Trivia Today - Monday, May 12, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

I hope that everyone had a nice weekend and all the moms out there had a happy Mother's Day! My mom and I stuck with our usual Mother's Day tradition of shopping and eating. We do both of these things well, so why mess with what works?

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment."

HINT: (1870-1953), Anglo-French writer and historian.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The first state to require license plates on cars: New York, in 1901.

The first car to offer seatbelts: the 1950 Nash Rambler.

Best-selling passenger car ever: Toyota Corolla. At least 30 million have been sold since it was introduced in 1969.

Raised-bump reflectors on U.S. roads are called Botts' Dots. (Elbert Botts invented them).

The little statue on the grill of every Rolls Royce has a name: "Spirit of Ecstasy."

The slowest time for car dealers is just before Christmas.


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I know a ten letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top rows of the computer keyboard.

What is it?

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Answer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment."

ANSWER: Hilaire Belloc.

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