luckytrim
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trivia 11/19
DID YOU KNOW...
In 1902, Shep Friedman, in the Morning Telegraph, coins the nickname "Great White Way" for New York city's Broadway. But Shep wasn't referring to the lights- a snowstorm that day had turned the street into, quite literally a slippery "White Way".
1. To which Italian city must I travel to fly into the Christopher Columbus Airport ?
2. What country's only female leader has been Angela Merkel ?
3. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote, "Oh, the Humanity" ?
4. Under what nick-name did Englishman Joseph Carey Merrick (1862-1890) gain notoriety ?
5. "Operation Enduring Freedom" was the name given to the invasion of what country ?
6. This toy was originally called the "Pluto Platter"......... we know it as the ..........what ?
7. What is measured by a Pluviometer ?
8. Singing sisters Anita, Bonnie, June and Ruth performed under what collective
name ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The word "Utopia" is Greek, literally translating as "no place" .
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1. Genoa
2. Germany
3. The Hindenburg disaster
4. The Elephant Man
5. Afghanistan
6. Frisbee
7. Rainfall
8. the Pointer Sisters
TRUTH !
Perhaps it is better translated as a place that does not exist.....
DID YOU KNOW...
In 1902, Shep Friedman, in the Morning Telegraph, coins the nickname "Great White Way" for New York city's Broadway. But Shep wasn't referring to the lights- a snowstorm that day had turned the street into, quite literally a slippery "White Way".
1. To which Italian city must I travel to fly into the Christopher Columbus Airport ?
2. What country's only female leader has been Angela Merkel ?
3. What event inspired Herbert Morrison's famous quote, "Oh, the Humanity" ?
4. Under what nick-name did Englishman Joseph Carey Merrick (1862-1890) gain notoriety ?
5. "Operation Enduring Freedom" was the name given to the invasion of what country ?
6. This toy was originally called the "Pluto Platter"......... we know it as the ..........what ?
7. What is measured by a Pluviometer ?
8. Singing sisters Anita, Bonnie, June and Ruth performed under what collective
name ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The word "Utopia" is Greek, literally translating as "no place" .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Genoa
2. Germany
3. The Hindenburg disaster
4. The Elephant Man
5. Afghanistan
6. Frisbee
7. Rainfall
8. the Pointer Sisters
TRUTH !
Perhaps it is better translated as a place that does not exist.....
