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TRIVIAL INFORMATION GIRISH MAHADEVAN CSE ‘A’ SIST CHENNAI-87 CREATWD ON:-24/12/06(Sunday)
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TRIVIAL INFORMATION

GIRISH MAHADEVAN CSE ‘A’ SIST CHENNAI-87

CREATWD ON:-24/12/06(Sunday)

Science trivia facts.1. diamond will not dissolve in acid. The only thing that can destroy it

is intense heat.2. A lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a

sheet the size of a tennis court.3. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.4. An ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long.5. Colored diamonds are caused by impurities such as nitrogen

(yellow), boron (blue). With red diamonds being due to deformities

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in the structure of the stone, and green ones being the result of irradiation.

6. Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring substance, and is also one of the most valuable natural substances. Diamonds are crystals formed almost entirely of carbon. Because of its hardness, the diamond is the most enduring of all gemstones. They are among the most costly jewels in the world, partly because they are rare, Only four important diamond fields have been found - in Africa, South America, India, and the Soviet Union.

7. In 1957, the Shipping port Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States, went on line. (It was taken out of service in 1982.)

8. In 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.

9. Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.10.Mineral deposits in caves: The ones growing upward are

stalagmites, the ones growing downward are stalactites.11.Natural gas has no odor. The smell is added artificially so that leaks

can be detected.12.Prussic acid, in a crystalline powder called Zyklon B, was used to kill

in Germany's gas chambers. The gas would paralyze the victim's lungs, causing them to suffocate.

13.Sea water, loaded with mineral salts, weighs about a pound and a half more per cubit foot than fresh water at the same temperature.

14.Ten per cent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.

15.The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.

16.The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.

17.The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered. Found in 1905, the original 3,100 carats were cut to make jewels for the British Crown Jewels and the British Royal family's collection.

18.The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.19.The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter -

bigger than a basketball.20.The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is aluminum.21.The only rock that floats in water is pumice.22.The three most common elements in the universe are 1) hydrogen;

2) helium; 3) oxygen.23.The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the US

Military Academy at West Point, NY.Fun trivia facts.

1. The Earth is the closest planet to the sun to be orbited by a moon2. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest person ever to be president

of the United States.3. If the earth were the size of an apple, it would feel as smooth as a

billiard ball.4. One horsepower is equal to about 746 watts.5. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were both impeached by

the House and acquitted by the senate.

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6. Catgut is made from sheep, Hog, or Horse intestines, not from cats.7. Identical twins do not have identical finger prints.8. Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur. 9. Three people have lost the popular vote but become president by

winning the electoral vote: John 'Quincy Adams, Rutheford B. Hayes and Benjamin Harrison.

10.Eagles mate in mid air.11.Lined up in a row, it takes about two hundred million atoms to reach

one inch.12.A special day for mothers was first proposed by American poet Julia

Ward Howe in 1872 and proclaimed a day of national observance by president Wilson in 1915.

13.Traditionally, the third wedding anniversary is called the leather anniversary.

14.The decathlon events are the triple jump, the 100 meter dash, shot put, high jump, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1,500 meter run.

15.Monica Lewinsky bought her infamous blue dress at The Gap.16.Pink hearts, orange stars, yellow moons, and green clover were the

original marshmallow pieces featured in the popular general mills cereal.

17.The 100 years war lasted 116 years, from 1337 to1453.18.Capers are pickled flower buds.19.The opposite sides of Las Vegas-standard dice always add up to

seven.20.The football huddle was first used in the 19th century by a team at

a college for the deaf.21.K stands for the element potassium on the periodic scale.22.Alligators are able to out run humans, and can climb trees.23.During the Neolithic revolution which began some 12,000 years

ago, agricultural practices first appeared in human settlements all around the world.

24.What was the first fraternity in the United States?25.The whip was the first man-made invention to break the sound

barrier.26.A football team and a soccer team field the same number of

players.27.Olympus Mons rises 16 miles above the Martian surface, making it

the tallest geological formation known.28.Margaret Thatcher held the office of prime minister of Great Britain

longer than any other person in the 20th century.29.Light travels at 187,000 miles per second, while sound travels at

1,100 feet per second.30.Earnest Hemingway volunteered in the American Red Cross during

the Spanish Civil War, where he was wounded from a mortar shell explosion and subsequently cared for by an American nurse.

31.The Teddy Bear was named after Teddy Roosevelt after he refused to kill a defenseless bear cub while on a hunting trip in Mississippi.

32.Stalagmites are the cone shaped deposits that rise from the floor of a cave. Stalactites hand from the roof.

33.Harriet Tuabman a slave, born Araminta Ross, escaped in 1849, but secretly returned to slave territory 19 times to lead others including her own parents to freedom in the north, became know as "the Moses of her people".

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34.Talk-show host Jerry Springer was elected mayor of Cincinnati by the largest margin in that city's history at the age of 33, in 1977.

Free sports trivia facts.1. When the sport of basketball was first invented, the game was

played with a soccer ball.2. The Republican Party is often referred to as the GOP, that stands for

Grand Old Party.3. On a standard telephone keypad, the letters T, U, and V are

matched to the number 8.4. The City of Hollywood was founded by a temperance society and

only non-drinkers were allowed to live there.5. A V8 engine is shaped like a "V" and has eight cylinders.6. Manhole covers are round because that way they can not fall

through the hole.7. All insects have 3 pairs of legs. Free trivia facts.8. Cockroaches can live several weeks without a head.9. Polar Bears have black skin.10.Lady Godiva rode naked on a horse through the streets of Coventry

to persuade her husband, Earl of Mercia, to reduce oppressive taxes.

11.Human sneeze particles have been clocked at more than 100 miles per hour.

12.Jonas Grumby was the name of the skipper on Gilligan's Island.13.According to Ms. Post, if a soup bowl has two handles, you may use

both hands to raise it delicately to your mouth.14.Despite being one of the most successful touring bands in history,

the Dead's only top ten single was 1987's "Touch of Grey".15.Toni Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her novel

"Beloved", which Opra Winfrey made into a movie in 1998.16.Contrary to its name, the Cubist art movement was not founded in

Cuba, it originated in Paris in the early 20th century.17.Electric eels can discharge with enough power to kill a horse, or

you.18.When facing forward on a ship, starboard is always to the right.19.The wingspan of a Boeing 747 is longer than the Wright brothers'

historic first flight.

Bible trivia questions answers and facts.What is the only domesticated animal not mentioned in the Bible?A: A Cat.

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What word appears exactly 773,692 times in the King James Bible?A: Amen.What follows mass as the most popular activity in U.S. Catholic churches?A: Bingo.What Arab nation has the highest percentage of Christians?A: Lebanon.What symbol did St. Patrick use to explain his theory of the Holy Trinity?A: The Shamrock.What political movement got its name from the hill in Jerusalem boasting the Temple of Solomon?A: Zionism.What country boasts the largest number of Catholics?A: Brazil.What name has been shared by the most popes?A: John.Which two wicked cities were destroyed by God in Genesis?A: Sodom and Gomorrah.What two countries claim two-thirds of the world's 2,000-plus registered saints?A: Italy and France. What fruit is depicted in Leonardo's Last Supper, even though it did not arrive in the Holy Land until long after Jesus' death?A: The Orange.What is there more of in the world- nonreligious people, Hindus or Muslims?A: Nonreligious people.What former church lady got $75,000 to let "A Current Affair" televise her wedding in 1993?A: Tammy Faye Bakker.What religious movement began with Martin Luther's attack on the sale of indulgences?A: The Reformation.What Saudi Arabian city was the birthplace of the prophet Muhammad?A: Mecca.

What storied city on the Euphrates River was 55 miles south of Baghdad?A: Babylon.What biblical place name means "pleasure"?A: Eden.What city did Napoleon occupy in 1798, sending Pope Pius VI to the south of France?A: Rome.What church raised millions sellig members "electropsychometer" lie detectors?A: The Church of Scientology.What nation has 1,000 permanent inhabitants and produces no export goods?A: Vatican City.

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What was the world's principal Christian city before it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453?A: Constantinople.What nation's Catholics saw the Pope make a triumphant homecoming visit in 1980?A: Poland's.What animal is mentioned most frequently in both the New and Old Testaments?A: The Sheep.What's the only 100 percent Christian nation on Earth?A: Vatican City.What biblical epic was the top-grossing movie of the 1950's?A: The Ten Commandments.Who was the first pope?A: St. Peter.What does an ecclesiophobic evangelist fear?A: Churches.What book did Christians often place on their foreheads to cure insomnia in medieval times?A: The Bible.How much time did Jonah spend in the belly of the whale?A: Three days and three nights.According to the Bible, what substance was used to caulk Noah's ark and to seal the basket in which the infant Moses was set adrift on the Nile?A: Pitch, or natural asphalt.What language is Jesus believed to have spoken?A: Aramaic.According to the Bible, what weapons was the Philistine giant Goliath carrying when he was slain by David?A: A sword and a spear, according to I Samuel 17:45.According to the Bible, how many pearly gates are there?A: 12 (Revelation 21:12-21).What were the names of the three wise men?A: Balthazar, Caspar and Melchior.Who were the parents of King Solomon?A: David and Bathsheba.How many books of the Bible are named for women?A: Two - Ruth and Esther.In the Old Testament, who was Jezebel's husband?A: Ahab, King of Israel.

Fun cosmological trivia questions answers and facts.How long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?A: Approximately 8 minutes and 18 seconds. How far is the moon from the earth?A: The actual Earth-Moon distance ranges from about 360,000 to 405, 000 kilometers, depending on the position in the Moon's orbit. (223,694 to 251665 miles)How much bigger is the sun than the earth?A: The Earth is about 13 thousand kilometers (8000 miles) wide, whereas the Sun is roughly 1.4 million kilometers (900,000 miles) across. If the Sun were a hollow ball, you could fit about one million Earths inside of it! Which planet is closest to the sun?A: Mercury.

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What is the name of the most recently discovered planet?A: Quaoar.What is the sun made out of?A: The Sun is, at present, about 70% hydrogen and 28% helium by mass everything else amounts to less than 2%What powers the sun?A: Fusion, the same as a hydrogen bomb. How old is the sun?A: About 5 billion years.How old is the earth?A: The earth is about 4.5 billion years old.

How old is the universe?A: The Universe is at least 15 billion years old, but probably not more than 20 billion years old. Which planet spins the fastest?A: Jupiter is the fastest spinning planet in our solar system rotating on average once in just under 10 hours.Which planet spins the slowest?A: Venus is the slowest spinning planet in the solar system. It rotates only once every two hundred forty-three Earth daysHow long is a Martian year?A: The orbital period of Mars is 686.9726 days.Does the sun rotate?A: The movements of the sunspots indicate that the Sun rotates once every 27 days at the equator, but only once in 31 days at the poles. How big is the milky way?A: The Milky Way is actually a giant, as its mass is probably between 750 billion and one trillion solar masses, and its diameter is about 100,000 light years.What is the Milky Way?A: The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy.What star other than the sun is closest to the earth?A: It is Proxima Centauri, the nearest member of the Alpha Centauri triple star system.Food trivia questions and answers.What milk product did the U.S. Agriculture Department propose as a substitute for meat in school lunches, in 1996?A: Yogurt.What breakfast cereal was Sonny the Cuckoo Bird "cuckoo for"?A: Cocoa Puffs.Why was the Animal Crackers box designed with a string handle?A: The animal shaped cookie treats were introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty, and packaged so they would be hung from the Christmas trees.On what vegetable did an ancient Egyptian place his right hand when taking an oath?A: The onion. Its round shape symbolized eternity.How many flowers are in the design stamped on each side of an Oreo cookie?A: Twelve. Each as four petals.Black-eyed peas are not peas. What are they?A: BeansWhat European nation consumes more spicy Mexican food than any other?

