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Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 04-12-2006
What was the first commercial jingle heard on television in the U.S.?
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - dudette - 04-12-2006
I seem to remember it being for a toothpaste commercial... :mmm:
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 05-12-2006
dudette Wrote:I seem to remember it being for a toothpaste commercial... :mmm:
I hope not... :haha:
The slogan was "You'll stop paying the elbow tax, when you start cleaning with Ajax". The product was Ajax Cleanser in 1948.
:cheer:
What job did George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, Richard M. Johnson, William R. King Schuyler VColfax, and Henry Wilson have in common?
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Cheffie - 05-12-2006
Jangar Wrote:What job did George Clinton, Daniel D. Tompkins, Richard M. Johnson, William R. King Schuyler VColfax, and Henry Wilson have in common?
They were the inspiration for Enid Blyton's Famous Five..
'William R King etc' must have been bullied at school with a name like that..
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 06-12-2006
Woo Hoo I get to do a :cheer:
They were all vice presidents in the United States.
Why do Japanese golfers buy hole-in-one insurance?
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - dudette - 06-12-2006
When Japanese get a hole-in-one, instead the round of beer/whatever at the 19th hole, they are expected to shower everyone present with gifts.
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Cheffie - 06-12-2006
Jangar Wrote:Why do Japanese golfers buy hole-in-one insurance?
I know a joke about this.. :thumbs:
But it's a family site so will not succumb to temptation
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 07-12-2006
dudette Wrote:When Japanese get a hole-in-one, instead the round of beer/whatever at the 19th hole, they are expected to shower everyone present with gifts.
:thumbs:
Japanese tradition requires them to share their good luck when they get a hole in one by giving gifts to all their friends. It's a tradition that can cost $10 000 or more.
When it comes to real estate slang, what is the meaning of the acornym LULU?
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - dudette - 07-12-2006
Asked my mom this one (she's an estate agent) and she tells me it means a good buy/property.
Week 49's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 08-12-2006
Third time this week I get to do a :cheer:
Locally Unwanted Land Use. The term is used to refer to a community's opposition to having a real estate developement or other conctruction project - such as a prison or nuclear power plant - in its midst.
What National Football League team is named after a famous 19th-century poem?