stepped into that position.
Guess the Answers to These Impossible Questions
Think you know everything there is to know? See if you can answer these brain-benders on a bunch of different subjects…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
It’s Fact-or-Fake Friday!
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for your weekly fake-out. Here’s how it works: Two of the three following stories are true. One of them we made up. Can you guess which one is the fake? Pick your answer at the end of the article and see if you’re right.
It’s Fact-or-Fake Friday!
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for your weekly fake-out. Here’s how it works: Two of the three following stories are true. One of them we made up. Can you guess which one is the fake? Pick your answer at the end of the article and see if you’re right.
Impossible Questions: The Name Game – Answers Revealed!
Got your answers all figured out? Let’s see how you did.
Impossible Questions: The Name Game
Think you know everything there is to know? See if you can answer these brain-benders…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
1. For what works are the 19th century authors A.M. Barnard, Currer Bell, and Ellis Bell best known?
2. Why are writers Nathan E. Douglas, Ian McLellan Hunter, and Robert Rich most famous?
3. What do Roderick Jaynes, Donald Kaufman, and P.H. Vazak have in common?
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Fact or Fake Friday
It’s Friday, so that means it’s time for your weekly fake-out. Here’s how it works: Two of the three following stories are true. And one of them we made up. Can you guess which one is the fake? Pick your answer at the end of the article and see if you’re right.
Impossible Questions About Music…Answers Revealed!
Got your answers all figured out for our Impossible Questions of the week? Let’s see how you did.
Impossible Questions: Music
You’ll Never Guess the Answers To These Impossible Questions About Music!
Think you know everything there is to know? See if you can answer these brain-benders…and come back tomorrow to see if you’re right.
1. What do these hit albums have in common: Boston’s Don’t Look Back, Frank Sinatra’s Strangers in the Night, the Beatles’ Help!, Nat “King” Cole’s Unforgettable…and the Baha Men’s Who Let the Dogs Out?
2. What do these albums have in common: With the Beatles (The Beatles), Silver Side Up (Nickelback), and Seventh Star (Black Sabbath)
3. What do Warren Zevon, Roxy Music, Willie Nelson, the Moody Blues, Joe Cocker, and the Cars have in common?
