Please Don't Call it Trivia!
Q1 What is the name of Pluto's largest moon?
Q2 Which baseball team has won the 2nd most World Series?
Fort Hood army base in Texas was named for Confederate General John Bell Hood who fought against the north at Gettysburg.
Mark Twain had three daughters. Clara was the only one that survived him, dying in 1962. The others died in their 20's of spinal menigitis (Susy) and epilepsy (Jean).
One of the most heavily fortified borders on Earth was between East and West Germany. Today little remains of the 858 miles of high walls and razor wire. They reunified in 1990.
A semi-prime number is a product of two primes. The first two semi-primes are 4 (2x2) and 6 (2x3). The next semi-prime year will be 2018 which is 2 times 1009.
In the center of the Pacific Ocean there is a “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” that is twice the size of Texas. It is mostly made of floating plastic garbage that washes into the oceans from beaches, rivers or is dumped by ships including cruise ships.
A1 Charon (The "Former" planet also has two other moons: Nix and Hydra).
Q2 The St. Louis Cardinals (The Yankees have won 27 and the Cardinals 10. The Yankees won their 10th in 1943).
Friday, November 13, 2009
November 2009 - Week #1
Please Don't Call it Trivia
Q1 Give the names of Louisa May Alcott's four "Little Women" in order by age.
Q2 How many years is "Four score and seven"?
The Great London Fire in September, 1666 destroyed over 13,000 homes and 87 churches. Officially, only eight people died in the fire, but many thousands of those left homeless died from cold and starvation that winter.
Chances are, a girl born today in the African country of Mozambique will have a 32 percent chance of learning to read, bear 5.3 children and will die at age 40.
A 110 pound woman would have to run 3.2 miles to burn the 273 calories in a Snickers Bar, while a 185 pound man would have to run only 1.9 miles. You can cut your run by 20% if you ate a Milky Way.
Roman legions would carry a battle standard or banner called a vexillum to inspire the troops. The word vexillology, meaning "the study of flags", is taken from same root word.
The Colorado Rockies play home games at an elevation of 5,280 feet in Denver's Coors Field. The 2nd highest Major League ball park is in Phoenix where the Diamondbacks play at only 1,090 ft. Physicists claim that a 400 foot hit at sea level would fly 430 feet in Denver.
A1 From oldest to youngest: Margaret (Meg), Josephine (Jo), Elizabeth (Beth) and Amy.
A2 87 years (It is the number of years from 1776 to 1863, the year the Gettysburg Address was given)
Q1 Give the names of Louisa May Alcott's four "Little Women" in order by age.
Q2 How many years is "Four score and seven"?
The Great London Fire in September, 1666 destroyed over 13,000 homes and 87 churches. Officially, only eight people died in the fire, but many thousands of those left homeless died from cold and starvation that winter.
Chances are, a girl born today in the African country of Mozambique will have a 32 percent chance of learning to read, bear 5.3 children and will die at age 40.
A 110 pound woman would have to run 3.2 miles to burn the 273 calories in a Snickers Bar, while a 185 pound man would have to run only 1.9 miles. You can cut your run by 20% if you ate a Milky Way.
Roman legions would carry a battle standard or banner called a vexillum to inspire the troops. The word vexillology, meaning "the study of flags", is taken from same root word.
The Colorado Rockies play home games at an elevation of 5,280 feet in Denver's Coors Field. The 2nd highest Major League ball park is in Phoenix where the Diamondbacks play at only 1,090 ft. Physicists claim that a 400 foot hit at sea level would fly 430 feet in Denver.
A1 From oldest to youngest: Margaret (Meg), Josephine (Jo), Elizabeth (Beth) and Amy.
A2 87 years (It is the number of years from 1776 to 1863, the year the Gettysburg Address was given)
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