Trivia - Jan. 21, 2010

TRIVIA TEST

1. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the excessive fear represented in “hippophobia”?

2. BIBLE: What Bible verse begins with the words: “The Lord is my shepherd ... “?

3. PERSONALITIES: What is Tiger Woods’ real first name?

4. MEASUREMENTS: How many square inches are in a square foot?

5. GEOGRAPHY: What was the ancient Roman name for Ireland?

6. HISTORY: The Battle of Agincourt took place in which major war?

7. INVENTIONS: Who is credited with inventing potato chips?

8. LANGUAGE: What kind of animal does the adjective “porcine” refer to?

9. MEDICINE: What causes chilblains?

10. MATH: What is the Arabic equivalent of the Roman numerals LXX?

Answers

1. Fear of horses

2. Psalm 23

3. Eldrick

4. 144

5. Hibernia

6. Hundred Years War

7. George Crum

8. Pigs

9. Exposure to cold causing red, swollen skin

10. 70

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STRANGE BUT TRUE

By Samantha Weaver

• Those who study such things claim that the act of licking a stamp burns one-tenth of a calorie.

• The shortest song in the world is “You Suffer,” recorded in 1986 by the British band Napalm Death. It lasts precisely 1.316 seconds.

• Stanley Mason was an inventor who really got around, in a manner of speaking. In addition to coming with the idea for the granola bar, he also created the squeezable ketchup bottle, the disposable diaper, heated pizza boxes and the dental floss dispenser.

• There are more Polish people living in Chicago than in any city on Earth except for Warsaw, Poland’s capital.

• You might be surprised to learn that the most dangerous profession in the country — in terms of the percentage of people holding that profession who have been killed — isn’t firefighter or police officer, it’s president of the United States. A total of 9 percent of our presidents have been assassinated.

• Studiers of statistics say that in any random group of 23 people, the chances that at least two of them share a birthday is more than 50 percent.

• In the Commonwealth of Virginia, a statute contained within what’s known as the Code of 1930 prohibits bribery or corruption by anyone other than a political candidate.

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Thought for the Day: “I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don’t worry enough about whether they’ll love the work, and they worry more about whether it’s good experience.” — Steve Ballmer

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