[Word=
s have meanings.=A0 Do you know these words?]
Entropy isn’t what it =
used to be.
=
The difference between an et=
ymologist and an entomologist is that an etymologist knows the difference.
There’s a fine line between the numerat=
or and the denominator.
Is it solipsist=
ic in here, or is it just me?
Does a dys=
lexic, agnostic, insomniac stay up at night wondering if there really is a =
dog?
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[Most of these questions are very difficult, so don’t be discourag=
ed if your answer is “no clue” for most. Guess. If you miss, no=
one, er, not many will mock your effort.=A0 A score of 3 out of 20 is comm=
endable.]
1. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railroad in the world (5771 m=
iles long).=A0 How many time zones does it pass through? _____
Eight
2. Wally “Famous” Amos is =
known for chocolate chip cookies. But previously he was a talent agent for =
William Morris. Can you name at last one famous performer he discovered/sig=
ned? _________________________________
Simon & Garfunk=
el, Diana Ross
3. If your entire circulatory system—we’re talking ve=
ins, arteries and capillaries—were laid out flat, it would stretch fo=
r more than _________ miles.
60,000 miles
=
4. Weighing in at 0.05 to 0.07 oun=
ces, with a head-to-body length of 1.14 to 1.29 inches and a wingspan of 5.=
1 to 5.7 inches, the ______________ is the smallest flying mammal.
Bumblebee bat (also called pug nose=
d bat)
5. Most of the “dust” in your =
house come from humans! A human shed around _______________ skin cells an h=
our.
200 million skin cells=
an hour
=
6. Annie Moore of Ireland was the first =
passenger to pass through Ellis Island on opening day in the year _________=
_.
[January 1] 1892
7. The Mississippi River flows 2,340 miles, A drop =
of water at Itasca State Parkis would take ________ days to reach the Gulf =
of America.
With speeds varyin=
g from 1.2 mph to 3 mph, one drop of water takes 90 days
8. Japan leads the world in density of vending machines, with on=
e for every _______ people.
23 people
9. Oranges originated in Southeast Asi=
a and were ___________ in color.
=
Green.
10. Scotland has the most =
words for snow (more than the inuit people) at ________/
421
11. Mos=
t know the use of toilet paper (we hope) but it was designed by Kimberly-Cl=
ark for _________________ first, and only later rebranded for the normal us=
e today.
Gas mask filters
12. The world”s largest desert is found on w=
hich continen? _____________.
=
Antarctica
13. U.S. President ________________=
___ held a liquour license.
Abraham Lincoln
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sp;
14. _____________ was the first=
composer to use the trombone in popular, not relgious music.
Beethoven
15. =
In 1914, Abram Pheil paid $400 for the first commercial plane ride, which c=
overed ______ miles of Florida.
21 miles
16. The largest empire in=
world history was ________ and controled almost =BC of both the world̵=
7;s population and world’s land area,
Great Britain, 1920
=
17. The year _______ is considered the “birthday of blue jeans, when =
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis got a patent on the process of adding metal ri=
vets to men’s denim work pants.
1873
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sp;
18-19-20., Data from the 1920 U=
=2ES. census indicates that the TOP FIVE cities urban populations in the Un=
ited States were #1 New York City; #2, Chicagol; #3 ____________; #4 ______=
______, and #5 _____________.
In this order: #3 Philadelphia, #4 Detroit, #5 Cleveland
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D=
r Bob Griffin
[email protected]=A0 www.grif.net
“From all harm safe in His sheltering arms
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.”
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