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Thu, 27 November 2008

Mostly Trivial 148 [mini] Pumpkins [trivia]

Pumpkin Trivia

This is a new shorter of Mostly Trivial. We'll still do the standard version.

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References to pumpkins date back way back. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." "Pepon" was nasalized by the French into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." How 'bout that?

Also Shakespeare referred to the "pumpion" in his Merry Wives of Windsor. American colonists changed "pumpion" into "pumpkin." How did that 'K' get in there? The "pumpkin" is referred to in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater and Cinderella.

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Last Post Answers: B. Good Friday

On April 14, 1865, while Lincoln was watching the play "Our American Cousin", Booth sneaked into the unguarded section that the president was in. Booth raised his pistol and shot Lincoln in the head, and the bullet went through his skull and stopped behind his right eye. Booth escaped the theater (although he had a broken leg), but was later found in a tobacco barn in Virginia eight days later. A pistol went off, and no one knows if Booth was killed from a soldier's bullet, or if he committed suicide.

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Fri, 14 November 2008

Mostly Trivial 147 Youngest U.S. Presidents [trivia]

Youngest U.S. Presidents Trivia

So who were they? Listen to the show for goodness sakes!

Gerald Ford is also on the list of assassination attempted presidents, and he actually had two attempts on his life. What state did these both happen in? California.

On September 5, 1975, Ford was on the street in Sacramento when Lynette Alice Fromme ran up and pointed an unloaded pistol at him. Police tackled her to the ground and she was arrested. She did this because she wanted to get attention for the Manson family

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One of the most famous assassinations was that of Abraham Lincoln, who was killed by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre in 1865. What day was it?

A. Holy Thursday 

B. Good Friday

C. Easter Sunday

Last Post Answers: A. Germany The German federal election was held on 18th September 2005. Although Merkel's party had begun the campaign with a 21% lead over the main governing party in the opinion polls, the final result was so narrow that it was two months before coalition talks between the two largest parties could be finalised and Merkel confirmed as Germany's new chanceller. She is the first woman and the first citizen of the former East Germany to hold the post.

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Wed, 5 November 2008

Mostly Trivial 146 World Leaders [trivia]

World Leaders Trivia

History is fasinating!

Chandrika Kumaratunga was president of Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2005, leaving office in November of that year.

As well as being the first woman to serve as as her country's president she was also the second woman to serve (albeit briefly) as the country's prime minister, the first being her own mother. When she was elected as president, Ms Kumaratunga resigned as prime minister and appointed her mother to serve once more as prime minister.Very Interesting.

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Angela Merkel was elected head of government of which country in 2005?  

A. Germany 

B. Denmark

C. Austria

Last Post Answers: A. Sean ConnerySean Connery, who'd never read the J.R.R. Tolkien series and claimed he "didn't understand the script." (Can you say karma?) In return for playing the role, New Line Cinema offered the Scottish actor up to 15 percent of worldwide box office receipts, which would have earned Connery more than any actor had ever been paid for a single role -- as much as $400 million

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