TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, January 13, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

So I did something cool recently - I went to a murder mystery dinner! It was put on by a company, appropriately called The Murder Mystery Company, and set up like a wedding with the audience being the guests.

We met the suspects - the mother of the bride, the bride, the best man, the wedding planner, and so on - at the beginning of the show. Some random audience members were chosen to be part of the show, and I must say they all acted their parts very well! Part of the fun was that they didn't even know if they were the murderer or not!

Each table had to work as teams throughout the evening to try and figure out "whodunit" after a murder was committed during the wedding ceremony and clues were given as the show went on.

I am proud to announce that our table solved the murder and won the prestigious "Detective of the Night" certificate. It was fun not only to try and solve the murder, but the actors in the show were also extremely entertaining!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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QUOTE: "Always do what you are afraid to do."

HINT: (1803-1882), American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.


RANDOM TIDBITS
A rooster, duck and sheep were the first living creatures to fly in a hot-air balloon in 1783. The balloon flew on a tether, rising to 1,500 feet and traveling two miles before being brought back to the ground. The animals survived, though the rooster suffered a broken wing.

The tradition of serving champagne after a hot-air balloon flight originated in the 18th century as a way of appeasing French farmers who didn't much like balloons landing in their fields and crushing their crops.

In 1991 Per Lindstrand and Richard Branson become the first people to pilot a balloon across the Pacific. Traveling 6,700 miles in 46 hours at speeds of up to 245mph, they flew from Japan to Arctic Canada.

The first successful circumnavigation of the world in a balloon took place in 1999. Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones left from Switzerland and landed in Egypt just shy of 20 days later.

It was January 7, 1785 when the first English Channel balloon crossing took place. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Francois Blanchard and American John Jeffries completed the trip in a hydrogen balloon in two-and-a-half hours.

Vijaypat Singhania set the world altitude record for highest hot-air balloon flight in November when he reached 69,850ft.

(www.newsshopper.co.uk)


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "Always do what you are afraid to do."

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