Trivia test/Strange but true

TRIVIA TEST

1. MATH: What is the Arabic equivalent of the Roman numerals MLXVI?

2. CHEMISTRY: What is the chemical symbol for copper?

3. TELEVISION: What was the name of the company that employed the title characters in “Laverne and Shirley”?

4. MUSIC: What rock band composed the soundtrack to the 1984 movie “Dune”?

5. ENTERTAINERS: What was comedian/actor Bob Hope’s theme song?

6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the nickname for Georgetown University’s sports teams?

7. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Brideshead Revisited”?

8. MEDICAL TERMS: What is a common name for bruxism?

9. GEOGRAPHY: What modern country encompasses most of the area once known as Asia Minor?

10. MEASUREMENTS: What is a quintal equivalent to?

Answers

1. 1066

2. CU

3. Shotz Brewery

4. Toto

5. “Thanks for the Memory”

6. Hoyas

7. Evelyn Waugh

8. Teeth grinding

9. Turkey

10. 100 kilograms or pounds

STRANGE BUT TRUE

by Samantha Weaver

• It was William E. Vaughan who made the following sage observation: “To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”

• Those who study such things say that your brain can store 100 times as much information as a typical desktop computer.

• In 1930, United Airlines began using the aviation industry’s first stewardesses. To qualify for the position, applicants had to be registered nurses.

• George Washington, Dolley Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton helped to found this country, but that wasn’t all they had in common; they were also all big fans of eating ice cream.

• If you ever hear an orangutan belch, you’d better watch out. That’s a warning sign that you’re encroaching on his territory.

• When Andrew Jackson was running for president in 1828, an opponent called him a jackass. Instead of being offended, Jackson embraced the epithet, using the image of a donkey in campaign materials to represent his stubborn refusal to knuckle under to big business. Later, Thomas Nash, a political cartoonist in New York, started using the donkey to represent the Democratic Party as a whole.

• Only 12 people have walked on the surface of the moon.

• The framework for the Statue of Liberty was built by Gustave Eiffel, who later became famous for building Paris’ iconic tower.

• If you’re stopping at a fast-food restaurant for lunch today, you might want to consider the following: It takes a whopping 1,500 gallons of water to produce an average fast-food meal.

Thought for the Day: “The more information you get, the less fantasy you have.” — Andy Warhol

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