luckytrim
Chef Extraordinaire
trivia 8/16
DID YOU KNOW ...
A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird beats its wings at a rate of 53 per second . When
ruby-throats are really exerting themselves, their hearts races around 1,200
beats per minute. In calmer times, that rate drops to 600 beats per minute.
Humans, in comparison, have a resting heart rate of about 72.
1. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park ?
2. Current Events;
" Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring _________rates, are spending
thousands of
dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin."
3. Fill in the blank;
Anoura Fistulata, a bat recently discovered in Ecuador, is the only mammal
to have a
_______ measuring almost twice the animal's body length.
( How about that Art work on the "Sticky Fingers" Album ??)
4. What does the Dinosaur name Raptor translate to in English ?
a. - Robber
b. - Ripper
c. - Both
d. - Neither
5. Who Am I;
I was one of the few Tin Pan Alley denizens who wrote both the music and
lyrics for the
songs I published. I lived to be 101 years old, and was one of the most
prolific
songwriters in American history, with about 1,250 published....two of my
personal
favorites are How Deep is the Ocean, and Puttin' On the Ritz. Who am I ?
6. In which James Bond novel and film would I find a villain known as "Mr.
Big" ?
a. - The Man With the Golden Gun
b. - Live and Let Die
c. - Moonraker
d. - Diamonds are Forever
7. To which of the fifty must i travel to vacation on the "Outer Banks" ?
a. - Virginia
b. - Delaware
c. - North Carolina
d. - South Carolina
8. What 1980 movie begins with actress Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) giving
playwright Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) an old pocket watch ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The first mention of the "Ice Cream Sandwich" is in New York City in 1900.
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1. MICHAEL CRICHTON
2. Kidnapping
3. TONGUE
4. - a
5. I am Irving Berlin
6. - b
7. - c
8. Somewhere in Time
TRUTH !!
The ice cream sandwich was probably invented in the summer of 1900 on the
Lower
East Side of New York City, July 5, 1900 This story from the New York Tice
cream sandwich man, who sells quarter-inch layers of alleged ice cream
between tiny
slabs of water wafers, did a big business during the hot spell and his field
of operation
was within the district inhabited by the Nordic enclaves, and his pushcart
was elaborately
decorated with signs in runic characters. He made the sandwiches quickly in
a tin mold,
and was kept so busy that he could not make change, but insisted on
receiving the actual
price for each ice cream sandwich –
1 cent."
DID YOU KNOW ...
A Ruby-Throated Hummingbird beats its wings at a rate of 53 per second . When
ruby-throats are really exerting themselves, their hearts races around 1,200
beats per minute. In calmer times, that rate drops to 600 beats per minute.
Humans, in comparison, have a resting heart rate of about 72.
1. Who wrote the novel Jurassic Park ?
2. Current Events;
" Wealthy Mexicans, terrified of soaring _________rates, are spending
thousands of
dollars to implant tiny transmitters under their skin."
3. Fill in the blank;
Anoura Fistulata, a bat recently discovered in Ecuador, is the only mammal
to have a
_______ measuring almost twice the animal's body length.
( How about that Art work on the "Sticky Fingers" Album ??)
4. What does the Dinosaur name Raptor translate to in English ?
a. - Robber
b. - Ripper
c. - Both
d. - Neither
5. Who Am I;
I was one of the few Tin Pan Alley denizens who wrote both the music and
lyrics for the
songs I published. I lived to be 101 years old, and was one of the most
prolific
songwriters in American history, with about 1,250 published....two of my
personal
favorites are How Deep is the Ocean, and Puttin' On the Ritz. Who am I ?
6. In which James Bond novel and film would I find a villain known as "Mr.
Big" ?
a. - The Man With the Golden Gun
b. - Live and Let Die
c. - Moonraker
d. - Diamonds are Forever
7. To which of the fifty must i travel to vacation on the "Outer Banks" ?
a. - Virginia
b. - Delaware
c. - North Carolina
d. - South Carolina
8. What 1980 movie begins with actress Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour) giving
playwright Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) an old pocket watch ?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The first mention of the "Ice Cream Sandwich" is in New York City in 1900.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. MICHAEL CRICHTON
2. Kidnapping
3. TONGUE
4. - a
5. I am Irving Berlin
6. - b
7. - c
8. Somewhere in Time
TRUTH !!
The ice cream sandwich was probably invented in the summer of 1900 on the
Lower
East Side of New York City, July 5, 1900 This story from the New York Tice
cream sandwich man, who sells quarter-inch layers of alleged ice cream
between tiny
slabs of water wafers, did a big business during the hot spell and his field
of operation
was within the district inhabited by the Nordic enclaves, and his pushcart
was elaborately
decorated with signs in runic characters. He made the sandwiches quickly in
a tin mold,
and was kept so busy that he could not make change, but insisted on
receiving the actual
price for each ice cream sandwich –
1 cent."
