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trivia 11/3
Did you know…
Hannibal Hamlin, who was Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, so opposed slavery and believed in the Civil War's cause that while in office, at the age of 55, he enlisted as a private in the Maine Coast Guard and served as a cook. Lincoln dropped him from his 1864 re-election campaign ticket in favor of Andrew Johnson.
1. On Fahrenheit's scale, what's the boiling point of water at standard atmospheric pressure (sea level)?
2. What's the more common name for a person who works as a chiromancer?
3. What was the name of the hot air balloon that, in 1978, became the first successful trans-atlantic crossing?
4. Which President had a pet pooch named Little Beagle Junior?
5. What's the motto of the US Military Academy?
6. What year was the first TV remote control introduced? (Hint; it wasn't a cordless model)
7. Can you name the five largest organs in the body?
8. What instrument did Country singer Dolly Parton play in her High School marching band?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
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1. 212 DEGREES
2. a palm-reader
3. double eagle II
4. LYNDON JOHNSON
5. DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY
6. 1955
7. LIVER, BRAIN, LUNGS, HEART, KIDNEYS
8. snare drum
TRUTH !!
These motions are called the Coriolis effect and are caused by the earth's rotation.
Did you know…
Hannibal Hamlin, who was Abraham Lincoln's first vice president, so opposed slavery and believed in the Civil War's cause that while in office, at the age of 55, he enlisted as a private in the Maine Coast Guard and served as a cook. Lincoln dropped him from his 1864 re-election campaign ticket in favor of Andrew Johnson.
1. On Fahrenheit's scale, what's the boiling point of water at standard atmospheric pressure (sea level)?
2. What's the more common name for a person who works as a chiromancer?
3. What was the name of the hot air balloon that, in 1978, became the first successful trans-atlantic crossing?
4. Which President had a pet pooch named Little Beagle Junior?
5. What's the motto of the US Military Academy?
6. What year was the first TV remote control introduced? (Hint; it wasn't a cordless model)
7. Can you name the five largest organs in the body?
8. What instrument did Country singer Dolly Parton play in her High School marching band?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Hurricanes spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. 212 DEGREES
2. a palm-reader
3. double eagle II
4. LYNDON JOHNSON
5. DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY
6. 1955
7. LIVER, BRAIN, LUNGS, HEART, KIDNEYS
8. snare drum
TRUTH !!
These motions are called the Coriolis effect and are caused by the earth's rotation.
