trivia 11/7
DID YOU KNOW...
Drunk driving causes approximately one-third of all traffic fatalities in
the United States.
1. Which two actors played the team of Jack and Reggie in the 1982 film "48
Hrs."?
2. If you have rhinotillexomania, what bad habit are you engaging in?
3. You probably know that canine means "pertaining to the dog family,"
feline means "belonging to or pertaining to the cat family," and equine
means "pertaining to the horse family." But what does "vulpine" mean?
4. What is the first day of lent called in the Catholic tradition ?
5. How wide is the Isthmus of Panama at its narrowest point ?
a. - 20 Miles
b. - 40 Miles
c. - 60 Miles
d. - 80 Miles
6. Which year marked the beginning of the First World War?
7. Which American actor starred in the television series "The Untouchables"
(late 1950s - early 1960s)
8. What is the animal who helps people to carry so many things on the high
paths of Nepal?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The escalator began life as a Coney Island ride.
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1. Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy
2. Nose Picking
3. Pertaining to a fox or fox-like
4. Ash Wednesday
5. - b
6. 1914
7. Robert Stack
8. The Yak
TRUTH !!
The first patent # 25,076 relating to an escalator-like machine was granted in March 9, 1859 to Nathan Ames of Saugus, Massachusetts for an invention that he called Revolving Stairs. His design for the escalator was far ahead of its time, yet was never built. It appears that Mr. Ames died in 1860. The earliest working type of escalator, patented in 1892 by Jesse W. Reno, was introduced as a new novelty ride at the Old Iron Pier at Coney Island NY, NY in 1896.
The “Revolving Stairs” ride matured and developed into the more practical escalator that we know today, when the Otis Elevator Company bought the patent in 1911.
DID YOU KNOW...
Drunk driving causes approximately one-third of all traffic fatalities in
the United States.
1. Which two actors played the team of Jack and Reggie in the 1982 film "48
Hrs."?
2. If you have rhinotillexomania, what bad habit are you engaging in?
3. You probably know that canine means "pertaining to the dog family,"
feline means "belonging to or pertaining to the cat family," and equine
means "pertaining to the horse family." But what does "vulpine" mean?
4. What is the first day of lent called in the Catholic tradition ?
5. How wide is the Isthmus of Panama at its narrowest point ?
a. - 20 Miles
b. - 40 Miles
c. - 60 Miles
d. - 80 Miles
6. Which year marked the beginning of the First World War?
7. Which American actor starred in the television series "The Untouchables"
(late 1950s - early 1960s)
8. What is the animal who helps people to carry so many things on the high
paths of Nepal?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The escalator began life as a Coney Island ride.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy
2. Nose Picking
3. Pertaining to a fox or fox-like
4. Ash Wednesday
5. - b
6. 1914
7. Robert Stack
8. The Yak
TRUTH !!
The first patent # 25,076 relating to an escalator-like machine was granted in March 9, 1859 to Nathan Ames of Saugus, Massachusetts for an invention that he called Revolving Stairs. His design for the escalator was far ahead of its time, yet was never built. It appears that Mr. Ames died in 1860. The earliest working type of escalator, patented in 1892 by Jesse W. Reno, was introduced as a new novelty ride at the Old Iron Pier at Coney Island NY, NY in 1896.
The “Revolving Stairs” ride matured and developed into the more practical escalator that we know today, when the Otis Elevator Company bought the patent in 1911.