trivia 12/13

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trivia 12/13

DID YOU KNOW...

A female Dude is a Dudine, not a Dudette.


1. If a person is diagnosed with a disorder called Graves' disease, what part of their body is affected?

2. In what 1998 movie about second chances did Kelly Preston star with Michael Keaton?

3. After a 1941 hunting trip with his dog in Switzerland, George de Mestral noticed burrs stuck in the dog's fur. Investigating further led de Mestral to invent.... what ?

4. Strange Words are These ;

Anemochory is...

a. - The wind's formation of sand dunes

b. - The wind's pushing water inland

c. - The Wind's dispersal of seeds

d. - The absence of wind ; Dead Calm

5. What year saw no world series, due to a players strike ?

a. - 1992

b. - 1993

c. - 1994

d. - 1995

6. What country claims Greenland ?

a. - Iceland

b. - Netherlands

c. - Denmark

d. - Norway

7. Did Buddha ever marry ?

8. Steinbeck's "The Winter of Our Discontent" is from:

a. - Hamlet

b. - Richard III

c. - Othello

d. - Julius Caesar



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Before entering the Priesthood, Pope Francis worked as a Bouncer in a Night Club.

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1. the Thyroid

2. 'Jack Frost'

3. Velcro

4. - c

5. - c

6. - c

7. Yes

8. - b



TRUTH !!

Before Pope Francis became God's enforcer, he moonlighted as a nightclub bouncer.His Holiness told parishioners recently that he held a variety of odd jobs before embracing the call of the priesthood.

As a college student in Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, as he was known then, swept floors, ran tests in a chemical lab and even worked as Nightclub Bouncer to make extra cash, he said.
 
Technically the Buddha never married. But prince Siddhartha who became the Buddha after enlightenment was married, and had a son too. Buddha is the state of leaving out all kinds of indulgences from self. In that sense, after becoming the Buddha he never got married. :)
 
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