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Hi folks.
It’s Black Friday.
This is the day they let the crazy people out.
They wrestle and fight and tug
and roll around on the floor hitting each other
in a frenzy of greed and stupidity.
It’s fun to watch, but I’m staying at home.
How about you?
If you want to know why then have
a look at these videos and photos.
Enjoy and be safe.
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Today is the fourth Thursday of November and also the last Thursday in November so whether you think Lincoln was right or Roosevelt was right, it still Thanksgiving Day in the USA.
To everyone who participates, enjoy the family holiday, eat too much and drink too much.
Last year I did what turned out to be a very popular post called “I Had To Post A Few Turkey Puns Today, Of Course They Are Fowl” ( Click here if you would like to read it.) And this year I’ve done it again.
So here are some more really bad jokes.
Enjoy or endure.
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Thanksgiving,
the time of year when turkeys
fatten Americans up for Christmas!
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Why didn’t the Pilgrim want to make the stuffing?
Because it’s such a crummy job!
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What happened when the turkey got into a fight?
He got the stuffing knocked out of him.
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What kind of music did the Pilgrims like?
Plymouth Rock, of course!
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What would you get if you crossed
a turkey with a baked fruit dessert?
A peach gobbler!
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What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?
The turkey trot
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What does a Turkey drink wine in?
In a gobble-let
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What did baby corn say to mama corn?
Where’s popcorn?
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Why did the turkey sit on the tomahawk?
To try to hatchet!
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Teacher: “What did the Indians bring
to the first Thanksgiving?”
Student: “Baseballs.”
Teacher: “Baseballs?”
Student: “Yeah,
they were Cleveland Indians!”
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Who is the turkey’s favorite movie star?
Gregory Peck.
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If you divide the circumference
of a pumpkin by its diameter
Do you end up with
Pumpkin pi?
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Can a turkey jump higher than
the Empire State Building?
Yes of course it can
– a building can’t jump at all.
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Why did the pilgrim’s pants keep falling down?
Because his buckle was on his hat!
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And finally,
instead of talking turkey,
let’s hear someone sing turkey instead.
Take it away Dickie Stickhead
(Phew, you have to be careful how you say that name!)
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Yes, we are on a Thanksgiving theme this week.
So here are a few relevant facts.
Enjoy.
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The word ‘turkey’ is said to come
from the Hebrew word ‘Tukki’
which means ‘Big Bird’ or ‘Pheasant Bird’
or ‘Indian chicken’.
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The busiest travel day of the year
is the Friday after Thanksgiving.
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Turkeys can drown
if they look up in the rain.
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Historians have proven that
the pilgrims didn’t really wear those
funny hats and buckles on their shoes.
They dressed really colorfully.
No one knows how the pilgrim image began.
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The first meal eaten on the moon
by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren
was a roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings.
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The first balloon in the
1927 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
was Felix the Cat
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Turkeys are able to adapt to a wide variety of habitats.
However, most turkeys are found
in hardwood forests with grassy areas.
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On June 20, 1998, in Bellevue, Ohio,
Dale Gasteier built a 52’ free-standing
illuminating star to celebrate
the American Thanksgiving holiday?
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It was Sarah Joesph Hale, a magazine editor
who persuaded President Lincoln
to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday.
She had previously persuaded Zachary Taylor,
Millard Filmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan.
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Almost 280 million turkeys
are consumed during Thanksgiving
celebrations in the United States.
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Turkeys have heart attacks.
When the Air Force was conducting test runs
and breaking the sound barrier,
fields of turkeys would drop dead.
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The real Plymouth rock is cracked,
it happened during the revolutionary war.
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Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation
presents a live turkey and two dressed turkeys
to the President on Thanksgiving.
The President pardons the live turkey
and it is sent to a historical farm
where it lives the rest of its days.
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Thanksgiving was not an official holiday
until Lincoln proclaimed it.
Before that, presidents would declare it
a holiday or not, depending on how they felt.
The official Thanksgiving Proclamation
was signed on October 3, 1863
by Abraham Lincoln.