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A: Norway Food trivia questions and answers.What part of the banana is used to make banana oil?A: No part. Banana oil, a synthetic compound made with amyl alcohol, is named for its banana-like aroma. Under what name did the Domino's Pizza chain get its start?A: DomNick'sWhat was margarine called when it was first marketed in England?A: ButterineWhat are the two top selling spices in the world?A: Pepper is 1st and mustard is second.What was the name of Cheerios when it was first marketed 50 years ago?A: CheerioatsWhat flaver of ice cream did Baskin-Robbins introduce to commemorate Americ's landing on the moon on July 20, 1969?A: Lunar CheescakeWhat is the most widely eaten fish in the world?A: The HerringWhat is the name of the evergeen shrub from which we get capers?A: The caper bush.What fruits were crossed to produce the nectarine?A: None. The nectarine is a smooth skinned variety of the peach.What animals milk is used to make authentic Italian mozzarella cheese?A: The water buffalo's.What nation produces two thirds of the world's vanilla?A: Madagascar.Why did candy maker Milton S. Hershey switch from making caramels to chocolate bars in 1903?A: Caramels didn't retain the imprint of his name in summertime, chocolate did.What was the drink we know as the Bloody Mary originally called?A: The Red Snapper, which was its name when it crossed the Atlantic from Harry's New York Bar in Paris.What was the first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal?A: Shredded Wheat.When Birdseye introduced the first frozen food in 1930, what did the company call it?A: Frosted Food. Company officials feared the word frozen would suggest flesh burns. The name was changed to frozen soon after.What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States?A: Houston, Texas.What was the first of H.J. Heinz' "57 varieties"?A: Horseradish, marketed in 1869What is the literal meaning of the Italian word linguine?A: Little tongues.Where did the pineapple plant originate?A: In South America. It didn't reach Hawaii until the early nineteenth century.What recipe, first published 50 years ago, has been requested most frequently through the years by the readers of "Better Homes and Garden"?A: The recipe for hamburger pie, which has been updated and republished a number of times over the years.What is the only essential vitamin not found in the white potato?

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A: Vitamin AFood trivia questions(contd…)Q: What food is the leading source of salmonella poisoning?A: Chicken. Q: What company first condensed soup in 1898?A: Campbell's. Q: What nutty legume accounts for one sixth of the world's vegetable oil production?A: The peanut.Q: What country saw the cultivation of the first potato, in 200 A.D.?A: South America. Q: What type of lettuce was called Crisphead until the 1920s?A: Iceberg lettuce.Q: What tree gives us prunes?A: The plum tree. Q: What type of chocolate was first developed for public consumption in Vevey, Switzerland in 1875?A: Milk Chocolate. Q: What added ingredient keeps confectioners' sugar from clumping?A: Corn starch.Q: What edible comes in crimmini, morel, oyster and wood ear varieties?A: Mushrooms.Q: What newly-imported substance caused the first major outbreak of tooth decay in Europe, in the1500's?A: Sugar.Q: What fat substitute got FDA approval for use in snack foods, despite reports of diarrhea and cramps?A: Olestra.Q: What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste?A: Lactose.

Q: What uncooked meat is a trichina worm most likely to make a home in?A: Pork. Q: What baking ingredient, sprayed at high pressure, did the U.S. Air Force replace its toxic paint stripper with?A: Baking soda.Q: What staple is laced with up to 16 additives including plaster of paris, to stay fresh?A: Bread.Q: What falling fruit supposedly inspired Isaac Newton to write the laws of gravity?A: An Apple.Q: What method of preserving food did the Incas first use, on potatoes?A: Freeze-drying.Q: What deli sandwich topped Dateline NBC's list for total fat content - a Reuben, BLT or tuna salad with mayo?A: Tuna salad with mayo. Q: What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?A: The coconut. Q: What hit the market alongside spinach as the first frozen veggies?A: Peas.

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Q: How many sizes of chicken eggs does the USDA recognize, including peewee?A: Six. Q: What are de-headed, de-veined an sorted by size in a laitram machine?A: Shrimp. Q: What's the only fish that produces real caviar, according to the FDA?A: Sturgeon. Q: What type of egg will yield 11 and one-half average-size omelettes?A: An Ostrich egg. Q: What's the groundnut better known as?A: The peanut. Q: What crystalline salt is frequently used to enhance the flavor to TV dinners?A: Monosodium glutamate. Q: What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?A: Honey.Q: What should your diet be high in to lessen the chance of colon cancer, according to a 1990 study?A: Fiber.Q: What nut do two-thirds of its U. S. producers sell through Blue Diamond?A: The Almond. Football trivia questions and answers. Q: What Steelers quarterback, according to Hollywood Henderson, "couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the' C' and the 'A'"?A: Terry Bradshaw.Q: What Ivy League football team once lost an NCAA record 44 straight games?A: Columbia.Q: What yard line must a football team drive to, to reach the "red zone"?A: The twenty. Q: What budding politician led the AFL in passing yards for the 1960s?A: Jack Kemp. Q: What NFL footballer saw his weight reach a league-leading 340 pounds in 1988?A: William "The Refrigerator" Perry.Q: Who played defensive back for the New York Giants before he coached the Cowboys?A: Tom Landry. Q: What football league had expansion teams in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Shreveport for the 1994 season?A: The Canadian Football League Q: How many points was a touchdown worth in 1911?A: Five. Q: What university's football team played in the first seven Holiday Bowls?A: Brigham Young's. Q: What NFL team did Rafael Septien boot balls for from 1978 to 1986?A: The Dallas Cowboys.Q: What National Football Conference division do the Lions, Bears and Packers play in?A: The Central Division Q: What Dallas quarterback fumbled a record five times in four Super Bowl games?

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A: Roger Staubach. Q: Whose NFL playing career began in 1949 and ended in 1975?A: George Blanda's. Q: Who said life's three important things were "family, religion and the Green Bay Packers"?A: Vince Lombardi.Q: What sportscaster posted an NFL coaching record of 103-22-7?A: John Madden. Q: What "winning" slogan credited to Vince Lombardi was uttered first by UCLA coach Red Sanders?"A: "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"Q: What three NFL teams had lost four Super Bowls each, through 1996?A: Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings. Q: What former Chicago Bears star was known as "the Enforcer," "the Animal" and "Paddles"?A: Dick Butkus.Q: What were NFL players required to wear in games for the first time in 1943?A: Helmets. Q: How many teams graced the NFL after the AFL officially joined the told in 1970?A: Twenty-six. Q: What NFL footballer saw his weight reach a league-leading 340 pounds in 1988?A: William "The Refrigerator" Perry. Q: What Native American was the NFL's first president?A: Jim Thorpe.Q: What color flags did NFL officials begin throwing after abandoning white ones in 1965?A: Gold. Q: What NFL footballer is one of Brigham Young's many great-great-great grandsons?A: Steve Young. Q: How many football teams from the troubled Southwest Conference defected to the Big Eight?A: Four. Q: What Chicago Bears great ran six kickoffs back for touchdowns over seven seasons?A: Gale Sayers.Q: Who threw a record six touchdown passes in one Super Bowl, in 1995?A: Steve Young. Q: Who became the NFL's all-time touchdown leader in 1994?A: Jerry Rice Q: What football defensive position is dubbed a "rover" or "monster"?A: Safety. Q: What letter begins the moniker of the most AFC football teams?A: BQ: What position was played by NFL footballers Alan, Joaquin, Luis, Max and Tony Zedejas?A: Kicker.Q: What NFL team was second to the 49ers in wins during the 1980s?A: The Washington Redskins. Q: What NFL team was the first to win the Vince Lombardi trophy five times?

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A: The San Francisco 49ers. Q: What NFL team won the most games in the 1960s?A: The Green Bay Packers. Q: Who was the second head coach in the history of the Dallas Cowboys?A: Jimmy Johnson.Q: What Buffalo star rushed for 13,19, and 37 yards in Super Bowls XXVI, XXVII and XXVIII?A: Thurman Thomas. Q: What Dallas Cowboys running back was dubbed "Little Big Man"?A: Tony Dorsett. Q: What footballer, after running 64 yards in the wrong direction, was re-oriented by teammate Benny Lom?A: Roy "Wrong Way" Riegels. Q: What Chicago Bears Coach learned you could break your hand by putting a fist through a metal locker?A: Mike Ditka.Q: What team was led to Super Bowls VII, and VIII by their "no-name defense"?A: The Miami Dolphins. Q: What Division 1-A coach took teams to a record 29 bowl games?A: Bear Bryant Q: What quarterback spent 46 days in 1996 at the Menninger Clinic to kick an addiction to the pain killer Vicodin?A: Brett Farve.Q: What West Coast NFL team still sports the motto: "Commitment to Excellence"?A: The Oakland Raiders. Q: What Dallas star was the NFL's tallest player during the 1980s, at six-foot-nine?A: Ed "Too Tall" Jones.Q: What did Dolphins receiver Mark Duper legally change his name to in 1985?A: Mark Super Duper. Q: What Big Eight football team's fans cheer for the Cyclones?A: Iowa State's Q: What NFL team won the most games in the 1970s?A: The Dallas Cowboys.Q: How many Super Bowl MVP awards does Terry Bradshaw have? A: Two.Q: What city was known to NFL fans as Titletown, USA in the 1960s?A: Green Bay.Q: What future NFL quarterback wore sunglasses for his 1977 Utah high school yearbook photo?A: Jim McMahon.Q: What Native American language was Super Bowl XXX the first to be broadcast in?A: Navajo.Q: What Cowboy's 99-yard run from scrimmage put him in the NFL record book in 1983?A: Tony Dorsett's. Q: What team hired the NFL's first professional cheerleading squad, in 1972?A: The Dallas Cowboys. Q: Who was the first athlete to rap at a Pro Bowl musical gala, in 1995?

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A: Deion Sanders.Q: How many of the five Dallas teams Tom Landry took to Super Bowls were victorious?A: Two.Q: What teams played in the first all-California Super Bowl?A: The San Francisco 49ers and San Diego Chargers. Q: What team has been drubbed in Super Bowls by scores of 27-10, 39-20, 42-10, and 55-10?A: The Denver Broncos. Q: What NFL team introduced the no-huddle offense during the 1980s?A: The Cincinnati Bengal's. Q: What quarterback got stuck with the given names Yelberton Abraham?A: Y.A. Tittle.Q: What Baltimore Colts great led the NFL in passing in the 1960s, with 26548 yards?A: Johnny Unitas. Q: What Pittsburgh Steelers great was the first wide receiver to be named super Bowl MVP?A: Lynn Swan. Q: What Division 1-A football team's fans cheer for the Yellow Jackets?A: Georgia Tech's. Q: What Jets quarterback, asked if he preferred grass or Astroturf, replied: "I don't know, I never smoked Astroturf"?A: Joe Namath. Q: What NFL team once had Bob Hope, Henry Mancini, Maureen Reagan and Danny Thomas on its advisory board?A: The Los Angeles Rams. Q: What did a Buffalo fan hit Chuck Foreman in the eye with during a game, ending his chance of winning the NFC rushing title in 1975?A: A snowball. Q: Who was involved as a player or coach in three Super Bowls with the Cowboys, two with the Eagles and one with the Bears?A: Mike Ditka.Q: How many football teams play in the Big Ten Conference?A: Eleven.Q: What Vikings quarterback has been called the NFL's "original scrambler"?A: Fran Tarkenton. Q: What nickname did NFL great Lance Alworth share with a Disney movie title character?A: Bambi. Q: How many years must a player be retired to be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame?A: Five. Q: What was Miami quarterback Bob Griese the first NFL player to wear in a game, in 1977?A: Glasses. Q: What pro football franchise did Tim Mara buy in 1925 for $500?A: The New York Giants. Q: Who had the most rushing yards in the NFL for the 1980s?A: Eric Dickerson. Q: What record-setting quarterback was the NFL's 82nd draft pick in 1979?A: Joe Montana. Q: What elusive Detroit running back has been dubbed "the Lion King"?

