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TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Over the weekend, my boyfriend and I played Monopoly with a
couple of his friends. I actually did pretty well until
someone accumulated both Boardwalk and Park Place, and I
landed on one of them with a hotel. There went all of my
money!
Then, just this weekend I learned on an episode of the game
show Cash Cab that the Reading Railroad is actually
pronounced "Redding." I've been saying it wrong all of
these years!
Enjoy!
Melissa
Email Melissa: mailto:melissa@gophercentral.com
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "In the realm of ideas everything depends on
enthusiasm...in the real world all rests on perseverance."
HINT: (1749-1832), German writer and poet.
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The three most-landed-on properties in Monopoly are
Illinois Avenue. "GO" and the B&O Railroad.
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The game board streets in original Monopoly are named after
streets in the gambling resort city of Atlantic City, New
Jersey. In 1972, the Atlantic City Commissioner of Public
Works threatened to change the names of the real Baltic and
Mediterranean Avenues, but public outcry vetoed the bill.
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Both the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroads are no longer
in business. And St. Charles Place was leveled to make
room for a casino. In Atlantic City, the game's Marvin
Gardens is actually spelled "Marven Gardens."
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Escape maps, compasses and files were inserted into
Monopoly game boards smuggled into POW camps inside Germany
during World War II. Real money for escapees was slipped
into the packs of Monopoly money.
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The character locked behind the bars is called Jake the
Jailbird. Officer Edgar Mallory sent him to jail.
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World records are maintained for the longest game in a
treehouse (286) hours, underground (100 hours), in a
bathtub (99 hours) and upside-down (36 hours).
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I make a loud noise when changing my jacket and become
larger but weigh less later. What am I?
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QUOTE: "In the realm of ideas everything depends on
enthusiasm...in the real world all rests on perseverance."
ANSWER: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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