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TRIVIA 10/4
DID YOU KNOW...
On average, there are 86 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women in the U.S., though the actual numbers vary according to region.

1. what's the most overtimes ever needed to decide a national hockey league stanley cup playoff game?
2. what did french winemakers put in the necks of their bottles before corks came into use in the 17th century?
3. what famous actor, a former child-star, turned down the "archie bunker" role before it was offered to carroll o'connor?
4. which regular olympic sport was the first to have an athlete compete in a wheelchair?
5. how many winks are there in a modern set of tiddley-winks?
6. what is the diameter -in feet-of the pitcher's mound on a major league baseball field?
7. Which of the following cities is NOT a border town ?
a. - Tuscon
b. - El Paso
c. - Loredo
d. - Brownsville
8. What sort of sea critter comes in a "lucine", "Jacknife", and "Venus" variety ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
death valley is the hottest place on earth.
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1. six
2. oil-soaked rags
3. MICKEY ROONEY
4. ARCHERY
5. 24
6. 18 feet
7. a. - Tucson
8. Clam
CRAP !!
death valley is the hottest spot in america, but the hottest spot on the planet is at el azizia, in libya .
They recorded a temperature of 136 degrees in 1922-the hottest ever measured.
death valley's highest temperature, 134 degrees, was recorded on july 10, 1913.
 
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