TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I hope that 2012 is going well for everyone so far. I am enjoying my last week of freedom before the spring semester of school starts up. I think it would make more sense if they called it the "winter" semester, since I will spend the majority of it driving to school in the cold and snow. However, I am looking on the bright side. When this semester is over, winter will be over, too!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

HINT: (341 BCE - 270 BCE), ancient Greek philosopher who believed that the purpose of philosophy was to attain the happy, tranquil life, characterized by ataraxia-peace and freedom from fear-and aponia-the absence of pain-and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends.

RANDOM TIDBITS
Play-Doh originally began as an all white wallpaper cleaning compound known as Kutol Wall Cleaner.

In 1955, the detergents were removed and the company was renamed Rainbow Crafts. Color was added and the compound became known as Play-Doh.

Once Play-Doh was reformulated into a children's modeling compound, it was originally sold in one gallon cans with its color indicated on the lid. It wasn't until a year after its debut that the smaller cans were made available to the public.

Play-Doh is available in 75 different countries. Hasbro sells approximately 95 million cans annually.

Unable to afford a national marketing campaign, Rainbow Crafts formed an informal deal with Bob Keeshan, know to children as Captain Kangaroo, to have Play-Doh featured on his show twice a week. In return, Bob's production company received a 2 percent cut of Play-Doh's sales.

In 1960, Play-Doh Pete, a boy garbed in a beret and artist's smock, was introduced as the modeling clay's mascot. Today, Pete graces cans of Play-Doh wearing a backwards baseball cap and a t-shirt.

(Source: ehow.com)

VIDEO CLIP
Dollar a Second - Classic Game Shows
A clip from the old classical game show called, A Dollar a Second; a mind puzzling game show that asks a series of questions while the contestant has to keep track of time.

Watch It Now: Dollar a Second - Classic Game Shows


*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
I am round and I'm fat,
I'm the color of black.
Under pressure I'm best
It's a matter of fact.
In sets of 5,
You'll usually find me.
Monthly tending suggested,
to be trouble free.
What am I?

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."

ANSWER: Epicurus.

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