Tuesday, May 27, 2008

This isn't a game of whiffle TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Bloomer Day, marking the birth of Amelia Bloomer on May 27, 1818. She crusaded for sensible clothes for women. The first athletic pants for women, "Bloomers," were named for her.

Today is National Grape Popsicle Day.

Today is National Clean Sneakers Appreciation Day. Actually, that's "tennis shoes."

On this day in 1945, history's goofiest traffic jam occurred when 76 Allied ships were in convoy off the Newfoundland coast and one ship struck an iceberg. Within ten minutes 22 ships collided. No one hurt, no vessels sank, but damage was in the millions.

On this day in 1981, when Kansas City’s Amos Otis sent a slow trickler down the third base line, Seattle’s comic infielder Lenny Randle dropped to all-fours and blew the ball foul. The plate umpire wouldn’t have it, and awarded Otis an infield hit.

On this day in 1995, actor Christopher Reeve was left paralyzed after he was thrown from his horse during a jumping event in Charlottesville, Virginia. A leading advocate for spinal cord research, Reeve died at age 52 on October 11, 2004.

And now for some trivia! To make a tablespoon of honey, must your bees collect nectar from: (a) two flowers; (b) 200 flowers; or (c) 2,000 flowers?


Good luck :)

4 Comments:

At 7:27 PM, May 27, 2008, Blogger Laine said...

I'll go with B. For bees :)

 
At 7:31 PM, May 27, 2008, Blogger Laine said...

Also, they are clearly sneakers and not tennis shoes!

 
At 7:20 AM, May 28, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll try C. Those industrious bees!

 
At 5:31 PM, May 28, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

And it's C! They don't call 'em workers for nuthin'!

Laine, not a bad guess...it does sound like something I would do. Also, what do you wear to play tennis on your feet anyway? ;)

JD, you've got them pegged, all right. Those little buggers are busy!

 

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