trivia 2/20
DID YOU KNOW...
Scientists say that 25% of all of Earth’s three million species are rocketing toward extinction by 2060.
The primary reasons are habitat loss and climate change.
1. Which John Steinbeck novella was originally titled "Something that
Happened" and tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small?
a. - Of Mice and Men
b. - Cannery Row
c. - To Kill a Mockingbird
d. - Tortilla Flat
2. Who Said That ?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of
a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
a. - Sir Walter Scott
b. - Virginia Wolfe
c. - Jane Austin
d. - Mary Shelly
3. What is the more common name for the star Alpha Ursae Minoris?
4. Under what alias did Rocker Vincent Furnier achieve fame ?
5. What do we Americans write on invitations instead of the proper "répondez
s'il vous plaît" ?
6. Who Am I ?
I'm a famous singer. Although I achieved fame under one alias, I've also
performed under the monikers Boo Wilbury, Tedham Porterhouse, Sergei Petrov,
and Robert Milkwood Thomas...
7. What is sitcom character Hannah Montana's "Secret Identity" ?
8. In America, we call it a See-Saw ; what do the British call it ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
In some parts of modern-day India, executing people suspected of being
witches is a common occurrence.
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1. - a
2. - c
3. Polaris
4. Alice Cooper
5. RSVP
6. I am Bob Dylan
7. Miley Stewart
8. Teeter-Totter
TRUTH !!
In remote Indian villages, as many as 100 people are executed per year as
witches.
Landowning women are sometimes accused of witchcraft. Neighbors of the
suspected witch may begin collecting firewood on which the suspect will
burn. The women, often older widows, are scared enough to leave their homes.
Their neighbors then take their land.
DID YOU KNOW...
Scientists say that 25% of all of Earth’s three million species are rocketing toward extinction by 2060.
The primary reasons are habitat loss and climate change.
1. Which John Steinbeck novella was originally titled "Something that
Happened" and tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small?
a. - Of Mice and Men
b. - Cannery Row
c. - To Kill a Mockingbird
d. - Tortilla Flat
2. Who Said That ?
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of
a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
a. - Sir Walter Scott
b. - Virginia Wolfe
c. - Jane Austin
d. - Mary Shelly
3. What is the more common name for the star Alpha Ursae Minoris?
4. Under what alias did Rocker Vincent Furnier achieve fame ?
5. What do we Americans write on invitations instead of the proper "répondez
s'il vous plaît" ?
6. Who Am I ?
I'm a famous singer. Although I achieved fame under one alias, I've also
performed under the monikers Boo Wilbury, Tedham Porterhouse, Sergei Petrov,
and Robert Milkwood Thomas...
7. What is sitcom character Hannah Montana's "Secret Identity" ?
8. In America, we call it a See-Saw ; what do the British call it ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
In some parts of modern-day India, executing people suspected of being
witches is a common occurrence.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - a
2. - c
3. Polaris
4. Alice Cooper
5. RSVP
6. I am Bob Dylan
7. Miley Stewart
8. Teeter-Totter
TRUTH !!
In remote Indian villages, as many as 100 people are executed per year as
witches.
Landowning women are sometimes accused of witchcraft. Neighbors of the
suspected witch may begin collecting firewood on which the suspect will
burn. The women, often older widows, are scared enough to leave their homes.
Their neighbors then take their land.