Bonus Trivia

Why is alcohol/liquor sometimes called “hooch?”

After the United States of America acquired Alaska from Russia in 1876, the Alaska territory was placed under military command and a law was passed prohibiting the sale of liquor to native Alaskans. The Alaskans learned to make their own liquor out of flour, brown sugar, and fruits. This home-made concoction was very strong, and was first produced in a small village called Hoochinoo, near Sitka, Alaska.

The Alaskans called this liquor “hoochinoo.” During the Klondike Gold Rush, this name was shortened to “hooch.”

Today, this term still applies to any liquor but especially to strong or “bad” liquor.

Trivia of the Day for Sunday

The skin on the foot or palm of your hand wrinkles when it is exposed at length to water because it expands.

An airplane’s black box is actually orange.

Chinese astronomers made the first recorded observation of Halley’s Comet in 240 B.C.

Diamonds burn if you heat them somewhere between 1,400 to 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit.

Baseball’s first All-Star game was played July 6, 1933, in Chicago’s Comiskey Park. The AL won, 4-2.

Trivia of the Day for Saturday

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.

Dr. Seuss actually pronounced Seuss such that it sounded like Sue-ice.

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

Trivia of the Day for Friday

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

Roses may be red, but violets are, indeed, violet.

By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand.

Casey Kasem was the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

Trivia of the Day for Thursday

The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’.

Trivia of the Day for Wednesday

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Money isn’t made out of paper, it’s made out of cotton.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks, otherwise it will digest itself.

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

Trivia of the Day for Tuesday

It also took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.

Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokesmodel.

Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.

Back in the mid to late 80’s, an IBM compatible computer wasn’t considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft’s Flight Simulator.

Trivia of the Day for Monday

Apart from humans, certain species of chimpanzee are the only animals to experiment sexually. They have been known to ‘wife swap’ and indulge in group sex.

According to Dr. David Gems, a British geneticist, sex-craved male mice, who spend 5 to 11 hours per day pursuing female mice, could live years longer if they abstained.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple, and silver.

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Trivia of the Day for Sunday

Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system, and a few ounces are enough to kill a small-sized dog.

Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.

Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.

Most lipstick contains fish scales.

Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower,’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.

Trivia of the Day for Saturday

The first cook book was written by the Greeks in 400 B.C.

There are 4,300 known species of ladybugs in the world.

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

John Wilkes Booth’s brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son.

Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.