Road Trip Trivia – Final Results
Congratulations – Drew & Fran Griffin
Thank you all for playing along. We had so much fun thinking of questions and seeing how you were all doing along the way. We hope you had fun! I have put all the correct answers below in yellow. We are also including the percentage correct for each question. Unfortunately, the rules committee is taking the rest of the year off, so the answers are not up for debate.
| Name | Total Questions | Total Correct | % Correct |
| Drew & Fran Griffin | 47 | 38 | 80.9% |
| Sara Langlois | 47 | 37 | 78.7% |
| Ian Aronson | 47 | 35 | 74.5% |
| Carol Lee Griffin | 47 | 33 | 70.2% |
| Andrea Hendry | 47 | 32 | 68.1% |
| Kim Schnathmann | 47 | 31 | 66.0% |
| Alicia Langlois | 47 | 23 | 48.9% |
| Sara Toney | 47 | 18 | 38.3% |
| Amy Fuller | 47 | 17 | 36.2% |
| Lynn Mack | 47 | 15 | 31.9% |
| Barbara Fuller | 24 | 12 | 50.0% |
| Tina Ireland | 22 | 10 | 45.5% |
| Michelle Albrecht | 19 | 10 | 52.6% |
| Patrick Griffin | 22 | 9 | 40.9% |
| Nate Stan | 10 | 7 | 70.0% |
| Suzanne Bartel | 14 | 5 | 35.7% |
| Jen & Danny | 13 | 5 | 38.5% |
| Tess & Jason Gibson | 22 | 4 | 18.2% |
| Erik & Jamie Hietpas | 13 | 4 | 30.8% |
| Terri Schnathmann | 10 | 3 | 30.0% |
| Scott Schnathmann | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Brett Schnathmann | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
For an 18 day road trip, how many pairs of shoes did Emily need to pack?
a) 7
b) 17 – That was barely enough to get her through!
c) 27
d) we had to rent a u-haul trailer to hold them and I was too frustrated to count!
(b) 77% got this question correct
2) What animal did we see grazing amongst cows in a field alongside I-75 in northern Florida?
a) giraffe
b) gazelle
c) zebra – kinda weird, huh!
d) liger (Napoleon Dynamite’s favorite animal)
(c) 67% got this question correct
3) Who won the first round of road trip bingo?
a) Emily
b) Patrick – You all should have gotten this right!
(b) 19% got this question correct
4) Those of you who know us know that we love our snacks! What was the first road trip snack enjoyed by Patrick and Emily?
a) Beef Jerky
b) Potato chips – Some might have been shocked it wasn’t candy!
c) Candy
d) A healthy assortment of rice cakes and nuts
(b) 24% got this question correct
5) Thanks to a gracious donation from Patrick and Carol Lee Griffin, we were able to rent an audio book from Cracker Barrel in Tifton, GA. Which audio book did we rent?
a) Bleachers – John Grisham
b) The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
c) A Walk to Remember – Nicholas Sparks
d) Underwater Basket Weaving for Dummies
(a) 33% got this question correct
6) Where did Whataburger originate?
a) Wisconsin
b) Texas – looks like you did your research!
c) Arizona
d) Alcatraz Island
(b) 86% got this question correct
7) What year was the first outdoor Coca-Cola advertisement created?
a) 1894
b) 1904
c) 1934
d) 1400 B.C.
(a) 45% got this question correct
8) What item can you order from Zarzour’s in Chattanooga (where we ate lunch) that does not appear anywhere on the menu but is served every day?
a) Chicken fried chicken
b) Turnip greens
c) Hamburger – And they were gooooooood!
d) Ham hocks
(c) 15% got this question correct
9) What celebrity ate at the Loveless Cafe in Nashville (where we had dinner) the night before we ate there?
a) Trisha Yearwood
b) Clint Black
c) Martina McBride – with her brand new baby!
d) The Reverend Jesse Jackson
(c) 45% got this question correct
10) On what unusual roadside structure is Rock City advertised more than 900 times?
a) Barns – although we did not see any?!!?
