trivia 3/19

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trivia 3/19

DID YOU KNOW...

The Appalachian Trail goes through 14 states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.





1. If you are an "Anosmiac", which of the senses don't you have?

2. Which South American country won the very first World Cup of Soccer, in 1930?

a. - Brazil

b. – Argentina

c. – Uruguay

d. – Bolivia

3. Which Nation is the site of "Balboa Hill", which offers a view of both the Atlantic and

Pacific Oceans?

4. Who was charged with giving John Wilkes Booth food, lodging, medical care and a

fresh mount after the Lincoln assassination?

5. What foreign city presented Washington, D.C. with the now-famous cherry trees in 1912?

6. What S-word denotes those openings at the side of a ships deck that allow water to run

off the deck?

7. What nation's Mount Cook is the tallest of it's southern Alps?

8. What famous 1950's novelist was known as "The Kipling of the Klondike"?

TRUTH OR CRAP ??

Rochambeau, the "rock, paper, scissors" game, originated in Egypt over 4,000 years ago.

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1. SMELL

2. c - Uruguay

3. PANAMA

4. DR. SAMUEL MUDD

5. TOKYO

6. SCUPPER

7. NEW ZEALAND

8. JACK LONDON

TRUTH !!

The game traveled from there to Greece, then to Rome where it was called "Micatio. It

was used to settle disputes over merchandise transactions in the forums and was so

common in ancient Rome that there was a proverb to describe an honest person, which

translates to ;"Trustworthy enough to play Micatio in the dark with him".
 
I got the ones in red:

1. SMELL

2. c - Uruguay

3. PANAMA

4. DR. SAMUEL MUDD

5. TOKYO

6. SCUPPER

7. NEW ZEALAND --Argh! That makes so much more sense than what I chose--Australia.

8. JACK LONDON --I couldn't get my brain farther up the Pacific coast than California (Steinbeck, which I knew was obviously wrong).

TRUTH !!
 

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