Trivia 9/16

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Trivia 9/16

DID YOU KNOW...

QUOTATION MARKS ARE THE NEWEST PUNCTUATION MARKS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (1600s).





1. What Rocker had a huge hit with "My Ding-a-Ling" ?

2. In what film would I find a singing group named The Soggy Bottom Boys ?

3. In what activity would I use a spinnaker ?

4. What's the lightest weight division in Boxing ?

5. What sort of critter is a Merino ?

a. - Sheep

b. - Goat

c. - Cow

d. - Horse

6. What color jersey is worn each day by the leader in the Tour de France ?

7. What was the name of the South American mythical city of gold ?

8. Which river flows through the Grand Canyon ?



TRUTH OR CRAP ??

The man behind the fixing of the 1919 World Series was killed, ironically, for failure to pay a gambling debt.

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1. CHUCK BERRY

2. Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou ??

3. SAILING

4. Flyweight

5. - a

6. Yellow

7. ELDORADO

8. COLORADO



TRUTH !!

Fixer, bootlegger, and gambler Arnold Rothstein was shot in 1928 over an unpaid poker debt. Rothstein was never tried for the World Series scandal, but was known to have been the "banker" of the scheme.
 
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