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trivia 7/22
DID YOU KNOW...
1898: The Winton Motor Carriage Company places a magazine advertisement
cajoling readers to 'dispense with a horse.' It's the earliest known
automobile ad.


1. What is the tallest waterfall on the face of the Earth?
2. Which of the Fifty has the longest border with Canada ?
3. Which of the Fifty has the longest border with Mexico ?
4. What is the more common term for Nacre ?
a. - Corn Silk
b. - Mother of Pearl
c. - Pocket Lint
d. - Toe Cheese
5. What actor connects "Car Wash" (1976) "Stir Crazy" (1980) "Brewster's
Millions" (1985)
6. Complete the Poetic Line ;
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Rage, rage, against the _____ of the _____ ."
7. What was the title of the TV series about a trucker and his pet
chimpanzee ?
8. Followers of the Bahai Faith eschew asceticism; Roman Catholics and
Hindus often seek it. What, in these contexts, is asceticism?
a. - Renunciation of worldly pleasure
b. - Cutting off contact with nonbelievers
c. - Both
d. - Neither

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
There are an average fifty measureable earthquakes on Earth every day .
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1. Angel Falls
2. Alaska
3. Texas
4. - b
5. Richard Pryor
6. Dying - Light
7. 'B.J. and the Bear'
8. - a

TRUTH !!
The Earth rattles constantly. About 50 measurable earthquakes occur every
day. On average, according to the USGS, there are 18 major earthquakes with
a magnitude of 7.0 to 7.9, and one great earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or
higher every year. The number of earthquakes with a magnitude over 7.0 has
remained consistent for the past century.
 
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