b) Silos
c) Fences
d) Bathroom stalls
(a) 65% got this question correct
11) During our visit to Churchill Downs we got to see a horse named Phantom on Tour. What horse was his great-grandfather?
a) Go for Gin
b) Secretariat – probably because you haven’t heard of the others!
c) Silver Charm
d) Mufasa
(b) 83% got this question correct
12) What famous race car driver is from Columbus, IN?
a) Mark Martin
b) Jeff Gordan
c) Tony Stewart – One for all you race fans
d) Rusty Wallace (a.k.a. Rick Ramczyk)
(c) 56% got this question correct
13) In our visit to the Louisville Slugger manufacturing plant, we learned that Barry Bonds changed the type of wood that most hitters are now using after he had his banner home run year. What type of wood did he change to?
a) Maple – although I personally liked D on this one!
b) Ash
c) Hickory
d) Corked bat with touch of steroids
(a) 61% got this question correct
14) How many welcome centers did we stop at along the way to Appleton, WI?
a) 1
b) 2 – much to Emily’s disappointment!
c) 3
d) 7
(b) 0% got this question correct
15) After dinner we decided to tour Appleton and look at the houses that Patrick’s parents grew up in over the years. We found that they have lived within a certain mile radius for their entire lives. Without going over what is the mile radius?
a) 3.6 – Drew and Fran looked up the speed at which ice cream melts!!??
b) 7.2
c) 15.4
d) They don’t actually live in Appleton and they are
not really Patrick’s parents
(a) 40% got this question correct
16) What is Emily’s favorite restaurant in the entire Appleton area?
a) Fusion
b) La Bamba’s
c) Tom’s Drive In – Only had cheese curds 5 times during our visit!
d) The local Taco Bell
(c) 87% got this question correct
17) According to the sign on the road, what is the current population of Sister Bay, WI (where we stayed in Door County)?
a) 421
b) 886
c) 1143
d) 2,400,002
(b) 67% got this question correct
18) How many pairs of shoes did Emily bring for an overnight stay in Door County, WI?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6 – not bad for a two day stay!!!
(d) 7% got this question correct
19) Thanks to a gracious wedding gift from the Toney family we attended a show by the Peninsula Players of Door County. How many years have they been performing in Door County?
a) 10
b) 25
c) 70
d) This was their first performance
(c) 67% got this question correct
20) How many pepperonis were on our Sammy’s Pizza?
a) 35 – We had to give credit because Drew and Fran called Sammy’s.
b) 38
c) 44 – that was our actual count!
d) One big one!
(a&c) 50% got this question correct
21) After our fish boil in Door County we picked up this very corny joke. This is not a multiple choice question so think very carefully. What fish “makes you an offer you can’t refuse”? (hint: think about the movie)
The Codfather or Marlin Brando
(Marlin Brando) 43% got this question correct
22) Being that Emily has bought all of the postcards in every city that we have visited, how much did we spend on postcard stamps?
a) $10.40
b) $13.80
c) $16.10
d) $18.00
(b) 64% got this question correct
23) Thursday and Friday the ladies made cards for the better part of both days. With about 7 or 8 women making cards, how many cards were produced in the two day span?
a) 90
b) 120
c) 136
d) Zero – they couldn’t stop chatting!
(c) 64% got this question correct
24) We had dinner with Erik, Jamie and Garrett at the Prime Quarter, one of our favorite steak joints in Appleton. How many pieces of texas toast were consumed between Emily and Me?
a) 7 – That is right, phase 6 of the South Beach!
b) 4
c) 2
d) We didn’t eat any steak and had 14 pieces of texas
toast!
(a) 100% got this question correct
25) What is the name of the group of people from the movie Field of Dreams, that still play together at the field in Dyersville, IA?
a) The Shoeless Sluggers
b) The Barefoot Bombers
c) The Ghost Players
d) The Children of the Corn
(c) 80% got this question correct
26) What did we theft from the field of dreams before departing?
a) An ear of corn – Following in the footsteps of Don Hayes!
b) A handful of grass from the field
c) A handful of dirt from the field
d) Home plate
(a) 40% got this question correct
27) Fill in the blanks “Is this heaven? ___ __ ____.” (from the movie Field of Dreams)
No, it’s Iowa (Although we wanted to accept “Am I Dead?” by Amy Fuller!)
