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trivia 3/27
DID YOU KNOW...
The first roller coaster was used to transport coal down a hill. After
people found that it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists
asked to ride on it for a few cents.
1. Sister Mary Mary presumed that you mastered the Sign of the Cross in the
first grade. Which hand were you trained to use?
a. - Left hand
b. - Either right or left hand
c. - Dominant hand
d. - Right hand
2. William Christopher had a popular role on a TV sitcom - What role was it
?
3. Name That Novel :
Auda, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout
4. The Rock Band Anthrax once appeared on what '80s family life sitcom?
a. - Family Ties
b. - Everybody Love Raymond
c. - Married... With Children
d. - The Simpsons
5. Which Webster compiled "An American Dictionary of the English Language" ?
6. What word goes in the blanks ?
"It's __________, it's ______________, such a wonderful toy, it's fun for a
girl and a boy."
7. What was the name of Olive Oyl's brother ?
8. A king reigns. When precipitation falls, it rains. A rider holds a
horse's reins. What can be properly said of "reigns", "rains", and "reins"
in this context?
"They are _______________s"
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The origin of the term "Cock & Bull Story" is lost to history, but most
historians suspect it got it's start in Cock Fighting and Bull Baiting in
Early England.
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1. - d
2. Father Francis Mulcahy - "M*A*S*H
3. "Around the World in Eighty Days"
4. - c
5. Noah Webster
6. Slinky
7. Castor
8. homophones
CRAP !!
Back in the days of travelling by horse and coach in England, two of the
stops along the turnpike road from London to Birmingham and North Wales were
the Cock Inn and the Bull Inn at Stony Stratford. These two establishments
were noted for the exchange of gossip, possibly quite unfounded, between
passengers and drivers, which, when passed on further, became known as cock
and bull stories.
DID YOU KNOW...
The first roller coaster was used to transport coal down a hill. After
people found that it could reach speeds up to 50 miles per hour, tourists
asked to ride on it for a few cents.
1. Sister Mary Mary presumed that you mastered the Sign of the Cross in the
first grade. Which hand were you trained to use?
a. - Left hand
b. - Either right or left hand
c. - Dominant hand
d. - Right hand
2. William Christopher had a popular role on a TV sitcom - What role was it
?
3. Name That Novel :
Auda, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout
4. The Rock Band Anthrax once appeared on what '80s family life sitcom?
a. - Family Ties
b. - Everybody Love Raymond
c. - Married... With Children
d. - The Simpsons
5. Which Webster compiled "An American Dictionary of the English Language" ?
6. What word goes in the blanks ?
"It's __________, it's ______________, such a wonderful toy, it's fun for a
girl and a boy."
7. What was the name of Olive Oyl's brother ?
8. A king reigns. When precipitation falls, it rains. A rider holds a
horse's reins. What can be properly said of "reigns", "rains", and "reins"
in this context?
"They are _______________s"
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The origin of the term "Cock & Bull Story" is lost to history, but most
historians suspect it got it's start in Cock Fighting and Bull Baiting in
Early England.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. - d
2. Father Francis Mulcahy - "M*A*S*H
3. "Around the World in Eighty Days"
4. - c
5. Noah Webster
6. Slinky
7. Castor
8. homophones
CRAP !!
Back in the days of travelling by horse and coach in England, two of the
stops along the turnpike road from London to Birmingham and North Wales were
the Cock Inn and the Bull Inn at Stony Stratford. These two establishments
were noted for the exchange of gossip, possibly quite unfounded, between
passengers and drivers, which, when passed on further, became known as cock
and bull stories.
