Trivia 6/23
DID YOU KNOW...
In 2002, the Government of Nigeria postponed a National Election, claiming that termites had eaten the voter registration records.
1. Who was the first Country artist to sell over ten million albums ?
a. - Dolly Parton
b. - George Jones
c. - George Strait
d. - Garth Brooks
2. Who was the only player in baseball to hit a walk-off home run in the decisive seventh game of a World Series ?
(Hint; 1960)
3. What does a standard gold bar at Fort Knox weigh ?
4. What was the home state of Stephen Foster, composer of "My Old Kentucky Home"
and "Suwannee River" ?
5. How much was the prize won by Charles Lindbergh for making the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic ?
(BONUS; what year did it happen ?)
6. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, What's the number one-ranked potted-plant in annual sales ?
7. Whose was the first picture to appear on a metal school lunch box ?
a. - Howdy Doody
b. - Roy Rogers
c. - Lassie
d. - Hopalong Cassidy
(Bonus; what year was it ??)
8. In what Oscar-winning film did the title character have a pet named "Two Socks" ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
There's a nine-foot statue in Norwich, England depicting Sir Winston Churchill in a straitjacket.
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2. BILL MAZEROSKI-PIRATES
3. 27 1/2 pounds
4. Pennsylvania
5. $25,000 (1927)
6. Poinsettias
7. HOPALONG CASSIDY (1950)
8. DANCES WITH WOLVES
TRUTH !!
The statue was commissioned by a mental health charity. It's officials explained the hulking image of Churchill-who suffered severe bouts of clinical depression-was intended to "portray a more positive image of people with mental illness."
DID YOU KNOW...
In 2002, the Government of Nigeria postponed a National Election, claiming that termites had eaten the voter registration records.
1. Who was the first Country artist to sell over ten million albums ?
a. - Dolly Parton
b. - George Jones
c. - George Strait
d. - Garth Brooks
2. Who was the only player in baseball to hit a walk-off home run in the decisive seventh game of a World Series ?
(Hint; 1960)
3. What does a standard gold bar at Fort Knox weigh ?
4. What was the home state of Stephen Foster, composer of "My Old Kentucky Home"
and "Suwannee River" ?
5. How much was the prize won by Charles Lindbergh for making the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic ?
(BONUS; what year did it happen ?)
6. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, What's the number one-ranked potted-plant in annual sales ?
7. Whose was the first picture to appear on a metal school lunch box ?
a. - Howdy Doody
b. - Roy Rogers
c. - Lassie
d. - Hopalong Cassidy
(Bonus; what year was it ??)
8. In what Oscar-winning film did the title character have a pet named "Two Socks" ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
There's a nine-foot statue in Norwich, England depicting Sir Winston Churchill in a straitjacket.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - d
2. BILL MAZEROSKI-PIRATES
3. 27 1/2 pounds
4. Pennsylvania
5. $25,000 (1927)
6. Poinsettias
7. HOPALONG CASSIDY (1950)
8. DANCES WITH WOLVES
TRUTH !!
The statue was commissioned by a mental health charity. It's officials explained the hulking image of Churchill-who suffered severe bouts of clinical depression-was intended to "portray a more positive image of people with mental illness."
