Trivia 10/13

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trivia 10/13

DID YOU KNOW...


1. on average, how many christmas trees are sold each year in the USA?
2. who was the first actor since jimmy stewart to be nominated for best actor five times?
3. which arab country was the first to sign a free-trade agreement with the USA?
4. name the two iron-clads that met in march, 1862 at hampton roads on the elizabeth
river, marking the first time two iron-clads faced off.
5. name the fifties disc jockey who's ashes are sealed in a wall of the rock and roll hall of
fame.
6. what is the term for lurid reporting, such as the stuff you find in the supermarket
tabloids?
7. the US census bureau is a part of which cabinet level department?
8. by what name is soccer's "jules rimet trophy" better known?

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
the ferris wheel was invented to rival the eiffel tower?
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1. 37.5 million
2. tom hanks
3. JORDAN
4. MONITOR AND MERRIMACK
5. ALAN FREED
6. yellow journalism
7. Commerce
8. the world cup

TRUTH !!
the wheel was built by george w. ferris, a pennsylvania bridge builder, for the 1893
world's fair. fair organizers wanted a structure to outshine the eiffel tower, which had
been revealed at the world's fair four years earlier.
 
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