Luckytrim
Grill Master
Trivia 7/14
Did you know...
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN GETS 20% LESS SLEEP THAN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN DID 100 YEARS AGO.
1. How many pips (dots) on a pair of dice?
2. Tourists visiting what country should know that tipping in restaurants is
considered an insult?
a. - Iceland
b. - Ireland
c. - India
d. - Indonesia
3. What is the name of the Statuette that adorns the hood of every Rolls
Royce car?
a. - the Spirit of Travel
b. - the Spirit of Machinery
c. - the Spirit of Ecstasy
d. - the Spirit of St. Louis
4. What is the alternate California landing site for the Space Shuttle?
5. What's the calendar date of All Saints Day?
a. - 8/1
b. - 9/1
c. - 10/1
d. - 11/1
6. What kind of nut is used to make Marzipan?
7. What is the last letter of the Greek Alphabet?
8. On TV's "The Love Boat", what was Adam Bricker's job?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
On most clocks using Roman numerals, the number 4 is incorrectly
represented.
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1. FORTY-TWO
2. - a
3. - c
4. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
5. - d
6. Almonds
7. Omega
8. SHIP'S DOCTOR
TRUTH !!
The standard way to write the numeral 4 is IV. But the way it is usually
shown on a clock is IIII. There are several possible explanations:
a. Four I's give a clock face balance.
b. Four I's to indicate 4 was the common usage before the middle ages, when
sundials were made.
c. In Roman time, IV stood for the supreme God Jupiter ("IVPITER") and it
would have
been blasphemy to put it on a clock.
d. IV is difficult to read upside down.
Did you know...
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN GETS 20% LESS SLEEP THAN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN DID 100 YEARS AGO.
1. How many pips (dots) on a pair of dice?
2. Tourists visiting what country should know that tipping in restaurants is
considered an insult?
a. - Iceland
b. - Ireland
c. - India
d. - Indonesia
3. What is the name of the Statuette that adorns the hood of every Rolls
Royce car?
a. - the Spirit of Travel
b. - the Spirit of Machinery
c. - the Spirit of Ecstasy
d. - the Spirit of St. Louis
4. What is the alternate California landing site for the Space Shuttle?
5. What's the calendar date of All Saints Day?
a. - 8/1
b. - 9/1
c. - 10/1
d. - 11/1
6. What kind of nut is used to make Marzipan?
7. What is the last letter of the Greek Alphabet?
8. On TV's "The Love Boat", what was Adam Bricker's job?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
On most clocks using Roman numerals, the number 4 is incorrectly
represented.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. FORTY-TWO
2. - a
3. - c
4. EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE
5. - d
6. Almonds
7. Omega
8. SHIP'S DOCTOR
TRUTH !!
The standard way to write the numeral 4 is IV. But the way it is usually
shown on a clock is IIII. There are several possible explanations:
a. Four I's give a clock face balance.
b. Four I's to indicate 4 was the common usage before the middle ages, when
sundials were made.
c. In Roman time, IV stood for the supreme God Jupiter ("IVPITER") and it
would have
been blasphemy to put it on a clock.
d. IV is difficult to read upside down.
