Trivia 6/8

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Trivia 6/8

DID YOU KNOW ...

A species of jellyfish known as Turritopsis dohrnii is biologically immortal. When facing physical damage or starvation, it can revert its cells back to their earliest childhood polyp stage, essentially restarting its life cycle.



1. The Spanish phrase MANO A MANO means what ?

a. - Hand to Hand

b. - Man to Man

c. - Shoulder to Shoulder

d. - Heart to Heart

2. What character, created by David Morrell, is the movie "First Blood" centered around?

3. What is Yellowcake ?

4. Who Created "Perry Mason" ?

(Hint ; E____ S______ G_______)

5. In which of the following books was the "murderer" an animal?

a. - The Purloined Letter

b. - The Mystery of Marie Roget

c. - Moonstone

d. - The Murders in the Rue Morgue

6. Define jingoism ...

a. - clownishness/harlequinade

b. - whimsical/fantastic/cloud cuckoo

c. - parsimonious/stingy/frugal

d. - extreme nationalism/patriotism

7. What was the name of Andy Warhol's studio in New York City?

a. - The Shop

b. - The Lab

c. - The Factory

d. - The Hall

8. What is the more common name for the creature known as a "loup-garou"?



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Excluding the word "and", the first number that, when spelt, contains the letter "a" is "Thousand".

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1. - a

2. John Rambo

3. Uranium concentrate powder

4. Erle Stanley Gardner

5. - d

6. - d

7. - c

8. Werewolf



TRUTH !!

Thousand is the only spelling of a number that contains the letter "a", up to a trillion. Some smaller numbers may be spelled with the word "and" included - 101 can be written either as one hundred one or as one hundred and one - but aside from the word "and" there are no numbers under 1000 which include the letter "a".
 
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