Luckytrim
Grill Master
Trivia 9/11
DID YOU KNOW ...
According to a Irish myth, a man named "Stingy Jack" tricked the devil and was condemned to roam the earth with only a carved turnip and burning coal as a light. This led to the modern-day story of the "Jack-O-Lantern."[
1. Worldwide annual production of this mineral acid, found in car batteries, exceeds that of any other bulk chemical. Can you name it?
2. Horses with golden bodies and white manes and tails, like Roy Roger's famous horse, Trigger, are known as what?
a. - Palomino
b. - Chestnut
c. - Bay
d. - Roan
3. In which country was the goldfish first domesticated ?
4. Which insect group has varieties named Atlas, Hercules, white witch, peppered and gypsy?
5. What was portrayed on the front of the so-called Buffalo nickel?
6. What is the name of the mountain range that forms the "backbone" of the Italian peninsula?
(Hint ; Starts with A)
7. ow would you describe a poem where the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase?
a. - Haiku
b. - Acrostic
c. - Clerihew
d. - Pangram
8. In Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" what was 'soma'?
a. - the ideal pleasure drug
b. - Punishment (for Disobedience to Big Brother)
c. - a cybernetic state
d. - sleep-inducing music
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
New England has more "Sleet" days than the Northern Plains, Southeast, Gulf Coast or Northwest areas ..
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1. sulfuric acid
2. - a
3. China
4. Moths
5. the head of an American Indian
6. Apennines
7. - b
8. - a
CRAP !
Sleet occurs during winter when the weather and precipitation combine with warm enough temperatures to partially melt the snow as it falls. It is most common in January. On the average, the northern plains experience 14 to 20 days of sleet per year. It is about 7 to 8 days in New England, 1.6 in southeastern U.S. and 0.5 days in the Gulf Coast.
DID YOU KNOW ...
According to a Irish myth, a man named "Stingy Jack" tricked the devil and was condemned to roam the earth with only a carved turnip and burning coal as a light. This led to the modern-day story of the "Jack-O-Lantern."[
1. Worldwide annual production of this mineral acid, found in car batteries, exceeds that of any other bulk chemical. Can you name it?
2. Horses with golden bodies and white manes and tails, like Roy Roger's famous horse, Trigger, are known as what?
a. - Palomino
b. - Chestnut
c. - Bay
d. - Roan
3. In which country was the goldfish first domesticated ?
4. Which insect group has varieties named Atlas, Hercules, white witch, peppered and gypsy?
5. What was portrayed on the front of the so-called Buffalo nickel?
6. What is the name of the mountain range that forms the "backbone" of the Italian peninsula?
(Hint ; Starts with A)
7. ow would you describe a poem where the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase?
a. - Haiku
b. - Acrostic
c. - Clerihew
d. - Pangram
8. In Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" what was 'soma'?
a. - the ideal pleasure drug
b. - Punishment (for Disobedience to Big Brother)
c. - a cybernetic state
d. - sleep-inducing music
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
New England has more "Sleet" days than the Northern Plains, Southeast, Gulf Coast or Northwest areas ..
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. sulfuric acid
2. - a
3. China
4. Moths
5. the head of an American Indian
6. Apennines
7. - b
8. - a
CRAP !
Sleet occurs during winter when the weather and precipitation combine with warm enough temperatures to partially melt the snow as it falls. It is most common in January. On the average, the northern plains experience 14 to 20 days of sleet per year. It is about 7 to 8 days in New England, 1.6 in southeastern U.S. and 0.5 days in the Gulf Coast.