According to this proclamation,
the last Thursday of November was
to be celebrated as Thanksgiving.
President Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving
one week earlier to stabilize the economy
during the Great Depression in 1939.
In 1941, the Congress passed an
official proclamation and made
Thanksgiving a national holiday
which would be observed on the
4th Thursday of November every year.
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Hello and welcome to another week at the fasab blog.
This week, for obvious reason, I’m on a Thanksgiving theme, so this week’s quiz is not the usual random mixture, but all about Thanksgiving and, of course, turkeys.
As usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) 1535 b) 1598 c) 1621 d) 1686 e) 1751
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Q. 2: What are the respective names of a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 3: Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the last Thursday of November?
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Q. 4: Which U.S. President attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
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Q. 5: What are the respective sounds made by a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 6: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a) Lakota b) Apache c) Wampanoag d) Blackfoot
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Q. 7: Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on a) Thanksgiving and b) Christmas? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 8: A three part, and possibly three point question, a) is Thanksgiving celebrated in any country other than the United States, and b) if so where, and c) when? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 9: Which US state produces the most turkeys annually?
a) Ohio b) Indiana c) Minnesota d) Arkansas
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Q. 10: The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed?
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Q. 11: Where was the turkey first domesticated?
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Q. 12: The original Thanksgiving lasted for how long?
a) 1 day b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 7 days
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Q. 13: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
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Q. 14: What American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
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Q. 15: What was the first departmental store that held a Thanksgiving parade?
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Q. 16: What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
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Q. 17: What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
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Q. 18: The inhabitants of which state are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States?
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Q. 19: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower and how long was the voyage from England to the New World? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 20: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) 1535 b) 1598 c) 1621 d) 1686 e) 1751
A. 1: The correct answer is c) 1621.
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Q. 2: What are the respective names of a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 2: A female turkey is a ‘hen’ and a male is a ‘tom’.
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Q. 3: Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the last Thursday of November?
A. 3: Abraham Lincoln.
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Q. 4: Which U.S. President attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
A. 4: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Q. 5: What are the respective sounds made by a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 5: A female turkey says ‘cluck’ and a male turkey says ‘gobble’.
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Q. 6: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a) Lakota b) Apache c) Wampanoag d) Blackfoot
A. 6: the Wampanoag tribe.
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Q. 7: Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on a) Thanksgiving and b) Christmas? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 7: a) 90% of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving and b) 50% at Christmas.
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Q. 8: A three part, and possibly three point question, a) is Thanksgiving celebrated in any country other than the United States and b) if so where and c) when? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 8: Correct answers are, a) Yes b) in Canada, and c) on the second Monday of October.
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Q. 9: Which US state produces the most turkeys annually?
a) Ohio b) Indiana c) Minnesota d) Arkansas
A. 9: The correct answer is c) Minnesota.
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Q. 10: The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed?
A. 10: Plymouth Rock.
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Q. 11: Where was the turkey first domesticated?
A. 11: Mexico and Central America. (A point for either answer.)
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Q. 12: The original Thanksgiving lasted for how long?
a) 1 day b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 7 days
A. 12: The correct answer is b) 3 days.
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Q. 13: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
A. 13: Potatoes.
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Q. 14: What American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
A. 14: Benjamin Franklin.
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Q. 15: What was the first departmental store that held a Thanksgiving parade?
A. 15: It was Gimbel’s Department Store in Philadelphia, in 1920.
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Q. 16: What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
A. 16: It is called a ‘wattle’.
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Q. 17: What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
A. 17: It is known as ‘Black Friday’.
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Q. 18: The inhabitants of which state are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States?
A. 18: Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
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Q. 19: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower and how long was the voyage from England to the New World? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 19: 102 Pilgrims made the journey and it took them 66 days.
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Q. 20: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
A. 20: Israel.
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Fifty-one years ago today the United States 35th President, John F Kennedy, was assassinated at Dealy Plaza, in Dallas, Texas. We all know the story and the various conspiracy theories that have been written about ad nauseam over the past half century so this post is not about that.
