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DID YOU KNOW...
There is only one State highway in the USA that bans motorized vehicles ;
The eight-mile-long M-185 in Michigan, on Mackinac Island. Traffic is restricted to foot, bike, horse, and horse-drawn carriage traffic.

1. What is the term for the belief that pleasure is the highest good?

2. A lioness who was hand-reared by Joy Adamson. Adamson then wrote a book about bringing up a baby lioness. 'Born Free' ; what was the name of the lioness ?

3. Which Iberian country does Rioja wine come from?

4. What is the name of the high and very carefully shaped hairdo which was popular in the late 50s and gradually faded in its importance during the 1960s?

5. the name of the ship which Captain James Cook commanded on his epic first voyage?
a. - HMS Endevour
b. - HMS Endurance
c. - HMS Victory

6. What is a sporran?
a. - a type of fungus
b. - a sail on a sailing ship
c. - a scented bundle of leather used for training hunting dogs
d. - a traditional purse carried by Scotsmen

7. The late Brandon Lee was a talented actor who had a very talented father. What was his father's name?

8. What is the largest member of the deer family?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Interstate 10 is the longest contiguous freeway in the U.S.
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1. Hedonism
2. Elsa
3. Spain
4. Beehive
5. - a
6. - d
7. Bruce Lee
8. The Moose
CRAP !!!!
That distinction goes to Interstate 90, which runs from Boston to Seattle, a total of 3,099 miles without a stop light or intersection, traveling through 13 States.

The I-10 Coast-to-Coast freeway runs from Santa Monica, California to Jacksonville, Florida IS 2, 434 miles long.
 
I got the ones in red:

1. Hedonism
2. Elsa

3. Spain--Of course, I went for Portugal! :rolleyes:
4. Beehive
5. - a
6. - d
7. Bruce Lee
8. The Moose
CRAP !!!!
 
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