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Thursday, October 18, 2007

trivia time

Got to play trivia again tonight. My fortunes were far dimmer tonight, with some REALLY tough questions. Here we go...

1) Margaretha Zelle was a dancer who was put to death by the French government on October 15th, 1917, accused of being a spy. Under what name is she better known?

2) What color is Superman's belt?

3) What detergent advertised that it could remove ring around the collar?

4) The Mason-Dixon line was established in 1767 to settle a land dispute between which two states?

5) In 2003, what country became only the third on Earth to launch a manned space mission?

6) What is the next number in this series? 1, 4, 27, 256, ___?

7) Hadrian's Wall was built by the Romans separating what two countries?

8) What English guitarist was a founding member of the band Cream?

9) What pastry was created by the Kennedy Biscuit Company in 1891 is now the #3 most consumed cookie in the world?

10) What NFL team famously relocated overnight in 1984 after its original hometown threatened to seize the team under eminent domain to keep it from leaving?

6 Comments:

Blogger TeKay said...

1. matahari
2. yellow?
3. wisk
4. maryland and delaware
5. britain
6. i suck at numbers
7. Greece and Italy?
8. Bob Geldoff?
9. oreo
10. browns

10/19/2007 10:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

#6 - 3125

John

10/19/2007 12:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Mata Hari, Yellow,Tide,VA and PA,Japan, #6--???? Scotland & England, Eric Clapton,????and The Colts

10/19/2007 5:30 PM  
Blogger Sayre said...

1. Mata Hari
2. Black?
3. Wisk
4. Va & Maryland
5. China?
6. No idea
7. Drawing a blank
8. Eric Clapton
9. Oreos?
10. No idea

How'd we do?

10/19/2007 9:52 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

C'mon, guys...
1 = 1
2 x 2 = 4
3 x 3 x 3 = 27
4 x 4 x 4 x 4 = 256
5 x 5 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 3125

John

10/20/2007 12:19 AM  
Blogger Sayre said...

I'm just not as logical as you are, John! If it had been a pattern of words, I probably would have gotten it right away, but numbers? I'm not very good at those...

10/20/2007 8:20 AM  

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