TRIVIA TODAY - October 3, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Congratulations to "Shawn Boyd" who won this week's "Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:

Who makes it, has no need of it.
Who buys it, has no use for it.
Who uses it can neither see nor feel it.
What is it?

ANSWER: A coffin.

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings."

HINT: (1878-1967), was an American writer and editor best known for poetry.


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Average wage for the workmen who dug the Erie canal: $1 and 1 quart of whiskey per day.

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The price of a box of Girl Scout cookies when they debuted in 1936: 25 cents.

Babe Ruth's salary in 1932 was $80,000. In 2005 Sammy Sosa's salary was $17 million.

In 1920 the average check at a diner was 28 cents.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings."

ANSWER: Carl Sandburg.

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