trivia 1/26
DID YOU KNOW...
“LaLa Land” received fourteen Oscar nominations, matching “Titanic” (1997)
and “All About Eve” (1950) for most nominations by a film.
1. Who is considered the wisest person in the Bible?
2. Paul McCartney was the second man to play the bass guitar with the
Beatles. Who was the first?
3. In Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan," Lord Darlington declares "I can
resist everything except ..." what?
4. Which animal is the national fauna emblem for Australia?
a. - Kangaroo
b. - Koala
c. - Dingo
d. - Wallaby
5. Who sang the song "Time in a Bottle?"
6. In the early 1960s, James Meredith made headlines by being the first
African American student to attend which Southern U.S. school?
7. Aardvarks are omnivores but which food is definitely their favorites ?
8. Who Said That??
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hatred cannot
drive out hatred; only love can do that."
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
When the Dow jones Average was introduced On May 26, 1896, there were only six companies listed, compared to thirty companies in 2015.
1. Solomon
2. Stu Sutcliffe
3. Temptation
4. - a
5. Jim Croce
6. University of Mississippi
7. Termites
8. Martin Luther King Jr
CRAP !!
There were twelve original companies listed on the original Dow Jones Average;
Here's what became of those twelve...
DID YOU KNOW...
“LaLa Land” received fourteen Oscar nominations, matching “Titanic” (1997)
and “All About Eve” (1950) for most nominations by a film.
1. Who is considered the wisest person in the Bible?
2. Paul McCartney was the second man to play the bass guitar with the
Beatles. Who was the first?
3. In Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan," Lord Darlington declares "I can
resist everything except ..." what?
4. Which animal is the national fauna emblem for Australia?
a. - Kangaroo
b. - Koala
c. - Dingo
d. - Wallaby
5. Who sang the song "Time in a Bottle?"
6. In the early 1960s, James Meredith made headlines by being the first
African American student to attend which Southern U.S. school?
7. Aardvarks are omnivores but which food is definitely their favorites ?
8. Who Said That??
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hatred cannot
drive out hatred; only love can do that."
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
When the Dow jones Average was introduced On May 26, 1896, there were only six companies listed, compared to thirty companies in 2015.
1. Solomon
2. Stu Sutcliffe
3. Temptation
4. - a
5. Jim Croce
6. University of Mississippi
7. Termites
8. Martin Luther King Jr
CRAP !!
There were twelve original companies listed on the original Dow Jones Average;
Here's what became of those twelve...
- American Cotton Oil – Ancestor of Best Foods, now part of Unilever.
- American Sugar – Became Amstar in 1970 and subsequently Domino Foods.
- American Tobacco – Broke up into separate businesses in 1911, expanded beyond tobacco and renamed itself American Brands; now Fortune Brands.
- Chicago Gas – Absorbed by Peoples Gas, which replaced it in the Dow in 1898. Now part of Integrys Energy.
- Distilling & Cattle Feeding – After a series of deals became National Distillers, then sold liquor assets to Diageo and fellow Dow component progeny American Brands. Rest of business now part of Millennium Chemicals.
- General Electric –Still an independent company with diversified assets around the world. Was removed from the Dow twice around the turn of the 20th century, but was reinstated both times.
- Laclede Gas – Still around, as the primary subsidiary of the Laclede Group.
- National Lead – Changed its name to NL Industries in 1971, 83% owned by conglomerate Valhi. Once known for mining, moved into paints (Dutch Boy brand), pigments and coatings. Sold paint business in 1970s.
- North American – Dissolved by a federal court in 1938, surviving successor became Wisconsin Electric, part of Wisconsin Energy.
- Tennessee Coal Iron and RR – During the panic of 1907, TC&I was acquired by U.S. steel, with banker J.P. Morgan playing a key role in arranging the merger.
- U.S. Leather – The only preferred stock in the original Dow, U.S. Leather is also the only company to have vanished with nary a trace since the trust was dissolved in 1911.
- United States Rubber – Merged first into Uniroyal in 1950s then with B.F. Goodrich in 1986. Resulting company was bought by France’s Michelin in 1990.