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A: Barry Sanders. Q: Who did the New York Giants beat by a point in the closest Super Bowl ever?A: The Buffalo Bills. Golf trivia questions and answers. Q: What two golfers led the PGA in earnings three seasons each in the 1960s?A: Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. Q: What's a scratch golfer's handicap?A: Zero. Q: What's a golfer said to have if he is entitled to tee off first?A: The Honor. Q: What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy instructional videos?A: Leslie Nielsen.Q: What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps?A: The Masters. Q: Who's second to Sam Snead in PGA Tour wins?A: Jack Nicklaus Q: What tournament did Arnold Palmer say he would play in as long as he could walk?A: The Masters.Q: Who won a record six PGA Player of the Year Awards-Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer or Tom Watson?A: Tom Watson. Q: Who summed up a playoff loss to Jack Nicklaus at the 1991 U. S. Senior Open with "the Bear crushed the Mouse"?A: Chi Chi Rodriguez.Q: What golfer bid a tearful farewell to fans after playing his last U.S. Open, in 1994?A: Arnold Palmer. Q: Who became the youngest and oldest player to win the Masters, in 1963 and 1986?A: Jack Nicklaus. Q: What golfer's worst finish at the British Open from 1966 to 1980 was sixth?A: Jack Nicklaus. Q: What's the only Grand Slam event Lee Trevino never won?A: The Masters. Q: Who was the first Swedish golfer to win the U.S. Womens's Open two straight times?A: Annika Sorenstam. Q: Who's the most successful Zimbabwean golfer of all time?A: Nick Price. Q: How many rounds must a golfer have have played to be eligible for a handicap?A: Ten.Q: What female golfer's high school nickname was "Taco"?A: Nancy Lopez's. Q: Who was the first golfer since Jack Nicklaus to win eight PGA events his first six years on tour?A: Phil Mickelson.

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Q: What did John Daly number the new iron he began teeing off with in 1996, because it had virtually no loft?A: Zero.Q: What golfer hit Ben Crenshaw in the head with his putter in 1986, forcing Crenshaw to head for the hospital?A: Ben Crenshaw. Q: What Japanese golfer is the only player to have won events on the PGA tour, Senior Tour, Japanese, European, and Australian Tours?A: Isao Aoki .Q: What golfer won nine tournaments during her 1978 rookie year on the LPGA Tour?A: Nancy Lopez. Q: What golfer ended nine years of final-round frustration by winning the 1996 Memorial Tournament?A: Tom Watson. Q: What golfer had played 87 straight Grand Slam tournaments until a shoulder injury forded him to miss the 1996 British Open?A: Tom Watspm.Q: Who followed his first winless season by winning the U.S. Open and PGA Championship in 1980?A: Jack Nicklaus. General science trivia questions and answers. Q: What process involves treating rubber with sulphur to harden it?A: Vulcanizing.Q: What scale of zero to 14 is used to measure acidity or alkalinity?A: The pH scale.Q: What O-word describes oxygen with molecules that have three atoms instead of two?A: Ozone. Q: What unit of electrical power is equal to one joule per second?A: The Watt. Q: What planet is closest in size to our moon?A: Mercury. Q: What's the common name for a cubic decimeter?A: A liter. Q: What measure of energy comes from the Latin word meaning "heat"?A: The calorie. Q: What's removed from water in the process of desalination?A: Salt.Q: What species Amazonian electric variety packs a 650 volt wallop?A: The eel's. Q: What C word defines a substance that speeds a chemical reaction without being consumed?A: Catalyst.Q: What's the base unit of mass in the metric system?A: The kilogram.Q: What cooking fuel is produced by heating wood without oxygen?A: Charcoal. Q: What's the only metal that's not a solid at room temperature?A: Mercury. Q: Which will yield the most BTUs of energy--a gallon of oil, a pound of coal or a gallon of gasoline?A: A gallon of oil.Q: What unit of measure do you multiply by .39 to convert it to inches?

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A: Centimeters.Q: What method of underwater detection is short for "sound navigation and ranging"?A: Sonar.Q: What hazardous substance is euphemistically referred to as "mineral fiber"?A: Asbestos. Q: What color does litmus turn when dipped into acid? A: Pink.Q: What process involves heating an ore to obtain a metal?A: Smelting. Q: What's the U. S. equivalent of 0.45 kilograms?A: One pound. Q: What's defined as the distance between a lens and its focal point?A: It's focal length. Q: What energy unit is defined as the heat required to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius?A: One Calorie. Q: What founding father was knocked unconscious while attempting to electrocute a turkey?A: Benjamin Franklin.. Q: What continent is subjected to the world's largest ozone hole?A: Antarctica. Q: What sea creature can have an eye measuring 16 inches across, the largest in the animal kingdom?A: A squid.Q: What explosive cosmic event was seen with the naked eye in 1987, for the first time in 383 jyears?A: A supernova.Q: What three terms are represented in Newton's second law of motion F = ma?A: Force, mass, acceleration. Q: How many of the nine planets have moons/A: Seven. Q: What were exterminated from Harvard's bio labs when they were found to be carrying radioactive chemicals into the walls?A: Ants. Q: What type of trees yield the resin used to produce turpentine?A: Pine trees. Q: What's the most malleable metal?A: Gold. Invention trivia questions and answers. Q: What landmark invention did Ts'ai Lun invent from bark and hemp in the second century?A: Paper. Q: What did "Art Fry invent after scraps of paper to mark tunes in his hymnal kept falling out?A: Post-it Notes. Q: What did Leonardo invent to check humidity while he worked on the Last Supper fresco?A: The hygrometer.Q: What country was the first to register a patent on polyester?A: Briton. Q: What "foot doctor" held over 300 patents?

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A: Dr. Scholl. Q: What 1947 invention by Bell Telephone Laboratories spawned pocket-sized radios?A: The transistor. Q: What disease prompted polio vaccine inventor Dr. Jonas Salk to come out of retirement in 1987?A: AIDS. Q: What was the occupation of cotton candy machine inventor William James Morrison?A: Dentist.Q: What Italian astronomer invented the thermometer in 1592?A: Galileo. Q: What did George Nisser invent after observing high wire performers bouncing on safety nets?A: The trampoline.Q: What century saw the invention of the shoelace?A: The eighteenth. Q: What name did George Eastman invent in 1888 because it was easy to memorize, pronounce, and spell?A: Kodak. Q: What innovative inventor's Dymaaxion car could carry eleven passengers, exceed 120 mph and get 30 miles per gallon in 1934?A: Buckminster Fuller's.Q: What type of structure did R. Buckminster Fuller patent in 1954?A: The geodesic dome. Q: What century saw Alexander Cummings issued the first patent for a flush toilet?A: The eighteenth. Q: What portable device did James Spengler invent in 1907, using a soap box, pillow case, a fan and tape?A: The vacuum cleaner. Q: What landmark invention eased farming chores for Sumerians in 3500 B.C.?A: The plow. Q: What food product did Hyppolyte Merge-mouries invent in 1868 by treating oils with hydrogen?A: Margarine. Q: What British second lieutenant got the idea to fill a canister shell with musket balls and a charge of gunpowder?A: Sir Henry Shrapnel.Q: Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?A: Thomas Edison. Q: What kitchen invention took the top prize at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair?A: The dishwasher.Q: What company gave the world the first electric toothbrush?A: Interplak.Q: What Edwin Budding invention began changing the face of English landscapes in the 1820s?A: The lawn mower.Q: What invention for keeping cold air out of buildings in winter was patented by Theophilus Van Kannel in 1888?A: The revolving door.Q: What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?

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A: The Tractor.

International trivia questions and answers. Q: What organization elects the 15 judges of the World Court?A: The United Nations. Q: What Irish political movement is named after a phrase meaning "we ourselves:?A: Sinn Fein.Q: What nation was miffed when Hubert Humphrey declined its secret offer to help finance his 1968 presidential campaign?A: The Soviet Union.Q: What physicist's last words were not understood because his nurse did not speak German?A: Albert Einstein's. Q: What dictator is affectionately dubbed EL Maximo by fans?A: Fidel Castro.Q: What 10-year old began earning his bad reputation by throwing puppies off the Kremlin walls in 1540?A: Ivan the Terrible. Q: What country used weather-born balloons to drop more than a hundred bombs on North America during World War II.A: Japan. Q: What socialist writer's last words were: "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough"?A: Karl Marx's.Q: What former Soviet newspaper had to depend on cash from the Greek Communist Party to stay alive in the 1990s?A: Pravda. Q: What strategic group of islands did Portugal allow Britain to access during World War II?A: The Azores.Q: What country was disputed in the largest sea-air battle in history, from October 22-27, 1944?A: The Philippines. Q: What did four million prisoners die mining for in Stalin's Kolyma forced labor camp?A: Gold. Q: What 1938 pact caused Winston Churchill to utter: "We have sustained a defeat without a war"?A: The Munich Pact. Q: Who's believed by many to be buried in Downpatrick under a tombstone marked with the letter "F"?A: St. Patrick.Q: What French explorer was murdered by his crew after he spent two years failing to locate the mouth of the Mississippi?A: Robert La Salle.Q: What can Germans publicly deny the existence of the earn five years in prison?A: The Holocaust. Q: What's the Islamic Resistance Movement better known as to Palestinians?A: Hamas.Q: What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in 1962?

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A: Cuba. Q: What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, stating in 1989?A: Apartheid. Q: What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"?A: Albert Einstein.Q: Who did Yigal Amir assassinate in 1995?A: Yitzhak Rabin. Q: Who was the longest reigning Arab ruler, through 1995?A: King Hussein of Jordan. Q: What royal briefly banished Sir Walter Raleigh to the Tower of London after hearing of his secret marriage to her maid of honor?A: Elizabeth I. Q: What war lasted from June5, 1967 to June 10, 1967?A: The six day war. Q: What Polish political movement got the support of Pope John Paul II in the 1980s?A: Solidarity.Q: What Argentinean was buried in a Milan cemetery under the pseudonym Maria Maggi?A: Eve Peron.Math trivia questions and answers. Q: What mathematical symbol did math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determine to be a transcendental number in 1882?A: Pi.Q: What do you call an angle more than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees?A: Obtuse. Q: What's the top number of a fraction called?A: The numerator. Q: What Greek math whiz noticed that the morning star and evening star were one and the same, in 530 B.C.?A: Pythagoras. Q: What's a polygon with four unequal sides called?A: A quadrilateral. Q: What's a flat image that can be displayed in three dimensions?A: A hologram. Q: What number does "giga" stand for?A: One billion. Q: What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West around 800 B/B.?A: Zero. Q: What word describes a number system with a base of two?A: Binary. Q: How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?A: Twenty.Q: What do mathematicians call a regular polygon with eight sides?A: An octagon.Q: What T-word is defined in geometry as "a straight line that touches a curve but continues on with crossing it"?A: Tangent.Q: What geometrical shape forms the hole that fits and allen wrench?A: The hexagon.

