Trivia
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10/24/12 09:20 PM
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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. How much water does a ten-gallon hat hold? -2. Who wrote scripts for his own films under pseudonyms that included Otis T. Criblecoblis and Mahatma Kane Jeeves? -3. If seedless oranges don't have seeds, how are they propagated? -4. What role did Dutch-born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk play in Elvis Presley's life? -5. In wine making, what is the must? -6. Why did the English call their gold coins guineas? -7. Columbus had three ships on his first exploration of America. How many were under his command on his second expedition? -8. For whom was the Mercedes automobile named? -9. Where did M*A*S*H army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce hail from? -10. What sport was originally known in England as "plank-gliding"?
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Re: Trivia
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10/25/12 12:08 AM
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9. Iowa? Nope, just realized I was thinking about a different character. Oh well!
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Re: Trivia
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10/25/12 08:44 AM
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Sherlock curly, try again. That's too much. Haroula, that's right. The daughter of race-car driver Emil Jellinek.
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Re: Trivia
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10/25/12 04:07 PM
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Good answers, ladies! (Except I think he was Colonel)
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Re: Trivia
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10/28/12 04:08 PM
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Good answer, Haroula! And zook, that's close enough. The answer is 3/4 gallon, or 3 quarts.
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