TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, June 27, 2011

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I am writing this ahead of time so that you will get it on time even though I will just be getting home from Florida. Hopefully, I will have great stories about the trip to share with you on Wednesday.

Be sure to check out today's video clip section for some hilarious game show goof clips. I laughed so hard I cried when I watched these bloopers. I could totally see myself getting nervous and giving a goofy answer like some of the contestants in these clips!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."

HINT: (1934-), evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator and radio preacher.

RANDOM TIDBITS
In ancient Japan public contests were held to see who in a town could break wind loudest and longest. Winners were awarded many prizes and received great acclaim.

The pilgrims in Massachusetts used a special tool in church, a wooden ball attached to a long string on a stick. If anyone fell asleep during a sermon (which might go on seven or eight hours) a specially appointed member of the clergy would hoist the pole over the reprobate's head and whack him with the wooden ball.

When ancient Egyptians priests held a banquet, a large mummy was often carried into the feast chamber and propped up at the table where all the priests could see it, a reminder that even while at pleasure, death was ever near.

In Elizabethan England the spoon was such a novelty, such a prized rarity, that people carried their own folding spoons to banquets.

When gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine.

At Versailles, during the reign of Louis XIV, it was considered gauche to knock on a door with the knuckles. Instead one scratched with the little finger of the left hand, and for this purpose courtiers let that particular nail grow long.

VIDEO CLIPS
Game Show Goofs Part 1
You will probably recognize most of the shows in this clip, but you would have to watch a lot of episodes to see all of the gems collected here. Once a person gets in front of the camera, the brain goes out of the window.

Watch It Now: Game Show Goofs Part 1

Game Show Goofs Part 2
Most people watch game shows so they can play along or see the fabulous prizes, but we really know why you watch game shows... so you can see the various contestants screw-up and give the goofiest answers EVER!

Watch It Now: Game Show Goofs Part 2

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude."

ANSWER: Chuck Swindoll

*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I may run rings around you
Or escape your clutching grip
Or leave a treacherous trail
That gives a sudden slip.
(If you're not careful!)

You always end up winning,
While I shrink with each new meet:
Our bouts will be my ruin,
But you'll come out smelling sweet.

What am I?

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