While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our=
minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. =
Apparently his five-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. =
Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small sh=
oe box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal =
of the deceased.
The minister’s son was chosen to say the appropriate pra=
yers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his f=
ather always said.
"Glory be to the Faaaather…and to the Sonnnn…an=
d into the hole he gooooes."
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bsp;
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p;
1. How many countries are in the European Unio=
n?
Answer: 27
2. A bit is the smallest unit of me=
mory in computers. What is “bit” short for?
Answer: A bit is short for binary digit
3. The Hawaiian Islands archi=
pelago is made up of what number of major islands?
Answer: Eight major islands (plus a bunch of smaller islands and isl=
ets for a total of 137 islands!)
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4. Who is considered the first female self-made =
millionaire in the U.S.?
Answer: Madam C.J. =
Walker, a Black woman and entrepreneur who built a hugely successful hairca=
re and beauty product business in the early 1900’s
5. What country has th=
e national language with the longest alphabet?
Answer: Cambodia — their national language, Khmer, has 74 cha=
racters
6. What color is opposite blue on the color wheel?
Answer: Orange
7. How many ribs are in a human body?
Answer: Twenty-four
8. What does “HTTP” stand for?
Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol
9. What is the term =
for the fear of being without a mobile phone or unable to use it?
Answer: Nomophobia
10. Who invented the World Wide Web?
Answer: Tim Berners-Lee (not the charlatan Al G=
ore)
1=
1. Who was the top-earning Hollywood star of 2023?
Answer: Adam Sandler (no joke)
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12. What best-selling author and TV star ha=
d an earlier career as a secret agent, during which time they contributed t=
o the development of a still-in-use shark repellent to keep curious sharks =
from detonating underwater explosives?
Answe=
r: Julia Child
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13. What national park is home to the largest population of Photi=
nus carolinus — fireflies that blink in synchronization — =
in the Western Hemisphere?
Answer: The Great=
Smoky Mountains National Park
14. What is the world’s largest flower?=
Answer: Rafflesia arnoldii, also known as the “c=
orpse flower” due to it smelling like, well, a corpse
15. Which is the only=
vowel on a standard keyboard that is not on the top line of letters?
Answer: A
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16. What is the name of the ship that rescued=
the Titanic’s passengers hours after the “unsinkable” sh=
ip went down?
Answer: The Carpathia
17. What type of flower was once used as money?
Answer: Tulips, whose bulbs were once used as a=
form of currency in Holland
18. In what co=
untry is the world’s oldest university located?
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Answer: Italy — found in the city of Bol=
ogna, the University of Bologna was founded in 1088
19. What is the only letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state =
name?
Answer: Q
20. How long do cicadas live underground before em=
erging above ground for just a few weeks?
Answer: 17 years (most) but others have varying cycles up =
to 20 years
~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected]=
www.grif.net
"Jesus Know=
s Me, This I Love!"
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