Sunday Special - DYK Revisited

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Sunday Special - DYK Revisited
This is the quiz where we find out if you've been reading the daily "DID YOU
KNOW"....
Fill in the blanks.....................

1. When you add up all the numbers on a Roulette Wheel, the total is _____ !
2. The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in
_____.
3. A giraffe sleeps an average of ___________ in every 24-hour period.
4. of the 48 contiguous states, ____________ has the longest border with
Canada.
5. The second-most reported case of occupational injury is _______ ____.
6. When Baseball phenom Barry Bonds joined the S.F. Giants in 1993, he wore
a size ___ uniform jersey ; Ten years later, the scandal-tainted slugger was
wearing a size ___ .
7. The CDC estimates that 248,000 Americans die prematurely due to
__________ and considers this as the number two cause of preventable death
in the US .
8.It is forbidden to take ____ into a traditional Japanese Bath.
9. The busiest U.S. airport by passenger traffic is Hartfield-Jackson
Airport, in _______, _______.
10. About 19 percent of the total electricity generated in the United States
comes from _______ _____.
11. Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars
of
the economy in the middle ages: Hearts represented ___ ______, Spades
represented ___ ________, Clubs represented ___________ , and diamonds
represented the ________ _____ .
12. Mia Farrow made __ movies with ex-partner Woody Allen.
13. On March 1, 1966, the Soviet craft Venera III crashed onto the surface
of _____ , thus becoming the first Space probe to impact another planet.
14. The assassination unit inside the former Soviet Union's KGB was called
______ , just like in the 007 films....
15. If you are an American age 40 to 70, the odds are about _____ percent
that you've been diagnosed with prediabetes, diabetes, or metabolic
syndrome.
16. A car that shifts manually gets an average ___ miles more per gallon of gas than a car with an automatic shift.
17. You cannot _____ and dream at the same time.
18. _______ is one of the ingredients in bubble gum.
19. The Supreme Court chief justice's salary was $4,000 in 1789; Chief Justice John Roberts' salary is currently $___,___ .
20. Humans produce about ______ gallons of saliva in a lifetime..
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1. 666
2. Jelly
3. just one hour
4. Montana
5. hearing loss
6. 42 / 52
7. Obesity
8. Soap
9. Atlanta, Georgia
10. nuclear power
11. the Church / the military / agriculture / merchant class
12. 13
13. Venus
14. SMERSH
15. Forty
16. two
17. Snore
18. Rubber
19. $223,500
20. 10,000
 
1. 666
2. Jelly
3. just one hour
4. Montana
5. hearing loss
6. 42 / 52
7. Obesity
8. Soap
9. Atlanta, Georgia
10. nuclear power
11. the Church / the military / agriculture / merchant class
12. 13
13. Venus
14. SMERSH
15. Forty
16. two
17. Snore
18. Rubber
19. $223,500
20. 10,000
 
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