First day of the new term, and a sarcastic tea=
cher asked, "If there are any idiots in the room, will they pleas=
e stand up?"
After a long silence, one freshman rose to his fee=
t.
"Now then miste=
r, why do you consider yourself an idiot?", inquired the teacher with =
a sneer.
"Well, ac=
tually I don’t, sir" said the student, "but I hate to see you sta=
nding up there all by yourself."
~~QUIZ ANSWERS~~
1. What was used to make the fir=
st artificial Christmas tree?
Goose feathers
2. What 1927=
film effectively ended the silent movie era by introducing synchronized ta=
lking and singing?
"The Jazz Singer"
3. Wha=
t is the land of the giants called in Gulliver’s Travels?
Brobding=
nag
4. What is the only number permanently retired in MLB from=
all teams?
Jackie Robinson’s was permanently retired from MLB #42=
5. Formentera is part of which group of Spanish islands?=
B=
alearic Islands.
6. What was the name of the ship on which Ca=
ptain James Cook made his first expedition to the Pacific Ocean?=
HMS End=
eavour.
7. When is St Stephen’s Day?
December 26th
8. Which mystery writer holds the Guinness World Record for the =
most translated works?
Agatha Christie
9. What year did the=
comedy sketch TV show, Saturday Night Live, debut?
1975.
=
=
1=
0. Who was the first president to visit all 50 states?
Richard Nixon
=
11. What musician was awarded the first gold record?
Perry Com=
o
12. List the top 5 US States in SIZE
1 Alaska – 665=
,384 mi=B2
2 Texas – 268,596 mi=B2
3 California – 163,6=
95 mi=B2
4 Montana – 147,040 mi=B2
5 New Mexico – 121,5=
90 mi=B2
(Any interested where your WRONG guesses were?
6 Ari=
zona – 113,642
7 Nevada – 109,806
8 Colorado – 103=
,730
9 Wyoming – 97,105
10 Oregon – 96,003
=
11 Idaho &#=
8211; 82,751
12 Utah – 82,168
13 Kansas – 82,823
14 Mi=
nnesota – 79,617
15 Nebraska – 76,878
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"=