Wednesday, August 29, 2007

I'm a TRIVIA QUIZ man!!

Today is La Tomatina, the world's largest tomato fight takes place at noon in Bunol, Spain, near Valencia. Some 35,000 will hurl 120 tons of tomatoes at each other for two hours.


Today is National Cornbread and Milk Day. Hmm, add that and a few slices of tomato, and you've got a nice snack!

On this day in 1967, seventy-two percent of American TV viewers watched Dr. Richard Kimbal catch up with the one-armed man on "The Fugitive." It was a record that stood until 76% found out who shot J.R. on November 21, 1980.

On this day in 1996, Isaac Hayes, who co-wrote the Stax classic "Soul Man," sent a protest letter to presidential candidate Bob Dole requesting Dole stop using his song, which his supporters had changed to "I'm A Dole Man."

Interstate trivia time: The U.S. Interstate system numbers its highways. Most Americans know that odd-numbered interstates run mostly north-south, while even-numbered interstates run mostly east west. Fewer people may realize that there is also a geographic ordering of the numbers. What city is the origin of the numbering system; that is, where are the north-south numbers and the east-west numbers the lowest?

Good luck :)

2 Comments:

At 9:34 AM, August 30, 2007, Blogger R-dogg said...

The answer is San Diego! There, I-5 crosses I-8!

 
At 12:10 PM, August 30, 2007, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would never have guessed that! We'll have to watch out for the intersection as we're flying in :)

 

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