A 50 - 50 Chance. Life's a Lot Like That! Quiz

Answer: False

The dolphin has two brain lobes called hemispheres. Each operate on their own. The entire brain is awake about 8 hours a day and for the next 16 hours, one side of the brain sleeps while the other is awake. In this way our friend, the dolphin, can get 8 hours of sleep without ever having to stop physical movement.

Answer: False

Right church. Wrong pew. It was his "Tom Sawyer" that was written on a typewriter in 1876.

Answer: True

I guess the question says it all. Mind boggling, wouldn't you say?

Answer: True

Burnt gypsum was used by the Egyptians as a cementing material and could well have have been used in building the pyramids. Later on, Greeks and Romans burned limestone which made quicklime which was used for making mortar. They also learned that by using fine soil, lime and sand that they had a strong cement material. The best of the Roman materials came from around Mt. Vesuvius. The Romans also made hydraulic cement that would harden under water.

Answer: False

It was Apollo 11 that carried Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. to the moon. The Apollo 11 launch date was July 16, 1969 and Neil Armstrong was the very first human to walk on the moon on July 20, 1969. Do you think that Alan Shepard, Jr. of Apollo 14 brought his golf ball back from the moon?

Answer: True

The key here is to realize that there are no bears at the South Pole whatsoever. I have taken much of the story away to limit confusion. Try adding a hunter that fell down once, lost sight of the bear but found another one to chase, etc. Just keep the mileage and direction the same.

Then ask "What color was the second bear?" Most people have a hard time figuring this out and some get it right away. I don't have to tell you that he was white, do I? This came from a Mensa puzzle book.

Answer: True

What do you think an owner of an original Picasso painting would say to Al Capp's statement? Al Capp loved art but was not a fan of modern art, as his statement will tell you. Al Capp's very popular "Li'l Abner" started being published in early 1934 and lasted through 1961. Does anyone remember his creation, the great "Shmoo" he brought our in 1948? The "Shmoo" was an overnight sensation and Life magazine even had a magazine headline that heralded, "U.S. Becomes Shmoo-Struck!" in 1949.

Answer: False

No, they don't all gobble. Only the tom (male) gobbles. The lady turkey is more genteel in that she just makes a clicking noise.

Answer: True

It is interesting to note that koala prints cannot be distinguished from human fingerprints.

Answer: False

Arizona does have capital punishment. Besides North Dakota and Vermont, the following do not have capital punishment: Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The rest do have capital punishment. This is according to the New York Public Library Desk Reference, Fourth Edition. 2002.

Answer: False

Using a computer, Hertzel, a mathematician, was able to figure out the overall probability of landing on each square. The following are the 10 most landed-on spaces: Illinois Avenue, Go, B & O Railroad, Free Parking, Tennessee Avenue, New York Avenue, Reading Railroad, St. James Place, Water Works and Pennsylvania Avenue. Why do you suppose this is true?

Answer: True

Did you ever doubt it? Plans were made during the 1980 post nuclear attack exercise (Code name: REX-80 ALPHA) and economists working at secret sites figured out a way to give tax-free cash to survivors. For more information, see U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project. There is even a plan for delivery of mail. If you want to see this on the net, type into Google REX-80-ALPHA and it will bring you to the Cost Study Report.

Answer: False

Richard Weingraff, who works for the Federal Highway Administration's Infrastructure Office, states that it is a complete hoax and urban legend. Although the interstates were initially created with defense in mind (supposedly), the overpasses are not high enough for a lot of military vehicles so the interstates were not of much value for the movement of troops and equipment.

Answer: False

It is the "mystery woman", "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci. Rembrandts famous painting "The nightwatch" (De nachtwacht) is in the National museum (Rijksmuseum) in Amsterdam, Holland.

Answer: False

Sounds right but it was the "Red Elephants". I've seen a boar in Alabama but never an elephant. When they won the 1920 Rose Bowl, a sportswriter said, "they washed over their opponents like a crimson tide." The team has been known as the "Crimson Tide" ever since.

Answer: True

Liquid Paper was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham. She was an artist who earned a living for herself and son as an executive secretary. Like all the secretaries in the world, prior to the use of the computer, she wished for a better way to correct her typing errors. She knew artists painted over their mistakes on canvas so she
figured the same could be done with paper. She put some tempera waterbase paint in a bottle and took it to work with a watercolor brush. Her boss never noticed the corrections. She died in 1980 after selling her corporation for $47.5 million.

Answer: False

Just up the road "a piece" from Albuquerque is the real New Mexico capital. Santa Fe. It is a little hard to get to since it has no regularly scheduled airline service and no passenger train service.

Answer: True

Our friend, Cleo who was not nearly as beautiful as Elizabeth Taylor who played her. In fact, it is said that she was quite homely. She was part Macedonian, part Greek and part Iranian. There have to be easier ways to commit suicide rather than to bring an "asp to your breast."

Answer: False

Eight years before Lindbergh's flight, two men by the names of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown co-piloted a twin-engine plane from Newfoundland to Ireland. They crashed their small plane in a bog at Marconi Station at Clifden, Ireland after thinking the bog was dry land.

It took them 16 hours and 27 minutes to make the crossing and their average speed was 115 miles per hour. Lindbergh's great achievement was doing it alone.

Answer: True

The Roman Catholic Church has approximately 1.1 billion followers worldwide and about 62 million members in the US. There are about 36 million members of the Baptist Church in the US and about 38 million world wide.

Answer: True

He decided he would learn the law in an office and did so in Youngstown Ohio. Speaking of Ohio, did you know that Bexley, Ohio's Ordinance Number 223 (1919) prohibits the installation and usage of slot machines in outhouses. I always did wonder why I never saw one in an outhouse. What about you?

Answer: False

The United States is the only country that does not tip its flag during the Olympic opening ceremonies.

Answer: False

This honor belongs to the tiny Delaware who was admitted December 7, 1787. Pennsylvania wasn't too far behind. It was admitted December 12, 1787 followed by New Jersey admitted on December 18, 1787.

Answer: True

John Adams and John Quincy Adams -- Father and Son.
Benjamin and William Henry Harrison -- Grandfather and Grandson.
Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- Cousins.
George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush -- Father and Son.

Answer: Yes

It happened in 1992. The president turned white as a sheet and then slid out of his chair until he was practically under the table. I remember when this happened and I still feel sorry for him.