Trivia 7/13

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trivia 7/13
DID YOU KNOW...
Screen star Mary Pickford, "America's Sweetheart", was born in Canada.


1. What actor connects Raging Bull (1980), Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and Lethal Weapon 2, 3 & 4 (1989, 1992, 1998) ?
2. Cinemashups;
....wherein Steve McQueen and others break out of a German P.O.W. camp to break into Manhattan to rescue the President...
3. What's the more common name for the sea creature, Asteroidea ?
4. The term A la Nicoise' refers to the cuisine of what French city ?
5. Really Tough Question Dept ;
What scientist first determined that human sight results from images projected onto the retina ;
a.- Galileo
b.- Copernicus
c.- Johannes Kepler
d.- Issac Newton
6. Which of the other continents extends the closest to Antarctica ?
7. "The Movie's over, It's four O'Clock
and We're in Trouble Deep"
are lyrics from a hit song by .........who?
8. St. Stephen's Day is better known as.... what ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
there are more aborigines now in Australia than in the late 18th century, when Europeans
first colonized the continent.
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1. Joe Pesci

2. The Great Escape from New York
3. Starfish
4. Nice
5. c.- Johannes Kepler
6. South America
7. Everly Brothers
8. Boxing day
TRUTH !!
as of 2002, there were 460,000 aborigines-2 % of Australia's population.
in the late 18th century the estimated aboriginal population was 350,000, made up of 500 distinct groups speaking over 200 different dialects (50 of which are now extinct).
 
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