Friday, August 10, 2007

Don't say a TRIVIA QUIZ for me now...

The 3-day Kool-Aid Days celebration begins today in Hastings, Nebraska, the proud home of Kool-Aid. They'll be pouring all 22 flavors at a gallon a minute at the world's largest Kool-Aid stand. Sign me up for that!!

Today is also National Duran Duran Appreciation Day. Hm, I wonder if some holidays have an expiration date ;)


On this day in 1498, England’s King Henry the 7th paid John Cabot a 10-pound reward for discovering Canada. In American currency, that was about $15 worth of beads.

On this day in 1995, a drug addict who snatched purses to finance his habit grabbed a lady’s purse in Bari, Italy, as he sped past on a motorcycle. He didn’t recognize his own mother, but she recognized him and reported him to police.

Trivia time: Back in Italy, Pliny the Younger once wrote: "We were terrified to see everything changed, buried in ashes like snowdrifts." What was he talking about?

Good luck :)

3 Comments:

At 10:31 AM, August 10, 2007, Blogger jody said...

i have no idea about the trivia question but i had to comment about the video. i especially love the parts with the elephants! man, i never realized just how lonnnngggg that song is!

 
At 9:59 PM, August 12, 2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm guessing that Pliny was talking about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 that buried the city of Pompeii. I was there in 1998 - what I remember most about it (besides the erotic art on the walls) was how hot and dusty it was!

 
At 10:40 AM, August 13, 2007, Blogger R-dogg said...

JD's got it right! It's the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. Thank goodness it didn't erupt while you were there :)

Jody: I know, I can't believe that song goes on so long. Crazy videos!

 

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