Trivia
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06/19/13 03:39 PM
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Pandora
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Try your hand at these brain-busting trivia questions. Remember, please, that you may not google or use any reference sources for the first 24 hours of this thread.
-1. Ang Lee directed what 1994 film about the love lives of a Chinese chef and his three grown daughters? -2. Which compactly built dog, part bulldog with a screw tail, takes its name from the city where it was first developed? -3. The iceberg-filled Baffin Bay separates northern Canada from what other country? -4. Where in the South are you when the license plates claim “Stars Fell On ____”? -5. Who overcame a childhood case of polio to become widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time? -6. Citizens of which nation curse an enemy by secretly placing an offering on their back steps – thus inviting in supernatural demons? -7. At 24 pounds per person, which country’s citizens chow down the most chocolate annually? -8. In The Prisoner of Azkaban, the Hogwarts students learn to defeat boggarts. What did the boggart reveal that Harry Potter was most afraid of? -9. What poisonous metal used by hat manufacturers in the 19th century brought on hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms, giving rise to the saying “mad as a hatter”? -10. What dark-cloaked superhero, who briefly had his own DC Comics series in 1952, made his mark as an invaluable assistant to the Justice League? (Hint: P S)
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Re: Trivia
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06/19/13 07:12 PM
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BobH
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Well, I have no good guess for 6 but...
7. Switzerland?
Bob As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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Re: Trivia
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#895845
06/20/13 12:27 PM
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10. wild guess - The Shadow???
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Re: Trivia
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06/20/13 08:20 PM
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BobH
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I'll take another shot at 6. Romania? (home of Count Dracula)
Bob As I've grown older, I've found that my memory is not as good as I used to think it was.
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