Trivia
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Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.
-1. What is Cher’s real name? -2. What were the Secret Service’s code names for George and Barbara Bush? -3. Why did Freud sit behind his patients’ couch during psychoanalytic sessions? -4. What were the real first names of Beau Brummell and Beau Geste? -5. What shade results when the rhubarb plant is used in hair dye? -6. What was the brand of pajamas manufactured in the factory in which the 1954 Broadway musical The Pajama Game was set? -7. How many bathrooms are there in the White House? -8. How fast does lightning travel? -9. In a charity pantomime performance in 1984, Elton John was featured as Mother Goose. Who co-starred as the Egg Yolk? -10. How many square inches are there in an acre?
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Trivia
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08/27/15 04:23 PM
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The speed of sound varies according to temperature, but it's comparatively slow at 760 mph. That's why we see the lightning before we hear the thunder. It's okay to google answers after the first 24 hours, by the way.
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Trivia
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8. Okay, I broke down According to google: 224,000 mph
Bob As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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Re: Trivia
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08/27/15 07:43 PM
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Three good answers! (Michael)
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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