Trivia 5/17

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Trivia 5/17

DID YOU KNOW...

At 5 feet and 5 inches, Earl Boykins was the shortest active player in the NBA during the 2003 season .





1. What television network is sometimes nicknamed "The Eye"?

2. On the television show, "Frasier", who wrote and sang the theme song, "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs"?

3. Crab Rangoon is a favorite in many take-out restaurants, but where does the "rangoon" part of the term originate?

4. What sort of bird is the Lovebird ?

a. - Dove

b. - Canary

c. - Wren

d. - Parrot

5. In Volleyball, what is the maximum number of tries or hits that a team gets to return the ball to the other side of the net?

6. During WWII, two battleships symbolically mark the beginning and the end of the U.S. involvement in the Pacific Theater. They lay near one another at Pearl Harbor. What are their names?

7. You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'" What does the next verse say?

8. With which of these types of weather is cumulonimbus clouds associated?

a. - Powder snow

b. - Tornado

c. - Fog

d. - Drizzle



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Studies have been done to show the area that records the most frequent lightning strikes in a calendar year is over the Pacific Ocean.

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1. CBS

2. Kelsey Grammer

3. It was the former capital of Burma.

4. - d

5. - 3

6. USS Arizona and the USS Missouri

7. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

8. - b



CRAP !!

The highest numbers of lightning strikes have been recorded at Lake Maracaibo, in Venezuela. Thunderstorms occur on around 150 days each year, with up to 40,000 strikes per night. Storms can last for as much as ten hours at a time.
 
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