Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Today's Trivia Teaser

Q: Name the Russian cosmonaut who flew the first manned space flight.
A: Yuri Gagarin ran the flight in 1961

Q: What did The U.S. Table Tennis Association want to call its sport?
A: Ping-pong, but Parker Brothers already owned the rights to the name.

Q: Who was the first black athlete to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympic history?
A: On Feb 18, 2006, American Shani Davis won the men's 1,000 meter speed-skating in Turin.

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