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. Which famous American poet penned the line "Into each life some rain must fall"? -2. Which professional ice hockey star didn't hang up his skates until he was 52? -3. How did the army of Persian king Xerxes I cross the Hellespont - the strait between Europe and Asia - in 480 B.C.? -4. What was the name of Col. Sherman Potter's horse in the MASH TV series? -5. What are the main street lights in Hershey, PA designed to look like? -6. Where is Pushtu spoken? -7. What is your problem if you have trichottilomania? -8. What part of the banana is used to make banana oil? -9. Where did the British band UB40 get its name? -10. The giant panda is a member of the bear family. To what family does the much smaller red panda belong?
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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01/10/13 09:23 AM
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Excellent answers! Xerxes made two bridges out of boats. Alexander the Great used the same method in later years. Cue, I'm not sure I'd call it a tax form, but you're close.
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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1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Rainy Day"
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10. I've heard something about pandas being related to the racoon family???
I child-proofed my home... but they're still getting in!
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01/11/13 12:19 AM
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Both correct! Banana oil is a synthetic compound that has a banana-like aroma.
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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