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Q: What number is an improper fraction always greater than?A: One.Q: What two letters are both symbols for 1,000?A: K and M. Q: What's short for "binary digit"?A: Bit. Q: What century did mathematicians first use plus and minus signs?A: The sixteenth. Q: What number, a one followed by 100 zeros, was first used by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1940?A: Googol.Q: What handy mathematical instrument's days were numbered when the pocket calculator made the scene in the 1970s?A: The Slide rule's.

Fun entertainment trivia questions and answers.What member of the Monkees, a holdout for nearly three decades, rejoined the other geezers for a 1996 album?A: Mike Nesmith.What Francis Ford Coppola movie sees Marlon Brando blather: "Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror"?A: Apocalypse Now.What David Lynch movie did a few filmgoers attend expecting to see Bobby Vinton's life story?A: Blue Velvet.What rap star got his name from the observation "Ladies Love Cool James"/A: L.L.Cool J.What mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink?A: Otis Campbell.Whose guitar version of The Star-Spangled Banner was featured in a 1996 Aiwa TV ad?A: Jimi Hendrix's.Who was the first feline featured in Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous?A: Morris the Cat.What 1961 movie has Audrey Hepburn note: "Personally, I think it's a bit tacky to wear diamonds before I'm 40"?A: Breakfast at Tiffany's.What Sinatra signature tune became Elvis Presley's best-selling posthumous hit?A: My Way.Who played Sid Vicious, Lee Harvey Oswald, Count Dracula and Beethoven in movies?A: Gary Oldman.What video, the first to cost over $150,000, helped Michael Jackson's Thriller soar?A: Beat It.Who is the most voluptuous female in Toontown?A: Jessica Rabbit.

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What was the first Arnold Schwarzenegger movie to win four Academy Awards?A: Terminator 2.What actor did author Anne Rice first denounce, then praise in the role of her beloved Lestat?A: Tom Cruise.Who sang "Things Go Better With Coke" in 1969 before switching to Pepsi in the 1980's?A: Ray Charles.What movie earned Tom Hanks his third straight Oscar nomination, in 1996?A: Apollo 13.What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host?A: Harpo's.What Stephen Foster tune encourages racing enthusiasts to "bet on de bay"?A: Camptown Races.What James Hilton effort became the first Pocket Book, in 1939?A: Lost Horizon.What martial artist warbles the theme song for Walker, Texas Ranger?A: Chuck Norris.Who was the voice behind Woody, the cowboy doll in Toy Story?A: Tom Hanks.What jazz musician got his aristocratic nickname in high school for his neat attire and fastidious manners?A: "Duke" Ellington.What talk show hostess gave her guests the fewest opportunities to speak, according to a 1996 MSU survey?A: Oprah Winfrey.Where do "bluebirds fly", according to a song from the Wizard of Oz?A: Somewhere over the rainbow.What enduring daytime soap featured Kevin Kline, Don Knotts and Susan Sarandon?A: Search for Tomarrow.What book did E.B. White base on personal experiences at his farm in Maine?A: Charlotte's Web.What three words preceded "Land that I love" in a 1938 Irving Berlin tune?A: "God Bless America".What Oliver Stone movie did the Washington Post dub "Dallas in Wonderland"?A: JFK.What infomercial diet guru penned the monster bestseller "Never Say Diet"?A: Richard Simmons.Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards Ceremony?A: Whoopi Goldberg.What happy homemaker chirps on TV: "It's a good thing"?A: Martha Stewart.

What screen character i the world's fastest ice sculptor and topiary artist?A: Edward Scissorhands.Who died last - Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, William Frawley or Vivian Vance?

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A: Lucille Ball.What Briton had two f the three number one singles issued posthumously in the U.S.?A: John Lennon.Some more fun trivia questions answers and facts.Who saw his Mazurkas described by a Berlin critic in 1833 as "repugnant" and "tortuous"?A: Fredric Chopin.How many former Beatles had chart-topping singles from 1973 to 1974?A: Four.What role in The Godfather did Robert De Niro test for?A: Sonny Corleone.What's the first word of the most pop song titles?A: I.What 1995 movie's lead character tells the motel clerk he's there to drink himself to death?A: Leaving Las Vegas. Fun trivia questions answers and facts.What 1989 movie has Dan Aykroyd note: "Cars don't misbehave"?A: Driving Miss Daisy.What critter is the "Iggy" short for in Iggy Pop?A: The iguanaWhat director earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart during his tour of duty in Vietnam?A: Oliver Stone.What theme is central to the movies The Lost Weekend, The Morning After and My Name Is Bill W.?A: Alcoholism.What NBC sitcom once saw two if its neurotics try to pitch NBC on a sitcom about nothing?A: Seinfeld.What three Godfather cast members were all up for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar?A: James Caan, Robert Duvall, AL Pacino.Who's the adopted son of Vito Corleone?A: Tom Hagen.Who's the TV FBI agent with a penchant for the paranormal?A: Fox Mulder.What movie sees Danny Devito tell Michelle Pfeiffer: "You lousy minx, I ought to have you spayed"?A: Batman Returns.What Saturday Night Live cast member left in 1994 after being in a record 153 shows?A: Phil Hartman.What 1982 movie had critic Janet Maslin carp: "The Oscar seemed to have been mistaken for the Nobel Peace Prize"?A: Gandhi.What crooner's new line of neckwear did David Letterman suggest be named "Alleged Mob Ties"?A: Frank Sinatra's.What song-writing duo's hits made it to Broadway i the show "Smokey Joe's Cafe"?A: Leiber and Stoller's.Who's known in Colorado Springs as Dr. Mike?A: Dr. Michaela Quinn.

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What movie pairs Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas as lovers?A: Philadelphia.Who'd begun work on a 10th symphony when he died during a thunderstorm in 1827?A: Ludwig van Beethoven.What famed 1936 war novel mentions the Tarleton twins in its first line?A: Gone With the Wind.Who was the first living person to become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame?A: Roy Acuff.What song was heard 250 different ways in a 1994 Ken Burns documentary?A: Take Me Out to the Ballgame.What zip code was mentioned 301 times in the first five years of Entertainment Weekly?A: 90210.What jazz style did Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie help invent?A: Bebop.What was late SCTV star sighed: "I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you?A: John Candy.What singer did Michael Bolton neglect to thank while accepting a Grammy for "When a Man Loves a Woman"?A: Percy Sledge.

What hipster said in 1948: We're a beat generation"?A: Jack Kerouac.What veteran British rock star explained: "I smash guitars because I like them"?A: Peter Townsend.How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico?A: Five.What's the ballet term for a 360-degree turn on one foot?A: Pirouette.What did blind bank robber David Worrell use as a weapon when trying to rob a London bank?A: His cane.What Great Lake state has more shoreline than the entire U.S. Atlantic seaboard?A: Michigan.What model appeared topless on the self-penned 1993 novel Pirate?A: Fabio. Which country has more tractors per capita, Canada, Iceland or Japan?A: Iceland.Who averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?A: Thomas Edison.What Elton John album became the first album to enter the charts at Number One, in 1975?A: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.What laundry detergent got lots of mileage out of the ad line, "ring around the collar"?A: Wisk.Who, after anchoring off Hawaii in 1779, was mistaken for the god Lono?A: Captain James Cook.

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What continent is cut into two fairly equal halves by the Tropic of Capricorn?A: Australia.What explorer introduced pigs to North America?A: Christopher Columbus.What magazine boasts the slogan: "Test, Inform, Protect"?A: Consumer Reports.Who was billed as the "Killer of Custer" in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show?A: Sitting Bull.What railway linked Moscow and Irkutsk in 1900?A: The Trans-Siberian Railway.

What is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"?A: Ten.What's a water moccasin often called, due to the white inside its mouth?A: A cottonmouth.What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in 1962?A: Cuba.What continent has the fewest flowering plants?A: Antartica.What element begins with the letter "K"?A: Krypton.What country saw a world record 315 million voters turn out for elections on May 20, 1991?A: India.What Lewis Carroll book was banned in China afer censors decided: "Animals should not use human language"?A: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.What is the least popular month for U.S. weddings?A: January.What spot once registered 134 degrees, the highest temperature ever in the U.S.?A: Death Valley.What was the first organ successfully transplanted from a cadaver to a live person?A: A kidney.What surname means "son of Nick"?A: Nixon.What duo survived a 1909 shootout with Bolivia's cavalry, according to historians?A: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.What F-word is defined in physics as a "nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei"?A: Fusion.What's the largest and densest of the four rocky planets?A: Earth.What ingredient in fresh milk is eventually devoured by bacteria, causing the sour taste?A: Lactose.Who offered insurance against an accidental death caused by a falling Sputnik?A: Lloyds of London.

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How many months per year do residents of Tromoso, Norway go without seeing a sunset?A: Three.What Beatrix Potter tale is the top-selling children's book of all time?A: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.What national holiday in Mexico has picnickers munching chocolate coffins and sugar skulls?A: The Day of the Dead.What nation's military attached dynamite packs to Dobermans before sending them into Palestinian guerilla hideouts?A: Israel.What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope, in 1781?A: Uranus.How many days does a cat usually stay in heat?A: Five.Medical an health trivia questions and answers. Q: What's the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men?A: Prostate cancer. Q: What does "CPR" stand for in medical emergencies?A: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Q: What, along with heart disease and cancer, accounts for 64 percent of U.S. deaths?A: Stroke.Q: What virus did the World Health Organization say would infect 40 million people by the year 2000?A: HIV.Q: What do cosmetic surgeons remove 200,00 pounds of from Americans per year?A: Fat. Q: What do doctors look at through an ophthalmoscope?A: The eye.Q: What disease accounts fr two of every three cases of dementia?A: Alzheimer's. Q: What S-word is defined as "a lateral curvature of the spine"?A: Scoliosis. Q: What substance produced by the body is counteracted by antihistamine drugs./A: Histamine. Q: What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?A: White blood cells, or leukocytes.

Q: What's most likely to occur when your diaphragm goes into spasms?A: Hiccups.Q: What's the itchy skin condition tinea pedis better known as?A: Athlete's foot. Q: How many times a day must you take medication if your prescription reads "q.i.d."?A: Four.Q: What part of the eye may be obscured by cataracts?A: The lens. Q: What arthritic disorder occurs due t increased uric acid the the blood?A: Gout.Q: What hereditary blood defect is known as "the royal disease"?A: Hemophilia.

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Q: What organ is inflamed when one has encephalitis?A: The brain.Q: Where does the embryo implant itself in a tubal pregnancy?A: A Fallopian tube.Q: How many of every 10 victims infected by the Ebola virus will die in two days?A: Nine. Q: What brain operation was tried first on a confused 63-yuar-old female at George Washington Hospital in 1956?A: A lobotomy.Q: What does the "myo" mean in myocardial?A: Muscle. Q: What was bovine spongiform encephalopathy called by the British press in 1996?A: Mad cow disease.Q: What's the medical term for low blood sugar?A: Hypoglycemia.Q: What's the tranquilizer diazepam better known as?A: Valium. Q: What's the common term for a cerebrovascular accident?A: Stroke.Q: What do itchy people call the "rhus radicans" they were sorry they came into contact with/A: Poison Ivy.Q: What was Friedrich Serturner the first to extract from opium and use as a pain reliever?A: Morphine.

