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Trivia Quiz #7
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What don't ants do?Ants don't sleep.

What did Frederic-August Bartholdi sculpt?The Statue of Liberty.

Who are the four US presidents whose faces are carved on Mt. Rushmore?Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt

What is the largest US city in area?Juneau, Alaska, which covers 3,108 square miles. Los Angeles covers only 458.2 square miles.

What painting, depicts the sister and the dentist of artist Grant Wood as rural farm folk?American Gothic

 
The following is a recipe for what: take the heart, liver, lungs, and small intestine of a calf or sheep, boil them in the stomach of the animal, season with salt, pepper and onions, add suet and oatmeal. Enjoy!
Haggis, the national dish of Scotland

What is a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds called?A Cornish game hen... good to eat, not be be confused with  cornish gay men.

According to ancient Greek literature, when Odysseus arrived home after an absence of 20 years, disguised as a beggar, who was the only one to recognize him?
his aged dog Argos, who wagged his tail at his master, and then died.

At 188 decibels, what is the loudest sound produced by any animal?the whistle of the blue whale

On July 28th, 1945, what happenned at New York's Empire State Building?a US Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor killing 14 people.
 
 
















In the USA, what was built to last 2,000 years?
The concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
The Hoover Dam

What breed of dog bites humans more than any other breed of dog?German Shepherds

What are infant beavers called?kittens.

Who is the patron saint of dentists?St. Apollonia. She reportedly had her teeth pulled out in 249 AD by an anti-Christian mob.

What is the largest item on any menu in the world? It is stuffed with a sheep's carcass, which is stuffed with chickens, which are stuffed with fish, which are stuffed with eggs.
probably the roast camel, sometimes served at Bedouin wedding feasts.
 
 
















When Henry Aaron hit his 715th Home Run, breaking Babe Ruth's record,
who was the pitcher who served it up?
Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were both wearing number 44.

In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee,
what was this club called?
Ku Klux Klan.

What is the oldest city in the US?St. Augustine, Florida

All the great lakes except which one are shared by the United States and Canada
and form part of the border between these countries?
All the lakes, except Lake Michigan, which lies entirely in the United States

What did the members of the Nazi SS have tattooed on their armpits?their blood type

What was the name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers,
on December 17, 1903?
Bird of Prey.

What is named for the French and German words for yes - oui and ja?The Ouija board

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