And the winner of Friday Blog Trivia #7: Hawaii Edition is...

Ooh, tough one this week - as it took over an hour for a winner to surface!  Congratulations, bronxbombers!  It was very close again this week - with Cranzilla (just half an answer away!) and Stinky also in the mix!

Here are the answers to Friday Blog Trivia #7: Hawaii Edition:

1.) Hawaii is larger than 7 other US states. Name these seven (7) states.
• Rhode Island, Delaware, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts.
Source: -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_area

2.) Measured from base to summit, name the mountain that is the tallest in the world.
• Mauna Kea - approximately 34,000 feet high (its base is located about 19,000 below sealevel, and its highest point is 13,796 feet above ground level.
Source:
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea

3.) During the mid-to-late 19th century, King Kamehameha V sold this island. Today, it remains a privately-owned island. Name this island.
• Niihau Island is a 72 square mile privately owned island just southwest of the island of Kauai. Purchased from King Kamehameha V in 1864 by the Robinson family, Niihau is the smallest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii.
Source:
-http://www.niihau.us/

4.) Hawaiian folklore tells a tale of a small (in stature), yet industrious group of people who roamed the forests at night. Although considered mythic, a few of these people officially appeared in this Hawaiian island's 1820 census. Name this group of people and the island where they appeared on this 1820 census.
• Over 60 people classified themselves as Menehune in Kauai’s Wainiha Valley in an 1820 census.
Source: -http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/09/18/TRGJ3ENI1O1.DTL&type=printable -http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Menehune&printable=yes -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ancient_Hawaii

5.) Presently, the only royal palace in the United States, this residence had two modern conveniences installed in it before the White House did! Please answer these 3 (three) parts: Name this palace, the island on which it is located, and two “luxuries” it had installed before the White House did.
• The ‘Iolani Palace, located in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, had electricity and telephone service installed before the White House did.
Source:
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iolani_Palace

6.) Greg, Peter and Bobby have something that Professor Whitehead wants.
This is a four-part question - you must answer all 4 (four) parts to get full credit.
(a) What television show does this statement refer to?
(b) In this television show, who is the actor that portrays Professor Whitehead?
(c) What does Professor Whitehead want from the three boys?
(d) In this 3-part episode, what character originally found what Professor Whitehead wants?

• The answers are: (a) Brady Bunch (b) Vincent Price (c) Location where the boys found the Tiki (d) Bobby initially found the idol at the construction site, Jan found it again at the beach after Greg lost it while wiping out in the surfing contest!
Source:  

"Kim the Brady Bunch savant"

Because this last question was so poorly worded and could be interpreted in more than one way, a couple Hawaii "prizes" will be awarded to all participants this week.  Great job everyone and thanks again to all for playing!

Note: Stop on by tomorrow for a special post!