87% got this question correct
28) What room does not exist at the Blueberry Hill Cafe in St Louis, Missouri?
a) Fats Domino Room
b) The Dart Room
c) The Smoking Room
d) The Elvis Room
(a) 50% got this question correct
29) What St. Louis Walk of Fame Star is located right outside the door of the Blueberry Hill Cafe?
a) Halle Berry
b) Chuck Berry – Although Boo Berry was a close second!
c) Barry Gibb
d) Boo Berry
(b) 90% got this question correct
30) How many songs (combined) does the Blueberry Hill Cafe have on their many jukeboxes?
a) 50,000
b) 140,000
c) 250,000
d) They do not have any jukeboxes
(b) 40% got this question correct
31) Which broadcaster has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame?
a) Al Michaels
b) Bob Uecker
c) Bob Costas – Although Marv Albert has teeth imprints on the WOF!!
d) Marv Albert
(c) 70% got this question correct
32) On September 14, 2005, Chuck Berry will perform his ____ concert at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis.
a) 75th
b) 100th
c) 25th
d) 1st
(b) 60% got this question correct
33) Without underestimating, how many singles did Elvis Presley have on the Billboard Top 100?
a) 49+
b) 119+
c) 149+
d) He never succeeded as a recording artist.
(c) 50% got this question correct
34) Out of 14 Grammy nominations, how many actual Grammys did Elvis win and what music genre were they for? (2 points here for both correct)
3 Gospel
60% got this question correct
35) In what year did Elvis win his Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award?
a) 1973
b) 1971
c) 1972
d) 2005
(b) 60% got this question correct
36) Where did Elvis meet future wife Priscilla?
a) While he was at a bar on Beale Street
b) While he was performing in Vegas
c) While he was in the military in Germany
d) While he was eating a peanut butter and banana
sandwich in Tupelo, MS
(c) 80% got this question correct
37) In 1972, how many shows did Elvis sell out at Madison Square Garden?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
(d) 80% got this question correct
38) On the audio tour at Graceland, which two songs do they say Elvis played on the piano the last morning of his life?
a) Love Me Tender
b) Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain
c) Unchained Melody
d) Baby Got Back
(b) 50% got this question correct
39) How long, in minutes, did we sit in traffic outside of Birmingham, AL, at an absolute standstill on the evening of 8/25/2005.
a) 5 minutes
b) 30 minutes
c) 50 minutes
d) As of 8:35 PM Central Time, we have been sitting
here for an hour and 20 minutes and counting.
(d) 60% got this question correct
40) According to our waiter at Ted’s Montana Grill how many restaurants are in the Atlanta metropolitan area?
a) 5300
b) 6400
c) 8700
d) 1.2 million
(c) 50% got this question correct
41) According to our waiter at Ted’s Montana Grill how many people dine out every night in metropolitan Atlanta?
a) 2 million
b) 4 million
c) 6 million
d) 5 people
(b) 30% got this question correct
42) How many Cracker Barrels did we stop at during our entire road trip?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) Cracker Barrel, we don’t need no stinkin’ Cracker
Barrel
(b) 20% got this question correct
43) What does Cordele, GA ,claim that it is the World Capital of?
a) Grits
b) Peaches
c) Watermelons
d) Trailers
(c) 80% got this question correct
44) What does Tifton, GA, claim that it is the World Capital of?
a) Reading – Bet you wouldn’t have guessed that!
b) Writing
c) Spoken Word
d) Singing
(a) 80% got this question correct
45) When was the old home in front of Dante’s Down the Hatch built?
a) 1903
b) 1910
c) 1912
d) 1914
(d) 20% got this question correct
46) What was the highest price of gas that we witnessed in our travels without going over?
a) $2.50
b) $2.64
c) $2.79 – Looks pretty cheap now!
d) $2.89
(c) 40% got this question correct
47) What are the names of the two Giant Pandas at the Zoo Atlanta?
a) Lun Lun
b) Peaches
c) Ying Ying
d) Yang Yang
(a&d) 80% got this question correct