Luckytrim
Grill Master
Trivia 12/4
DID YOU KNOW ...
While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein.
1. What desert is located partly in China and partly in Mongolia ?
2. Where is the United States Air Force Academy located ?
(Looking for city & State)
3. Where was the United States capital located during most of George Washington's two terms as President?
4. Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hephaestus, a blacksmith and god of the forge?
5. In punctuation, what is the correct name for the curvy line, the (~) symbol?
a. - Guillemet
b. - Tilde
c. - Dinkus
d. - Obelus
6. What does a phrenologist study?
7. a hemostatic pencil, used by men to deal with a minor shaving cut, is known by the more common name of .... what ?
8. The national flowers of Japan are the cherry blossom and which other?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a record in 1957 for the longest Congressional filibuster by a single senator, when he held the floor for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an attempt to hold up voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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1. - the Gobi Desert
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado
3. Philadelphia
4. Vulcan
5. - b
6. bumps on the head
7. Styptic pencil
8. Chrysanthemum
TRUTH !!
The bill proposed to protect African American voting rights and Thurmond, who was at the time a fervent segregationist, spent his time reading out the election laws of 48 States, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the writings of George Washington, and even his grandmother's biscuit recipe to prevent the passing of the law. He was ultimately unsuccessful, and yielded at 9.12 p.m. on August 29th. The bill passed a short while later, by a vote of 62-15.
DID YOU KNOW ...
While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein.
1. What desert is located partly in China and partly in Mongolia ?
2. Where is the United States Air Force Academy located ?
(Looking for city & State)
3. Where was the United States capital located during most of George Washington's two terms as President?
4. Who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hephaestus, a blacksmith and god of the forge?
5. In punctuation, what is the correct name for the curvy line, the (~) symbol?
a. - Guillemet
b. - Tilde
c. - Dinkus
d. - Obelus
6. What does a phrenologist study?
7. a hemostatic pencil, used by men to deal with a minor shaving cut, is known by the more common name of .... what ?
8. The national flowers of Japan are the cherry blossom and which other?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a record in 1957 for the longest Congressional filibuster by a single senator, when he held the floor for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an attempt to hold up voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - the Gobi Desert
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado
3. Philadelphia
4. Vulcan
5. - b
6. bumps on the head
7. Styptic pencil
8. Chrysanthemum
TRUTH !!
The bill proposed to protect African American voting rights and Thurmond, who was at the time a fervent segregationist, spent his time reading out the election laws of 48 States, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the writings of George Washington, and even his grandmother's biscuit recipe to prevent the passing of the law. He was ultimately unsuccessful, and yielded at 9.12 p.m. on August 29th. The bill passed a short while later, by a vote of 62-15.
