Friday, March 08, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  This animal can go for longer periods without water than can a camel.

2)  This serialized radio program was the first successful spinoff of a nationally broadcast show. Name the  spinoff.and the original show.

3)  Only two presidents ever won their election races with the intervention of voting by members of the House of Representatives.  Who were they?

4)  Hugo Chavez died this week. How old was he?

Answers: 

1)  Kangaroo rats never drink water and can go without water longer than camels.  They live in arid environments, such as the Sonora Desert of the American Southwest, and are able to metabolize water from their food, which consists of primarily seeds. Giraffes are also able to endure longer periods without water than camels.



2)  The Great Gildersleeve was a spinoff of Fibber McGee and Molly.

Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve



3)  Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams

4)  Chavez was 58 years old at the time of his death.

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