Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Questions 1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the first president to be born a U.S. citizen? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the elite shopping district called Rodeo Drive located? 3. MOVIES: Which 1990s movie featured the line, “Keep the change, ya filthy animal”? 4. HISTORY: In which country did the Mau Mau Uprising take place? 5. TELEVISION: What kind of creature was the animated character Foghorn Leghorn? 6. SCIENCE: What is a tornado at sea called? 7. LITERATURE: Which poet wrote, “April is the cruelest month”? 8. ARCHITECTURE: Who designed Central...
* It was 20th-century American writer, publisher, artist and philosopher Elbert Hubbard who made the following sage observation: “Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.” * According to historical reports, in 1877 snakes fell from the sky in Memphis, Tennessee. * When the bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death, was at its peak in Europe in the 14th century, a wide variety of remedies was prescribed, including smoking tobacco, bringing spiders into the household, inhaling the stench from a lat...
Questions 1. MOVIES: Which film with a literary title won the 1999 Oscar for Best Picture? 2. ANATOMY: What gives red blood cells their color? 3. FOOD & DRINK: What spice gives Hungarian goulash its characteristic flavor? 4. HISTORY: Who were the two women who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford on two separate occasions in 1975? 5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of swine called? 6. ASTRONOMY: Which planet in our solar system (other than Earth) is known as the "Blue Planet"? 7. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin word "veto" mean? 8. GENERAL...
* It was 20th-century French air force brigadier general and geopolitician -- and bearer of the nickname "father of the French atom bomb" -- Pierre Marie Gallois who made the following sage observation: "If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no one dares criticize it." * Fashion historians claim that England's Queen Elizabeth I owned 3,000 of the elaborate dresses popular during her time. * The Great Pyramid of...
