trivia 6/18
DID YOU KNOW...
During 2002-2006, 95% of new cases and 97% of breast cancer deaths occurred
in women 40 years and older. The biggest single risk factor for breast
cancer is age.
1. Which singer-songwriter wrote about "ticky-tacky" houses in a song that
was a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963?
a. - Buffy Sainte Marie, "Circle Game"
b. - Anne Murray, "Heaven Is Here"
c. - Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now"
d. - Malvina Reynolds, "Little Boxes"
2. In what TV show did Vicki Laurence play Thelma Harper?
3. Which television show was the first to be filmed in front of a live
studio audience?
a. - Jack Benny Show
b. - I Love Lucy
c. - Leave It to Beaver
d. - The Red Skelton Show
4. Beluga whales live around the coast of the Arctic Ocean. What does the
word "beluga" mean in Russian?
5. Who does this Dickens quote describe? "The cold within him froze his old
features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue,
and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice."
a. - Fagin
b. - Scrooge
c. - Uriah Heep
d. - Bill Sykes
6. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President ?
7. Name the four "Teenage, Mutant Ninja Turtles...
8. Which acid is present in Vitamin C?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The modern carousel or merry-go-round is rooted in a 12th-century Arabian horseman's game called "little wars".
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1. - d
2. Mama's Family
3. - b
4. White
5. - b
6. Richard Nixon
7. Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo
8. ascorbic acid
TRUTH !!
The modern carousel is based on the game "Carosellos", or "little wars".
The Arabian game required teams of horsemen to ride in a circle as they passed a perfume-filled bladder from one rider to the next, without breaking the bladder and spilling the spilling the perfume.
.........Ah, the sweet smell of defeat !
DID YOU KNOW...
During 2002-2006, 95% of new cases and 97% of breast cancer deaths occurred
in women 40 years and older. The biggest single risk factor for breast
cancer is age.
1. Which singer-songwriter wrote about "ticky-tacky" houses in a song that
was a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963?
a. - Buffy Sainte Marie, "Circle Game"
b. - Anne Murray, "Heaven Is Here"
c. - Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now"
d. - Malvina Reynolds, "Little Boxes"
2. In what TV show did Vicki Laurence play Thelma Harper?
3. Which television show was the first to be filmed in front of a live
studio audience?
a. - Jack Benny Show
b. - I Love Lucy
c. - Leave It to Beaver
d. - The Red Skelton Show
4. Beluga whales live around the coast of the Arctic Ocean. What does the
word "beluga" mean in Russian?
5. Who does this Dickens quote describe? "The cold within him froze his old
features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue,
and he spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice."
a. - Fagin
b. - Scrooge
c. - Uriah Heep
d. - Bill Sykes
6. Who was Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President ?
7. Name the four "Teenage, Mutant Ninja Turtles...
8. Which acid is present in Vitamin C?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The modern carousel or merry-go-round is rooted in a 12th-century Arabian horseman's game called "little wars".
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - d
2. Mama's Family
3. - b
4. White
5. - b
6. Richard Nixon
7. Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo
8. ascorbic acid
TRUTH !!
The modern carousel is based on the game "Carosellos", or "little wars".
The Arabian game required teams of horsemen to ride in a circle as they passed a perfume-filled bladder from one rider to the next, without breaking the bladder and spilling the spilling the perfume.
.........Ah, the sweet smell of defeat !