TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,This past Saturday, some friends and I tailgated before the Jimmy Buffett concert in the Chicagoland area. We didn't actually have tickets for the show, but we wanted to join the party of tailgaters who started the celebration at 9 in the morning!
We didn't get there until about 3, and the party was in full force. People set up tents and brought grills, bean bag games, coolers filled with beverages, and much more.
Not only that, but so many people dress up for the occasion! I saw one guy decked out as a flamingo, a few parrot costumes, and plenty of grass skirts, coconut bras, leis, and flowery apparel. It was really quite a fun experience!
Enjoy!
MelissaQuestions? Comments?
Email MelissaTODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."
HINT: (1920-1986), critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author.
RANDOM TIDBITSCellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant
fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
Cellophane was invented in 1908 by a Swiss chemist named Jacques Brandenburger who was trying to make a stainproof tablecloth and ended up with cellophane instead.
Big Ben is not a clock. It is a bell located in the clock
tower of the Houses of Parliament in London. It weighs 13 1/2 tons, is nine feet in diameter, and stands at 7 1/2
feet tall. The bell was installed a little over a hundred
years ago, in 1859.
The story of the little Dutch boy who placed his finger in a dike to save a town from a flood is an American invention. It was never heard of in Holland before the 20th century.
The Tower of London is not one particular tower, but a group of buildings covering 13 acres along the north bank of the Thames River. The central "White Tower," built in 1078 and used as a fortress, a royal residence, and finally as a prison, is the "tower" of which the English so often spoke in horror.
The Pyramids of Egypt were not among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, although the Sphinx was. THe other six wonders were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the lighthouse at Pharos, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Temple of Diana at Ephesus.
Saint Joan of Arc was not French. She was born in 1412 in Domremy, which at the time was an autonomous state outside the jurisdiction of the French monarchy.
VIDEO CLIPThe Mystery of Egypt - Amazing StructuresEgypt is one of the oldest cultures in the world, next door to the very cradle of civilization. Architecture and hieroglyphics literally thousands of years old are abundant giving the country a palpable sense of history.
Watch It Now: The Mystery of Egypt*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***I run forever,
With a roaring call.
Yet I have no throat,
Or any legs at all.
Rock wears away,
Whilst I grow.
You try to race me,
And receive a blow.
What am I?
Submit your answer by visiting: HEREAnswer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!
If your name appears in Friday's newsletter,
EMAIL MICHELE your complete name and address to be shipped your prize. Be sure to put
"Winner" in the subject line.
TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTEQUOTE: "The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."
ANSWER: Frank Herbert.
Missed an Issue? Visit the
Trivia Today Archives