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Trivia #861332
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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?


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861341
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7. you have a compulsive disorder to pull out your hair

Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861369
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2. Gordie Howe?

Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861378
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3.Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges were constructed for the purpose of Xerxes’ army to traverse the Hellespont wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861383
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5. Chocolate kisses???


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861400
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861409
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9. from a tax form wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861422
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Excellent answers! wave

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. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861449
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1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Rainy Day"


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861461
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Spot on, Gail! smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861488
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9. UB40 was/is the name of the form which had to be completed when registering with the UK Government as unemployed. Hence UB = Unemployment Benefit. wave thumbsup

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861494
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That's what I was looking for Bernie! wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861539
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10. I've heard something about pandas being related to the racoon family???


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You heard right Zook! The red panda is related to the racoons. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861567
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6. Afghanistan wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861590
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8. None

smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #861594
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Both correct! smile

Banana oil is a synthetic compound that has a banana-like aroma.


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