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Trivia 7/12

DID YOU KNOW...

Octopuses and squids have beaks. The beak is made of keratin - the same material that a bird's beak and our fingernails are made of.





1. who was the man who created the tv series "Candid Camera" ?

2. which sport is featured in the "rip van winkle" story?

3. what was the all-purpose cleanser in the title of a 1950's stan freberg novelty song hit?

4. name the town where the flintstones lived.

5. can you name the canadian river where gold was discovered in the 1890's?

6. can you name the doll-like cartoon character created by max fliescher in 1915?

7. name the ship that carried scientist charles darwin on his famous voyage to patagonia and onward around the world in 1831-36.

8. do you recall the name of the ventriloquist who made dummies charlie mc carthy, mortimer snerd and effie klinker famous?





TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Zeus was a real Casanova in Greek mythology. In order to successfully kidnap Europa, He turned himself into a snake.

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1. Allen Funt

2. BOWLING

3. "grandma's lye soap"

4. BEDROCK

5. THE KLONDIKE

6. BETTY BOOP

7. HMS Beagle

8. EDGAR BERGEN



CRAP !!

Zeus managed to successfully kidnap Europa, a Phoenician woman, by taking the form of a bull. The abduction of Europa, which is also a moon of the planet Jupiter, is depicted in numerous paintings such as 'The Rape of Europa' by Titian and (same title, different painting) Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre.
 
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