10 More Questions for the Trivia Fans

Since people had a good time with my first round of questions, here are a few more.

1. In the United States, what is the only day of the year on which there are no regularly-scheduled professional sporting events?

2. When was the word "Yahoo" first used in the English language?

3. Which of the following individuals did not win a Nobel Prize: Niels Bohr; Mohandas Gandhi; the Dalai Lama, or Jimmy Carter?

4. Why did Adolph Hitler originally join the Nazi Party?

5. How did the Native American Plains tribes often refer to what has been traditionally known as "Custer's Last Stand?"

6. Under the English Common Law, who was the only official with the authority to arrest a sheriff?

7. Of the 189 men killed defending the Alamo in 1836, how many were native-born Texans?

8. What is the only movie in which Clint Eastwood sings?

9. According to the Constitution, what is the minimum age required to serve as President of the United States?

10. What were the Sandwich Islands?

Answers

1. The day following the Professional Baseball All-Star game.

2. In Book IV of Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift.

3. Mohandas Gandhi

4. He was sent to spy on the Nazis by the German Army

5. The Battle of the Greasy Grass

6. The Coroner

7. Only 6: Juan Abamillo, Juan A. Badillo, Carlos Espalier, Gregorio Esparza, Antonio Fuentes, and Andrés Nava.

8. Paint Your Wagon

9. 35 years of age at the time of inauguration

10. The Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook named them the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his English patrons.