July 27, 2006 - Bugs Bunny Trivia

IT'S STILL HOT!!!! Turn off the heater....

Well, tonight we have a simple trivia question. Today is Bugs Bunny's birthday.


TRIVIA QUESTION:

How old is Bugs Bunny?

• 46
• 56
• 66
• 76

TRIVIA ANSWER:

• Bugs is 66 years old today.

Bugs Bunny is a fictional street-smart gray rabbit that appears in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros., and is one of the most recognizable characters, real or imaginary, in the world.

According to his biography, he was "born" in 1940 in Brooklyn, New York and the product of many fathers: Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (who created a prototypical version of the character called Happy Rabbit in 1938's "Porky's Hare Hunt"), Bob Clampett, Tex Avery (who developed Bugs' definitive personality in 1940), Robert McKimson (created the definitive Bugs Bunny character design), Chuck Jones, and Friz Freleng.

According to Mel Blanc, his original voice actor, his accent is an equal blend of someone from the Bronx and someone from Brooklyn.

Bugs would emerge in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare, released on July 27, 1940. It was in this cartoon that he first emerged from his rabbit hole to ask hunter Elmer Fudd “What's up, Doc?" It is considered the first fully developed appearance of the character. Animation historian Joe Adamson counts A Wild Hare as the first Bugs Bunny short.

Thus, Bugs Bunny was “born” on July 27, 1940 making him 66 years old today.

For a lot more information and history of Bugs Bunny, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny

* * * * * * CHECK INS TO THE NET * * * * * *

The following stations checked in to tonight's net. Those marked with a * got the correct answer to the trivia question. Good job!

• WB6A Pat*
• WB6ATV Ron
• KE6CZH Robert*
• KG6DBL Bill
• K6FCC Khalil*
• N6HY Ernie
• KB6IS Madeline*
• N6KAS Andy*
• KG6KTC Leon*
• NY6L Jay*
• W6NVY Gary
• KG6NWJ Barry*
• KF6PIH Scott
• K6QVZ Joe*
• KG6RDA Sidney
• AD6UP Louie*
• WA6USL Murray
• KG6WXY Ralph
• KF6ZQM Harry
• N6ZZK Ted*
• KI6EBF Douglas
• KG6MZU Walt
• KD6OBM Jason*
• N6ZDA Lance*

Thanks to everyone who checked in.

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July 20th 2006 - Peanut Butter Trivia

Well, we had another Great Net tonight. Thanks to everyone who checked in.

Tonight's Trivia Question:

How many peanuts does it take to make one 12-ounce jar of peanut butter?

The Trivia Answer:

About 540. I got this answer straight from the peanut's mouth: The National Peanut Board. Check out http://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/document_239.asp for more fun peanut facts.


Check Ins to Tonight's Net (with their answers to the Trivia Question):

• WB6A Pat 3500
• WB6ATV Ron 150
• KE6CZH Robert 500
• KG6DBL Bill 520 <<<<<>
• W6DTS Ted 567
• K6FCC Khalil 1000
• N6HY Ernie 2000
• KB6IS Madeline 351
• KD6JEV John 475
• N6KAS Andy
  
• KG6KTC Leon 5000
• K6LMN Roger
  
• KE6MSS Thomas 1886
• W6NVY Gary 1501
• KG6NWJ Barry 1499
• KF6PIH Scott
• K6QVZ Joe
  
• KG6RDA Sidney 354
• AD6UP Louie 567
• KF6ZQM Harry 353
• N6ZZK Ted 355
• WA6QAG Max
• KD6OBM Jason 700
• W6OPS Charles
• KI6EBS Steve
• N6NGU Lee 1000
• KG6MJW Willis
  

Thanks again to all of you for checking in to the net.

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July 13th 2006 - Water Trivia

Must be Summertime!

Here's the Trivia Question for tonight's net:

If everyone on earth got an equal portion of the earth's freash water, how much would you get?

• A 1,000 Gallons
• B 300,000 Gallons
• C 2 Million Gallons
• D 40 Millions Gallons

And the Trivia Answer is...

• D! Only 1.6 percent of the water on earth is fresh but divided equally among all the people, each of us would get 40 Million Gallons.

o o o o o Here's the folks who checked in to the net o o o o o

• WB6A Pat
• WB6ATV Ron
• KE6CZH Robert
• KG6DBL Bill
• W6DTS Ted
  
• K6FCC Khalil
• N6HY Ernie
  
• KB6IS Madeline
• NY6L Jay
  
• K6LMN Roger
• W6NVY Gary
• KG6NWJ Barry
• KF6PIH Scott
• K6QVZ Joe
• KG6RDA Sidney
• AD6UP Louie
• KF6ZQM Harry
• N6ZZK Ted
• KD6OBM Jason
• KI6BGB Carl
• KC6NAH Hubert
• KE6TTG John
• W6CRT David
• KI6DTB Don
  

Congrats to Jason, KD6OBM, who got the answer right. Most folks thought the answer was A, 1,000 Gallons, but I guess there's A LOT more water than we thought!

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July 6th 2006 - Wienermobile Trivia

I know, I know. It's been a while since I've updated this blog, but I do have all the information, so I will begin to "fill in the blanks" over the next few weeks. But here's this week's info...


Trivia Question:

Karl Mayer, nephew of lunchmeat mogul Oscar Mayer, had the idea of creating an advertising gimmick - a big long hot dog on wheels - and the Wienermobile was born!

In what year was the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile introduced to the world?

Trivia Answer:

The first Wienermobile rolled out of the factory in Chicago, promoting Oscar Mayer "German Style Wieners" on July 18th, 1936. It cost $5000, was 13 feet long, and had open cockpits in the center and rear of the vehicle.


For more information go to this page on the Oscar Mayer web site.


* * * * * * * * * * Net Check Ins * * * * * * * * * *

The following stations checked in to the net tonight:

• WB6A Pat
• WB6ATV Ron
• KE6CZH Robert
• KG6DBL Bill
• K6FCC Khalil
• N6HY Ernie
• KD6JEV John
  
• KG6KTC Leon
• NY6L Jay
• K6LMN Roger
  
• KE6MSS Thomas
• KD6NIW Oliver
• W6NVY Gary
• KG6NWJ Barry
• K6QVZ Joe
• KG6RDA Sidney
• AD6UP Louie
• KG6WXY Ralph
• KF6YBM Henry
• KF6ZQM Harry
• N6ZZK Ted
• KC6NAH Hubert (in Santa Barbara!)
• KD6OBM Jason

And the person who got the Trivia Answer correct is...
Louie, AD6UP. Congratulations to you! And thanks to everyone who checked into the net.