New Year Trivia....Enjoy!!!


Warndalyn

Postmaster General!!!
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US
Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear
better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to
work: Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
(now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:
$6,400

The average number of people airborne over the US any given
hour: 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China
in 1910.

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer

Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National
Monuments.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
from history: Spades - King David; Hearts - Charlemagne; Clubs
-Alexander, the Great; Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both
front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on
July 4th: John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English
language.

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that
makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most
popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have
to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield
wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

Q. On which day are there more collect calls than any other
day of the year?
A. Father's Day :lmao:

Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is
the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.

Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a
party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames
by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that
for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his
son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in
old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle
baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled
Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~


At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.


:hat:
 



Actually, the golf thing isn't correct ( http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.htm ), but there were some good additions to that one.

Honey is also a bacteriophage, which is why if you get a cut or similar injury, it wouldn't hurt to put honey on it if you're lacking neosporin or some more expensive item.

Mead is some good stuff; I've thought about brewing it for a while now.
 
Hey Queenie,

Thanks for this! It was a wonderful list! I didn't know a few of those. I will add these facts to my reportoire when I am "destroying the enemy" while playing Trivial Pursuit.

Good job.
 
Originally posted by Seeing Spots
Hey Queenie,

Thanks for this! It was a wonderful list! I didn't know a few of those. I will add these facts to my reportoire when I am "destroying the enemy" while playing Trivial Pursuit.

Good job.

C'mon, now. Everyone knows the new game is Cranium!
 
More Trivia!!!

Can you guess which of the following are true or false?

1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.

2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a bellybutton.

3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 yrs.

4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more.

5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop even your heart!

6. Only seven (7 ) percent of the population are lefties.

7. 40 people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

8. Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.

9. The average person over fifty will have spent 5 years waiting in
lines.

10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

11. The average housefly lives for one month.

12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.

14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.

15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.

16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to
search for water.

18. The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning
it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie".

20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State
anthem.

21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of
white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same
airplane just in case there is a crash.

23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.

24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are reused in vein transplant surgery.

25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.

26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
 
I skimmed the list . . . . . . off the bat I know that 5, 7 and 26 are true.

Your heart does stop when you sneeze - which is why you say bless you.

In Fed regulations, only the product you are selling in a commercial has to be real - thus the milk can be fake, but not the cereal

And coke is green in its original state.
 
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