Rather it is about one of the legacies of the JFK name, the USS John F Kennedy, the only ship of her class (a variant of the Kitty Hawk class of aircraft carrier) and the last conventionally powered carrier built for the United States Navy.
Although it was retired in 2007 after nearly 40 years of service in the United States Navy, the Kennedy was a very impressive ship. For those who like the details it measures 1,052 feet long, has a beam of 130 feet, and draws 37 feet of water. The flight deck is 1,046 feet by 252 feet.
The JFK displaces 81,430 tons at full load and her compliment is 155 officers, 2,775 enlisted (ship’s company), and 2,160 enlisted and 320 officers (embarked air wing).
it’s top speed is 32 knots, and her cruising speed is 20 knots. The operational range at 30 knots is 4,000 miles while the maximum cruising range is 12,000 miles.
USS JFK is equipped with 4 aircraft elevators and features 4 steam-powered catapults and 4 arresting wires. The carrier was capable of launching and recovering aircraft simultaneously and could embark 80+ aircraft, depending on mission requirements.
Aircraft on board included 56 F/A-18 hornet strike fighters, 6 S-3B Viking ASW aircraft, 4 EA-6B Prowler offensive electronic warfare aircraft, 4 E-2C Hawkeye electronic early warning aircraft, 2 ES-3A Shadow electronic warfare (SIGINT) aircraft, 4 SH-60F Seahawk ASW helicopters, and 2 HH-60H Seahawk combat search and rescue aircraft.
Its armaments included two Mk 29 Sea Sparrow Guided Missile Launch Systems, two RAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) systems, and two Mk 15 Phalanx 20mm CIWS (Close In Weapon System.)
During it’s service it was stationed some of the time in the Mediterranean area.
If you have never seen one of these babies up close and personal and wanted to get an idea of just how big and impressive they are have a look at the aeriel photograph below, taken as the JFK berthed at the island of Malta.
Compared to the houses, cars and people you can see in the shot I’m not sure the word ‘big’ is big enough to describe it.
I mean I wouldn’t want to mess with it. Would you?
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Get it?
Pretzels, knot bread?
Never mind. Time to unravel a few more word plays.
It’s Pun Day.
Enjoy or endure!
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Here’s a good one for you,
Good one.
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I went to the museum to feed the animals
But they were all stuffed
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Those disposable cameras
are a complete con.
Now I have absolutely no record
of a perfectly lovely holiday.
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My girlfriend said she was going to
leave me because of my obsession with
pointing out inanimate objects…
So I showed her the door.
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My son has been asked
to sign for his local team.
To be honest,
I never knew they were deaf.
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Cadbury’s have brought out
a new box of chocolates
for inconsiderate people.
They’re self centered.
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I run a business selling tiny models
of Buddha and Mohammed.
Sales aren’t the best but
I’m making small prophets.
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Everyone’s blaming me for the
animal noises on the video conference at work.
Seems I’ve been made into a Skypegoat.
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The English language
is the best in the world.
It just has a certain…
je ne sais quoi.
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My family abandoned me,
my ex-girlfriend took everything I own,
and my children hate me
all because of my constant optimism.
Still, it could be worse.
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My wife asked me for a
new wardrobe last Christmas,
so I got her one.
Turns out she just wanted clothes
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I’m looking forward
to my dirty weekend.
Wash the car,
clean the garden,
take rubbish out……
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I got water trapped in my ears
after having a shower this morning.
It was a near deaf experience.
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If you like women
as well as the next man
you’re probably bi-sexual.
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What’s the temperature in Motown ?
Three degrees, four tops…
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Alayne Fleischmann was someone who I though did not exist.
Yes, it’s a slightly odd name, but that’s not what I mean.
She’s a real person, she does exist, although many on Wall Street and in the government wish she did not.
You see Alayne Fleischmann is a an honest lawyer.
Not only an honest lawyer, but an honest securities lawyer.
And not only an honest securities lawyer, but an honest securities lawyer who worked for a bank.
I know, it’s hard to believe isn’t it?
But it’s true.
