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What happened to the US President Franklin Pierce in Washington, D.C., in his first year in office?

pekka — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:00:08 +0000

What happened to the US President Franklin Pierce in Washington, D.C., in his first year in office, 1853?

a) He was hijacked in his carriage for two hours by a group of drunken sailors.

b) His private carriage was robbed at gunpoint.

c) He was arrested after he accidentally ran down an elderly lady with his carriage.

d) He fought on the street with his bare hands to help a good friend of his.

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What happened to Albert Einstein’s eyes?

pekka — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:00:26 +0000

Albert Einstein, the most famous scientist of the 20th century, was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Delaware River. But what happened to his eyes?

a) They were caught in a mink farmer’s fish net and ended up as mink food.a) They were caught in a mink farmer’s fish net and ended up as mink food.

b) They were placed in ophthalmologist Henry Abrams’s safe-deposit box at a bank in Philadelphia.

c) They were given to the American Museum of Natural History in New York where a schoolboy stole and lost them.

d) The inventor of contact lenses, John Lassiter, used them as glass eye moulds.

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Was Jack Lemmon born in a lift, a train, a pub or a taxi?

pekka — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:00:18 +0000

Actor Jack Lemmon was born in Boston in 1925 – but where in Boston exactly?

a) In a lift.

b) In a train.

c) In a pub.

d) In a taxi.

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How did Thomas Alva Edison’s teacher treat him in a junior school?

pekka — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:00:19 +0000

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was one of the most productive inventors in the history of the world. How did his teacher treat him in grade school?

a) The teacher changed Edison’s correct answers to be incorrect so he would not become too proud of himself.

b) The teacher changed Edison’s wrong answers to be correct so he would realize he was a genius.

c) Neither, because Edison did not go to school. He learned to read in the army.

d) The teacher spanked him and called him stupid.

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What did castrato singer Farinelli do every night for over twenty years?

pekka — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:00:15 +0000

What did the famous Italian castrato singer Farinelli (1705-1782) do every night for over twenty years time?

a) He tried to learn how to tap-dance.

b) He performed the same four songs to the king of Spain.

c) He used a musket to shoot a hole into a pillow on his bed.

d) He wrote a lampoon about the composer Georg Friedrich Händel.

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