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trivia 6/18
DID YOU KNOW...
Gold Facts;
Only about 100,000 tons of gold have been mined during all of recorded history. And it
all gets recycled. Jewelry purchased today may contain gold mined in prehistoric times.
THE #1 USE OF GOLD IN THE UNITED STATES: CLASS RINGS.
The California Gold Rush yielded 125 million ounces of gold from 1850 to 1875-more
than had been found in the previous 350 years and worth more than $50 billion today.
THE #1 USE OF GOLD IN THE UNITED STATES: CLASS RINGS.


1. What are the dimensions of an NFL regulation football; looking for length and
circumference at it's widest point ?
2. What 1988 film was advertised with the tagline, "When he pours, he reigns!"?
3. How much honey does the average worker bee produce during it's lifetime ?
4. What's the more common term for a chiromancer ?
5. What retail chain was originally named "Children's Supermarket" ?
6. Do you recall the name of the re-animated cat in Stephen King's Pet Sematary ?
7. By what name was train robber Robert Leroy Parker better known ?
8. Can you name the two John Wayne films in which Dean Martin had roles ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The passionflower gets it's name from the energy it arouses in those who drink tea
brewed from it's flowers and leaves.
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1. 11 inches long and 28 inches in circumference
2. COCKTAIL
3. 1/12 of a teaspoon
4. palm reader
5. TOYS-R-US
6. CHURCH
7. butch Cassidy
8. RIO BRAVO-THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER
CRAP !!
The flower actually gets it's name from a comparison to the passion of Christ.
In 1577, a Spanish Doctor named Nicolas Monardes brought the flower to Europe from
Peru. To him, it's ten petals and sepals represented the ten disciples at the crucifixion,
and he saw in it the crown of thorns, the whipping post, and the three nails used to crucify
Jesus.
 
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