Trivia - hints added
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05/01/19 12:40 PM
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Pandora
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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 grandchildren did artist Grandma Moses have? (N--- + 30 G---- G------------) -2. What professional sport did Dave DeBusschere play before he decided to devote full attention to his basketball career in 1964? (B) -3. What TV personality authored a cookbook entitled Sweetie Pie? (R S) -4. How high was the 1,340-foot-long wall that gave New York’s Wall Street its name? (11< x < 13) -5. What American coin was the first to have nickel in it? (1857 P) -6. The House of Windsor rules England. What house rules the Netherlands? -7. The flagship known as Queen Anne’s Revenge belonged to what famous pirate? -8. What river is the only one that flows both north and south of the equator? -9. What is philematology? -10. The name of what musical instrument is derived from a French term meaning “high wood”? -11. What is the most abundant metallic element in the earth’s crust? -12. What’s the difference between a zebu and a zebub? (C vs F) -13. In what film do the two main characters meet when one asks the other, “Hey, boy, what you doin’ with my momma’s car”? -14. What was the chief source of the shiny material used in making artificial pearls before the advent of plastic? (F S)
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Trivia
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05/02/19 12:07 PM
05/02/19 12:07 PM
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ScarletDragon
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9. The science or study of kissing - Pucker up Pandora.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons ... for thou art crunchy and good with ketchup.
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Re: Trivia - hints added
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#1185261
05/04/19 02:41 AM
05/04/19 02:41 AM
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Posts: 47,060 Ottawa Ontario CANADA
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5. penny. Starting in 1859, the United States Mint used a nickel and copper blend to produce its one-cent pieces.
If you can't dance, don't blame the dance floor.
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