365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

Allied air attacks on Nazi train movements in France and Germany, begun in May 1944, that were aimed at disrupting the shipment of supplies and munitions to German forces in advance of D-day.



Saturday, January 18, 2014

What is a young frog called when it grows out of its tadpole stage but has not yet reached adulthood?​
 
An apartment in New York City's Trump Towers. Mozart's opera, written in 1786, is set in a castle in Seville, Italy.



Monday, January 20, 2014

What is the significance of the official address of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C.—1964 Independence Avenue SW?​
 
The number 1964 was chosen to acknowledge the key role King played in passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It also marks the year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.



Tuesday, January 21, 2014

What early American invented an odometer to measure distances along the Boston Post Road?​
 
Benjamin Frankin, in 1753, in his capacity as deputy postmaster for the northern colonies, appointed by the crown. His mechanical odometer measured distances by counting the rotations of a wheel on his carriage. He spent ten weeks traveling along the Boston Post Road, which linked Manhattan to Boston, marking each mile with a wooden stake. A crew following him replaced his stakes with engraved mile-marker stones.



Wednesday, January 22, 2014

What insect-eating birds find their meals on the backs of rhinoceroses?​
 
Vipsoccermaster said:
Benjamin Frankin, in 1753, in his capacity as deputy postmaster for the northern colonies, appointed by the crown. His mechanical odometer measured distances by counting the rotations of a wheel on his carriage. He spent ten weeks traveling along the Boston Post Road, which linked Manhattan to Boston, marking each mile with a wooden stake. A crew following him replaced his stakes with engraved mile-marker stones.
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