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OK Anandtech Trivia time! How smart are you?

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AaronP

Diamond Member
1. Calculate PI to the 95th decimal.... Just Kidding

The winner is the first person to get all answers correct in one post. THe prize is that I will send him or her all the money that is currently in my paypal account. No Joke! And I have more than $0.


real trivia:

1. What was the incident that started the Spanish American War?

2. The Magna Carta was signed in what century?

3. What was the job of the person who killed Alexander Hamilton?

4. What is the oldest team in the NFL?

5. What is the name of the person who lied and said that Martin Luther King died in his arms?

6. Dick Cheney worked for what company before he decided to run for Vice President?

7. What company did Bill Gates work for after he dropped out of college and before he founded Microsoft?

8. What was the name of the main character in Wolf 3D?

9. Name one of the teams that Warren Spahn played for?

10. What is the name of the actor who played Coach on Cheers before he died?

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edit slightly changed the Spahn question
 
9 --- warren spahn played for the washington senators.

Lol --- m. braves. my bad 😱

I even have a couple of his cards 🙁
 


<< 7. What company did Bill Gates work for after he dropped out of college and before he founded Microsoft? >>


Apple, right?
 
I can't give hints, but I will say that Spahn didnt play for the Senators, and Gates, while he had a contract with Apple, he never was an employee of apple.
 
1. The bombing of the US ship the Maine I believe.

2. It was the precursor that led to our Declaration of Independence.

3. Jefferson's VP.

7. Apple

Thats all I know. 😉
 
1. bombing of the USS Maine
2.Magna Carta
or Magna Charta [Lat., = great charter], the most famous document of British constitutional history, issued by King John at Runnymede under compulsion from the barons and the church in June, 1215.
3.aaron burr
4.ny giants
5.cant find
6.Chmn. &amp; CEO of Halliburton Co.,
7.alltaire
8.William J. Blazkowicz
9.Boston Braves
10.Ernie Pantusso
 
real trivia:

1. What was the incident that started the Spanish American War?
William Randolph Hearst?s yellow journalism mostly. I guess if you want the ?official? reason it was the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.

2. What was the significance of the Magna Carta?
It insured basic freedoms to English subjects. The forerunner of our Bill of Rights.

3. What was the job of the person who killed Alexander Hamilton?
It was Aaron Burr who was then Vice President under Thomas Jefferson.

4. What is the oldest team in the NFL?
I think it?s Chicago

5. What is the name of the person who lied and said that Martin Luther King died in his arms?
Probably Jesse Jackson

6. Dick Cheney worked for what company before he decided to run for Vice President?
Halliburton

7. What company did Bill Gates work for after he dropped out of college and before he founded Microsoft?
IBM

8. What was the name of the main character in Wolf 3D?
Damn!! Been too long!!!

9. Warren Spahn played for which major league baseball team?
The Boston/Milwaukee Braves

10. What is the name of the actor who played Coach on Cheers before he died?
No idea?
 
1. The bombing of the US ship Maine.

2. 1217

3. Jefferson's VP.

4. Cardinals

5. jesse jackson

6. Halliburton

7. IBM?

8. William J. Blazkowicz

9. Milwaukee

10. Nicholas Colasanto
 
actually, technically, other than #5, 3 of your answers are wrong nate. If I was grading the paper, I might be leniant, but 3 answers are wrong.
 
1. What was the incident that started the Spanish American War?

bombing of uss maine

2. The Magna Carta was signed in what century?

1200's

3. What was the job of the person who killed Alexander Hamilton?

aaron burr - vp at the time

4. What is the oldest team in the NFL?

cardinals

5. What is the name of the person who lied and said that Martin Luther King died in his arms?

jesse jackson

6. Dick Cheney worked for what company before he decided to run for Vice President?

halliburton

7. What company did Bill Gates work for after he dropped out of college and before he founded Microsoft?

alltaire

8. What was the name of the main character in Wolf 3D?

william j. blazkowictz

9. Name one of the teams that Warren Spahn played for?

milwaukee/boston braves

10. What is the name of the actor who played Coach on Cheers before he died?

ernie pantusso
 
1. What was the incident that started the Spanish American War?

bombing of uss maine

2. The Magna Carta was signed in what century?

1200's

3. What was the job of the person who killed Alexander Hamilton?

aaron burr - vp at the time

4. What is the oldest team in the NFL?

cardinals

5. What is the name of the person who lied and said that Martin Luther King died in his arms?

jesse jackson

6. Dick Cheney worked for what company before he decided to run for Vice President?

halliburton

7. What company did Bill Gates work for after he dropped out of college and before he founded Microsoft?

alltaire

8. What was the name of the main character in Wolf 3D?

william j. blazkowictz

9. Name one of the teams that Warren Spahn played for?

milwaukee/boston braves

10. What is the name of the actor who played Coach on Cheers before he died?

Nicholas Colasanto

 
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