Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This president was the first to have been born in a hospital.

2)  Bob Hope had unusual provisions in his television and movie contracts, entitling him to free automobiles, gasoline and what else?

3)  The slang expression, "trouble and strife" is a reference to what?

4)  This is the largest island in the Mediterranean.

Answers:

1)  Jimmy Carter

2)  bubble gum

3)  It's Cockney rhyming slang for "wife." You're also liable to hear "me bag for life." This piece on NPR's Morning Edition explains more about this linguistic phenomenon, first begun by street sellers as a way of avoiding detection by the police.

4)  Sicily

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