Trivia

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?

7. you have a compulsive disorder to pull out your hair

2. Gordie Howe?

3.Xerxes' Pontoon Bridges were constructed for the purpose of Xerxes’ army to traverse the Hellespont

5. Chocolate kisses???

4. Sophie

9. from a tax form

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.

1. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in "The Rainy Day"

Spot on, Gail!

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.

Bernie

That's what I was looking for Bernie!

10. I've heard something about pandas being related to the racoon family???

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

6. Afghanistan

8. None

Both correct!

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