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)