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Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 11-12-2006

A litttle bit late this morning as I decided to sleep in as I've a day off today Big Grin

Which U.S. presidents served as delegates to the Continental Congress?


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - gwasi - 11-12-2006

Jangar Wrote:A litttle bit late this morning as I decided to sleep in as I've a day off today Big Grin

Which U.S. presidents served as delegates to the Continental Congress?

Larry, Curly and Mo (The Three Stooges) Smile


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 12-12-2006

I think I've left this question up for long enough now :p

My apologies for not asking today's question earlier but I ran a bit late this morning and work was hectic :mad:

Anyways, let me start by doing a :cheer: Big Grin

The answer is: The first five - George washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.

What film role was played by Katherine Hepburn in 1939, by June Allyson in 1949 and by Wyona Ryder in 1994?


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Hagar - 13-12-2006

Little Woman Wink


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 13-12-2006

Hagar Wrote:Little Woman Wink

:thumbs:

Jo March, in film adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

Why was the 19-foot-tall statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., recast after World War II?


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Hagar - 13-12-2006

Jangar Wrote:Why was the 19-foot-tall statue of Thomas Jefferson in the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., recast after World War II?


The recast was to replce the the plaster model statue of Thomas Jefferson by a bronze statue, as after the World War II restrictions on the use of metals were lifted.


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - dudette - 13-12-2006

I don't know but I guess that the first was melted down for the war effort.


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 14-12-2006

Hagar Wrote:The recast was to replce the the plaster model statue of Thomas Jefferson by a bronze statue, as after the World War II restrictions on the use of metals were lifted.

:thumbs:

The original plaster statute cast in 1943 was put in the basement of the memorial in 1947,

What is the teddy bear cholla?


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - dudette - 14-12-2006

A desert plant


Week 50's Trivial Pursuit - Jangar - 15-12-2006

dudette Wrote:A desert plant

:thumbs:

A treelike cactus that looks cuddly but has nasty spines that detach easily. It is also known as the silver cholla and the teddy bear cactus.

Phew !!! I got here in the nick of time :haha:

Here are Friday and Saturday's questions:

F - What was the only exterior colour available to buyers of the first Chevy Corvette - the 1953 roadster?

S - When it comes to seances, what's an apport?