Trivia 5/23
DID YOU KNOW...
the longest word that can be typed with only one hand : Stewardesses .
1. in 1954, 36.5% of american workers were members of a labor union.
what percentage of american workers are members of a labor union today (2023) ?
a. - 10 %
b. - 15 %
c. - 20 %
d. - 25 %
2. the federal income tax was instituted in what year?
a. - 1913
b. - 1918
c. - 1923
d. - 1928
3. once, before 9/11/2001, an airplane crashed into a new york skyscraper.
which skyscraper, and what year was it?
(Hint; the Black-out was the culprit ...)
4. how many kernels are there on the average ear of corn?
(Bonus ; How many strands of "Silk" ?)
5. which of the Fifty has the most national park sites?
a. - Alaska
b. - California
c. - Nevada
d. - Wyoming
6. What's the oldest capital city in the americas?
7. Which of the Fifty is the only one where coffee is grown?
8. what type of aircraft was it that delivered the atomic bomb to Hiroshima ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
During the 2003 war in Iraq, Saddam Hussein stole $1 billion from his own country, all of which is still missing.
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1. - a
2. - a
3. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING-1945
4. - 800 (800- one for each kernel)
5., - b
6. MEXICO CITY
7. Hawaii
8. B-29 BOMBER
CRAP !!
He stole that amount alright , but U.S. troops discovered $650 million of the $$ stuffed inside the walls of his palace.
DID YOU KNOW...
the longest word that can be typed with only one hand : Stewardesses .
1. in 1954, 36.5% of american workers were members of a labor union.
what percentage of american workers are members of a labor union today (2023) ?
a. - 10 %
b. - 15 %
c. - 20 %
d. - 25 %
2. the federal income tax was instituted in what year?
a. - 1913
b. - 1918
c. - 1923
d. - 1928
3. once, before 9/11/2001, an airplane crashed into a new york skyscraper.
which skyscraper, and what year was it?
(Hint; the Black-out was the culprit ...)
4. how many kernels are there on the average ear of corn?
(Bonus ; How many strands of "Silk" ?)
5. which of the Fifty has the most national park sites?
a. - Alaska
b. - California
c. - Nevada
d. - Wyoming
6. What's the oldest capital city in the americas?
7. Which of the Fifty is the only one where coffee is grown?
8. what type of aircraft was it that delivered the atomic bomb to Hiroshima ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
During the 2003 war in Iraq, Saddam Hussein stole $1 billion from his own country, all of which is still missing.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - a
2. - a
3. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING-1945
4. - 800 (800- one for each kernel)
5., - b
6. MEXICO CITY
7. Hawaii
8. B-29 BOMBER
CRAP !!
He stole that amount alright , but U.S. troops discovered $650 million of the $$ stuffed inside the walls of his palace.
