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January
10th Celebrity Birthdays
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Pat Benatar (1953)
Donald Fagen (1948)
George Foreman (1949)
William Sanderson (1948)
Rod Stewart (1945)
Shawn Colvin (1956)
Evan Handler (1961)
Jim Croce (1943)
Roy Disney (1930)
Michael Schenker (1955)
Sal MIneo (1939-1976) |
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January
10th's Nine Questions
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1. The maker doesn't want
it, the buyer doesn't use it and the user doesn't see it.
What is it?
2. A child is born in Boston, Massachusetts to parents who
were both born in Boston, Massachusetts. The child is not
a United States citizen. How is this possible?
3. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest
mountain on Earth?
4. Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday
is always in the summer. How is this possible?
5. Captain Frank and some of the boys were exchanging old
war stories. Art Bragg offered one about how his grandfather
led a battalion against a 20 German division during World
War I. Through brilliant maneuvers he defeated them 20 and
captured valuable territory. After the battle he was presented
with a sword bearing the inscription "To Captain Bragg
for Bravery, Daring and Leadership in World War One From the
Men of Battalion 8" Captain Frank looked at Art and said,
"You really don't expect anyone to believe that yarn,
do you?" What's wrong with the story?
6. What is one thing that all wise men, regardless of their
religion or politics, agreed is between heaven and earth?
7. In what year did Christmas and New Year's fall in the same
year?
8. A woman from New York married ten different men from that
city, yet she did not break any laws. None of these men died
and she never divorced. How was this possible?
9. Why are 1990 American dollar bills worth more than 1989
American dollar bills? |
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January
10th's Nine Answers
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1. A coffin
2. The child was born before 1776
3. Mount Everest, it just hadn't been discovered!
4. Clara lives in the Southern Hemisphere
5. World War I wasn't called "World War I" until
World War II
6. The word "and"
7. They fall in the same year every year, New Year's Day just
arrives very early in the year and Christmas arrives very
late in the same year
8. The lady was a Justice of the Peace
9. One thousand nine hundred and ninety dollar bills are worth
one dollar more than one thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine
dollar bills |
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January
10th's Fun Facts
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► 1776 - "Common
Sense" by Thomas Paine was published
► 1920 - The League of Nations was established.
► 1927 - Fritz Lang's Metropolis premiered.
► 1946 - The United Nations General Assembly met for
the 1st time in London
► 1949 - 'The Goldedbergs', a television comedy about
a Jewish family, debuted on CBS.
► 1949 - The 7-inch '45' PRM record is introduced, by
RCA. |
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