[FONT="]trivia 8/9[/FONT]
[FONT="]DID YOU KNOW...[/FONT]
[FONT="]DNA studies show that most North American wolves have coyote DNA.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. If I have a condition known as Dextrocardia , what is my problem ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Which Major League Baseball team has a mascot named Sluggerrr ?[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. - Detroit Tigers[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. - Kansas City Royals[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. - Chicago White Sox[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. - Boston Red sox[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. Four Canopic Jars were placed in a mummy's tomb. Each contained a body[/FONT]
[FONT="]organ... can you name the four organs ?[/FONT]
[FONT="](Hint; the heart is NOT one of them)[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. What comet was visible to the unaided eye from Earth in 1996-7?[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. In Pro Sports, what is known as flirting with a No-No?[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. In 2001, one famous fake photo was circulated involving a tourist on the[/FONT]
[FONT="]observation deck of a World Trade Center building in New York City. What was[/FONT]
[FONT="]'shopped' into this photo ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]7. which car's badge features a human being eaten by a serpent?[/FONT]
[FONT="]8. What are the three colors on the Italian flag?[/FONT]
[FONT="](Put them in the correct order from left to right for bonus credit)[/FONT]
[FONT="]TRUTH OR CRAP ??[/FONT]
[FONT="]Smoking, particularly cigarette smoking, is almost universally regarded as a[/FONT]
[FONT="]serious danger to one's health. Studies have shown, however, that smoking[/FONT]
[FONT="]may help to prevent Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other ailments.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]1. My Heart is on the right side of my chest[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. - b[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. Stomach, Intestines, Lungs and Liver *[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. Comet Hale-Bopp[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. Close to a no-hitter in baseball[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. A Passenger Plane[/FONT]
[FONT="]7. Alfa Romeo[/FONT]
[FONT="]8. Green, White, Red[/FONT]
[FONT="]TRUTH !![/FONT]
[FONT="]Many smoking opponents are outraged when it is claimed that smoking may[/FONT]
[FONT="]actually have some health benefits, but the data are pretty clear that[/FONT]
[FONT="]smoking helps to prevent many neurological diseases. No one seems to know[/FONT]
[FONT="]why, but it may be due to the fact that nicotine stimulates brain activity.[/FONT]
[FONT="]There are even some cancers, such as endometrial cancer and some skin[/FONT]
[FONT="]cancers, that are rarer in smokers than non-smokers. The increased risk of[/FONT]
[FONT="]respiratory diseases and heart disease far outweighs the benefits, however,[/FONT]
[FONT="]and it would be foolish to pretend that smoking is good for you.[/FONT]
[FONT="]* Each jar was associated with the four sons of Horus and had its own[/FONT]
[FONT="]guardian deity. The jar of Duamutef, the jackal, contained the stomach.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Qebehseneuf, the falcon, held the intestines. The lungs were placed in the[/FONT]
[FONT="]jar of Hapi, the baboon, and Imseti, the human, guarded the liver. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]DID YOU KNOW...[/FONT]
[FONT="]DNA studies show that most North American wolves have coyote DNA.[/FONT]
[FONT="]1. If I have a condition known as Dextrocardia , what is my problem ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. Which Major League Baseball team has a mascot named Sluggerrr ?[/FONT]
[FONT="] a. - Detroit Tigers[/FONT]
[FONT="] b. - Kansas City Royals[/FONT]
[FONT="] c. - Chicago White Sox[/FONT]
[FONT="] d. - Boston Red sox[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. Four Canopic Jars were placed in a mummy's tomb. Each contained a body[/FONT]
[FONT="]organ... can you name the four organs ?[/FONT]
[FONT="](Hint; the heart is NOT one of them)[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. What comet was visible to the unaided eye from Earth in 1996-7?[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. In Pro Sports, what is known as flirting with a No-No?[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. In 2001, one famous fake photo was circulated involving a tourist on the[/FONT]
[FONT="]observation deck of a World Trade Center building in New York City. What was[/FONT]
[FONT="]'shopped' into this photo ?[/FONT]
[FONT="]7. which car's badge features a human being eaten by a serpent?[/FONT]
[FONT="]8. What are the three colors on the Italian flag?[/FONT]
[FONT="](Put them in the correct order from left to right for bonus credit)[/FONT]
[FONT="]TRUTH OR CRAP ??[/FONT]
[FONT="]Smoking, particularly cigarette smoking, is almost universally regarded as a[/FONT]
[FONT="]serious danger to one's health. Studies have shown, however, that smoking[/FONT]
[FONT="]may help to prevent Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other ailments.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]1. My Heart is on the right side of my chest[/FONT]
[FONT="]2. - b[/FONT]
[FONT="]3. Stomach, Intestines, Lungs and Liver *[/FONT]
[FONT="]4. Comet Hale-Bopp[/FONT]
[FONT="]5. Close to a no-hitter in baseball[/FONT]
[FONT="]6. A Passenger Plane[/FONT]
[FONT="]7. Alfa Romeo[/FONT]
[FONT="]8. Green, White, Red[/FONT]
[FONT="]TRUTH !![/FONT]
[FONT="]Many smoking opponents are outraged when it is claimed that smoking may[/FONT]
[FONT="]actually have some health benefits, but the data are pretty clear that[/FONT]
[FONT="]smoking helps to prevent many neurological diseases. No one seems to know[/FONT]
[FONT="]why, but it may be due to the fact that nicotine stimulates brain activity.[/FONT]
[FONT="]There are even some cancers, such as endometrial cancer and some skin[/FONT]
[FONT="]cancers, that are rarer in smokers than non-smokers. The increased risk of[/FONT]
[FONT="]respiratory diseases and heart disease far outweighs the benefits, however,[/FONT]
[FONT="]and it would be foolish to pretend that smoking is good for you.[/FONT]
[FONT="]* Each jar was associated with the four sons of Horus and had its own[/FONT]
[FONT="]guardian deity. The jar of Duamutef, the jackal, contained the stomach.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Qebehseneuf, the falcon, held the intestines. The lungs were placed in the[/FONT]
[FONT="]jar of Hapi, the baboon, and Imseti, the human, guarded the liver. [/FONT]
[FONT="]
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