Friday, November 02, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The first U.S. postage stamps were sold in 1847. Whose images were on the 5-cent stamp and the 10-cent stamp?

2)  This letter is the oldest in the Phoenician alphabet.

3)  What's the difference between a nook and a cranny?

4)  How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?

Answers:

1)  Ben Franklin was on the 5-cent stamp and George Washington was on the 10-cent stamp.

2)  The letter "O" is the oldest, remaining unchanged from 1300, BCE.

3)  A nook is a corner and a cranny is a crack.


4)  24

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