Trivia and Strange but true 6/2/11

TRIVIA TEST

1. LANGUAGE: What is the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle called?

2. HISTORY: In what city’s harbor was the U.S.S. Maine sunk, one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War?

3. MOVIES: Actor James Dean was a leading man in how many movies before he died in a traffic accident?

4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: Chinchillas are native to what continent?

5. TELEVISION: What was name of the lead character on the “The Flying Nun” television series?

6. FAMOUS QUOTATIONS: Who once said, “Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil”?

7. INVENTION: What invention made Cyrus McCormick famous?

8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: The famous Native American Crazy Horse was a chief of what tribe?

9. CRIME: By what nickname is Albert DeSalvo better known?

10. GEOGRAPHY: What modern city is built on the site of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan?

STRANGE BUT TRUE

By Samantha Weaver

• It was British novelist and playwright Somerset Maugham who made the following sage observation: “I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.”

• You may not be surprised to learn that, according to a poll conducted by The Associated Press, Americans hate math twice as much as any other subject.

• If you own a sport utility vehicle, beware: Statistics show that they roll over three times more often than other passenger cars.

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Thought for the Day: “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” — Groucho Marx

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

Trivia Answers

1. Punt

2. Havana

3. Three

4. South America

5. Sister Bertrille

6. J. Paul Getty

7. The mechanical harvest reaper

8. Lakota

9. The Boston Strangler

10. Mexico City

(c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.