To: abuelita who wrote (25858 ) 7/18/2000 7:17:04 PM From: T L Comiskey Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 35685 Quiz Time............. > >> > YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT......... >> >> > 1. Debra Winger was the voice of E.T. >> >> > 2. Pearls melt in vinegar. >> >> > 3. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather >for >a >> >> > year's supply of footballs. >> >> > 4. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads >> >> > for dating are already married. >> >> > 5. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: >Marlboro,Coca-Cola, >> >> > and Budweiser, in that order. >> >> > 6. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs. >> >> > 7. Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment >> >> > in the palms of their hands. >> >> > 8. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes >> >> > from the sale of vodka. >> >> > 9. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy >> >> > dog," uses every letter in the alphabet. (Developed by Western >Union to >> >> > Test telex/two communications) >> >> > >> >> > 10. Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches. >> >> > 11. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. >> >> > 12. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from >> >> > the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The >horses were >> >> > stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up >> >> straight staircases. >> >> > >> >> > 13. The airplane Buddy Holly died in was the "American >> >> > Pie." (Thus the name of the Don McLean song.) >> >> > 14. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great >king >> >> > from history. Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; >Hearts - Charlemagne; and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. >> >> > 15. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 >> >> > 16. Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their >> >> > unwanted people without killing them used to burn their >> houses down-hence the expression "to get fired." >> >> > 17. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine >> >> > that make them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. >> >> > 18. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the >> >> > army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. >> >> > 19. The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the >> >> > lowest point in Colorado. >> >> > 20. The only two days of the year in which there are no >> >> > professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are >> >> > the day before and the day after the Major League Baseball All-Star >Game. >> >> > 21. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or >older. >> >> > 22. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" >> >> > movie was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. >> >> > 23. If you put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will >> >> > keep floating to the top and sinking to the bottom. >> >> > 24. Snails can sleep for 3 years without eating. >> >> > 25. Actor Tommy Lee Jones and vice-president Al Gore were >> >> > freshman roommates at Harvard. >> >> > 26. The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually >> >> > indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they >> >> > could be confused at a crime scene. >> >> > 27. Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a >> >> > "Friday the 13th." >> >> > 28. The man, who plays Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott on >> >> > Star Trek, is missing the entire middle finger of his right >hand. >> >> > 29. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one >> >> > mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are >usable as >> >> > airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. >> >> > 30. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. >> >> > 31. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are >> >> > stuck on 4:20.