Serving Whitman County since 1877
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Questions 1. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on the last Thursday in November? 2. TELEVISION: What was the name of Roy Rogers’ horse on the TV series? 3. ACRONYMS: Where did the name “jeep” come from? 4. ASTRONOMY: The planet Venus has how many moons? 5. LANGUAGE: What is unusual about the words facetious, abstemious and arsenious? 6. FOOD & DRINK: What is foie gras? 7. GEOLOGY: What is the only rock that floats? 8. LITERATURE: In what 19th-century novel is the character of Captain Nemo intro...
* It was New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd who made the following sage observation: “The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.” * A law in Memphis, Tennessee, states that it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless a man walks in front of it to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians. * Martha Stewart got her start in business by catering from her home. * It takes 40 gallons of maple sap to make one gallon of the maple syrup you put on your pancakes. * The Tom Thumb locomotive and Jel...
Questions 1. HISTORY: In which war was the Battle of Midway fought? 2. GEOGRAPHY: Which country has the most natural lakes? 3. ART: What famous sculpture in Washington, D.C., was created by Daniel Chester French? 4. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What plant is also known as the windflower? 5. LITERATURE: In which of Stephen King’s novels does the Overlook Hotel appear? 6. INVENTIONS: What item was invented in 1845 to hold papers together? 7. HISTORY: What did the Lateran Treaty of 1929 establish? 8. BIBLE: What was the first of the plagues of Egypt m...
* It was Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, who made the following sage observation: “There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.” * If you received all of the gifts in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” you’d have 364 presents. * The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is an apt time to consider the word “crapulous,” which means “sick f...
