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Quick & Easy Quiz II
« on: Apr 9th, 2003, 11:39am » |
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1] Who is buried in Grant's tomb?
2] What is the average number of grooves on a 33 1/3 rpm LP album?
3] How many gallons will fill a ten-gallan hat?
4] Which country does India ink come from?
5] Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place during which season?
6] Which country do Jordan almonds come from?
7] Chinese checkers originated in which country?
8] Where were Venetian blinds invented?
9] In which country did Great Danes originate?
10] Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill fought?
11] Who was the Baby Ruth candy bar named after?
12] The "Bridge over the River Kwai" spans which river?
13] Chop suey was invented in which country?
14] What is the main diet of an anteater?
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Always willing to show my ignorance:
1. Mr. and Mrs. Grant
2. two
3. Unless the hat is waterproofed, it will leak through. Otherwise I'll guess about 5 quarts
4. China
5. Spring
6. Lebanon
7. Italy
8. Spain
9. England
10. On the next hill over; I forget the name.
11. Ruth Garfield
12. The Yangtze
13. Italy
14. Termites
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Re: Quick & Easy Quiz II
« Reply #2 on: Apr 9th, 2003, 3:22pm » |
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For 10, I believe the answer is Breed hill , but it's been long enough I may have that wrong.
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Re: Quick & Easy Quiz II
« Reply #3 on: Apr 9th, 2003, 7:13pm » |
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Just the ones on which I have a clue and disagree with cho:
5: Spring and summer
11: Probably the baseball player, despite the company's claims otherwise.
13: The United States
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Re: Quick & Easy Quiz II
« Reply #4 on: Apr 9th, 2003, 7:45pm » |
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on Apr 9th, 2003, 7:13pm, Chronos wrote:| 11: Probably the baseball player, despite the company's claims otherwise. |
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No, it was named after President Coolidge's baby daughter Ruth, who had been born in the White House not long before the candy bar's introduction and was celebrated all over the country at the time. ("Celebrated" here meaning "to make a celebrity of".) By naming the candy bar in honor of baby Ruth, the makers hoped to pick up on this notoriety. Associating their product with a baby provided a solidly positive image. Associating it with the hard-drinking Babe would of had a number of negative ones. Also, at that time the idea of celebrity endorsement had not caught on.
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Re: Quick & Easy Quiz II
« Reply #5 on: Apr 10th, 2003, 5:06pm » |
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The company's official explanation is that the candy bar is named after Ruth Cleveland, but she died seventeen years before the candy bar was named. Meanwhile, The Bambino was the biggest up-and-coming name in sports, when the candy was introduced. So maybe they did name it after a president's daughter, but that's not the way I'm betting.
See Snopes.
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Re: Quick & Easy Quiz II
« Reply #6 on: Apr 10th, 2003, 6:32pm » |
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Oops. I wouldn't have written my post if I had gotten the President who was Ruth's father wrong. A google search on Baby Ruth turned up references to Ruth Coolidge, and I foolishly jumped to the conclusion she was Coolidge's daughter, without bothering to check the sites.
As the daughter of Coolidge born in the White House, the story of the Baby Ruth bar being named after her would have made sense, but you are right. A child of a different president, who died 17 years before the candy bar was named, is an unlikely choice for namesake. Especially when compared to a man who was at the height of his celebrity at the time.
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