trivia 2/5
DID YOU KNOW...
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake lasted nearly 10 minutes - the longest on record.
1. What year was the first video game, PONG, introduced ?
2. What body of water are the French referring to when they mention "La Manche",
which literally means "The Sleeve" ?
3. Definition ; "L" - 8 letters
n. 1. Any of various aromatic old world plants having clusters of small, purplish flowers
and yielding an oil used in perfumery. 2. A pale to light or moderate purple to very light
to pale violet.
4. Who am I;
I was known as the "Thin White Duke" because of my fair skin and slender appearance; I
was an androgynous-looking, bizarrely decorated theatrical-based singer whose ever-
changing career influenced future generations of musicians from various rock music
genres...
5. What ore-ship sank in 1975 after passing too close to Ontario's Caribou Island "when
the gales of November came early" ?
6. Which novel is sub-titled There and Back Again ?
7. To which of the fifty must I travel to visit the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, the
world's largest man-made excavation ?
8. In what US city would I find Beale Street, "Home of the Blues" ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
A total eclipse of the Sun happens every 11 years.
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1. 1972
2. The English Channel
3. Lavender
4. David bowie
5. The Edmund Fitzgerald
6. The Hobbit
7. Utah
8. Memphis
CRAP !!
While they are rare, a total eclipse of the sun happens much
More often. It just so happens that they are more or less
Visible depending entirely on the viewer's geographic vantage
Point.
DID YOU KNOW...
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake lasted nearly 10 minutes - the longest on record.
1. What year was the first video game, PONG, introduced ?
2. What body of water are the French referring to when they mention "La Manche",
which literally means "The Sleeve" ?
3. Definition ; "L" - 8 letters
n. 1. Any of various aromatic old world plants having clusters of small, purplish flowers
and yielding an oil used in perfumery. 2. A pale to light or moderate purple to very light
to pale violet.
4. Who am I;
I was known as the "Thin White Duke" because of my fair skin and slender appearance; I
was an androgynous-looking, bizarrely decorated theatrical-based singer whose ever-
changing career influenced future generations of musicians from various rock music
genres...
5. What ore-ship sank in 1975 after passing too close to Ontario's Caribou Island "when
the gales of November came early" ?
6. Which novel is sub-titled There and Back Again ?
7. To which of the fifty must I travel to visit the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, the
world's largest man-made excavation ?
8. In what US city would I find Beale Street, "Home of the Blues" ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
A total eclipse of the Sun happens every 11 years.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. 1972
2. The English Channel
3. Lavender
4. David bowie
5. The Edmund Fitzgerald
6. The Hobbit
7. Utah
8. Memphis
CRAP !!
While they are rare, a total eclipse of the sun happens much
More often. It just so happens that they are more or less
Visible depending entirely on the viewer's geographic vantage
Point.
