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  • American trivia: How much do you know?; Independence Day flag facts and presidential trivia

    07/03/2004 2:51:16 PM PDT · by MeekOneGOP · 8 replies · 12,380+ views
    The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 3, 2004 | The Dallas Morning News Staff
    American trivia: How much do you know?Sunday is the 228th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Amaze your friends at the cookout with your grasp of flag facts and presidential trivia12:14 PM CDT on Saturday, July 3, 2004 THE DATE 1. Which three presidents died on July 4? 2. Which president laid the cornerstone for the Washington Monument on July 4, 1850? 3. What was the title of the 1969 Broadway musical, written by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone, that told the story of the founding of the United States? 4. What city in the American South fell to Ulysses...
  • Are you over 40? FUN LITTLE TEST!!!!!

    06/15/2004 5:35:25 PM PDT · by SandRat · 31 replies · 267+ views
    Here's a little test for anyone over 40+ 1. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked man?" Invariably, someone would answer, "I don't know, but he left this behind." "What did he leave behind?_______________________. 2. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on the, _________________________________Show. 3. Get your kicks on _____________________________. 4. The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed ___________________________. 5. In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ____________________________________. 6. After...
  • A question for knowledgeable freepers...

    05/08/2004 5:32:35 PM PDT · by El Conservador · 24 replies · 144+ views
    Yours Truly | May 8, 2004 | Yours Truly
    Who's the youngest U.S Senator??? Who's the youngest U.S Congressman/woman???
  • Charley Reese Weighs in on "Crime and Trivia"

    10/27/2003 6:05:09 AM PST · by Theodore R. · 2 replies · 187+ views
    King Features Syndicate, Inc. ^ | 10-27-03 | Reese, Charley
    Crime And Trivia I haven't written about the Laci Peterson murder case or the rape case involving Kobe Bryant for two reasons. One, the only things that should be legitimately reported about any criminal trial are the testimony of the witnesses under oath and the remarks of the judge and the attorneys inside the courtroom during the trial. Everything else is hearsay and gossip. Two, an ordinary crime and subsequent criminal trial do not affect anyone except the victim, the perpetrator and their families. Therefore, it should be of no interest to anyone else. Unless you are family or friend,...
  • 200 Pittsburgh Trivia Questions

    10/26/2003 12:39:45 PM PST · by martin_fierro · 14 replies · 2,933+ views
    Some Yunzer Website ^ | As of May 28, 2000 | Some web Yunzer
    If you get all these right, yunz're TOO DAMN OLD: 1. Newscaster Bill Burns used to end his newscasts with this phrase: ________, _____ _____ and ______ ______ _________. 2. Name two members of the Rooney family. 3. Pittsburgh once had a bridge to ________. 4. What was Ricki Wertz' dog's name? 5. Famous Pittsburgh DJ: Clark ________. 6. What was Bill Cardille's nickname? 7. What pro wrestling champ was from Pittsburgh? 8. Paul Long's news partner was Don ________. 9. Name the parts of a Primanti's cheese steak sandwich, without egg. 10. What was Bob Prince's nickname? 11. Myron...
  • FSACNIATNIG (Peploe can raed bteter tahn you mhgit tinhk tehy can)

    09/17/2003 11:09:59 PM PDT · by Timesink · 98 replies · 757+ views
    National Review Online ^ | September 16, 2003 | Jonah Goldberg
    FSACNIATNIG [Jonah Goldberg]From a reader:Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.Posted at 05:55 PM
  • Who'da thunk it? Rotary-powered motorcycles have already been tried (uber-vanity)

    09/14/2003 9:07:48 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 20 replies · 469+ views
    9/14/03 | marty_fierro
    Saw a commercial for the new Mazda RX-8 tonight, which highlighted that brand's use of the Wankel Rotary engine. Hadn't thought about that engine in a long time and started wondering if any motorcycle company had ever tried using it as a power plant. You'd think the Rotary engine would be a natural -- no valves to adjust, fewer moving parts, less vibration (with counterbalancers), possibly better gas mileage, etc. Did a search and found out that it HAS been tried briefly by at least one (and probably more) company, Suzuki, during the mid 70s. Turn out the design didn't...
  • Mess Facts Needed

    08/19/2003 2:07:23 PM PDT · by Robe · 87 replies · 882+ views
    9/19/03 | SELF
    I just delivered my son to the Citadel in Charleston SC this weekend, and as a Knob , during dining (MESS)....he's challenged by the upperclassmen to provide totally useless but interesting facts.
  • 32 Things You Likely Didn't Know

    07/26/2003 10:38:39 PM PDT · by Hildy · 156 replies · 2,320+ views
    email | July 26, 2003 | Anonymous
    1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. 2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. 3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. 4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. 7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2"...
  • 23 things you always wanted to know about numbers

    07/08/2003 5:48:53 AM PDT · by tdadams · 28 replies · 866+ views
    The Guardian ^ | July 6, 2003
    1 If your precocious nine-year old daughter asked you to place one penny on the first square of a chessboard, two pence on the second square, four pence on the third, and so on, you would need to put £92 million billion on the 64th and final square. 2 Prime numbers (2, 3, 5, 7, 13 and so on ...) are divisible only by themselves and the number one. The largest prime number yet discovered has 2,098,960 digits. If we were to print nothing except this number across all sections of today's and next week's Observers (containing around 250,000...
  • CA: Legislature occupies itself with trivia as state meltdown looms

    04/09/2003 10:02:44 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 220+ views
    Sac Bee ^ | 4/9/03 | Dan Walters
    <p>California has 35 million people, the globe's fifth-or sixth-most-powerful economy, enormous conflicts over water, land use, transportation, education, health care and dozens of other vital social and economic matters -- including, lest we forget, a state budget deficit so huge it almost defies description.</p>
  • Tough sports trivia question (need help)

    02/13/2003 6:30:50 AM PST · by The G Man · 38 replies · 231+ views
    The G Man
    A poster at another site I frequent posted the following: "Which pro athlete won a championship in both his rookie AND final year, but none in between? The only hints that the sadistic bastard gave us before leaving were: - it is NOT a hockey player. - the player played at least seven years."
  • Vanity: FReeper research requested: How many bills are passed by Congress in a typical session?

    08/19/2002 7:19:41 PM PDT · by Willie Green · 32 replies · 1,747+ views
    Vanity | 8/19/02 | Willie Green
    President Congresses Regular Vetoes Pocket Vetoes Total Vetoes Vetoes Overridden George Washington 1st- 4th 2 ..... 2 ..... John Adams 5th-6th ..... ..... ..... ..... Thomas Jefferson 7th-10th ..... ..... ..... ..... James Madison 11th-14th 5 2 7 ..... James Monroe 15th-18th 1 ..... 1 ..... John Quincy Adams 19th-20th ..... ..... ..... ..... Andrew Jackson 21st-24th 5 7 12 ..... Martin Van Buren 25th-26th ..... 1 1 ..... William Henry Harrison 27th ..... ..... ..... ..... John Tyler 27th-28th 6 4 10 1 James K. Polk 29th-30th 2 1 3 ..... Zachary Taylor 31st ..... ..... ..... ........