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Trivia #890723
05/29/13 11:35 AM
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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. In the 2007 thriller Mr. Brooks, Kevin Costner is a pillar of the community (and serial killer on the side) who owns a factory. What do they make?
-2. The Cat in the Hat’s standard uniform was a red-and-white hat, a red bow tie, and what other item of clothing?
-3. Rapa nui is the Tahitian name for a Pacific Island better known by what “Christian” name?
-4. What the name for the stone-and-turf fortification that once ran across the entire width of Great Britain?
-5. The first Clinton in the White House was George Clinton, vice president under two presidents. Who were they?
-6. In which hall of fame do they honor the accomplishments of “The Destroyer,” “Bruno Sammartino,” and “The Fabulous Moolah”?
-7. The tradition of offering prisoners one last cigarette before execution originated with what New World explorer who requested one last smoke before his beheading?
-8. What ice-hockey star is the founder and namesake of Canada’s largest fast-food chain?
-9. Found in most Mexican kitchens, what sauce is made from dry chili, nuts, spices, vegetables, and chocolate?
-10. What is an “Arkansas toothpick”?



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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890726
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8. I'll take the hard one, Tim Horton.

Hi Sue.


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890729
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890731
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9. mole (pronounced molay) sauce

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890733
05/29/13 12:19 PM
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890734
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3. Easter Island


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Re: Trivia [Re: fildil] #890736
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7. Sir Walter Raleigh perhaps? As I think he introduced tobacco to the UK! wave thumbsup

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890737
05/29/13 12:51 PM
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2. The Cat in the Hat wears white gloves and often accessorizes with an umbrella.


Carpe chocolate.
Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890743
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1. Cardboard boxes???


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890747
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My gosh, I'm not stumping anybody today! wave

Haroula, I am looking for a more specific answer. smile

curly lol There's probably one close to you.


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890749
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6. They sound like names of wrestlers smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890753
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Hillegom, ZH, NL
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6. WWE Hall Of Fame?

Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890762
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Both correct! smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890785
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5. It must have been Kennedy and LBJ because by the time Nixon took office he was too busy with Parliament. laugh


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890786
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Try again, Bob. You're thinking too recently. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890908
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5. Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe


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That's the two! smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890973
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10. Bowie knife think


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #890999
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Exactly right! smile smile smile


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