Thought a little quiz would be in order for the short work-week. Every
answer will have “8” in it
1. Bill Lear (inventor of the jet that bears his name) came up with this way
to listen to music.
2. Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back while holding these cards.
3. Eminem’s film was based on travel around Detroit and Warren, Michigan.
4. The cost of first class postage in 1973 when the first “Love” stamp was
issued was amazingly this amount.
5. 1960 Oscar for best Actress when to Elizabeth Taylor for her role in this
film.
6. W. G. Peacock introduced what we know now as V8, a vegetable-based health
drink. It was ORIGINALLY called this.
7. What percentage of V8 today is made from tomatoes?
8. In Judaism, when is the Bris Milah?
9. With the Beatle’s 1965 hit based on Ringo’s work ethic, how hard DID he
work?
10. The early Spanish dollar gave rise to this slang for both the coin and
parts of it.
11. In your computer, a “byte” is composed of these.
12. The octatonic scale contains these.
13. Nine men (or women) might be seen in this on the Charles River.
14. Though played on a table with 15 balls, this high/low game is called.
15. While “cubed prime” sounds like a pounded steak dinner, it really means
this.
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Dr Bob Griffin
“Jesus knows me, this I love”