The Sixth Trivial Pursuit Catch Up Thread

[Cheffie]

Watermelon?

[Jangar]

Coco de mer

The female coco de mer palm, also known as the double coconut or giant fan palm. Grows only on the Seychelles island of Praslin.

Who was the only Oscar winner named Oscar?

[rlsuth]

Who was the only Oscar winner named Oscar?

Oscar Hammerstein

[Jangar]

Oscar Hammerstein

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Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who won two Oscars for Best Original Song -in 1941 for "The Last Time I Saw Paris" in the film Lady Be Good and in 1945 for "It Might As Well Be Spring" in State Fair

What part of a black hole is referred to as the singularity?

[rlsuth]

What part of a black hole is referred to as the singularity?

That would be the very center of the black hole.

[Jangar]

That would be the very center of the black hole.

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The point where there is infinite density and mass.

What state was once known as the Iodine State?

[rlsuth]

What state was once known as the Iodine State?

I'm going to take a complete guess here and say South Carolina (well, not a complete guess because I know there is a lot of naturally occuring Iodine in that State, but a guess nonetheless).

[Jangar]

I'm going to take a complete guess here and say South Carolina (well, not a complete guess because I know there is a lot of naturally occuring Iodine in that State, but a guess nonetheless).

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It put the slogan on its license plates to promote th ehigh iodine content in its fruits and vegetables at a time when there was great concern about iodine deficiencies in youngsters. With the advent of iodized salt in the 1940s demand for iodized food dropped and so was the slogan. South Carolina is now known as the Palmetto State.

Can you name the U.S. prseidents whose images are on Mount Rushmore - as they appear from left to right?

[Pronkertjie]

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It put the slogan on its license plates to promote th ehigh iodine content in its fruits and vegetables at a time when there was great concern about iodine deficiencies in youngsters. With the advent of iodized salt in the 1940s demand for iodized food dropped and so was the slogan. South Carolina is now known as the Palmetto State.

Can you name the U.S. prseidents whose images are on Mount Rushmore - as they appear from left to right?

Yes, I can.....

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

Theodore Roosevelt

Abraham Lincon

[Curio]

I'd say that's right.