Eight years ago Ms Fleischmann was employed by J P Morgan Chase Bank as a deal manager, a position that allowed her to see the crooked activity, fraud in other words, that was going on at the bank, particularly in regard to mortgage securities.
She has been effectively ‘gagged’ for many years by confidentiality agreements, hordes of lawyers acting for the banks, and by government organizations that were supposedly investigating the fraud but which were in fact just trying to get it pushed under the carpet as soon and as quietly as possible.
Now Alayne Fleischmann is blowing the whistle, not just on the fraudulent activity of the banks but on the massive cover-up that followed it.
In doing so she is just confirming what anyone who has been paying attention already knew to be true, namely that the government has allowed the banks to buy their way out of criminal charges and jail time by paying multi-billion and multi-million dollar fines, fines that may sound large to you and I but which to them are a small fraction of the money they stole.
The Department of Justice, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, SEC, and more have been pretending to investigate and bring the culprits to book. In effect they have done very little.
So I think a round of applause is in order for Ms Fleischmann. She won’t make much of a dent in the corrupt system, the corruption is so ingrained that I doubt if anyone could do that. But at least she came through with her honesty intact and that is a hell of a lot more than can be said of the banksters or the politicians and political appointees who were supposed to be going to make things right.
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Yes, everyone it’s Quiz Day again at the fasab blog.
You will find out about ‘Bruce’ when you do the quiz, which I hope you will.
And remember, as always, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: In radio what does ‘FM’ stand for?
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Q. 2: What breed of dog is the tallest in the world?
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Q. 3: And what is the smallest breed of dog?
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Q. 4: The marine mammal, the ‘dugong’, is the supposed original of what?
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Q. 5: Chance to build up a good score here with a possible 7 points available. In the business world what do these well known acronyms stand for? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get all 6 correct.)
a) IBM b) HP c) CNN d) DHL e) HTC f) CVS
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Q. 6: What common chemical compound is represented by the formula ‘nh3’?
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Q. 7: What is a ‘quadruped’?
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Q. 8: What Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance, has been called the “father of modern observational astronomy”?
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Q. 9: Still on the subject of space, what recently landed on an asteroid after a ten year journey, bounced twice, ended up in the wrong place and then shut down after its batteries were depleted?
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Q. 10: What is the name of the little naked bow-carrying statue that historically represents ‘intimate love’, and ‘desire’? (You can also earn a bonus point if you can name his ‘brother’.)
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Q. 11: Of what is Bamboo the tallest variety in the world?
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Q. 12: Which bacteria is responsible for typhoid and food poisoning?
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Q. 13: What is the name given to someone who studies plants?
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Q. 14: What is the mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur better known as?
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Q. 15: What is ‘-459.7ºf’ also know as?
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Q. 16: What common medical procedure and what type of drink are included in the standard phonetic alphabet?
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Q. 17: How many cubic inches are there in a cubic foot?
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Q. 18: How many years is it since the start of the ‘Great War’?
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Q. 19: The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
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Q. 20: His nickname was ‘Bruce’ and he was the star of what became the highest-grossing film in history at the time of its release in 1975, and the most successful motion picture of all time until Star Wars. What was the name of the movie?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: In radio what does ‘FM’ stand for?
A. 1: Frequency Modulation.
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Q. 2: What breed of dog is the tallest in the world?
A. 2: No, not the Great Dane, the correct answer is Irish Wolfhound.
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Q. 3: And what is the smallest breed of dog?
A. 3: The Chihuahua. (In fact I think it is so small it doesn’t merit the extra ‘hua’.)
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Q. 4: The marine mammal, the ‘dugong’, is the supposed original of what?
A. 4: The Mermaid, the name ‘dugong’ means ‘lady of the sea’.
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Q. 5: Chance to build up a good score here with a possible 7 points available. In the business world what do these well known acronyms stand for? (A point for each correct answer and a bonus point if you get all 6 correct.)
a) IBM b) HP c) CNN d) DHL e) HTC f) CVS
A. 5: a) IBM International Business Machines b ) HP Hewlett Packard.
c) CNN Cable Network News d) DHL Daisey Hillblom Lynn
e) HTC High Tech Computer f) CVS Consumer Value Stores
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Q. 6: What common chemical compound is represented by the formula ‘nh3’?
