Sunday Special - DID YOU KNOW Revisited ; June
Today we find out who’s been paying attention, and
who hasn’t !
1. The largest U.S. bill ever in circulation was the $..... bill, which was
issued until 1945.
2. Most frequent musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’ ; ____ ______, who has
appeared 17 times, with Duran Duran and The Foo Fighters.
3. First Cartoon Character to appear in a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ;
______ ___ ___.
4. S_________ is the smallest country in Africa. At 6,704 square miles (17,364
square kilometers) it is slightly smaller than the state of Massachusetts.
5. Nearly 40 percent of the 271 recorded Atlantic hurricanes since 1966 have struck in the month of .....
6. The Milky Way rotates at a speed of ___ miles per second. So, the actual
place in space where you were an hour ago is now roughly 600,000 miles away
7. Sorry, Vanna ; the original Letter-Turner on Wheel of Fortune was _____
Stafford.
8. London is one of only two cities above the 50th parallel with a population
of more than five million. ______ is the other.
9. Around 25% of people report suffering from glossophobia, the fear of P_____
S_______ .
10. A single strawberry has ____ tiny seeds. They are rich in vitamin C, fiber,
folic acid and potassium.
11. “Rusty” Burell, the Bailiff on “The People’s Court”, was a Bailiff in real life ; he was the Bailiff during the trial of _______ ______ .
12. When humans take a breath, they replace only __% of the air in their lungs
with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace __ % of the air in
their lungs with fresh air.
13. One elephant is illegally killed every 15 minutes. At the current rate, they
will be extinct in __ years.
14. The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, took eight years to build. It connected
The ______ River to two of the Great Lakes. New York became America's
biggest port after the opening of the Erie Canal.
15. Actress ____ ______ _____ started her career in 1955 as a dancer in
commercials airing during the TV show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".
16. Up until __ ______ old, a baby can breathe and swallow at the same time.
17. ____ ____ has traditionally been considered a wonder cure for almost
everything, including hiccups, colic, low libido, and jellyfish-sting pain.
18. In 19__ , the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point in the
Great Depression; its value had dropped nearly 90% since Sept. 1929.
19. In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was __ ... In Vietnam
he was __.
20. Lake Ptolemy, which was slightly larger than Lake Erie, existed in the area
that is now the ______ ______ .
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1. - 10,000
2. Dave Grohl
3. Felix the Cat
4. Swaziland
5. September
6. – 168
7. Susan
8. Moscow
9. public speaking
10. – 200
11. Charles Manson
12. – 15 , 90
13. – 20
14. Hudson
15. Mary Tyler Moore
16. 7 months
17. Coca Cola
18. – 32
19. – 26, 19
20. Sahara Desert
Today we find out who’s been paying attention, and
who hasn’t !
1. The largest U.S. bill ever in circulation was the $..... bill, which was
issued until 1945.
2. Most frequent musical guest on ‘Saturday Night Live’ ; ____ ______, who has
appeared 17 times, with Duran Duran and The Foo Fighters.
3. First Cartoon Character to appear in a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ;
______ ___ ___.
4. S_________ is the smallest country in Africa. At 6,704 square miles (17,364
square kilometers) it is slightly smaller than the state of Massachusetts.
5. Nearly 40 percent of the 271 recorded Atlantic hurricanes since 1966 have struck in the month of .....
6. The Milky Way rotates at a speed of ___ miles per second. So, the actual
place in space where you were an hour ago is now roughly 600,000 miles away
7. Sorry, Vanna ; the original Letter-Turner on Wheel of Fortune was _____
Stafford.
8. London is one of only two cities above the 50th parallel with a population
of more than five million. ______ is the other.
9. Around 25% of people report suffering from glossophobia, the fear of P_____
S_______ .
10. A single strawberry has ____ tiny seeds. They are rich in vitamin C, fiber,
folic acid and potassium.
11. “Rusty” Burell, the Bailiff on “The People’s Court”, was a Bailiff in real life ; he was the Bailiff during the trial of _______ ______ .
12. When humans take a breath, they replace only __% of the air in their lungs
with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace __ % of the air in
their lungs with fresh air.
13. One elephant is illegally killed every 15 minutes. At the current rate, they
will be extinct in __ years.
14. The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, took eight years to build. It connected
The ______ River to two of the Great Lakes. New York became America's
biggest port after the opening of the Erie Canal.
15. Actress ____ ______ _____ started her career in 1955 as a dancer in
commercials airing during the TV show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet".
16. Up until __ ______ old, a baby can breathe and swallow at the same time.
17. ____ ____ has traditionally been considered a wonder cure for almost
everything, including hiccups, colic, low libido, and jellyfish-sting pain.
18. In 19__ , the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point in the
Great Depression; its value had dropped nearly 90% since Sept. 1929.
19. In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was __ ... In Vietnam
he was __.
20. Lake Ptolemy, which was slightly larger than Lake Erie, existed in the area
that is now the ______ ______ .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - 10,000
2. Dave Grohl
3. Felix the Cat
4. Swaziland
5. September
6. – 168
7. Susan
8. Moscow
9. public speaking
10. – 200
11. Charles Manson
12. – 15 , 90
13. – 20
14. Hudson
15. Mary Tyler Moore
16. 7 months
17. Coca Cola
18. – 32
19. – 26, 19
20. Sahara Desert
