Trivia 11/15

Luckytrim

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Trivia 11/15

DID YOU KNOW...

"Rome wasn't built in a day", is only part of the phrase...

"But it was burned in a day" completes the saying...





1. Who am I?

My birth (or an estimation of the date of my birth) is the event that was used to define the Gregorian calendar.

a. - Jesus of Nazareth

b. - Pope Gregory XIII

c. - Moses

d. - Mohammed

2. Name the boy who portrayed Dennis Mitchell in the 1959 series 'Dennis the Menace

3. Of the first 44 presidents, William Henry Harrison holds the record for the shortest term in office. Who is second?

4. Judge J. H. Logan created a new fruit, the Loganberry, in 1881 by crossing an American blackberry with what other fruit ?

5. Which Scandinavian country is located the furthest east ?

a. - Finland

b. - Norway

c. - Sweden

d. - Denmark

6. If you came upon a hornpipe, what would you see ?

a. - a Whistle used by Bosun's Mates

b. - a Bit of Music and a Dance

c. - Both

d. - Neither

7. In 1919, the first international commercial airline service commenced between which two cities?

a. - Los Angeles and New York

b. - Athens and Rome

c. - Berlin and Moscow

d. - London and Paris

8. How many capital letters of the English alphabet can be printed without using a curved line?

a. - 5

b. - 8

c. - 12

d. - 15



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

The first person to have had the number one movie, television show, and book

at the same time ... Michael Crichton.

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1. - a

2. Jay north

3. Garfield

4. the Raspberry

5. - a

6. - b

7. - d

8. - d



TRUTH !!

At the same time, Michael Crichton had the highest-grossing movie ("Jurassic Park"), the number one television show ("ER"), and the biggest-selling book ("Disclosure"). He is the first and only person to have achieved this.
 
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