A. 6: Ammonia.
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Q. 7: What is a ‘quadruped’?
A. 7: Any four footed animal.
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Q. 8: What Italian physicist, mathematician, engineer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the Renaissance, has been called the “father of modern observational astronomy”?
A. 8: His name is Galileo, or more properly Galileo Galilei.
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Q. 9: Still on the subject of space, what recently landed on an asteroid after a ten year journey, bounced twice, ended up in the wrong place and then shut down after its batteries were depleted?
A. 9: The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta Mission Philae comet lander. (You earn a point if you said either ‘Rosetta’ or ‘Philae’ in your answer.)
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Q. 10: What is the name of the little naked bow-carrying statue that historically represents ‘intimate love’, and ‘desire’? (You can also earn a bonus point if you can name his ‘brother’.)
A. 10: His name is ‘Eros’ and his brother’s name is ‘Anteros’ who supposedly represents reflective or returned mature love.
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Q. 11: Of what is Bamboo the tallest variety in the world?
A. 11: Grass.
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Q. 12: Which bacteria is responsible for typhoid and food poisoning?
A. 12: Salmonella.
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Q. 13: What is the name given to someone who studies plants?
A. 13: A Botanist.
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Q. 14: What is the mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal and sulphur better known as?
A. 14: Gunpowder.
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Q. 15: What is ‘-459.7ºf’ also know as?
A. 15: Absolute Zero. (So now if anyone asks you what the government has achieved you can answer ‘-459.7ºf’.)
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Q. 16: What common medical procedure and what type of drink are included in the standard phonetic alphabet?
A. 16: X-ray = X and Whiskey = W.
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Q. 17: How many cubic inches are there in a cubic foot?
A. 17: 1728. (12 x 12 x 12)
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Q. 18: How many years is it since the start of the ‘Great War’?
A. 18: 100 years this year. The Great War is also now known as World War I.
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Q. 19: The invention of what in 1867, made Alfred Nobel famous?
A. 19: Dynamite.
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Q. 20: His nickname was ‘Bruce’ and he was the star of what became became the highest-grossing film in history at the time of its release in 1975, and the most successful motion picture of all time until Star Wars. What was the name of the movie?
A. 20: The movie was ‘Jaws’, and ‘Bruce’ was the nickname give to the ‘shark’ they used in it.
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But of course sometimes life isn’t fair.
Sometimes it’s Pun Day.
Enjoy or endure!
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Tink my postmn is a thif
My leters keep gong misin
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I asked a French bloke
if he played video games.
He said Wii.
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Chickens don’t have friends.
They only have pen pals.
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I was sent on an anger management course.
Apparently it’s all the rage.
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Chewbacca forgets to delete his history before
letting his girlfriend use his computer
….wookie error
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My brother takes part in a weather
predicting contest every month.
He’s the raining champion.
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I used to know a depressed cross eyed girl…
She never looked forward to anything.
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There was a knock at the front door.
My wife answered it and said to me
”there’s a man at the door with a bald head’‘.
I said ‘‘tell him to get lost, I’ve already got one’‘
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I’m directing a cowboy movie called ‘The Sun’.
It’s set in the west.
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My wife just spent $100 getting a bikini wax.
What a flipping rip off.
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Is anyone here called Allen?
I think I found your keys
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I’m an alcoholic and have frittered the best
years of my life away looking at the world
through the bottom of a glass.
All I ask for is another shot.
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There’s a certain stigma attached
to reproduction organs,
especially in flowers.
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Three Chinese brothers, Bu, Chu, and Fu,
wanted to illegally live in America.
The brothers decide to change
their names to seem more American.
Bu changed his name to Buck.
Chu changed his name to Chuck.
And Fu got sent back to China.
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I went to a Motown reunion last night and
promised myself I wouldn’t suck up to any of the artists…
But The Temptations were there.
