trivia 12/12
DID YOU KNOW...
God and Jesus are the only characters on The Simpsons with a full set of
fingers and toes.
1. Which 2005 comedy film, starring Dennis Quaid, is a remake of a Lucille
Ball movie about a widow marrying a widower and the eighteen kids they have
between them?
2. Who was the world famous mime who created Bip the Clown and spread the
"art of silence"?
3. If something is described as being antediluvian, what is it?
4. The prince that Marie Antoinette married went on to become which king?
5. In the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz", what role did actress Billie
Burke play ?
a. - Auntie Em
b. - Miss Almira Gulch
c. - The Wicked Witch of the West
d. - The Good Witch of the North
6. The Titanic struck the iceberg at around 11:35 PM ; how much time passed
before she slipped beneath the surface ?
a. - A little less than one hour
b. - A little less than two Hours
c. - A little less than three hours
d. - A little less than four hours
7. The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two unusual whale species ;
can you figure out
what these "unusual" whales are ?
8. Name the river that forms the majority of the border between Oregon and
Washington..
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Pocahontas Fell In Love With John Smith, and accompanied him back to
England.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. "Yours, Mine and Ours"
2. Marcel Marceau
3. Really, Really Old
4. Louis XVI
5. - d
6. - c
7. the narwhal, in which the male has a long tusk, and the dorsal
fin-lacking, pure white beluga whale.
8. the Columbia River
CRAP !!
Sorry fans of the 1995 Disney movie, but this romance is completely fake.
First, there was a major age difference between them. John Smith was 27 and
Pocahontas was about 12 — so a romance would be kinda creepy. Some
historians assert that they were friends, but that’s about it.
Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, c. 1596–1617) was a Native
American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at
Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount
chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah,
encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia.
Pocahontas was captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in
1613, and held for ransom. During her captivity, she converted to
Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her
to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April
1614, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore
their son, Thomas Rolfe.
In 1616, the Rolfes traveled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English
society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating
investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity,
was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the
Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown
causes. She was buried in St George's Church, Gravesend in England, but the
exact location of her grave is unknown, as the church has been rebuilt.
DID YOU KNOW...
God and Jesus are the only characters on The Simpsons with a full set of
fingers and toes.
1. Which 2005 comedy film, starring Dennis Quaid, is a remake of a Lucille
Ball movie about a widow marrying a widower and the eighteen kids they have
between them?
2. Who was the world famous mime who created Bip the Clown and spread the
"art of silence"?
3. If something is described as being antediluvian, what is it?
4. The prince that Marie Antoinette married went on to become which king?
5. In the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz", what role did actress Billie
Burke play ?
a. - Auntie Em
b. - Miss Almira Gulch
c. - The Wicked Witch of the West
d. - The Good Witch of the North
6. The Titanic struck the iceberg at around 11:35 PM ; how much time passed
before she slipped beneath the surface ?
a. - A little less than one hour
b. - A little less than two Hours
c. - A little less than three hours
d. - A little less than four hours
7. The cetacean family Monodontidae comprises two unusual whale species ;
can you figure out
what these "unusual" whales are ?
8. Name the river that forms the majority of the border between Oregon and
Washington..
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Pocahontas Fell In Love With John Smith, and accompanied him back to
England.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. "Yours, Mine and Ours"
2. Marcel Marceau
3. Really, Really Old
4. Louis XVI
5. - d
6. - c
7. the narwhal, in which the male has a long tusk, and the dorsal
fin-lacking, pure white beluga whale.
8. the Columbia River
CRAP !!
Sorry fans of the 1995 Disney movie, but this romance is completely fake.
First, there was a major age difference between them. John Smith was 27 and
Pocahontas was about 12 — so a romance would be kinda creepy. Some
historians assert that they were friends, but that’s about it.
Pocahontas (born Matoaka, known as Amonute, c. 1596–1617) was a Native
American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at
Jamestown, Virginia. Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount
chief of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tsenacommacah,
encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia.
Pocahontas was captured by the English during Anglo-Indian hostilities in
1613, and held for ransom. During her captivity, she converted to
Christianity and took the name Rebecca. When the opportunity arose for her
to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. In April
1614, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, and in January 1615, bore
their son, Thomas Rolfe.
In 1616, the Rolfes traveled to London. Pocahontas was presented to English
society as an example of the "civilized savage" in hopes of stimulating
investment in the Jamestown settlement. She became something of a celebrity,
was elegantly fêted, and attended a masque at Whitehall Palace. In 1617, the
Rolfes set sail for Virginia, but Pocahontas died at Gravesend of unknown
causes. She was buried in St George's Church, Gravesend in England, but the
exact location of her grave is unknown, as the church has been rebuilt.