Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Roofpig won yesterday! Tuesday's trivia.
What continent is the flattest? Did you know? The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man. It takes about nine minutes for a snowflake to fall to Earth from a height of 1,000 feet.
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Monday, January 31, 2005
Voyager won Friday. Monday's trivia.
Roofpig - this one is for you! What Australian rock group's debut album was appropriately titled "High Voltage:? Did you know? Laura Jean Reese Witherspoon dropped the first two of her birth names before hitting it big on the silver screen. When he was 15, Sylvester Stallone’s high school classmates...
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Friday, January 28, 2005
Lisa and Voyager both won yesterday! Friday's trivia.
What breed of dog is Scooby Doo? Did you know? Sandra Bullock's role in the romantic comedy hit "While You Were Sleeping" (1995) was originally offered to Demi Moore, but Moore's salary demands were out of reach. Wilson, the volleyball that kept Tom Hanks' character company on a deserted island in...
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Thursday, January 27, 2005
Voyager won yesterday! Thursday's trivia.
Sorry I am a little late today! My internet connection has been down for some reason! You know how these computers are! Anyway, here is today's question: What name is given to the dark volcanic glass often used by American Indians in weapons, ornaments, and tools? Did you know? In the Netherlands,...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Merryanne won yesterday! Wednesday's trivia!
What organ contains a person's fornix? Did you know? "Mageiricophobia" is the intense fear of having to cook. The thumb is such a major player in the human body that it has a special section, separate from the area that controls the fingers, reserved for it in the brain.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Voyager won yesterday! Tuesday's trivia.
Who was Queen of England for a mere nine days? Did you know? Piercing nipples with rings and the like is not a new punk fad. It was popular among ladies in the late 1800s. The toe of the metal statue of St. Peter in St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome, is worn down almost to a nub by the great number of...
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Monday, January 24, 2005
Scriber won Friday! Monday's trivia.
What does an ombrometer measure? Did you know? In Calama, a town in the Atacama Desert of Chile, it has never rained. The air is so polluted in Cubato, Brazil, no birds or insects remain, most trees are blackened stumps, and its mayor reportedly refuses to live there.
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Friday, January 21, 2005
Voyager won yesterday. Friday's trivia.
What 1960's president was once a school teacher? Did you know? Emily Dickinson wrote more than nine hundred poems, of which only four were published during her lifetime. Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky were all epileptics.
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Thursday, January 20, 2005
Gypsy won yesterday! Thursday's trivia.
How many phalanges, or finger bones, are there in the human hand? Did you know? The average adult eyeball weighs about one ounce. The sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill (70–90 decibels). I can attest to this! My husband snores so loud...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
Voyager won yesterday! Wednesday's trivia.
What vitamin's deficiency causes rickets? Did you know? In dentistry, a “mulberry molar” is a tooth with more than the usual four cusps. The skin of the armpits can harbor up to 516,000 bacteria per square inch, while drier areas, such as the forearm, have only about 13,000 bacteria per square inch....
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