Q: What was the most widely prescribe antideppressant in the U.S. in the 1990s?A: Prozac.Q: What syndrome does SIDS mean to child care experts?A: Sudden infant death syndrome. Q: What disease is the focus of oncology?A: Cancer.Q: Where is liver bile stopped before being released into the small intestine?A: The gallblader.Music trivia questions and answersWhat is the minimum number of musicians a band must have to be considered a "big band"?A: Ten.What musical instrument's sales escalated from 228,000 in 1950 to 2.3 million in 1971?A: The guitar's.What 1976 chart-topping song did Barry Manilow sing, but not write?A: I Write the Songs.What does the Italian musical term adagio mean?A: Slow.Who was the top-selling album artist of the 1970's according to Billboard?A: Elton John.What's the only group to claim two of the top ten best-selling singles of the 1970's?A: The Bee Gees.

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Who was the first country artist to sell over 10 million copies of an album?A: Garth Brooks.What band is named after a scuplture in Seattle that hums in the wind?A: Soundgardem.What two Frank Sinatra hits were tops for U.S. karaoke singers in 1993?A: New York, New York and My Way.What stringed symphonic instrument has a pedestal and a crown?A: The Harp.What studio did the Beatles use to record 191 songs?A: Abby Road.What jazz musician got his nickname by shortening "Satchel Mouth"?A: Louis Armstrong.What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"?A: Miles Davis.What did Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lose in a 1984 auto accident?A: An arm.What Southampton junior high school musical was cancelled in 1994 when Shinnecock Indians objected to the " Ug-a-wug" song?A: Peter Pan.What classical conductor won posthumous Grammy Awards in 1991, 1992, and 1993?A: Leonard Bernstein.Who's "Monk" to jazz buffs?A: Thelonious MOnk.What California group waited 22 years to score their first chart-toping single since 1966?A: The Beach Boys.What city's opera house does " The Phantom of the Opera" prowl?A: Paris.Who scored his first platinum album since 1978 with " The Icon Is Love " in 1994?A: Barry White.What Michael Jackson album spawned five chart-topping singles?A: Bad.What trumpeter became the oldest person ever to score a chart-topping single, in 1964?A: Louis Armstrong.What rock star was trying to bite the head off a bat in concert when the bat decided to bite back?A: Ozzy Osbourne.What Shania Twain recording became the best-selling country music album ever by a female artist, in 1996?A: The Woman in Me.What patriotic song was originally titled "The Defense of Fort McHenry?A: The Star Spangled Banner.Who's waxed more gold and platinum albums than any other solo female artist?A: Barbara Streisand.How many songs from the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" were released as singles?A: Zero.What singer for a 70's British rock quartet changed his name from Frederick Bulsara?A: Freddie Mercury.

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What rock'n'roll singer is memorialized by a eight-foot bronze statue in Lubbock, Texas?A: Buddy Holly.What Woody Guthrie song goes "From California to the New York island / From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters"?A: This Land is Your Land.What Pink Floyd song was banned by the South African government after it became an anthem for black school children?A: Another Brick in the Wall.What were the two most popular rock operas of 1969?A: Hair and Tommy.What are the two most common unbowed stringed instruments found in a symphony orchestra?A: The Harp and the Piano.What legendary soul singer wrecked his Corvette the first time he drove it?A: Ray Charles.What tenor received a record 165 curtain calls at a Berlin opera house in 1988?A: Luciano Pavarotti.What Beatles single lasted longest on the charts, at 19 weeks?A: Hey Jude.Military trivia questions and answers. Q: What marked the first time since the Revolution that the U.S. accepted direct financial aid to fight a war?A: The Persian Gulf War.Q: What U.S. military base was won in the last major battle against Japan?A: Okinawa. Q: What opportunistic country declared war on Japan five days before its surrender in 1945?A: The Soviet Union. Q: What U.S. war broke out the same year the federal government first printed paper money?A: The Civil War. Q: What country did ever-prudent King Farouk I declare war on in 1945?A: Germany. Q: What Bill Murray Ghostbusters term did Persian Gulf Warriors use to describe being hit by chemical weapons?A: Slimed. Q: What did an enemy have to be, for a U. S. soldier to call him a "believer" in the Vietnam War?A: Dead.Q: What trials, beginning in 1945, spawned the phrase "I was only following orders"?A: The Nuremberg war crimes trials.Q: What was the first war the U. S. took part in that was partially financed with lottery dollars?A: The Revolutionary War. Q: What southeastern state was the last to return to the Union after the Civil War.A: Georgia. Q: What Persian Gulf warrior called his young majors in charge of combat operations "Jedi Knights"?A: Norman Schwarzkopf.

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Q: Which two nations, constitutionally barred from military actions, sent money to support the Allied coalition against Iraq in " 1991"?A: Germany and Japan.Q: What Ohio city was the 1995 Bosnian peace accord signed in?A: Dayton. Q: What Civil War general graduated first in the West Point class of 1829?A: Robert E. LeeQ: What was the B-17 long-range bomber nicknamed in World War II?A: The Flying Fortress. Q: What English King introduced death by boiling and legalized the killing of gypsies?A: Henry VIII. Q: What two continents have never been the site of a major military conflict?A: Antarctica and Australia. Q: Who returned to Russia from exile in October, 1917?A: Vlaldimir Ilyich Lenin.Q: What song was the Navy band playing at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked?A: The Star-Spangled Banner.Q: What was the first war in which one jet plane shot down another/A: The Korean War. Q: What so called "war" spawned the dueling slogans "Better Dead Than Red" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950s?A: The Cold War. Q: What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare?A: The Tank. Olympics trivia questions and answers. Q: How many of Carl Lewis' Olympic gold medals were won in long jump cometitions?A: Three.

Q: What legendary strongman laid out the 600-foot race course for the only event in the earl years of the ancient Olympics?A: Hercules. Q: What U.S. athlete was "about a week" pregnant when she broke the world 200-meter record at the 1984 Olympics?A: Evelyn Ashford Q: What woman was the only U.S. athlete to win a gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics?A: Peggy Fleming. Q: What former IOC president wanted to eliminate team sports and the Winter Games?A: Avery Brundage.Q: What U.S. team did 59 percent of American viewers root against during the 1996 Olympics, according to an ESPN poll?A: The Dream Team. Q: What grueling Olympic event saw Josia Thugwane become the first black man from South Africa to win a gold medal, in 1996?A: The Marathon. Q: What sport did Margaret Abbott play to become the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold, in 1900?A: Golf.

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Q: What future screen star was the first person to swim 100 meters in under a minute, in 1922?A: Johnny Weissmuller.Q: What Olympic champ played an HIV-infected chorus boy in the play "Jeffery" in 1993?A: Greg Louganis. Q: What did members of the Canadian swim team swear to give u during the 1996 Olympics?A: Sex. Q: What alpine city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 and 1976?A: Insbruck. Q: What country had a swim team that swore off drinking and Big Macs for the 1996 Olympics?A: The U.S.. Q: What L.A. Laker star's height was listed as two meters in 1996 Olympic programs?A: Sahquille O'Neals's. Q: What Soviet gymnast performed the first back somersault on a balance beam?A: Olga Korbut. Q: What 37-year-old middle distance runner qualified for her fourth Olympic team in 1996?A: Mary Slaney.Q: What sport is played with stones and brooms?A: Curling. Q: What contest of team strength was an official Olympic event from 1900 to 1920?A: Tug of War. Q: What Olympic aquatic event includes such positions as the Flamingo, crane and fishtail?A: Synchronized swimming Q: How many athletes competed for Israel in the 1994 Winter Olympics?A: OneQ: What 1960 Olympic champion lit the torch to start Atlanta's 1996 Olympic festivities?A: Muhammad Ali.Q: What apparatus do male gymnasts refer to as "the pig"?A: The pommel horse. Q: What event earned Norway's Johann Olay Koss three golds at the 1994 Winter Olympics?A: Speed skating. Q: What new women's team sport was played on sand at the 1996 summer Olympics?A: Beach Volleyball. Q: Who passed Eric Heiden to become the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian ever?A: Bonnie Blair. Q: What was the only thing Brianna Scurry wore during her Gold Medal celebration lap through the late night streets of Atlanta?A: Her gold medal. Q: What decathlon champ was the first black student body president at UCLA?A: Rafer JohnsonQ: What year was the first summer Olympiad televised live?

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A: 1960Q: What procedure did the IOC begin afer a Danish cyclist died during the 1960 Summer Olympics?A: Drug testing. Q: How many minutes does an Olympic basketball game last?A: Forty Q: What Olympic event is about to start when a jury director orders, "En garde"?A: Fencing Q: What track favorite donned golden shoes to capture gold in both 200- and 400-meter 1996 Olympic sprints?A: Michael Johnson. Q: What country's Olympic basketball team does Chicago Bulls star Toni Kukoc play for?A:Croatia's. Q: What part of their vehicle's equipment are bobsledders only allowed to use after crossing the finish line?A: Brakes.Q: Who was unable to run the 200-meter final at the 1992 Olympics due to food poisoning?A: Michael Johnson. Q: How many times did the Summer Olympics feature the sport of Live Pigeon Shooting?A: Once. Q: How many continents must a sport be played on before the IOC will consider making it an Olympic event for men?A: Four. Q: What athlete was protected by seven security guards at the 1994 Winter Olympics?A: Nancy Kerrigan. Q: What country competed alone in Athens' 4896 Olympic 100-meter Freestyle for Sailors?A: Greece. Q: What Olympic athlete dated the son of Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu?A: Nadia Comaneci. Q: What walking sport should be added to the Olympics, according to 42 percent of U.S. sports editors, sportscasters and columnists?A: Golf. Q: What Olympic event has runners wearing shoes with perforations to allow for drainage?A: Steeplechase. Q: How many seconds are there on an Olympic basketball shot clock?A: Thirty. Q: What Olympic field event consists of a crouch, shift, thrust, and release?A: The shot put. Q: What general stormed into the boxing ring at the 1928 Olympics to protest judges ruling for a South African over an American?A: Douglas MacArthur. Q: What woman won five U.S. figure skating titles from 1969 to 1973, but never an Olympic gold medal?A: Janet Lynn

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Q: What country fielded 1996 Olympic women's teams that won gold in basketball, soccer and softball?A: The U.S.Q: What 1996 Olympic event had two U.S. squads playing each other for the gold medal?A: Beach volleyball. Q: What U.S. Olympic city did the torch relay to Atlanta start in?A: Los Angeles. Q: What Olympic event's winner is considered to be the "world's greatest athlete"?A: The decathlon's. Physics science trivia questions and answers. Q: What method of arranging elements into related groups was invented by Dimitri Mendeleyev?A: The periodic table.Q: What physicist remarked: "God is subtle, but he is not malicious"?A: Albert Einstein.Q: What M-word defines anything that occupies space?A: Matter. Q: What do you call a substance containing only one kind of atom?A: An element. Q: What teenager began studying physics after he noticed a chandelier swinging during a 1581 earthquake?A: Galileo. Q: What elementary particle's antiparticle is the positron?A: The electron. Q: What element comes last alphabetically?A: Zirconium. Q: What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?A: Uranium.Q: What American physicist pioneered the theory of "black holes" in 1939?A: J. Robert Oppenheimer.Q: What's a charged atom, with unequal numbers of electrons and protons?A: An Ion.Q: What theory of physics proposes that energy is not transferred continuously but in discrete amounts>A: The quantum theory.Q: What element was converted to plutonium in the first nuclear reactors?A: Uranium.Q: What acronyms for "Weakly Interacting Massive Particles " and "Massive Compact Halo Objects" do physicists use to explain dark matter?A: Wimps and Machos.Q: What astronomical term gradually replaced the cumbersome "gravitationally completely collapsed object"?A: Black Hole.Q: What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?A: Laser. Q: What's a single unit of quanta called?A: A quantum. Q: What did scientists build in a squash court under a football stadium at the University of Chicago in 1942?

