Thursday, March 3, 2005
Gypsy won yesterday! Thursday's trivia.
What is the only state in the US whose name is just one syllable? Did you know? The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma in an emergency. This was discovered by doctors in Fiji during World War II. According to NASA, the U.S. has the world's most violent weather....
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Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Voyager won yesterday! Wednesday's trivia.
Mary Anne Nichols, Martha Turner, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, and Catherine Eddowes were London prostitutes who were murdered and dismembered by what infamous killer? Did you know? Victor Hugo's Les Miserables contains one of the longest sentences in the French language — 823 words without a...
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Tuesday, March 1, 2005
I was out of town yesterday, but Voyager won Friday! Tuesday's trivia.
Where does Roger Rabbit live? Did you know? Actress Reese Witherspoon was asked to play the female lead in "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997), but she turned down the part. She also refused the lead roles in two other horror movies, "Scream" (1996) and "Urban Legend" (1998). Christopher Walken...
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Roofpig and Voyager won yesterday! Friday's trivia.
What Don Henley hit warns "Well, the government bugged the men's room in the local disco lounge"? Did you know? There were 15,700,003 Model T Ford's manufactured, all in black. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
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Thursday, February 24, 2005
Voyager won yesterday! Thursday's trivia.
What lies between love and madness according to Calvin Klein? Did you know? A 4-inch-long abalone can grip a rock with a force of 400 pounds. Two grown men are incapable of prying it up. Scientific researchers say promiscuous species of monkeys appear to have stronger immune systems than less...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Gypsy won yesterday! Wednesday's trivia.
What's the main ingredient in the Italian dish "risotto"? Did you know? Celery has negative calories — it takes more calories to eat and digest a piece of celery than the celery has in it initially. Official FDA guidelines allow whole pepper to be sold with up to 1 percent of the volume made up of...
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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Voyager won yesterday! Tuesday's trivia.
What's an Englishman got in his hand if he's carrying a "brolly"? Did you know? The only House in England that the Queen may not enter is the House Of Commons as she is not a commoner. The penny and the Sacajawea dollar are the only coins currently minted in the United States with profiles that face...
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Monday, February 21, 2005
Voyager, Lisa, and Gypsy all won on Wednesday. Monday's trivia.
What kind of animal is Benjamin in Animal Farm? Did you know? Anne Baxter, who co-starred in "All About Eve, The Razor's Edge," and "The Ten Commandments," was the granddaughter of world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. It takes twelve people 20 hours to make one Oscar statuette. Each year...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Gypsyredhead won yesterday! Wednesday's trivia.
What TV network owns sports cable company ESPN? Did you know? TV’s popular cartoon duo Rocky and Bullwinkle represented a number of General Mills cereals from 1959 to 1970: Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Jets, and Trix. When Sesame Street’s Big Bird visited the Nixon White House as a guest of First Lady...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Voyager and Gypsy both won yesterday! Tuesday's trivia.
What comedian did Esquire magazine dub "the dean of the screamers"? Did you know? "The Pieta" is the only sculpture on which Michelangelo is believed to have carved his name. Nobody knows where the body of Voltaire is. It was stolen from its tomb in the 19th century and has never been recovered. The...
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