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trivia 4/11

JenKennings

JenKennings

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trivia 4/11
DID YOU KNOW...
In present-day Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan, a girl who loses her virginity before her wedding day may be punished or murdered along with her lover by the males of her own family.

1. Who was the first European to explore North America?
2. In what language did St Paul write his epistles?
A. - Latin
b. - Hebrew
c. - Aramaic
d. - Greek
3. In National Lampoon’s Vacation, what fictional theme park were the Griswolds trying
to get to?
4. Where in the USA is the UFO Museum located?
5. What is the name of the vehicle that transports Scooby-Do and the gang around?
6. What company claims to be the "Most Trusted Name in Electronics"?
7. What Broadway hit is set in the New York City Municipal Orphanage?
8. Of the latest five US Presidents, (Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush) which one
had the highest job approval rating after one year in office?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The "Great Leap to Freedom" in the dance world refers to Rudolf Nureyev's daring
escape from the Russian KGB at Le Bourget airport in Paris in 1961..
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1. LEIF ERIKSSON
2. d - Greek
3. WALLY WORLD
4. ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO
5. mystery machine
6. RCA
7. "ANNIE"
8. Jimmie Carter at 76%
TRUTH !!
After defecting to the west, Nureyev quickly became a superstar of ballet, receiving wild
acclaim on a par with Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol. He joined London's Ballet
Company and partnered with Margot Fonteyn, giving new life to such classics as
"Giselle" and "Swan Lake".
He died of AIDS complications in 1993.
 
Dang. 4 & 5. Should have stuck with RCA for 6 but for some reason, I 2nd guessed my answer and switched to Sylvania.
 
Catavenger said:
1. Who was the first European to explore North America?
I don't believe this hs ever been proven for a fact.
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According to the Saga of the Greenlanders, Leif had heard the story of merchant Bjarni Herjólfsson who claimed to have sighted land to the west of Greenland after having been blown off course. Leif approached Bjarni, purchased his ship, gathered a crew of thirty-five men, and mounted an expedition towards the land Bjarni had described.[17] Leif's father Erik was set to join him, but dropped out after he fell from his horse on his way to set sail, an incident he interpreted as a bad omen.[18] Leif followed Bjarni's route in reverse, and landed first in a rocky and desolate place he named Helluland (Flat-Rock Land; possibly Baffin Island). After venturing further by sea, he landed the second time in a forested place he named Markland (Forest Land; possibly Labrador). Finally, after two more days at sea, he landed in a place Leif named Vinland (Wineland). There, Leif and his crew built a small settlement which was called Leifsbúdir (Leif's Booths) by later visitors from Greenland. After having wintered over in Vinland, Leif returned to Greenland in the spring with a cargo of grapes and timber.[17][19] On the return voyage, Leif rescued an Icelandic castaway and his crew, earning Leif the nickname "Leif the Lucky".[20]

Modern recreation of the Norse site at L'Anse aux Meadows.


Research done in the early 1960s by Norwegian explorer Helge Ingstad and his wife, archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad, identified a Norse settlement located at the northern tip of Newfoundland. It has been suggested that this site, known as L'Anse aux Meadows, is Leif's settlement of Leifsbúdir. The Ingstads demonstrated that Norsemen had reached America about 500 years before Christopher Columbus.[21][22] Later archaeological evidence suggests that Vinland may have been the areas around the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and that the L'Anse aux Meadows site was a ship repair station and waypoint for voyages there. That does not necessarily contradict the identification of L'Anse aux Meadows with Leifsbúdir,[22][23] as the two sagas appear to describe Vinland as a wider region which included several settlements. The Saga of Erik the Red mentions two other sites in Vinland: a settlement called Straumfjord in the north, and one called Hóp in the south.[24]
 
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