03/04/26 Grif.Net - Big Words (+ ANSWERS to "Did You Know" Quiz
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[Words have meanings. Do you know these words?]
Entropy isn't what it used to be.
The difference between an etymologist and an entomologist is that an etymologist knows the difference.
There's a fine line between the numerator and the denominator.
Is it solipsistic in here, or is it just me?
Does a dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac stay up at night wondering if there really is a dog?
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[Most of these questions are very difficult, so don’t be discouraged if your answer is “no clue” for most. Guess. If you miss, no one, er, not many will mock your effort. A score of 3 out of 20 is commendable.]
1. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railroad in the world (5771 miles long). How many time zones does it pass through? _____
Eight
2. Wally “Famous” Amos is known for chocolate chip cookies. But previously he was a talent agent for William Morris. Can you name at last one famous performer he discovered/signed? _________________________________
Simon & Garfunkel, Diana Ross
3. If your entire circulatory system—we’re talking veins, arteries and capillaries—were laid out flat, it would stretch for more than _________ miles.
60,000 miles
4. Weighing in at 0.05 to 0.07 ounces, with a head-to-body length of 1.14 to 1.29 inches and a wingspan of 5.1 to 5.7 inches, the ______________ is the smallest flying mammal.
Bumblebee bat (also called pug nosed bat)
5. Most of the “dust” in your house come from humans! A human shed around _______________ skin cells an hour.
200 million skin cells an hour
6. Annie Moore of Ireland was the first passenger to pass through Ellis Island on opening day in the year __________.
[January 1] 1892
7. The Mississippi River flows 2,340 miles, A drop of water at Itasca State Parkis would take ________ days to reach the Gulf of America.
With speeds varying from 1.2 mph to 3 mph, one drop of water takes 90 days
8. Japan leads the world in density of vending machines, with one for every _______ people.
23 people
9. Oranges originated in Southeast Asia and were ___________ in color.
Green.
10. Scotland has the most words for snow (more than the inuit people) at ________/
421
11. Most know the use of toilet paper (we hope) but it was designed by Kimberly-Clark for _________________ first, and only later rebranded for the normal use today.
Gas mask filters
12. The world”s largest desert is found on which continen? _____________.
Antarctica
13. U.S. President ___________________ held a liquour license.
Abraham Lincoln
14. _____________ was the first composer to use the trombone in popular, not relgious music.
Beethoven
15. In 1914, Abram Pheil paid $400 for the first commercial plane ride, which covered ______ miles of Florida.
21 miles
16. The largest empire in world history was ________ and controled almost ¼ of both the world’s population and world’s land area,
Great Britain, 1920
17. The year _______ is considered the “birthday of blue jeans, when Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis got a patent on the process of adding metal rivets to men’s denim work pants.
1873
18-19-20., Data from the 1920 U.S. census indicates that the TOP FIVE cities urban populations in the United States were #1 New York City; #2, Chicagol; #3 ____________; #4 ____________, and #5 _____________.
In this order: #3 Philadelphia, #4 Detroit, #5 Cleveland
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Dr Bob Griffin
“From all harm safe in His sheltering arms
I'm living by faith and feel no alarm.”
