Serving Whitman County since 1877
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1. MUSIC: Who composed the "1812 Overture"? 2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the sixth gift in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? 3. SCIENCE: What is the softest mineral? 4. GOVERNMENT: Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery? 5. ENTERTAINMENT: Who are the only two people to receive an Oscar award and a Nobel Prize? 6. U.S. STATES: How many states border Oklahoma? 7. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel features a place called Shangri-La? 8. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president's famous speech included the line, "Tear down...
* It was 19th-century German poet Johann Peter Eckermann who made the following sage observation: "Invention requires an excited mind; execution, a calm one." * Those who study such things say that if you want to know if someone is likely to keep your secrets, you should look at their birth order in the family. First-born children tend to be better at keeping secrets than kids born later. * According to biologists, young giraffes have been known to grow up to half an inch per hour. * You might be surprised to learn that in addition to being the...
1. GEOGRAPHY: In which two U.S. states is the Gila River located? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin suffix –arium mean? 3. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novel begins with the line, "For many days we had been tempest-tossed." 4. U.S. PRESIDENTS: In what year did President Richard Nixon resign from office? 5. MUSIC: Who had the 1970s hit "Paradise by the Dashboard Light"? 6. MEASUREMENTS: How long is a span, as mentioned in the Bible? 7. HISTORY: What was the code name of the Allies' invasion of North Africa in World War II? 8. GENERAL K...
* It was novelist, poet and playwright Gertrude Stein who made the following sage observation: "Everybody knows if you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something." * If you're like the average American, you will eat about 150 bananas this year -- 26 pounds' worth. * A researcher in Britain calculated that local farmland contains more than 2 million spiders per acre. Must be small ones, I'd say. * Up until the 1500s, the accepted way of dealing with a patient who was hemorrhaging was to...
1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What color is aubergine? 2. MEDICAL: What is a more common name for a rhytidectomy? 3. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase "lex loci" mean? 4. MOVIES: Who played Yogurt in the parody comedy film "Spaceballs"? 5. HISTORY: In which war did England and France fight the Battle of Agincourt? 6. GEOGRAPHY: Which country is home of the active volcano Mount Vesuvius? 7. ART: How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime? 8. SCIENCE: How many patents did Thomas Edison accumulate for his inventions? 9. ENTERTAINERS:...
* It was infamous French statesman and military leader Napoleon Bonaparte who made the following sage observation: "In politics, absurdity is not a handicap." * In 2006, an Illinois police officer was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. This probably would not be noteworthy, except that it was the same police officer who received an award for making the most DUI arrests in his county. * A single pound of sequoia seeds contains roughly 90,000 individual seeds. * You might be surprised to learn that sloths can hold their breath...
