365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

In ancient Rome, in the first century AD, by Emperor Vespasian, the man who built the Colosseum. Vespasian's connection to toilets lives on: urinals in Italy are known as vespasianos; in France they are known as vespasiennes.



Saturday, September 13, 2014

Two ex-wives of what Hollywood leading man starred in Batman films?​
 
He had been offered $10,000 by the H. J. Heinz Company if his streak reached 57 games. Heinz saw it as a way to promote its trademark 57 Varieties.



Tuesday, September 16, 2014

How much water—in gallons—are pelicans native to North America able to hold in the large pouches under their bills?​
 
Georgia. At the time the Creek Indians were threatening to attack, and colonists in Georgia feared that by sending representatives to the meeting in Philadelphia they risked losing the support of British troops in defending their borders.



Thursday, September 18, 2014

What was the doomed Marie Antoinette apologizing for when she told her executioner, "Pardon me, sir. I did not mean to do it"?​
 
She had stepped on his foot on her way to the guillotine. Her exact words, in French, were "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur. Je ne l'ai pas fait exprès."



Friday, September 19, 2014

What is amnesiac ex-CIA agent Jason Bourne's real name in the spy thrillers written by Robert Ludlum and the movies featuring Matt Damon and Jeremy Renner?​
 
The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini. Based on a play of the same name by David Belasco and known in Italian as La Fanciulla del West, its 1910 debut was the first world premiere ever presented at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.



Monday, September 22, 2014

At what age do Hobbits reach adulthood in the fantasy world created by novelist J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings?​
 
They communicate infrasonically—they can produce and hear sounds of ultralow frequency. The sounds are so low in pitch (below 20 Hz) that humans and most other animals cannot hear them.



Wednesday, September 24, 2014

What is often different about the shape of the challah bread served for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year?​
 
Instead of serving traditional straight-braided challahs, many Jews prefer challahs baked in a variety of designs including round shapes to symbolize the cyclical nature of the year, crown shapes to express their belief that God is the King of Kings, and ladder or bird shapes to express their wish that their prayers will reach heaven.



Thursday, September 25, 2014

What was the Flash-Matic, the innovative ray gun—shape device that was advertised as "absolutely harmless to humans" when it was introduced in 1955?​
 
The very first wireless TV remote control. Sold by Zenith, it was used to shoot a beam of light that could activate receptors in the four corners of a TV screen. The receptors in the top corners of the screen could change channels; those in the bottom corners could turn the picture or sound on or off.



Friday, September 26, 2014

What role did the ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery play in American history?​
 
They transported colonists from England to the New World in 1607, setting the stage for the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America.



Saturday, September 27, 2014

Who was the first basketball player drafted directly from high school into the pros?​
 
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