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trivia 4/20
DID YOU KNOW ...
Epinephrine injections are used to treat severe bee sting allergies.
Epinephrine is another name for Adrenaline .
1. You ask your supper guest if she has any food allergies or strong
preferences, and she asks you to "go light on the alliums". What would she
prefer to avoid?
a. - cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
b. - onions, garlic, shallots
c. - both
d. - neither
2. Mesothelioma is a rare form of lung cancer. What is it believed to be
caused by?
3. In the game tiddlywinks, "tiddlies" are the points you score at the end
of the game. What are the "winks"?
4. "Little Miss Muffet she sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey."
What's a tuffet?
5. "The Partridge Family" were a TV family band . What real-life band of
the 60's was the inspiration for the series ?
6. The Ancient Olympics began at Olympia, Greece in 776 BCE. Which type of
event was the only one at the first Olympics?
7. Definition "C" - 6 letters.....
adjective
1. immature or inexperienced:
2. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.
noun
1. a recently hatched worker ant.
8. What nickname was given to Nadya Suleman, the woman from Southern
California who gave birth to eight babies in January of 2009 ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The Ramekin's name derives from the French for "Round Toast" .
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1. - b
2. Exposure to asbestos
3. the small plastic discs
4. a low seat (Accepted; footstool)
5. the Cowsills
6. a Foot Race
7. Callow
8. Octomom
CRAP !!
The term is derived from the French ramequin, a cheese- or meat-based dish
baked in a small mold. The French term is in turn derived from early modern
Dutch rammeken, which translated to 'toast' or 'roasted minced meat', itself
apparently from ram 'battering ram' + -kin 'diminutive', but it is unclear
why.
DID YOU KNOW ...
Epinephrine injections are used to treat severe bee sting allergies.
Epinephrine is another name for Adrenaline .
1. You ask your supper guest if she has any food allergies or strong
preferences, and she asks you to "go light on the alliums". What would she
prefer to avoid?
a. - cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
b. - onions, garlic, shallots
c. - both
d. - neither
2. Mesothelioma is a rare form of lung cancer. What is it believed to be
caused by?
3. In the game tiddlywinks, "tiddlies" are the points you score at the end
of the game. What are the "winks"?
4. "Little Miss Muffet she sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey."
What's a tuffet?
5. "The Partridge Family" were a TV family band . What real-life band of
the 60's was the inspiration for the series ?
6. The Ancient Olympics began at Olympia, Greece in 776 BCE. Which type of
event was the only one at the first Olympics?
7. Definition "C" - 6 letters.....
adjective
1. immature or inexperienced:
2. (of a young bird) featherless; unfledged.
noun
1. a recently hatched worker ant.
8. What nickname was given to Nadya Suleman, the woman from Southern
California who gave birth to eight babies in January of 2009 ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The Ramekin's name derives from the French for "Round Toast" .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - b
2. Exposure to asbestos
3. the small plastic discs
4. a low seat (Accepted; footstool)
5. the Cowsills
6. a Foot Race
7. Callow
8. Octomom
CRAP !!
The term is derived from the French ramequin, a cheese- or meat-based dish
baked in a small mold. The French term is in turn derived from early modern
Dutch rammeken, which translated to 'toast' or 'roasted minced meat', itself
apparently from ram 'battering ram' + -kin 'diminutive', but it is unclear
why.
