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trivia 9/26
DID YOU KNOW...
The first Vegetarian Society was formed in England in 1847.

1. The attempt to change lead (or other comparable material) into gold was
known as... what ?
2. In which country is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall on earth?
a. - Colombia
b. - Brazil
c. - Venezuela
d. - Argentina
3. To which area of life was the word "funky" first most commonly applied
from the 1950s onwards?
4. What miracle did Moses and Aaron perform when Pharaoh demanded
credentials to show that they truly represented a God ?
5. Definition;
"T" - noun
1. the first or second stomach of a cow or other ruminant used as food.
2. informal -nonsense; rubbish
6. Two people fall in love because they both love Ian Fleming's novels. What
pun describes what might they be said to have done?
7. Find the missing word. "The wonderful thing about __, Is __ are wonderful
things, Their tops are made out of rubber, Their bottoms are made out of
springs...."
8. What famous person supposedly gained the favor of Queen Elizabeth I by
spreading his cloak over a mud puddle, so she would not soil her shoes when
she walked over it?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
It takes almost three hours to hard-boil an ostrich egg.
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1. Alchemy 2. - c
3. jazz and popular music
4. Aaron threw down his rod and it became a snake.
(Pharaoh's magicians threw down their rods, and they became snakes as well.
But then Aaron's snake went around and swallowed all of the other snakes.)
5. Tripe
6. "Bonded"
7. Tiggers
8. Sir Walter Raleigh
CRAP !!
Time to boil: Soft boil - 50 mins, hard boil - 1½-2 hrs. Taste: Similar to hen's eggs in taste and texture, although some find the taste a bit more gamey. Uses: Roughly the equivalent to 24 hen's eggs, and a great novelty at Easter.

Devilled Eggs
Ostrich Egg, Devilled.jpg
 
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