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A: A nuclear reactor.Q: What's the atomic number of hydrogen?A: One. Q: What element begins with the letter "k"?A: Krypton. Q: What F-word is defined in physics as a "nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei"?A: Fusion.Q: What E-word was the first elementary particle to be discovered?A: The electron.Presidential trivia questions and answers.What U.S. president's State of the Union address lasted a record 81 minutes?A: Bill Clinton's.What U.S. president was born William Jefferson Blythe IV?A: Bill Clinton.What 1970's president openly discussed his battle with hemorrhoids?A: Jimmy Carter. Presidential trivia questions and answers.What U.S. president had the shortest life?A: John F. Kennedy.What former president was on an African hunting trip when his enemy J. P. Morgan quipped: "Let every lion do his duty"?A: Theodore Roosevelt.

What conspirator in the Lincoln assassination was pardoned for saving the lives of prison guards during a yellow fever epidemic?A: Dr. Samuel Mudd.What president opined: "Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out"?A: Richard Nixon.Who was the first president to utter "We shall overcome" before a joint session of Congress?A: Lyndon B. Johnson.What future president was the only U.S. senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?A: Andrew Jackson.What president's mug graces a $100,000 bill?A: Woodrow Wilson.What future U.S. president received the last rites of the Catholic Church after an infection following spinal surgery in 1954?A: John F. Kennedy.What war saw James Madison become the first U.S. president to command a military unit during his term in office?A: The war of 1812.What document did President Andrew Johnson want a copy of placed under his head upon his burial?A: The U.S. Constitution.Who was the first daughter of a U.S. president to pose nude for a Playboy video?A: Patti Davis.How many U.S. states are named after a president?A: One.Who is the only president to have survived two assassination attempts by women?

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A: Gerald Ford.What portly U.S. president was the first to be a golf nut?A: William Howard Taft.What future president's Texas classmates ran a shot of a jackass under his yearbook photo?A: Lyndon B. Johnson's.What day does the U.S. president traditionally deliver a weekly radio address?A: Saturday.What horse-loving future president cheated on an eye exam to join the cavalry reserves in the 1930's?A: Ronald Regan.What U.S. president threw out the most Opening Day baseballs?A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.What card game did Dwight D. Eisenhower play fanatically while planning for D-Day?A: Bridge.What White House lawyer first revealed the existence of an "enemies list" and "hush money" at the Watergate hearings?A: John Dean.What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?A: December 8, 1941.What U.S. president installed solar panels on the White House roof?A: Jimmy Carter.What First Lady of the 1980s was shocked to find "a tremendous rat" swimming with her in the White House Pool?A: Barbara Bush.What future anchor was the only female reporter to tag along with Richard Nixon on his historic trip to China?A: Barbara Walters.Who revealed that the U.S. had a hydrogen bomb in his last State of the Union speech?A: Harry S. TrumanQ: What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?A: December 8, 1941. Q: Who was the first U.S. president to adopt the informal version of his first name?A: Jimmy Carter. Q: Who was the first president to appear on a U.S. coin?A: Abraham Lincoln.Q: Who said: "I'm the president of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?A: George Bush. Q: Who told Jimmy Carter in a debate: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe"?A: Gerald Ford.Q: How many U.S. presidents played a role in Vietnam's civil war?A: Five. Q: Who did Abraham Lincoln promote to major general of volunteers after he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson?A: Ulysses S. Grant.

Q: What future U.S. president received the last rites of the Catholic Church after an infection following spinal surgery in 1954?

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A: John F. Kennedy.Q: What did Ronald Reagan disclose he was suffering from, in 1994?A: Alzheimer's disease.Q: What former U.S. president showed up on dollar coins in 1971?A: Dwight D. Eisenhower.Q: What U.S. president's State of the Union address lasted a record 81 minutes?A: Bill Clinton's.Q: What president was shot at while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown's office?A: Gerald Ford. Q: What U.S. vice president was once wanted for murder in New Jersey?A: Aaron Burr. Q: What inscription on U.S. coins did Theodore Roosevelt try in vain to have removed?A: In God We Trust.Q: What document did President Andrew Johnson want a copy of placed under his head upon his burial?A: The U.S. Constitution.Q: Who was the first president to utter "We shall overcome" before a joint session of Congress?A: Lyndon B. Johnson. Q: What war saw James Madison become the first U.S. president to command a military unit during his term in office?A: The war of 1812.

Q: What name did romantic George Bush paint on his bomber during World War II?A: Barbara. Q: Who was the first U.S. vice president named acting president while his boss was under the knife?A: George Bush.Q: What portly U.S. president was the first to be a golf nut?A: William Howard Taft. Q: What U.S. president had the shortest life?A: John F. Kennedy. Q: What future president was the only U.S. senator from a Confederate state to remain in Congress after secession?A: Andrew Johnson.Q: What 1970s president openly discussed his battle with hemorrhoids?A: Jimmy Carter. Q: What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in 1988?A: "Read my lips".Q: What former president was on an "African hunting trip when his enemy J.P. Morgan quipped: "Let every lion do his duty"?A: Theodore Roosevelt. Q: What U.S. president was born William Jefferson Blythe IV?A: Bill Clinton.

President trivial question

Who called Eisenhower, Hoover and Truman in the early morning hours of November 23, 1963?A: Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Who told Jimmy Carter in a debate: "There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe"?A: Gerald Ford.Whose 1800 presidential campaign did the Hartford Courant offer a formal apology for opposing, in 1993?A: Thomas Jefferson's.What presidential candidate did Ronald Reagan support when voting for the first time?A: Franklin D. Roosevelt.Kitty Kelly wrote an Unauthorized Biography about which First Lady?A: Nancy Regan President trivia questions and answers.

Which First Lady was born Mamie Doud?A: Maime EisenhowerIn the 60s what was the first name of John F. Kennedy's wife?A: JackieWhose assassination was Sam Seymour the last living witness to, until his death in 1956?A: Abraham Lincoln's.What name did romantic George Bush paint on his bomber during World War II?A: Barbara.Where was JFK when he said the U.S. "never had to put up a wall to keep our people in"?A: West Berlin.What three words did George Bush say before "no new taxes" in 1988?A: Read my lips.Who did Abraham Lincoln promote to major general of volunteers after he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson?A: Ulysses S. Grant.Whose 1823 doctrine said the Western Hemisphere was not open to colonization or aggression by European nations?A: James Monroe's.What card game did Dwight D. Eisenhower play fanatically while planning for D-Day?A: Bridge.What date saw FDR sign the U.S. declaration of war against Japan?A: December 8, 1941.Sports trivia questions answers.What sport used the term "home run" ling before baseball?Answer: Cricket.Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?Answer: Karch Kiraly.What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980's?Answer: The Los Angeles Dodgers.What NFL team is known as the "ain'ts" when on a losing streak?Answer: The New Orleans Saints.What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?Answer: The most valuable player.What Washington Capitals goalie earned the nicknames "Ace" and "Net Detective"?Answer: Jim Carey. Sports trivia questions answers.What NBA team plays home games in the Alamo dome?

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Answer: The San Antonio Spurs.Who graciously switched to number 77 so Phil Esposito's number 7 could be retired in Boston Garden?Answer: Raymond BourqueWhat company's logo is called the "swoosh"?Answer: Nike'sWhat Red Sox catcher's erect posture earned him the clubhouse nickname "Frankenstein"?Answer: Carlton Fisk'sWhat sport did Herve Filion top with a record of 14,084 wins?Answer: Harness racing.What team hired the NFL's first professional cheerleading squad, in 1972?Answer: The Dallas Cowboys.What Native American language was Super Bowl XXX the first to be broadcast in?Answer: Navajo.What nickname do boxing fans call 300-pound Eric Esch, King of the Four-Rounders?Answer: Butterbean.What 1995 World Series teams were both picketed by the American Indian Movement?Answer: The Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians.What diet drink was hyped by Coca-Cola for having only only calorie, in 1963?Answer: Tab.What comic actor scored huge sales with his Bad Golf Made Easy instructional videos?Answer: Leslie NielsenWhat country fielded 1996 Olympic women's teams that won gold in basketball, soccer and softball?Answer: The U.S.What Grand Slam golf tournament has the most clubhousers sipping mint juleps?Answer: The Masters.Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?Answer: Steffi Graf.What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?Answer: The 1960's.Who was able to set NFL rushing records because of his "big but" according to Chicago Bears trainer Frank Caito?Answer: Walter Payton.What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?Answer: Quarterback.What disorder did Muhammad Ali develop after years of catching blows?Answer: Parkinson's syndrome.What are the only three European countries to have won soccer's World Cup?Answer: England, Italy, West Germany.What is the common term for the tennis ailment "lateral humeral epicondylitis"?Answer: Tennis Elbow.What racing competition became a best-of-nine series in 1995?

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Answer: The America's Cup.Who was the first athlete to rap at a Pro Bowl musical gala in 1995?Answer: Deion Sanders.What woman won five U.S. figure skating titls from 6 to 173, but never an Olympic gold medal?Answer: Janet Lynn.Who was the first female jockey to win five races in one day at a New York track?Answer: Julie KroneWhat teams played in the first all-California Super Bowl?Answer: The San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers.What two players are tied for second behind Ty Cobb in total career runs?Answer: Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.What school gained more yards and scored more points than any team in Southeastern Conference history in 1995?A: The Florida Gators.What head coach tried to soothe the egos of Dream Team III?A: Lenny Wilkins.Who's second to Sam Snead in PGA Tour wins?A: Jack Nicklaus.What quarterback got stuck with the given names Yelberton Abraham?A: Y.A. Tittle.Which two cities have the oldest stadiums in major league baseball?A: Boston and Detroit.What's the last name of NFL All-Pro brothers Shannon and Sterling?A: Sharpe.What baseball announcer's 1996 funeral was attended b y Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford and Phil Rizzuto?A: Mel Allen'sWhat position did Cal Ripkin Jr., start at for the first time since 1982, in a July, 1996 game?A: Third base.What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?What team did Yankees pitcher Don Larsen blank when he hurled the first perfect game, in the 1956 World Series?A: The Brooklyn Dodgers.What did an MIT instructor add to a baseball bat to reduce its air drag by 60 percent?A: Dimples.What recreational activity is second on popularity only to walking in the U.S.?A: Swimming.What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball pitcher?A: "Lefty".Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?A: Red Auerbach.What major leaguer hit 20 or more homers in 20 seasons?A: Hank Aaron.What Cowboy's 99-yard run from scrimmage put him in the NFL record book in 1983?A: Tony Dorsett's.What did college student Joseph Deliberato swallow a record 89 of at one sitting in 1939?

