trivia 11/28
DID YOU KNOW...
Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence
course offered by Penn State.
1. A Laryngoscopy is performed in order to view what structure(s)?
2. Sturgis, South Dakota is known for its annual motorcycle rally. What
other nearby attraction draws close to three million visitors per year?
3. In what year did World War 2 start?
4. What is the main ingredient of the liqueur Tia Maria?
a. - Almond
b. - Coffee
c. - Hazelnut
d. - Orange Liqueur
5. A small sample of knitting is known as a S_____ .
6. Of the following, who was NOT a leader of Egypt?
a. - Gamal Abdel Nasser
b. - Hatshepsut
c. - Hammurabi
d. - Cleopatra VII Philopator
7. On January 15, 2009, Chesley Sullenberger achieved something remarkable.
What was it?
8. The three interior angles of a triangle add to how many degrees?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
In 1954, three U.S. Auto Makers, Studebaker, Nash and Hudson, merged to form
American Motors.
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1. the Vocal Chords
2. Mount Rushmore Memorial
3. - 1939
4. - b
5. Swatch
6. - c
7. Landed a passenger jet on the Hudson
8. 180
CRAP !!
Studebaker was not part of that merger.
Studebaker Corp. was formed in 1911, but ballooning labor costs (the company
had never had an official United Auto Workers [UAW] strike and Studebaker
workers and retirees were among the highest paid in the industry), quality
control issues, and the new-car sales war between Ford and General Motors in
the early 1950s wrought havoc on Studebaker's balance sheet. Professional
financial managers stressed short-term earnings rather than long-term
vision. There was enough momentum to keep going for another ten years, but
stiff competition and price-cutting by the Big Three doomed the enterprise.
From 1950, Studebaker declined rapidly and, by 1954, was losing money. It
negotiated a strategic takeover by Packard, a smaller but less financially
troubled car manufacturer. However, the cash position was worse than it had
led Packard to believe and, by 1956, the company (renamed Studebaker-Packard
Corporation and under the guidance of CEO James J. Nance) was nearly
bankrupt, though it continued to make and market both Studebaker and Packard
cars until 1958. The "Packard" element was retained until 1962, when the
name reverted to "Studebaker Corporation".
Studebaker car production stopped in 1967.
DID YOU KNOW...
Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence
course offered by Penn State.
1. A Laryngoscopy is performed in order to view what structure(s)?
2. Sturgis, South Dakota is known for its annual motorcycle rally. What
other nearby attraction draws close to three million visitors per year?
3. In what year did World War 2 start?
4. What is the main ingredient of the liqueur Tia Maria?
a. - Almond
b. - Coffee
c. - Hazelnut
d. - Orange Liqueur
5. A small sample of knitting is known as a S_____ .
6. Of the following, who was NOT a leader of Egypt?
a. - Gamal Abdel Nasser
b. - Hatshepsut
c. - Hammurabi
d. - Cleopatra VII Philopator
7. On January 15, 2009, Chesley Sullenberger achieved something remarkable.
What was it?
8. The three interior angles of a triangle add to how many degrees?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
In 1954, three U.S. Auto Makers, Studebaker, Nash and Hudson, merged to form
American Motors.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. the Vocal Chords
2. Mount Rushmore Memorial
3. - 1939
4. - b
5. Swatch
6. - c
7. Landed a passenger jet on the Hudson
8. 180
CRAP !!
Studebaker was not part of that merger.
Studebaker Corp. was formed in 1911, but ballooning labor costs (the company
had never had an official United Auto Workers [UAW] strike and Studebaker
workers and retirees were among the highest paid in the industry), quality
control issues, and the new-car sales war between Ford and General Motors in
the early 1950s wrought havoc on Studebaker's balance sheet. Professional
financial managers stressed short-term earnings rather than long-term
vision. There was enough momentum to keep going for another ten years, but
stiff competition and price-cutting by the Big Three doomed the enterprise.
From 1950, Studebaker declined rapidly and, by 1954, was losing money. It
negotiated a strategic takeover by Packard, a smaller but less financially
troubled car manufacturer. However, the cash position was worse than it had
led Packard to believe and, by 1956, the company (renamed Studebaker-Packard
Corporation and under the guidance of CEO James J. Nance) was nearly
bankrupt, though it continued to make and market both Studebaker and Packard
cars until 1958. The "Packard" element was retained until 1962, when the
name reverted to "Studebaker Corporation".
Studebaker car production stopped in 1967.
Didn't know Studebaker's were made all the way to 1968. 
