trivia 12/15
DID YOU KNOW...
The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—Norville
Rogers.
1. Which of these rivers has the largest volume emptying into the Pacific
Ocean ?
a. - Yukon River
b. - Columbia River
c. - Sacramento River
d. - Snake River
2. Which actor was Kim Basinger married to between 1993 and 2002?
a. - Tom Cruise
b. - Alec Baldwin
c. - Ron Snyder
d. - Randy Quaid
3. On what TV Series would I find a character, a Psychiatrist named Dr
Sidney Freedman ?
a. - ER
b. - LA Law
c. - Frazier
D. - M*A*S*H
4. Which 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe musical is performed
entirely on roller skates?
5. If you are being called parsimonious, how are you being described?
6. A letter opener (the type seen at the beginning of a communication such
as
"Dear Sir,") is known properly as a what?
7. According to RIAA specifications in the US how many albums must be sold
to set the mark as a "platinum album"?
8. What name was given to the Allied WWII operation to invade Normandy, June
1944?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Napoleon, the “Little Corporal”, was of average height.
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1. - b
2. - b
3. - d
4. "Starlight Express"
5. as being frugal or stingy
6. Salutation
7. One Million
8. Operation Overlord
TRUTH !!
A long-standing myth about Napoleon Bonaparte says that the French Emperor
is short. In reality, Napoleon was nearly 5’7” — which was an average height
for his time. However, his autopsy listed him at 5’2” and the myth began.
Years later, Napoleon was depicted as short in paintings and other works of
art. We might want to consider renaming the whole “Napoleon complex” term.
DID YOU KNOW...
The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—Norville
Rogers.
1. Which of these rivers has the largest volume emptying into the Pacific
Ocean ?
a. - Yukon River
b. - Columbia River
c. - Sacramento River
d. - Snake River
2. Which actor was Kim Basinger married to between 1993 and 2002?
a. - Tom Cruise
b. - Alec Baldwin
c. - Ron Snyder
d. - Randy Quaid
3. On what TV Series would I find a character, a Psychiatrist named Dr
Sidney Freedman ?
a. - ER
b. - LA Law
c. - Frazier
D. - M*A*S*H
4. Which 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe musical is performed
entirely on roller skates?
5. If you are being called parsimonious, how are you being described?
6. A letter opener (the type seen at the beginning of a communication such
as
"Dear Sir,") is known properly as a what?
7. According to RIAA specifications in the US how many albums must be sold
to set the mark as a "platinum album"?
8. What name was given to the Allied WWII operation to invade Normandy, June
1944?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Napoleon, the “Little Corporal”, was of average height.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - b
2. - b
3. - d
4. "Starlight Express"
5. as being frugal or stingy
6. Salutation
7. One Million
8. Operation Overlord
TRUTH !!
A long-standing myth about Napoleon Bonaparte says that the French Emperor
is short. In reality, Napoleon was nearly 5’7” — which was an average height
for his time. However, his autopsy listed him at 5’2” and the myth began.
Years later, Napoleon was depicted as short in paintings and other works of
art. We might want to consider renaming the whole “Napoleon complex” term.