Post by Arizhel on Mar 5, 2004 21:23:18 GMT -5
These are pretty tough.
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1. What does Federal Regulation CC govern?
2. This isn't really trivia, but you'll answer it anyway!
Twice four and twenty blackbirds
Were sitting in the rain;
I shot and killed a seventh part,
How many did remain?
3. Cornelius Vanderbilt was an insomniac. What treatment enabled him to fall asleep?
4. How long does it take light to reach the Earth from the Sun?
5. Why was golf banned in England in 1457?
6. Where does the phrase 'rule of thumb' come from?
7. What is the nursery rhyme 'Ring Around the Rosey' about?
8. Name the first couple to be seen in bed together on prime-time TV.
9. What's special about the glue on Israeli postage stamps?
10. Where did the phrase 'the whole nine yards' come from?
11. How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4?
12. Where did spinach originate?
13. How many miles of blood vessels are there in the average human body?
14. How many times per minute are Visa cards used, on average, during the Christmas shopping season?
15. How much did a ticket to the Beatles show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in 1954 cost?
16. Who discovered the Hercules globular cluster in 1714?
17. How many times did Lizzie Borden -actually- hit her father and her stepmom with her infamous axe?
18. What is every citizen of Kentucky required by law to do once a year?
19. According to purist Italian chefs, what should never appear on an authentic Italian pizza? (name one)
20. What Pope did the Harlem Globetrotters play for?
First person to reply with -all- of the right answers wins an as-now-undisclosed prize. If nobody gets all of them right, then a lesser prize will go to the person who got the most right. Feel free to use any resources at your disposal.
I'll lock down the thread sometime tomorrow, probably in the late afternoon or evening.
1. What does Federal Regulation CC govern?
2. This isn't really trivia, but you'll answer it anyway!
Twice four and twenty blackbirds
Were sitting in the rain;
I shot and killed a seventh part,
How many did remain?
3. Cornelius Vanderbilt was an insomniac. What treatment enabled him to fall asleep?
4. How long does it take light to reach the Earth from the Sun?
5. Why was golf banned in England in 1457?
6. Where does the phrase 'rule of thumb' come from?
7. What is the nursery rhyme 'Ring Around the Rosey' about?
8. Name the first couple to be seen in bed together on prime-time TV.
9. What's special about the glue on Israeli postage stamps?
10. Where did the phrase 'the whole nine yards' come from?
11. How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4?
12. Where did spinach originate?
13. How many miles of blood vessels are there in the average human body?
14. How many times per minute are Visa cards used, on average, during the Christmas shopping season?
15. How much did a ticket to the Beatles show at the Las Vegas Convention Center in 1954 cost?
16. Who discovered the Hercules globular cluster in 1714?
17. How many times did Lizzie Borden -actually- hit her father and her stepmom with her infamous axe?
18. What is every citizen of Kentucky required by law to do once a year?
19. According to purist Italian chefs, what should never appear on an authentic Italian pizza? (name one)
20. What Pope did the Harlem Globetrotters play for?