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Week 32's Trivial Pursuit
#1
Which of the 50 states has the shortest motto?
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#2
Jangar Wrote:Which of the 50 states has the shortest motto?


Rhode Island - Hope
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#3
rlsuth Wrote:Rhode Island - Hope

:thumbs:

It is also the smallest state.

What words inspired Baltimore pharmacist George Bunting to call his skin cream Noxzema?
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#4
No Eczema
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#5
Cheffie Wrote:No Eczema

:mmm:

Not quite...
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Cheffie Wrote:No Eczema

Not sure whether to do a :thumbs: or a :cheer: so I'll let you decide.

The answer:

Knocks eczema. The product, first marketed in 1914 as Dr Bunting's Sunburn Remedy, was renamed after a customer reported that the cream "sure knocked out my eczema".

What animal was the source of the purple dye Cleopatra loved?
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Jangar Wrote:or a :cheer: so I'll let you decide.
What animal was the source of the purple dye Cleopatra loved?
Do the latter.. the answer wasn't text book correct :wall:
Big Grin

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/20....murex.htm

Fascinating reading about the answer to the question. Had no idea! LOL
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Cheffie Wrote:Do the latter.. the answer wasn't text book correct :wall:
Big Grin

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/20....murex.htm

Fascinating reading about the answer to the question. Had no idea! LOL

I thought you may have made a typo Wink

But I am going to do a :cheer: today as all you had to say was snails :p

I didn't read the link so I don't know if it mentions this bit of trivia.

She would her servants soak thousands of Pupura snails for 10 days to obtain an ounce of dye.

What actress is a direct descendant of - and bears the same last name as - one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence?
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#9
Could it be Reese Witherspoon?
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Curio Wrote:Could it be Reese Witherspoon?

It not only could be but it is Big Grin :thumbs:

The Legally Blonde star is descended from John Witherspoon, who represented New Jersey at the Continental Congress. The Scottish-American Presbyterian minister was also the first president of Princeton, then known as the College of New Jersey.

How fast is hypersonic?
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