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Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 07-08-2006
Which of the 50 states has the shortest motto?
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - rlsuth - 07-08-2006
Jangar Wrote:Which of the 50 states has the shortest motto?
Rhode Island - Hope
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 08-08-2006
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?
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Cheffie - 08-08-2006
No Eczema
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 08-08-2006
Cheffie Wrote:No Eczema
:mmm:
Not quite...
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 09-08-2006
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?
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Cheffie - 09-08-2006
Jangar Wrote:or a :cheer: so I'll let you decide.Do the latter.. the answer wasn't text book correct :wall:
What animal was the source of the purple dye Cleopatra loved?
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/millennia.of.murex.htm
Fascinating reading about the answer to the question. Had no idea! LOL
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 10-08-2006
Cheffie Wrote:Do the latter.. the answer wasn't text book correct :wall:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/millennia.of.murex.htm
Fascinating reading about the answer to the question. Had no idea! LOL
I thought you may have made a typo
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?
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Curio - 10-08-2006
Could it be Reese Witherspoon?
Week 32's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 11-08-2006
Curio Wrote:Could it be Reese Witherspoon?
It not only could be but it is
: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?