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trivia 6/27
DID YOU KNOW...
Popcorn is a special variety of dried corn that contains a high moisture content. About 14% of the composition of the kernel is water, which creates steam when the kernel is heated. This causes the popcorn kernels to explode and pop open because the steam cannot escape.


1. In Europe, Mussolini was called....... what?
2. What does a farrier do?
3. Sciophobia is the fear of what?
a. - Darkness
b. - Shadows
c. - Lightning
d. - Dogs
4. What groovy item was invented by Englishman Edward Craven Walker in 1963?
a. - Leisure suit
b. - Lava lamp
c. - Eight-track tape deck
d. - Hot comb
5. Which scientist "split the atom" ?
a. - Alfred Smith
b. - Marie Curie
c. - Ernest Rutherford
d. - Pierre Curie
6. Traduci dall'italiano all'inglese. Come si dice "l'agnello" in inglese?
a. - Pork
b. - Lamb
c. - Veal
d. – Stew
7. Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Grey in 1891?
8. What is the U.N. phonetic alphabet word for E?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
in Genesis 1:3-5, God created light.
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1. Il Duce
2. Shoes Horses
3. - c
4. - b
5. - c
6. - b
7. Oscar Wilde
8. ECHO

TRUTH !!
He had already made the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1), but it's interesting to note that the Lord created light before He created the sky (Genesis 1:6).
 
I would have done better if I hadn't second-guessed myself! I got the ones in red:

1. Il Duce
2. Shoes Horses

3. - c
4. - b
5. - c -- This was my first thought, and then I went with "a."
6. - b
7. Oscar Wilde

8. ECHO -- Grrrrr! I knew this and it just didn't want to come to me.

TRUTH !!
 
hey Barb ;
got a clue why i no longer recieve notifications of posts here ?

I've poked around, and can't figger it ..............
 
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