Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the highest-earning deceased celebrity of 2012?

2)  The first "American" official holiday was declared when and by who?

3)  What is the most commonly found metal element in the earth's crust?

4)  What is the capital of Austria?

Answers:

1)  Michael Jackson

2)  George Washington declared November 26, 1789 to be a national day of Thanksgiving.  In 1863, Abraham Lincoln designated the last Thursday of November to be Thanksgiving and Franklin Delano Roosevelt moved it to the 4th Thursday.

3)  aluminum

4)  Vienna

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