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Trivia #865127
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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 many years did Robinson Crusoe spend shipwrecked on his island?
-2. Mickey Mantle wore number 7 throughout most of his career with the NY Yankees. What number did he wear as a rookie?
-3. What was a tenth-century Chinese alchemist trying to discover when he accidentally produced gunpowder?
-4. How did Kukla, the bubble-nosed puppet featured on the TV kiddie show Kukla, Fran and Ollie, get his name?
-5. On Wall Street, what's a "quack"?
-6. What body of water did early American settlers describe as "too thick to drink, too thin to plow"?
-7. If you saw a daibutsu in Japan, what would you be looking at?
-8. From what part of the cinnamon tree do we get the spice?
-9. How old was Stevie Wonder when he signed his first record contract?
-10. Which First Lady was known as Lemonade Lucy?



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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865131
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865151
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865197
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10. Lucy Hayes wife of President Rutherford Hayes


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865203
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All correct! wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865440
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865528
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...or puppet. Good answer! wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865601
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Yes! He signed a five-year contract with Motown. wave


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865727
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A solid hit, Koala! smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #865922
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