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There are 10 questions chosen at random out of a database of 71 questions. See if you can answer all of them correctly, and make the "Hall of Fame"


1. What are the only two letters that are not on a telephone dial?
  Q & X
  Q & Z
  O & I
  Q & R

2. Start with a piece of paper -- any size you want. Now fold the paper in half, and then in half again, etc. What is the maximum number of times you can fold the paper in half?
  It depends on the size of the paper you start with
  20 times
  4 times
  9 times

3. What is the craft of making arrows called?
  Spearing
  Fletching
  Arrowsmithing
  Kneading

4. Why were chopsticks invented by the Chinese?
  Because they were easy to make out of wood.
  The fork hadn't been invented yet.
  So they could hold their food in one hand and eat in the other.
  Actually, the Japanese invented them.

5. In some European countries, if coal is transported in open railway trucks the top is sprayed with a solution of lime. Why?
  To minimize coal dust from escaping into the air.
  To detect theft.
  To prevent water penetration in case it rains.
  To make coal non-flammable (safer to transport).

6. Americans call it a faucet. What do the British call it?
  A tap
  Spigot
  Sillcock
  Petcock

7. How much air is in a Hostess Twinkie?
  68%
  82%
  50%
  12%

8. What happened on January 15, 1831?
  The first US-built train goes into service.
  The first predicted solar eclipse occurs.
  The US Civil War begins.
  Dynamite is invented.

9. What are most American babies named after?
  The most popular names of the day.
  The father or mother.
  Whomever is the most popular rock star at the time.
  Close relatives.

10. What is phobophobia?
  The fear of sunlight.
  The fear of germs.
  The fear of speaking.
  The fear of one's own fear.


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