Week 14's Trivial Pursuit

[Jangar]

How is it that astronaut Neil Armstrong's footprints are still on the moon?

[dudette]

There is no wind on the moon

[Jangar]

There is no wind on the moon

:thumbs:

Or rain or weather of any sort to erode them. Scientists expect that the impressions Armstrong and his fellow astronauts made on the lunar surface will remain undisturbed for millions of years, unless they obliterated by a crashing meteorite.

How many feathers does the peacock in the NBC-TV logo have?

[dudette]

Six

[Curio]

I have no idea.
:mad:

[Jangar]

Six

:thumbs:

The peacock had 11 feathers when it was introduced in 1956, but lost five when the logo was redesigned after 30 years.

Whose tennis dress is included in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History?

[dudette]

Chris Evert Lloyd ... or Billie Jean King ... :mmm:


As Jangar always says... go with your first guess... Chris

[dudette]

Or could it be this person? http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/...76018A.jpg

[Jangar]

Chris Evert Lloyd ... or Billie Jean King ... :mmm:


As Jangar always says... go with your first guess... Chris

Oh dear....

This time it didn't work as it is Billie Jean King's.

It's the dress she wore in 1973 when she played - and beat - one time Wimbledon winner and self-professed male chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs in a much ballyhooed Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome. King won 9-4, 6-3, 6-3

How many layers are there in the 0.02-inch-thick cornea of the human eye?

[nataliiie]

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