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A: Goldfish.How many home run titles did Roger Maris win?A: One.What Indiana Pacer did Knicks fan Spike Lee anger during the 1994 playoffs by calling him "Cheryl"?A: Reggie Miller.What two NBA players won the MVP trophy three times each from 1986 through 1992?A: Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan.What shortstop holds the major league records for games played, assists and double plays?A: Ozzie Smith.What NBA team became the first to defeat the Boston Celtics in 12 straight games in 1995?A: The New York Nicks.What baseball team's games are announced on TV by Skip Carey?//A: The Atlanta Braves.What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nickname for hat he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?A: Pee Wee Reese.What baseball team has a monthly newsletter called "The Vineline"?A: The Chicago Cubs.What's the surfing term for a fast ride with five toes hooked over the board?A: Hang Five.What three 49er have earned super Bowl MVP honors through 996?A: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.What decade saw the NFL ban blocking below the waist and head slapping?A: The 1970's.What's the last Grand Slam tennis tournament played in a calendar year?A: The U.S. OpenQ: What racket sport can be played with four balls of differing bouncing qualities?A: Squash.Q: What brilliant name did the Texas Rangers choose for their ballpark?A: The Ballpark. Q: What are sportsmen hoping to find in a creel?A: Fish. Q: Who wore shoes labeled "Air Uta" during her 1995 Boston Marathon victory?A: Uta Pippig.Q: Who usually finished last in Edmonton Oilers strength tests, in the 1980s?A: Wayne Gretzky. Q: What pro athlete is nicknamed "The Dream"?A: Hakeem Olajuwon. Q: What Giant's bone-crushing 1985 tackle ended Joe Theismann's career?A: Lawrence Taylor's. Q: What sport features strikers and sweepers?A: Soccer. Q: What Mariner's 15 homers in May of 1994 were more than the entire Montreal Expos team managed?A: Ken Griffey Jr.'s.

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Q: How many of the five boroughs does the New York City marathon run through?A: Five. Q: What new pitch helped Carl Hubbell win 24 straight games in the 1930s?A: The Screwball. Q: How many holes are in the original Wiffle ball?A: Eight. Q: What sport accounted for five of the top ten highest grossing sports movies, through 1994?A: Boxing. Q: What pro sport tries to break ties with a sudden-death overtime period of five minutes?A: Hockey. Q: What do you call the stick you use to push a shuffleboard disc?A: A cue.Q: What state is allowed to compete separately from the U.S. at international surfing meets.?A: Hawaii. Q: What name did the athletic teams go by at Jack Nicklaus' high school?A: The Golden Bears. Q: Who was the first African-American to win the U.S. and world figure skating singles titles?A: Debi Thomas. Q: What U.S. track star did French writers dub La gazelle in 1960?A: Wilma Rudoph.Q: What racket sport involves bashing a bird?A: Badminton. Q: How many of every ten pro athletes in the U.S. are African - American?A: One.Q: What sport features such plays as the flare, fly, buttonhook and post?A: Football. Q: What Celtics announcer found he could hear much better after a doctor discovered a radio ear plug in his ear?A: Johnny Most.Q: What team sport was 1995's fastest-growing sport in the U.S., up 43 percent since 1994?A: Roller Hockey. Q: What nation's Black Magic I sailed away with a five-zero America's Cup win in 1995?A: New Zealand'sQ: What team has the highest Stanley Cup playoff winning percentage?A: The Edmonton Oilers. Q: What baseball team has a monthly newsletter called The Vineline?A: The Chicago Cubs.Q: What are the only three European countries to have won soccer's World Cup?A: England, Italy, West Germany.Q: What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to when he said in 1939 "I'll molder de bum"? A: Joe Lewis.Q: What sport did Herve Filion top with a record of 14,084 wins?A: Harness racing.

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Q: What two continents fielded teams in the World League of American Football, in 1991?A: Europe and North America.Q: Who was able to set NFL rushing records because of his "big butt," according to Chicago Bears trainer Frank Caito?A: Walter Payton. Q: Who was the first U.S. volleyball player to win three Olympic gold medals?A: Karch Kiraly.Q: What movie did Michael Eisner say was his "market research" for Disney's NHL entry?A: The Mighty Ducks.Q: What was the only team to win two World Series in the 1980s?A: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Q: What league was Gino Cappelletti the top scorer of in the 1960s, with 1,100 points?A: The American Football League. Q: What position did Cal Ripkin Jr., start at for the first time since 1982, in a July, 1996 game?A: Third base. Q: What decade saw the NFL ban blocking below the waist and head slappong?A: The 1970s. Q: What Yankee pitcher holds World Series records for games won and games lost?A: Whitey Ford. Q: What baseball announcer's 1996 funeral was attended by Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Whtey Ford and Phil Rizzuto?A: Mel Allen's.. Q: What major leaguer hit 20 or more homers in 20 seasons?A: Hank Aaron. Q: What baseballer said of Biloxi Blues: "It reminded me of being in the Army, even though I was in the Navy:?A: Yogi Berra.Q: What South African has traveled more miles than any athlete in hisory?A: Gary Player. Q: What team had a camp so grueling it was dubbed " Fort Landry"?A: The Dallas Cowboys. Q: What former Bruin defenseman was the first to skae on Boston's new Feet Center ice?A: Bobby Orr. Q: What down-under sport is a cross between soccer and rugby?A: Australian Rules Football. Q: How long is the longest race on the NASCAR circuit?A: 600 miles Q: What U.S. college sport honors its best player with the Hobey Baker Award? A: Hockey. Q: What horse tied, but could not break, Citation's 16-race consecutive win streak?A: Cigar. Q: Who was the first major leaguer to hit home runs in his teens and n his forties?A: Ty Cobb.

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Q: Who was the only soccer player to play on three World Cup-winning teams?A: Pele. Q: What ballplayer was dubbed " The Iron Bird"?A: Cal Ripkin Jr. Q: What does the Lindy Worm Blower allegedly enhance your chances of doing?A: Catching fish.Q: What pro sport was played by Lu Blue, Pebbly Jack Glasscock and Mordecai Peter Centennial "Three Finger" Brown?A: Baseball. Q: What pro team made it to the playloffs a record 29 straight times, in 1996?A: The Boston Bruins.Q: What essential do track racing bicycles lack that a recreational rider wouldn't be caught dead without?A: Brakes. Q: What weighty Japanese sport has participants known as rikishi?A: Sumo wrestling.Q: What 28-year-old ice skater died of a sudden heart attack in November, 1995?A: Sergei Grinkov .Q: What football commentator inked a four-year deal with Fox for a reported A: John Madden.Q: What golfer made a comeback from chemotherapy and radiation treatment for lymphoma in 1994?A: Paul Azinger.Q: What golfer beat Porky Oliver at the 1946 PGA Championship to win his first major?A: Ben Hogan. Q: What multi-nicknamed Yankees great suggested he be called "The Idol of the American Boy"?A: Babe Ruth.Q: What two-time All-Big-Eight defensive back at Colorado won three U.S. Open golf titles?A: Hale Irwin.

Q: Who topped the PGA Tour in earnings for five years in the 1970s?A: Jack NicklausQ: What golf tourney banned sportscaster Gary McCord for calling course bumps "body bags" and suggesting "bikini wax" sped the greens?A: The Masters. Q: What dreaded golf shot occurs when the ball is hit with the hosel of the club?A: A Shank. Q: What decade saw names first appear on the backs of NFL jerseys?A: The 1960s. Q: What Pro Football Hall of Famer was the first to get a second bust in the Hall, for broadcasting?A: Frank Gifford. Q: What three 49ers have earned Super Bowl MVP honors, through 1996?A: Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Steve Young.

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Q: What Brooklyn Dodgers great got his nick name for what he called his shooter when playing marbles as a child?A: "Pee Wee" Reese.Q: What sport was popularized by Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku?A: Surfing. Q: What NBA star refuses to have the hot water turned on at his Chicago home because he rarely takes showers there?A: Dennis Rodman.Q: What's an NBA player deemed to be if he's received the Maurice Podoloff Trophy?A: The Most Valuable Player. Q: What's the most common nickname for a major league baseball pitcher?A: "Lefty".Q: Who was the NBA Coach of the Year trophy named after?A: Red Auerbach. Q: What's the last name of NFL All Pro brothers Shannon and Sterling?A: Sharpe.Q: Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events at least four times?A: Steffi Graf.Q: What position must college footballers play to receive the Davey O'Brien Award?A: Quarterback.Q: What NBA team charges $600 for a floor seal at a regular season game?A: The Los Angeles Lakers.

Q: What's the fastest engine-powered sport?A: Airplane racing. Q: What heavyweight was Tony "Two Ton" Galento referring to when he said in 1939:"I'll molder de bum"?A: Joe Luis.Q: What Oakland Athletic hit the longest homer in Cumiskey Park history, and followed it the next day with one twenty feet longer?A: Mark McGwire. Q: Who coached the Detroit Red Wings to 62 wins in 1995-96, breaking Scotty Bowman's mark of 60 with Montréal in 1976-77?A: Scotty Bowman.Q: What team ended 54 years of frustration by winning the Stanley Cup in 1994?A: The New York Rangers. Q: What Alabama-born football and baseball star was named after the actor who played Dr. Ben Casey on TV?A: Vince Edward "Bo" Jackson.Science factsWhat was the first city to be leveled by a plutonium-based atomic bomb?A: Nagasaki.What high-level computer language was named after a French mathematician and philosopher?A: PASCAL.What Mercury astronaut had a pulse rate of 170 at lift-off-John Glenn, Alan Shepard or Gus Grissom?A: Gus Grissom.

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What type of vessel was powered by a hand-cranked propeller when first used in combat in 1176?A: A submarine.What creature proved to be much faster than a horse in a 1927 race in Sydney, Australia?A: The Kangaroo.What radioactive element is extracted from carnotite and pitchblende?A: Uranium.What organ of a buffalo did Plains Indians use to make yellow paint?A: The gallbladder.What optical aids was nearsighted model Grace Robin the first to show off in 1930?A: Contact lenses.

What creature's fossilized leg bone did John Horner discover red blood cells in, in 1993?A: A tyrannosaurus rex's.What sticky sweetener was traditionally used as an antiseptic ointment for cuts and burns?A: Honey.What computer was introduced in 1984 Super Bowl ads?A: The Macintosh.What male body part did Mademoiselle magazine find to be the favorite of most women?A: Eyes.What planet is named after the Greek god who personified the sky?A: Uranus.What fat substitute got FDA approval for use in snack foods, despite reports of diarrhea and cramps?A: Olestra.What plant's meltdown was dubbed "Russian Roulette" by nuclear power wags?A: Chernobyl's.What is a single unit of quanta called?A: A quantum.What will fall off of the Great Sphinx in 200 years due to pollution and erosion, according to scholar Chikaosa Tanimoto?A: It's head.What suntan lotion was developed by Dr. Ben Green in 1944 to protect pilots who bailed out over the Pacific?A: Coppertone.What was Friedrich Serturner the first to extract from opium and use as a pain reliever?A: Morphine.What substance nets recyclers the most money?A: Aluminum.What are you shopping for if you are sized up by a Brannock Device?A: Shoes.What animal travels at 25 mph under water but finds it easier to toboggan on its belly on land?A: The penguin.What's the itchy skin condition tinea pedis better known as?A: Athlete's foot.What uncooked meat is a trichina worm most likely to make a home in?

