TRIVIA TODAY - Friday, December 25, 2015
Greetings Infomaniacs,
Congratulations to
"Ed Santiago" who won this week's
"Mind Scrambler". Here was the scrambler:
You may praise your good fortune and curse all you hate,
Yet I rule all your chaos and gamble your fate.
By some I'm avoided by others I'm game,
Called by fat or slim, my meanings the same.
ANSWER: Chance.
Enjoy!
Melissa
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."
HINT: (1909-2005), Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation.
RANDOM TIDBITS
Sarah Josepha Hale's 1830 poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was inspired by a little girl named Mary Tyler. Her pet lamb used to follow her to school.
Australian soldiers used "We're Off to See the Wizard" as a marching song during World War II.
The song "You're A Grand Old Flag" was originally called "You're A Grand Old Rag."
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" was written by Julia Ward Howe. She sold the rights for five dollars.
"The Alphabet Song," "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star," and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" are all sung to the same music: a 1765 French song titled "Ah! Vous dirais-je, Maman."
"Dixie," the anthem of the South, was written by a Yankee: Dan Emmett of Ohio. Emmett also wrote "Polly Wolly Doodle."
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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."
ANSWER: Peter F. Drucker.
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