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Trivia 3/13
DID YOU KNOW ...
The meanings of words in Romance and Germanic languages do not vary based on tone and pitch. Words in tonal languages, such as Mandarin and Hmong, do. In these "tonal languages," the same sound can have up to eight meanings, depending on the way it is said.
1. What was the name of Superboy's pet dog?
2. A spicy hot dish made with coconut, vinegar and lots of hot red chili peppers, vindaloo is traditionally from what country?
3. Most of the world's sugar is produced from sugarcane. Much of the rest has, historically, come from ... what ?
4. Commonly found in sculpture form, which word is used in art to refer to a depiction of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus?
5. Which Heavyweight world champion was nicknamed the Brown Bomber?
6. Which of these pairs of leaders met onboard a ship at Placenta Bay, Newfoundland, on August 12, 1941?
a. - Churchill and Stalin
b. - De Gaulle and FDR
c. - FDR and Churchill
d. - Stalin and FDR
7. Which of the following ancient civilizations did *NOT* include a Sphinx in their mythology?
a. - Mesopotamian
b. - Mayan
c. - Greek
d. - Egyptian
8. What was the name of King Henry VIII's second wife?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
"Tawse" describes a type of whip that historically was used to punish schoolchildren, particularly in Scotland .
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1. Krypto
2. India
3. Sugar beets
4. Pieta
5. Joe Louis
6. - c
7. - b
8. Anne Boleyn
TRUTH !!
The tawse is a type of whip, with some similarities to a cat o' nine tails. It is made from leather, with the ends split into strips. The tawse was used in schools up to the 1980s. Corporal punishment in the UK was abolished by law in 1987.
DID YOU KNOW ...
The meanings of words in Romance and Germanic languages do not vary based on tone and pitch. Words in tonal languages, such as Mandarin and Hmong, do. In these "tonal languages," the same sound can have up to eight meanings, depending on the way it is said.
1. What was the name of Superboy's pet dog?
2. A spicy hot dish made with coconut, vinegar and lots of hot red chili peppers, vindaloo is traditionally from what country?
3. Most of the world's sugar is produced from sugarcane. Much of the rest has, historically, come from ... what ?
4. Commonly found in sculpture form, which word is used in art to refer to a depiction of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus?
5. Which Heavyweight world champion was nicknamed the Brown Bomber?
6. Which of these pairs of leaders met onboard a ship at Placenta Bay, Newfoundland, on August 12, 1941?
a. - Churchill and Stalin
b. - De Gaulle and FDR
c. - FDR and Churchill
d. - Stalin and FDR
7. Which of the following ancient civilizations did *NOT* include a Sphinx in their mythology?
a. - Mesopotamian
b. - Mayan
c. - Greek
d. - Egyptian
8. What was the name of King Henry VIII's second wife?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
"Tawse" describes a type of whip that historically was used to punish schoolchildren, particularly in Scotland .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
..
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Krypto
2. India
3. Sugar beets
4. Pieta
5. Joe Louis
6. - c
7. - b
8. Anne Boleyn
TRUTH !!
The tawse is a type of whip, with some similarities to a cat o' nine tails. It is made from leather, with the ends split into strips. The tawse was used in schools up to the 1980s. Corporal punishment in the UK was abolished by law in 1987.
