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trivia 7/20
DID YOU KNOW...
Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal in space when he ate pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube aboard Friendship 7 in 1962.


1. What was the occupation of George Everest, for whom Mt. Everest is named ?
2. What year Was It ??
Actor Sean Connery was born ; the first Oscars were awarded ; Bell Labs demonstrates the first color-TV image...
3. Which country is farther north, Latvia or Estonia ?
4. How many carats in the purest gold ?
5. What's the highest mountain in the Alps ?
6. In which Tennessee Williams work would you find the characters Big Daddy, Brick, and Maggie ?
7. Who was married to Paul McCartney from 1989 to 1991 ?
8. What's an adult male rabbit called ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
According to the Diner's Club, the most-ordered dish at "sit-down" restaurants in North America is Chicken.
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1. Surveyor (or, more formally, Geodisist)
2. 1929
3. Estonia
4. 24 Carat
5. Mont Blanc
6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7. Heather Mills
8. Buck
TRUTH !
The runners-up, in order, are roast beef, pasta, turkey, baked ham, and fried shrimp.
 
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