trivia 5/12

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trivia 5/12
DID YOU KNOW...
The bark of the Giant Sequoia can be up to 2 feet thick .

1. Name the six states that border on South Dakota .
2. In the 1966 Sci-Fi thriller, The Fantastic Voyage, the miniaturized ship and crew were injected into the bloodstream of a scientist to remove..................
a. - an assassin's bullet
b. - a blood clot
c. - a tumor
d. - a bone fragment
.................................. from his brain .
3. Three-quarters of the cadmium mined annually is used to produce what common household item ?
4. What Canadian-born actor's 1999 memoir was entitled “Get a Life” ?
a. – Lorne Greene
b. – Celine Dion
c. – Martin Short
d. – William Shatner
5. What nation is divided by the Cook Strait ?
6. Prior to 1993, what were the four Divisions of the National Hockey league ?
(Hint; A_______, N________, P________ & S_______
) 7. Czechoslovakia is no more; divided into what two countries
? 8. Who was honored as TIME magazine's very first (1928) "Man of the Year" ?

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Black olives are grown in warmer climates than their green cousins
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1. North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana
2. – b 3. Batteries
4. William Shatner
5. New Zealand
6. Adams, Norris, Patrick, and Smythe
7. the Czech Republic and Slovakia
8. Charles Lindbergh

CRAP !!
The only difference between a green and a black olive is their level of maturity. Green olives, if left longer on the vine, will ripen into black olives.
 
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Doc

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I found the South Dakota question especially interesting.
Is 6 the most for states boarding a state? Seems like it would be. I glanced at the map and did not see any more than that anywhere.
 

Luckytrim

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I found the South Dakota question especially interesting.
Is 6 the most for states boarding a state? Seems like it would be. I glanced at the map and did not see any more than that anywhere.
The most neighborly states are Tennessee and Missouri. Each share borders with eight states.
 
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