trivia 7/18
DID YOU KNOW...
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would
never end because of the rate of reproduction.
1. Who lost to Ronald Reagan in the election of 1984?
2. Which two senses are the most dependent on each other?
3. Medically speaking, what is the meaning of the abbreviation SOB?
4. What did "Tote'm" stores change their name to 1946, and still use the
name today ?
a. - Pigley Wigley
b. - Shop-Rite
c. - Turkey Hill
d. - 7-Eleven
5. If an animal is endemic to a certain place, what does it mean?
a. - Rare, but can still be seen there
b. - Now extinct in that place
c. - Unique in the wild only to that place
d. - Found in abundance there
6. Name That Flick !
One of this movie's funniest and famous lines was spoken by actor Alan
Rickman as the Sheriff "Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans,
no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!"
7. After turning amateur in 1954, and winning the Canadian Open in 1955,
Arnold Palmer won his first Masters tournament in which year?
a. - 1958
b. - 1959
c. - 1961
d. - 1963
8. What better title for a newspaper than "Truth?" Which newspaper had its
heyday from the 1910's to 1991, when it went out of business ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The Gaelic language has no formal words for "Yes" and "No" .
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1. Walter Mondale
2. Smell and Taste
3. Shortness of Breath
4. - d
5. - c
6. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
7. - a
8. Pravda
TRUTH !!
The Gaelic language (as spoken in Ireland) has no words for "yes" or "no."
One has to repeat the verb form in the affirmative for "yes," and in the
negative for "no." In informal speech, "sea" (pronounced shah) and "nil" or
"ni hea" are sometimes used for "yes" and "no" respectively, but this is
considered bad grammar.
DID YOU KNOW...
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would
never end because of the rate of reproduction.
1. Who lost to Ronald Reagan in the election of 1984?
2. Which two senses are the most dependent on each other?
3. Medically speaking, what is the meaning of the abbreviation SOB?
4. What did "Tote'm" stores change their name to 1946, and still use the
name today ?
a. - Pigley Wigley
b. - Shop-Rite
c. - Turkey Hill
d. - 7-Eleven
5. If an animal is endemic to a certain place, what does it mean?
a. - Rare, but can still be seen there
b. - Now extinct in that place
c. - Unique in the wild only to that place
d. - Found in abundance there
6. Name That Flick !
One of this movie's funniest and famous lines was spoken by actor Alan
Rickman as the Sheriff "Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans,
no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas!"
7. After turning amateur in 1954, and winning the Canadian Open in 1955,
Arnold Palmer won his first Masters tournament in which year?
a. - 1958
b. - 1959
c. - 1961
d. - 1963
8. What better title for a newspaper than "Truth?" Which newspaper had its
heyday from the 1910's to 1991, when it went out of business ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The Gaelic language has no formal words for "Yes" and "No" .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Walter Mondale
2. Smell and Taste
3. Shortness of Breath
4. - d
5. - c
6. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
7. - a
8. Pravda
TRUTH !!
The Gaelic language (as spoken in Ireland) has no words for "yes" or "no."
One has to repeat the verb form in the affirmative for "yes," and in the
negative for "no." In informal speech, "sea" (pronounced shah) and "nil" or
"ni hea" are sometimes used for "yes" and "no" respectively, but this is
considered bad grammar.