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A: Pork.How many of every 10 victims infected by the Ebola virus will die in two days?A: Nine.What computer company was named after a founder's memories of spending a summer in an Oregon orchard?A: Apple.What butterfly-shaped gland is located just in front of the windpipe?A: The Thyroid.What's short for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation"?A: Laser.What planet is the brightest object in the sky, after the sun and moon?A: Venus.What weapon did German gunsmith August Kotter unload on the world in 1520?A: The rifle.What type of machine did 19-year-old French genius Blaise Pascal invent to help his dad do taxes in 1642?A: An adding machine.What do leukemia sufferers have too many of?A: White blood cells, or leukocytes.What Benjamin Holt invention was good news to farmers in 1900?A: The tractor.What weather phenomenon is measured by the Beaufort scale?A: Wind.What do itchy people call the "rhus radicans" they were sorry they came into contact with?A: Poison Ivy.What drupaceous fruit were Hawaiian women once forbidden by law to eat?A: The coconut.Space facts trivia questions answers and facts.How old is the universe?A: In a study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers says the universe is between 11.2 billion and 20 billion years old.What is a black hole?A: A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing can escape, even light.How far is the nearest black hole?A: As of now the closest known one is thought to lie at about 1,600 light years from Earth.What is a supernova?A: A supernova is a stellar explosion which produces an extremely bright object made of plasma that declines to invisibility over weeks or months. What is a quasar?A: The scientific consensus is that quasars are powered by material falling into super massive black holes in the nuclei of distant galaxies.What is a neutron star?A: Neutron stars are the collapsed cores of some massive stars.What is a brown dwarf?A: Brown dwarfs are sub-stellar objects with a mass below that necessary to maintain hydrogen-burning nuclear fusion reactions in their cores.What is a red giant?

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A: They are stars of 0.4 - 10 times the mass of the Sun which have exhausted their supply of hydrogen in their cores and switched to fusing hydrogen in a shell outside the core. How hot is the sun?A: The core of the Sun is 27,000,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The surface of the Sun, is only 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit.What is a solar flare?A: A solar flare is an explosion on the Sun that happens when energy stored in twisted magnetic fields is suddenly released.What are cosmic rays?A: Cosmic rays are high energy charged particles, originating in outer space, that travel at nearly the speed of light and strike the Earth from all directions.What is the Van Allen belt?A: The Van Allen Radiation Belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, trapped by Earth's magnetic field.What is the most common element found in the universe?A: HydrogenWhat is Jupiter made of?A: Jupiter is about 90% hydrogen and 10% helium (by numbers of atoms, 75/25% by mass) with traces of methane, water, ammonia and "rock"How many moons does Jupiter have?A: Jupiter has 63 known satellites (as of Feb 2004): the four large Galilean moons plus many more small ones some of which have not yet been named.How long is a day on Mercury?A: Mercury rotates three times in two of its years.How many stars are there in in the big dipper?A: The Big Dipper is a group of seven bright stars, 3 which form a handle and 4 which form a bowl.How many stars are in the little dipper?A: The little dipper has 6 stars.

What is a constellation?A: A constellation is a group of stars that, when seen from Earth, form a pattern. How many named constellations are there? A: There are 88 constellations. What is the big red spot on Jupiter?A: The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a hurricane-like storm system. It is large enough that two Earths could fit across it. Where is the element gold come from?A: Gold only comes from Super Novae. What is a parsec?A: The parsec is a unit of length used in astronomy, approximately equal to 3.261 light yearsWhich planet has the most moons?A: Jupiter has the most of any planet. Saturn is second. Which planet is the hottest?A: Venus is the hottest planet.Which planet is the coldest?A: Pluto is the coldest planet. It has an icy temperature of -400 F.How much would 100 pounds here on earth weigh on the moon?

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A: If you weighed 100 pounds on earth, you would weigh only about 16 pounds on the moon.What is Titan's atmosphere made of?A: The atmosphere of Titan is made mostly of Nitrogen (80-90%), just like the Earth's atmosphere!What is the diameter of the earth?A: The diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers).What is the diameter of the moon?A: The diameter of the Moon is 3,474 kilometers.How fast is the speed of light?A: In metric units, the speed of light is exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (or 1,079,252,848.8 km/h). Approximately 186,000 miles per second.How many miles is one light year?A: A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles.What is a meteorite made of?A: Most meteorites contain at least some iron metal (actually an alloy of iron and nickel). You can see the metal shining on a broken surface. Iron meteorites are all metal, stony iron meteorites are about half metal, half stone, and stone meteorites contain small flecks of metal.How long is an astronomical unit?A: The Astronomical Unit is the average distance between the Sun and Earth. Its value is 149,597,870 km (about 93 million miles).Fun travel trivia questions, and answers.Is Scandinavia in the north or south of Europe?A: NorthWhich Arctic country's Finnish name is Lapin Li?A: LaplandThe Straight of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with which Sea?A: MediterraneanWhich country is also called the Hellenic Republic?A: GreeceWhat is Europe's most mountainous country?A: SwitzerlandIn Norway, a fjord is made up largely of what?A: WaterThe island of Rhodes belongs to which Mediterranean country?A: GreeceEuro tunnel links which two countries?A: England and FranceThe Left Bank generally refers to the Left Bank of the Seine in which city?A: ParisOkinawa is a volcano in which country?A: JapanWhat is the largest country in South America?A: BrazilWhat was the ancient city, carved out of red rock in Jordan, that was forgotten by Europeans until the 19th century?A: Petra.Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was a Ephesus?A: The Temple of ArtemisWhat was the original purpose of the leaning tower of Pisa?A: Bell Tower

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What island in San Francisco Bay was the site of an almost escape-proof prison?A: Alcatraz.What was the former site of the two temples celcbrating Ramses II and Nefertari, before they were moved because of flooding by the waters of the Aswan High Dam?A: Abu Simbel

Where is the Valley of the Kings, the scene of a terrorist attack in 1997?A: Egypt.What was Ho Chi Minh City before it was called Ho Chi Minh City?A: SaigonTo the nearest thousand, how many islands does Indonesia have?A: 13Which country contains the Biblical rivers of the Tigris and the EUPHRATES?A: IraqWhat was St. Petersburg called for most of the 20th century?A: Leningrad.Which country lies to the north of Austria and to the south of Poland?A: Czech RepublicWhat name is given to the popular holiday area between Marseille and La Spezia?A: RivieraHow tall is the Eiffel Tower?A: 984 feet.Archaeologists believe they have located the burial site of Boudicca, the British queen who led a bloody revolt against Roman rule in the first century A.D. Where is it?A: Under Platform 8 of the King's Cross Railway Station in London.What Middle Eastern country's name includes the name of it's first ruler?A: Saudi Arabia. Ruler Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud unified his dual kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd and their dependencies under the name Saudi Arabia in 1932.What is the name of Moscow's largest department store?A: GUMWhat country has more volcanoes than any other?A: Indonesia. It has 167 of the 850 active volcanoes known in the world.What was an official language in 87 nations and territories, by 1994?A: English.What's the third-largest continent in square miles?A: North America.What is the capital of Kuwait?A: Kuwait City. World trivia questions."What town name did residents of a Florida retirement community switch to because they found Sunset Depressing?A: Sunrise.What's the second most populous continent?A: Europe.

What finally went out of fashion in ancient Rome, prompting people to begin wearing short pants called feminalia?A: The Toga.

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What southwestern U.S. state has the highest percentage of non-English speakers?A: New Mexico.What M-word did Texas citizens choose as a town name that would "attract" folks?A: Magnet.What state leads the U.S. with 15 tons of solid waste per citizen each year?A: California.Which is further from the equator, Tasmania, Tanzania, or Transylvania?A: Transylvania.What eastern town is home for a service academy and the U.S. Sliver Depository?A: West Point.What's the University of Paris more commonly called?A: The Sorbonne.What two French cities are connected by the planet's fastest passenger train?A: Paris and Lyons.What religion has the most adherent, Buddhism, Christianity or Islam?A; Christianity.What U.S. state boasts a town called Captain Cook?A: Hawaii.What's the Greek name for hell?A: Hades.What European country does Aruba maintain the strongest ties to?A: The Netherlands.What do the Chinese call kwai-tsze, or "quick little fellows"?A: Chopsticks.What European country uses its Latin name, Helvetia, on its stamps?A: Switzerland.What British university boasts and endowment called the Jackie Mason Lectureship in Contemporary Judaism?A: Oxford.What country did Greek historian Herodotus dub "the gift of the Nile"?A: Egypt.What country is only bordered by Spain?A: Portugal.What's the flattest U.S. state?A: Florida.What U.S. state, after much debate, made the bizcochito the official state cookie?A: New Mexico.What Australian city boasts the largest Greek population in the world outside of Greece?A: Melbourne.What U.S. state boasts the towns of Gulf Stream, Lakebreeze and Frostproof?A: Florida.What country has bee the planet's largest aid donor since 1991?A: Japan.What island nation is a must for anyone wishing to see 40 species of lemours?A: Madagascar.

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What country is almost twice as large as either the U.S. or China?A: Russia.What South Asian city is the planet's biggest feature film producer?A: Bombay.How many Great Lakes do not border Michigan?A: One.What cowboy tune is the official song of Kansas?A: Home on the Range.What continent boasts the most telephone lines?A: Europe.What do Texas beef partisans call "wool on a stick"?A: Lamb.What South American country was home to the early human 'Patagnian giants"?A: Argentina.What Western Hemisphere people spoke Nahuatl?A: The Aztecs.What New Orleans soup has a name derived from the Bantu word for okra?A: Gumbo.What Pacific atoll got its name from its location between the Americas and Asia?A: The Midway Islands.What state volunteered to drop the moniker Hog and Hominy State?A: Tennessee.What regional accent did Americans deem sexiest, most liked and most recognizable?A: Southern.

What interstate highway connects Boston and Seattle?A: I-90.Animal trivia facts.

1. The first bird domesticated by man was the goose.2. There are more chickens in the world than people.3. Chickens absorb vitamin-D through their combs from sunshine.4. The average hen will lay 227 eggs a year5. Roosters can't crow if they can't fully extend their necks.6. A group of geese on the ground is gaggle, a group of geese in the

air is skein. 7. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.8. Chickens that lay brown eggs have red ear lobes. There is a genetic

link between the two.9. The female pig is the fastest barnyard mama. Miss Piggy gestates in

three months, three weeks, and three days.10.The underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. The frog peels off

several times a year with new growth. 11.The placement of a donkey's eyes in its' head enables it to see all

four feet at all times. 12.It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs, because a

cows' knees can't bend properly to walk back down. 13.A female swine, or a sow, will always have a even number of teats

or nipples, usually twelve.

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14.A pig is a hog -- hog is a generic name for all swine -- but a hog is not a pig. In the terminology of hog raising, a pig is a baby hog less than ten weeks old. Source: "2201 Fascinating Facts"

15.Twelve or more cows are known as a "flink." 16.The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. 17.A Holstein's spots are like fingerprints -- no two cows have the same

pattern of spots. 18.A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. 19.A pig's penis is shaped like a corkscrew. 20.A pig's skin is thickest at the back -- 1/6 of an inch. 21.The "wild" horses of western North America are actually feral, not

wild. 22.Over the average lifespan of 11 years, a dog will cost you

$13,350.00.

23.When a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.

24.The way to get more mules is to mate a male donkey with a female horse.

25.A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't. 26.Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned. 27.Today's cattle are descended from two species: wild aurochs --

fierce and agile herd animals that populated Asia, North Africa and Europe -- and eotragus -- anantelope-like, Asian forest creature.

28.Horses cannot vomit. 29.Goat's eyes have rectangular pupils. 30.A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each

year.31.A capon is a castrated rooster.32.A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks

of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.33.A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.34.A Holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake. No two cows

have exactly the same pattern of spots.35.A normal cow's stomach has four compartments: the rumen, the

recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment with digestive juices).

36.A quarter of the horses in the US died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.

37.It is physically impossible for pigs to lookup into the sky. 38.Brown eggs come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes;

white eggs come from hens with white feathers and white ear lobes. Shell color is determined by the breed of hen and has no effect on its quality, nutrients or flavor.


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