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Trivia #847637
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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 the name of the poem that appears on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty? (bonus points awarded for the name of the author)
-2. In blackjack, players try to get cards that add up to 21, and no higher. What is the count sought in baccarat?
-3. How did Napoleon Bonaparte finance his invasion of Russia in 1812?
-4. What great American tried to stump the celebrity panel on TV's Masquerade Party by showing up in a penguin costume?
-5. In which U.S. state can you visit Athens, Carthage, Damascus, Egypt, England, Formosa, Hamburg, Havana, Holland, Jerusalem, London, Manila, Melbourne, Oxford, Palestine, Paris, Scotland, and Stuttgart?
-6. What did Chinese businessmen in the third century B.C. use as their personal seals on documents?
-7. In the world of gardening, what is a clairvoyee?
-8. What is the largest member of the dolphin family?
-9. Which actress changed her name from Edda van Heemstra for Hollywood?
-10. Superstition holds the four-leaf clover as lucky. What about the even more rare five-leaf clover?


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847641
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847642
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5. My guess is Tennessee??


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847650
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Point and bonus points to Fil! smile

Good guess Remi, but not correct. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847655
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847676
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847682
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847690
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Cue, nice try, but try again. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847697
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What kind of whale?


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847748
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847753
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That's the one! smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847761
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I wish! Try again. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847796
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5. I'm going to guess Maine, just because I know it has a few of them.


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847815
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847818
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5. My second guess is Arkansas??


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #847843
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Nice try, LadyK, but curly got it! smile

Haroula, that's correct! wave


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You got it, Koala! lol

niteowl, that's a good start. A viewpoint in what? smile


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Correct! smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #848135
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lol = o , i thought a park or garden was assumed- specifically on a path or such ,i think it's a place where you look and see a special thing, like a surprise focal point,,,,i think ?

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That's a good guess, niteowl, but nor correct. I wonder what those surprise focal points are called on garden paths? The answer to my question could be in a garden or a park. smile


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