Trivia
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11/07/12 12:26 PM
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Pandora
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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?
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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#847641
11/07/12 12:44 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 7,187 Long Island, N.Y.
fildil
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BAAG Specialist
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Long Island, N.Y.
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The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
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There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant
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Re: Trivia
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#847796
11/08/12 01:37 AM
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Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 11,637 The Garden State
LadyKestrel
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The Garden State
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5. I'm going to guess Maine, just because I know it has a few of them.
“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” -Bill Watterson
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