Miscellaneous V Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ike Clanton & Friends

It only took a few seconds for the Earp side to kill three of their opponents and for two of the Earp brothers to be wounded. In this case, the town of Tombstone did not appear to value the "protection" of the noble lawman, Wyatt Earp and sympathies tended to run with the "outlaw" Clanton.

In fact, there was a serious attempt to lynch the Earps and Holliday for their part in the fight and it wasn't long until they left town.

Answer: True

This is true but pet cats outnumber pet dogs. There are about 73 million pet cats in the country and about 35 million cat owners. This is according to the 2001-2002 survey by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association

Answer: TCB

Elvis Presley----"The King"---dead at 42 was buried wearing a ring with a flash of lightning and the initials TCB. Elvis prided himself with "taking care of business in a flash". He was born on January 8, 1935 and is quoted, "Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do 'em all together, I guess." Elvis was a nocturnal person and the day that he died, he had played racquetball all night at Graceland with three other people until 6 a.m. Shortly after, he went into the bathroom where he had the fatal heart attack.

His first job was as an usher in a movie theater.

Answer: "Nipper"

"Nipper" was part bull terrier with a splash of fox terrier thrown in. "Nipper" was born in Bristol, England in 1884 and was taken to work by his owner, a photographer. While in the studio, "Nipper" loved to listen to music on the old phonograph. The owner decided to paint a picture of "Nipper".

He took the painting to the Gramophone Company who purchased the picture after the Edison cylinder phonograph was replaced with the gramophone. The deal was done and the painting became a trademark. It was called "Dog and Trumpet" although the original title was "His Master's Voice".

Answer: Tootsie Roll

Clara's Daddy called her his "Little Tootsie". Each year the Tootsie Roll Industries produce enough candy to stretch from the earth to the moon and back according to the company's statistics. It is interesting that Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops are not classified as chocolate under the definition used by federal officials in collecting data on the candy industry. My, I do love cherry Tootsie Pops!

Answer: It causes different rotation directions in different parts of the world.

This phenomenon causes the the tropical storms to rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere where they are called hurricanes and clockwise in the southern hemisphere where they are called cyclones. In Asia they are more commonly called typhoons.

The coriollis force is very, very subtle on a small scale and other forces can easily overcome it. One way to see this effect is to get on a merry-go-round and throw a ball to someone who is across from you and standing on the ground. The ball will appear to go to one side instead of going straight.

Answer: True

Fingerprints can be lifted from many substances and there are different techniques to accomplish this. Lasers, alternate light sources and even subjecting them to glue fumes. Prior to using fingerprints to identify individuals, a system of measuring bones in the body was used.

In ancient Babylon, fingerprints on clay tablets were used for business transactions. In 14th century Persia, many government papers had fingerprints on them.

Answer: Two Tablespoons

The vampire bat requires 2 tablespoons of blood a day to survive. They land near or on a sleeping victim and use a heat sensor to find where the blood is closest to the skin. Then the bat makes a tiny incision----only about 1/5 of an inch long to extract the blood.

Answer: Jackass

The word was "Jackass" but Jackson nimbly turned this insult around and created campaign posters showing a donkey to impress the voters of his stubbornness in his refusal to bow to big business interests in the election. A New York cartoonist began using the donkey in political cartoons and the donkey became the symbol of the Democratic party and has remained so to this day.

Answer: The hot peppers contain capsaicin

Hot peppers contain capsaicin which stimulate the nerve endings in the mouth and makes the brain believe it is experiencing true heat. The eating of a hot pepper can even cause perspiration. Pure capsaicin is so hot that if you dilute a single drop in 100,000 drops of water and then sip the water it will blister your tongue.

When you burn your mouth from a hot pepper, do not drink water as this only serves to spread the capsaicin around (it does not dissolve in water) and then the whole mouth is burning.

Some people say that a teaspoon of sugar moistened by a few drops of water placed in the mouth for a minute will work as well as anything else. Of course, if you don't eat the hot pepper, you will be much better off.