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Trivial pursuit

Post by oh_mama33 » Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:33 pm

Can you guess which of the following are true and which are false?


(Answers are below)


1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.

2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.

3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.

4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a
lot more.

5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!

6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.

7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.

8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.

9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.

10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.

11. The average housefly lives for one month.

12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.

13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.

14. The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.

15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.

16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.

17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search
for water.

18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.

19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."

20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem.

21. In most television commercials advertising milk, a mixture of white
paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.

22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.

23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.

24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from
women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.

25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.

26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.



Now, scroll down for the answers.......................................















They are all TRUE ... Now go back and think about #16!!!

diana75018
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Post by diana75018 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:49 pm

thats sick!!!

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Prof. Akers
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Post by Prof. Akers » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:37 am

Oh no not 'piders again, going to wee myself......again........................
Pigs can't look up.
Horses don't hiccup.
See If You Can Figure Out What These Words Have In
Common......




Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Assess





Are You Peeking Or Have You Already Given Up?
Give It Another Try....
You'll kick yourself when you discover the answer.
Go back and look at them again; think hard.
OK... Here You Go....
Hope You Didn't Cheat.
This Is Cool.








Answer . . . . . .






In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at
the end
of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same
word.

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Post by Samson » Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:34 am

I don't get it.

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Prof. Akers
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Post by Prof. Akers » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:10 pm

Take the 1st letter of banana - b stick at the end ananab turn it round and you are back to banana

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Post by Angeleyes » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:46 pm

gosh i hope i havent eaten any spiders lol

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Post by Samson » Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:14 am

Interesting.

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