Trivia 9/17
Did you know ...
A one-way trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway involves crossing 3,901 bridges.
The journey takes seven days, during which time passengers pass through eight different time zones.
1. which retail chain began its life as the golden rule stores?
a. - Circuit City
b. - Borders Books
c. - W.T. Grant
d. - J.C. Penny's
2. do you recall the name of the first freeze-dried coffee?
3. can you name the star of the first "talkie". movie?
4. which form of entertainment gets it's name from a mythical sorceress?
5. which comic strip kid has a dog named ruff?
6. what was the main ingredient of the first tv dinner?
7. who was president during the u.s.a.'s bicentennial celebration?
8. which cartoon character introduced the song, "when you wish upon a star"?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Newark, New Jersey has the distinction of being the only US city in which the US Army had to be called in on two separate occasions to stop a riot in the 20th century.
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1. j.c. penny's
2. maxim
3. AL JOLSON
4. circus (for circe)
5. DENNIS THE MENACE
6. turkey
7. GERALD FORD
8. JIMINY CRICKET
CRAP !!
The correct city is Detroit
The US Army had to be called into Detroit once in 1943 and once in 1967. The Army was called into Los Angeles during the 1992 Rodney King riot but was not called in the Watts riot of 1965.
Did you know ...
A one-way trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway involves crossing 3,901 bridges.
The journey takes seven days, during which time passengers pass through eight different time zones.
1. which retail chain began its life as the golden rule stores?
a. - Circuit City
b. - Borders Books
c. - W.T. Grant
d. - J.C. Penny's
2. do you recall the name of the first freeze-dried coffee?
3. can you name the star of the first "talkie". movie?
4. which form of entertainment gets it's name from a mythical sorceress?
5. which comic strip kid has a dog named ruff?
6. what was the main ingredient of the first tv dinner?
7. who was president during the u.s.a.'s bicentennial celebration?
8. which cartoon character introduced the song, "when you wish upon a star"?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Newark, New Jersey has the distinction of being the only US city in which the US Army had to be called in on two separate occasions to stop a riot in the 20th century.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.
.
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.
1. j.c. penny's
2. maxim
3. AL JOLSON
4. circus (for circe)
5. DENNIS THE MENACE
6. turkey
7. GERALD FORD
8. JIMINY CRICKET
CRAP !!
The correct city is Detroit
The US Army had to be called into Detroit once in 1943 and once in 1967. The Army was called into Los Angeles during the 1992 Rodney King riot but was not called in the Watts riot of 1965.
