trivia 5/13
DID YOU KNOW...
The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.
1. All of us dinosaurs remember “Father Knows Best” , with the children
Princess, Bud and Kitten. But who remembers the more formal first names of
those kids ?
2. " Interrogative" applies to what sort of sentence ?
3. Can you name the three actors who played the Title roles in "The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly" ?
4. What is the National Flower of the USA ?
a. - Mountain Laurel
b. - Rose
c. - Daffodil
d. - Sunflower
5. What common herb is used to flavor a mojito cocktail ?
6. What is the pigment that affects skin tone in humans and other mammals?
7. In Amish and Dutch culture, there is a tradition called "Practice
Bundling"... any clue as to what this is, exactly ?
8. The Date ; 16 July 1945... The Place ; Jornada del Muerto, New Mexico,
United States...
What military "first" happened ??
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Casey Jones, the famous Engineer of song, was a real person.
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1. Betty, James and Kathleen
2. a Question
3. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach
4. - b
5. Mint
6. Melanin
7. Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
8. First Atomic Bomb exploded
TRUTH !!
John Luther "Casey" Jones (1864 - 1900) was born in Cayce, Kentucky (hence
his nickname). He was a long-time Tennessee resident, of first Jackson, and
then Memphis. On the night of April 29th, 1900, Casey volunteered to take
the place of an ill brother engineer on the Memphis to Canton, Mississippi
run. Trying to make up for a late departure, Jones pushed his locomotive to
breakneck speed. Just outside Vaughn, Mississippi in the morning hours of
April 30th, Jones crashed his train (Old 638) into the rear of a freight
that had not quite cleared his track. Just before the impact, Jones urged
his fireman to jump and "save yourself". Casey however, stayed at his post,
and rode the engine to his doom. When found in the wreckage, Casey still had
one hand on the train's whistle cord, and the other on the engine's air
brake lever. A museum dedicated to Casey Jones, featuring railroading
memorabilia from the era of steam locomotives, is located in Jackson,
Tennessee.
DID YOU KNOW...
The opposite sides of a die will always add up to seven.
1. All of us dinosaurs remember “Father Knows Best” , with the children
Princess, Bud and Kitten. But who remembers the more formal first names of
those kids ?
2. " Interrogative" applies to what sort of sentence ?
3. Can you name the three actors who played the Title roles in "The Good,
the Bad and the Ugly" ?
4. What is the National Flower of the USA ?
a. - Mountain Laurel
b. - Rose
c. - Daffodil
d. - Sunflower
5. What common herb is used to flavor a mojito cocktail ?
6. What is the pigment that affects skin tone in humans and other mammals?
7. In Amish and Dutch culture, there is a tradition called "Practice
Bundling"... any clue as to what this is, exactly ?
8. The Date ; 16 July 1945... The Place ; Jornada del Muerto, New Mexico,
United States...
What military "first" happened ??
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Casey Jones, the famous Engineer of song, was a real person.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Betty, James and Kathleen
2. a Question
3. Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach
4. - b
5. Mint
6. Melanin
7. Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
8. First Atomic Bomb exploded
TRUTH !!
John Luther "Casey" Jones (1864 - 1900) was born in Cayce, Kentucky (hence
his nickname). He was a long-time Tennessee resident, of first Jackson, and
then Memphis. On the night of April 29th, 1900, Casey volunteered to take
the place of an ill brother engineer on the Memphis to Canton, Mississippi
run. Trying to make up for a late departure, Jones pushed his locomotive to
breakneck speed. Just outside Vaughn, Mississippi in the morning hours of
April 30th, Jones crashed his train (Old 638) into the rear of a freight
that had not quite cleared his track. Just before the impact, Jones urged
his fireman to jump and "save yourself". Casey however, stayed at his post,
and rode the engine to his doom. When found in the wreckage, Casey still had
one hand on the train's whistle cord, and the other on the engine's air
brake lever. A museum dedicated to Casey Jones, featuring railroading
memorabilia from the era of steam locomotives, is located in Jackson,
Tennessee.
even number 7. I'm Impressed. I had no freakin clue on that one.
