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Trivia #925513
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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. Over what fort did the Star-Spangled Banner that inspired Francis Scott Key fly?
-2. In botany, what does an idioblast cell produce?
-3. What state produces the most rice?
-4. What is the title of that melting clocks painting by Salvador Dali?
-5. Muckle John, the last official Court Jester in England, served which Monarch?
-6. What makes Ivory Soap (99-44/100% pure) float?
-7. What city hosted the first World's Fair?
-8. Which musician performed right before Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington?
-9. The American Alligator has four toes on each of its back legs. How many does it have on each of its front legs?
-10. On what island was Papillon imprisoned?


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925515
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925516
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925517
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10. Devil's Island.

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925522
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6. extra air added during production smile

Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925533
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7. It probably depends on what you call a World's Fair but I would guess the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. Don't know the real name and don't know the year. Probably around 1870. I read about it in Bill Bryson's At Home.


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925534
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925645
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All correct! wave

Love Bryson but haven't read that one yet. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925657
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925696
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925706
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925735
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flotsam thumbsup

LadyK and BobH, try again. smile


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925757
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2. How about color?


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925761
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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925764
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9 - gonna guess at 2 ?

Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925796
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Manxman gets a hit! smile

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925808
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3. My cousin who lives there told me that Arkansas produces the most rice smile

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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925818
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hmmm ,my initial reaction was 4 on the front also...

Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925835
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9. Alligators have five front toes.


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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925839
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2. CALCIUM OXALATE? think



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Re: Trivia [Re: Pandora] #925874
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Sondi and Gail, good answers! smile

Drmojo, that's one of several good answers. I had slime and gum. lol


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