trivia 1/15
DID YOU KNOW...
Surfing, or heenalu, was invented thousands of years ago by the Polynesians
who first settled Hawaii. Their boards weighed more than 150 pounds and
measured up to twenty feet.
1. Affirmed was the winner of horse racing's Triple Crown in 1978. In all
three races, which horse came in second?
a. - Alydar
b. - Barbaro
c. - Seattle Slew
d. - Native dancer
2. Who Am I ?
I am the youngest ever winner of the US Open Tennis Championships at the age
of 16. I won this event twice beating Chris Evert (1979) and Martina
Navratilova (1981). A series of injuries and a serious automobile accident
cut short my career, forcing me into retirement in 1994, at age 32.
3. Where on my body is the sinciput ?
a. - Knee
b. - Head
c. - Hand
d. - Elbow
4. Which U.S. president arranged the Lewis and Clark expedition ?
5. What was the last name of Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie "Rain
Man"?
6. What cleaning product, bearing a French name, promises it "Hasn't
Scratched Yet"?
7. In what year did women in the United States become eligible to vote in
elections to Congress, and what was the number of the constitutional
amendment granting this right?
a. - 1920; 19th Amendment
b. - 1865; 13th Amendment
c. - 1933; 21st Amendment
d. - 1971; 26th Amendment
8. Which TV network sells itself as the "Superstation" ?
a. - Fox Family Channel
b. - E! Network
c. - TBS
d. - Nick-at-Nite
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Water covers about 70% of the Earth's surface.. Of that water, about 15% is
fresh water and 85% is Salt Water.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - a
2. I am Tracy Austin
3. - b (It's your forehead)
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Babbitt
6. Bon Ami
7. - a
8. - c
CRAP !!
The Percentage of water that is fresh is about 3%.
Of that three percent, about two percent is locked up in glaciers and the
poles, with half to three-quarters of the remainder in the form of
groundwater and soil moisture. In fact only about 0.01 percent of the
Earth's water occurs as fresh water in our lakes, rivers and swamps.
DID YOU KNOW...
Surfing, or heenalu, was invented thousands of years ago by the Polynesians
who first settled Hawaii. Their boards weighed more than 150 pounds and
measured up to twenty feet.
1. Affirmed was the winner of horse racing's Triple Crown in 1978. In all
three races, which horse came in second?
a. - Alydar
b. - Barbaro
c. - Seattle Slew
d. - Native dancer
2. Who Am I ?
I am the youngest ever winner of the US Open Tennis Championships at the age
of 16. I won this event twice beating Chris Evert (1979) and Martina
Navratilova (1981). A series of injuries and a serious automobile accident
cut short my career, forcing me into retirement in 1994, at age 32.
3. Where on my body is the sinciput ?
a. - Knee
b. - Head
c. - Hand
d. - Elbow
4. Which U.S. president arranged the Lewis and Clark expedition ?
5. What was the last name of Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie "Rain
Man"?
6. What cleaning product, bearing a French name, promises it "Hasn't
Scratched Yet"?
7. In what year did women in the United States become eligible to vote in
elections to Congress, and what was the number of the constitutional
amendment granting this right?
a. - 1920; 19th Amendment
b. - 1865; 13th Amendment
c. - 1933; 21st Amendment
d. - 1971; 26th Amendment
8. Which TV network sells itself as the "Superstation" ?
a. - Fox Family Channel
b. - E! Network
c. - TBS
d. - Nick-at-Nite
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Water covers about 70% of the Earth's surface.. Of that water, about 15% is
fresh water and 85% is Salt Water.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - a
2. I am Tracy Austin
3. - b (It's your forehead)
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Babbitt
6. Bon Ami
7. - a
8. - c
CRAP !!
The Percentage of water that is fresh is about 3%.
Of that three percent, about two percent is locked up in glaciers and the
poles, with half to three-quarters of the remainder in the form of
groundwater and soil moisture. In fact only about 0.01 percent of the
Earth's water occurs as fresh water in our lakes, rivers and swamps.