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Yes, chain stores, axes and earthquakes are just some of today’s random selection of fabulous facts here at the fasab blog.
Hope find a few things new and interesting.
Enjoy.
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NASA’s New Horizons mission will
be the first probe to study Pluto.
It was launched on January 2006,
and will be near Pluto on July 2015.
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The world’s largest Axe is located
in Nackawic, New Brunswick, Canada.
It stands 15 metres (49 ft) tall,
weighs over 55 tons and the
axe-head is 7 metres (23 ft) wide and
has a time capsule embedded within it.
It sits on a concrete stump 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter.
The axe was commissioned, designed and
built in 1991 by a company in Woodstock and it
symbolizes the importance of the forest industry in the region.
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There is a small town in Estonia (actual name ‘Tartu’)
that has been nicknamed of ‘Souptown’ because most
of its streets are named after various vegetables,
such as Kartuli (Potato), Herne (Pea), Oa (Bean),
Marja (Berry) and Meloni (Melon).
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The town of ‘Superior’ in Wisconsin in the USA
is also known as ‘Soup Town’
but this is simply because the name was shortened
to ‘Soup’ and then ‘Town’ added later.
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The first recorded chain store was British-owned W H Smith,
founded in London in 1792 by Henry Walton Smith and his wife.
The store sells books, stationery, magazines, newspapers,
and entertainment products.
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In the U.S., chain stores began with the founding of
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P) in 1859.
By the early 1920s, the U.S. boasted three national chains:
A&P, Woolworth’s, and United Cigar Stores.
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Ants are known to be able to lift and carry
about 50 times their own bodyweight,
but a recent scientific research study by
Ohio State University suggests it can be up
to an incredible 5000 times their bodyweight.
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It was during the stupid ‘Prohibition’ period
in the Unites States (1920-1933),
when there was a nationwide Constitutional ban
on the sale, production, importation, and
transportation of alcoholic beverages,
that ‘cocktails’ gained popularity.
They were offered to mask the flavor of poorly made
alcohol and popular versions included
‘Mary Pickford’, ‘French 75’, ‘Barbary Coast’,
‘Bee’s Knees’, and the ‘Sidecar’.
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And, by the way,
it is still illegal in Ohio to get a fish drunk.
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Barack Obama is the USA’s 44th President,
but there actually have only been 43 presidents:
Grover Cleveland was elected for two non-consecutive terms
and is counted twice, as the 22nd and 24th President.
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Although the Great Wall of China has
existed for more than two thousand years,
most of the rest of the world didn’t know
about it until after the first European,
a Portuguese explorer named Bento de Gois,
discovered it in 1605.
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Not quite as old as the Great Wall of China,
but nonetheless impressive, was Brazilian woman
Maria do Carmo Jeronimo who for a while
was the oldest living person on earth.
She was the last Brazilian slave,
and one of very few people in history who
managed to live during three different centuries;
she was born in Brazil in 1871 and
she died on June 14, 2000,
at the incredible age of 129 years and 102 days.
Unfortunately lack of a birth certificate,
which were not often issued in those days especially for slaves,
prevented her official recognition as the world’s oldest woman.
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If you ever wondered what it would be like
trying to eat your dinner during an earthquake
then you should book a table at
Disaster Café, in Lloret de Mar, Spain.
At the “disastrous” dinners customers experience
an artificial 7.8 magnitude earthquake
so don’t wear your best gear as there are likely
to be spilled food and drinks during the meal.
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When James Wan agreed to direct the horror movie ‘Saw’
he also agreed not to receive an “up front” salary
but instead opted for a generous percentage
of the movie’s box office earnings.
‘Saw’ made over $100 million globally and it is
considered one of the most profitable horror movies of all time.
Wan’s risk also enabled him to become one of the youngest
and highest-earning directors in movie history.
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The world’s shortest commercial flight takes place
between the two Orkney Islands, Westray and
Papa Westray, north of Scotland.
Operated by Loganair,
the flight covers a distance of only 1.7 miles (2.7 km)
and if the weather conditions are favorable,
it can be completed in just 47 seconds.
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