The O.J. Simpson Trivia Quiz

Answer a series of forehead-slapping anecdotal factoids. It's up to you to weigh each fact in each anecdotal factoid. They're tricky. One might seem like total B.S. until it's revealed to be strangely and disturbingly "True." Another anecdotal factoid might seem to contain all solid and verifiable facts until it's revealed to be yet one more big fat garden variety "Bald-Faced Lie." And here's the trickiest part: an anecdotal factoid might even be "Half-True"; in other words, a mishmosh of truths and bald-faced lies, where you don't know where one ends and the other begins, much like the usual slop served by Madison Avenue, Washington D.C., and the Internet in its entirety.

Category: If I ever did "The O.J. Simpson Quiz"

Decide for yourself, and mark "T" for "Truth", "F" for "Bald-Faced Lie" or "TF" for "Half-Truth" in the blank slot next to each factoid.

The answers will be revealed on the next page.

1) __ The "O.J." in O.J. Simpson stands for Orenthal James. His first name "Orenthal" came from Samuel Orenthal, his Jewish grandfather.

2) __ O.J.'s most recent book "If I Did It" is about the murders of his former wife and her friend Ron Goldman. "I Did It" was the original title, but his publisher Judith Regan insisted on adding the "If."

3) __ In 2000, Saturday Night Live celebrated their 25th anniversary. O.J. and Robert Blake were the only former SNL guest hosts not invited to the anniversary.

4) __ A former Buffalo Bill, O.J. Simpson is the only National Football League player to run more than 2000 yards in 14 games.

5) __ Before Schwarzenegger was cast, O.J. was considered for the title role of "The Terminator", but the producers decided that he was "too nice" to play a cold-blooded killing machine.

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Here are the answers for If I ever did "The O.J. Simpson Quiz"

Answers:

A reminder: "T" is for "Truth", "F" is for "Bald-Faced Lie" or "TF" is for "Half-Truth".

1) TF: This anecdote is both true and false. It's true that the "O.J." in O.J. Simpson stands for Orenthal James. It's false that "Orenthal" came from Samuel Orenthal, his Jewish grandfather. His aunt actually named him "Orenthal" after a French actor she liked.

2) TF: This anecdote is both true and false. It's true that O.J.'s book "If I Did It" is about the murders of his former wife and Ron Goldman. It's false that "I Did It" was the book's original title.

3) TF: This anecdote is both true and false. It's true that O.J. was the only former SNL guest host not invited to the anniversary. It's false that Robert Blake, a guest host from 1982, wasn't invited. His murder trial didn't happen until a year after the 25th anniversary of SNL.

4) T: It's true that Simpson is the only National Football League player to run more than 2000 yards in 14 games.

5) T: It's true that O.J. was considered for the title role of "The Terminator", but the producers decided that he was "too nice."

SOURCES:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001740/bio

"Before trial, Simpson charmed America", Larry Schwartz, ESPN, URL: (http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016472.html)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229504,00.html

"The Murder", Gary C. King, Court TV Crime Library, URL: (http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/family/bakley/1.html)