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Trivia #1052233
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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. Which of the following was invented last: Kodak camera, typewriter, disc phonograph, zipper?
-2. What drug, originally obtained from foxgloves, is good for treating heart problems?
-3. What does lederhosen literally mean?
-4. What type of creature is a skink?
-5. What was the name of the "Dukes of Hazzard" car?
-6. Which German statesman was nicknamed the Iron Chancellor?
-7. How many squares on a Rubik's Cube never move?
-8. In which film did Maggie Smith call her girls "the crème de la crème"?
-9. Who was described as "a calm, composed, deliberate and unblushing liar" by the judge who tried her case ?
-10. Which vegetable has been banned in different countries at different times for causing leprosy, rickets and for being an aphrodisiac ?



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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052234
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052236
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052237
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052245
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052250
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052265
01/28/16 03:28 AM
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052273
01/28/16 05:10 AM
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As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052289
01/28/16 09:41 AM
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Good answers! Bob, try again. wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052296
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052314
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1. disc phonograph think


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As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052315
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Good one, Fil! wave

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052345
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052359
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052384
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As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052387
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Good guess, but nope. kissy


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052400
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Good thing it's not three strikes and you're out. grin

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Bob
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052404
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052406
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #1052416
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Bob, you get a gold star for trying lol


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