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2006  REUNION  QUIZ ANSWERS

AUGUST 19, 2006

1.      Money isn’t made out of paper, it’s made out of COTTON. 

2.     The Declaration of Independence was written on HEMP paper.

3.     The dot over the letter “i” is called a TITTLE.

4.     315 entries in the Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were MISSPELLED.

5.     CHOCOLATE affects a dog’s heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small size dog.

6.     Most lipstick contains fish SCALES.

7.     KETCHUP was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

8.     Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time…hence, MULTI-TASKING was invented.

9.     Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of WOOD.

10.   There are no CLOCKS in Las Vegas casinos.

11.   How many words in the Dictionary rhyme with each of the following?   

        Orange ( 0 )      Purple ( 0 )       Silver ( 0 )

12.   The GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

13.   What two (2) foods have negative calories, i.e. they take more calories to eat than they have to begin with?              CELERY             APPLES

14.   A tiny amount of LIQUOR on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

15.   The name WENDY was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded WENDY before!!!

Dick Lusch, 8/6/2006