Trivia 4/7

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Trivia 4/7
DID YOU KNOW...
What is called a "French Kiss" in England and America is called an "English Kiss" in France.
1. Sugar hill Records specializes in producing what type of music ?
2. In what country did the custom of carving jack-o-lanterns originate ?
3. What part of the whale was once used for umbrella ribs,
corsets, etc. ?
4. Bone China was invented in 1794, in what country ?
5. What product brand used the slogan, "Skin you love to touch" ?
6. What year did US gas stations stop pumping leaded fuel ?
7. What is Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's birth name ?
8. To which South American country must I travel to visit the city of Maracaibo ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Calico fabric got its name from the calico cat, whose colors are similar to the brightly-colored cloth.
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1. RAP & HIP-HOP
2. ireland
3. the baleen, or mouth keratin
4. ENGLAND
5. WOODBURY SOAP
6. 1985
7. LEW ALCINDOR
8. VENEZUELA
CRAP !!
Calico fabric got it's name from Calicut, India, where the cotton fabric originated and from which it was first exported in the 17th century.
 
i missed 5, 6, and 8.

mostly because of immaturity, and the answer to #5 :-p it distracted me.
 
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