Thursday, October 22, 2009

QUIZZING TRIVIA

What city boasts a Board of Trade that buy and sells half the world's wheat and corn?
A: Chicago
What boxer answers to the nickname "Sweet Pea"?
A: Pernell Whitaker
Which state produces two-thirds of America's iron ore?
A: Minnesota
What former IOC president wanted to eliminate team sports and the Winter Games?
A: Avery Brundage.
What event earned Norway's Johann Olay Koss three golds at the 1994 Winter Olympics?
A: Speed skating
What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host?
A: Harpo's.
Which character name was shared by Gene Kelly in Singin' In The Rain and Ian McShane in Dallas?
A: Don Lockwood
What Elton John album became the first album to enter the charts at Number One, in 1975?
A: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
What name has been shared by the most popes?
A: John.

What nation bartered 30 million barrels of oil for ten Boeing 747s in 1984?
A: Saudi Arabia.

What 10-year-old began earning his bad reputation by throwing puppies off th Kremlin walls in 1540?
A: Ivan the Terrible.


WITH LOVE JITHESHMANIYAT

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