trivia 4/18
DID YOU KNOW ...
In India, about 11,000 people die from snake-bite every year, with another
200 casualties from Tiger attacks.
1. Ikebana is a Japanese technique of which activity?
a. – calligraphy
b. – Self-Defense
c. – Flower Arranging
d. – Paper Folding
2. In Ernest Hemingway's classic novel "The Old Man and the Sea", what was
the name of the Old Man?
3. Immediately before California became the most populous state in the
United States in the 1960s, which state was the most populous?
4. How many liters of champagne are there in a magnum?
a. - 1
b. - 1.5
c. - 2
d. - 2.5
5. What were most of the first spearheads made out of?
6. What was the name of the blood-thirsty plant in
"Little Shop of Horrors" ?
7. What was Evel Knieval's biggest failed jump ?
8. Operation Valkyrie, otherwise known as the July 20 Plot, was a plan to
assassinate what Country's leader ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The animated movie, "Pinocchio" was rated R when it was released in 1940
because the character Jiminy Cricket uses the word "Ass" when he says to
Pinocchio, "Go ahead, make an Ass outta yourself" during the film's Pleasure
Island scene.
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1. – c
2. Santiago
3. New York
4. - b
5. Flint
6. Audrey II
7. Snake River Canyon
8. Germany
CRAP !!
First, Jiminy says "Go ahead, make a Jackass outta yourself".
More importantly, the ratings system did not exist till 1968.
DID YOU KNOW ...
In India, about 11,000 people die from snake-bite every year, with another
200 casualties from Tiger attacks.
1. Ikebana is a Japanese technique of which activity?
a. – calligraphy
b. – Self-Defense
c. – Flower Arranging
d. – Paper Folding
2. In Ernest Hemingway's classic novel "The Old Man and the Sea", what was
the name of the Old Man?
3. Immediately before California became the most populous state in the
United States in the 1960s, which state was the most populous?
4. How many liters of champagne are there in a magnum?
a. - 1
b. - 1.5
c. - 2
d. - 2.5
5. What were most of the first spearheads made out of?
6. What was the name of the blood-thirsty plant in
"Little Shop of Horrors" ?
7. What was Evel Knieval's biggest failed jump ?
8. Operation Valkyrie, otherwise known as the July 20 Plot, was a plan to
assassinate what Country's leader ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The animated movie, "Pinocchio" was rated R when it was released in 1940
because the character Jiminy Cricket uses the word "Ass" when he says to
Pinocchio, "Go ahead, make an Ass outta yourself" during the film's Pleasure
Island scene.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. – c
2. Santiago
3. New York
4. - b
5. Flint
6. Audrey II
7. Snake River Canyon
8. Germany
CRAP !!
First, Jiminy says "Go ahead, make a Jackass outta yourself".
More importantly, the ratings system did not exist till 1968.