Monday, August 04, 2008

Alan Rock's Trivia

Q: This actor, born on August 3, 1951, will forever be remembered for giving life to what comic strip hellion on TV in 1959?
A: Jay North as Dennis the Menace.

Q: What country experienced the highest temperature ever recorded on earth?
A: The biggest scorcher ever noted was on September 13, 1922 in El Azizia (also known as Al 'Aziziyah), Libya, when the mercury hit 136 degrees Fahrenheit. El Azizia is near the Sahara desert, so it's no wonder the place gets so hot. Temperatures have likely gotten even hotter in the actual desert, but weather stations aren't there to record it.

Q: Born August 4, 1901; deceased 1971. This musician/singer's hits included "Mack the Knife" and "It's a Wonderful World." What's his name?
A: Louis Armstrong!

Q: The lowest temperature in the U.S. was recorded in what state?
A: As you would expect, the coldest temperature ever officially recorded in the USA was in Alaska. It was -79.8 degrees Fahrenheit, rounded off to -80, observed at Prospect Creek Camp in the Endicott Mountains of northern Alaska on January 23, 1971. The Prospect Creek Camp is along the Alaska pipeline about 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle. This is not the North American record low. The North American low of -81.4 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at Snag in Canada's Yukon Territory on February 3, 1947.

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