Archive for the ‘rio’ Tag

07/12/2025 “JUST PLAIN TRIVIA”   2 comments

  • Abraham Lincoln lost five different elections prior to becoming a United States president.
  • There are 13 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
  • The only word that begins and ends with the letters “und” is the word underground.
  • Due to contrasting gravity, a person normally weighing 200 pounds on earth will weigh just 76 pounds on Mars.
  • Recycling one glass jar will save enough energy for three hours of television.
  • A tsunami can move at the same speed as a jet plane.
  • You could fit almost 900,000,000,000,000 footballs into the Grand Canyon.
  • Rio de Janeiro means River of January.
  • Sometimes when you are sleeping, your brain is busier than when you’re awake.
  • The left and right sides of your body are controlled by the opposite sides of your brain.
  • In Japan you can buy square watermelons, specifically created to stack more easily in supermarkets.
  • Wild lions usually do not kill more than 20 times a year.
  • Crocodiles along the banks of the Nile River are accountable for over 1000 deaths per year.

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And last but not least some information that I hope our

current generation of scientists are paying attention to.


1. The First Law of robotics is a robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

2. The Second Law of robotics is that a robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3. The Third Law of robotics is that a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

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SPECIAL THANKS TO ISAAC ASIMOV

09/28/2024 “80’S TRIVIA CHALLENGE”   Leave a comment

It seems that every time I do a post concerning the 1980’s, you folks respond immediately and request more 80’s nonsense. So, here’s what I’m going to do today. I’m going to give you a 10-question test of trivia from the 80’s. I’m posting the answers as well so be as honest as you can with your scoring. There is a strict Honor System here at E.U.T. Good Luck!!

  • What kind of smile is mentioned in Duran Duran’s 1982 hit song “Rio”? Cherry Ice Cream.
  • Whose ninth inning, pinch-hit, two-run homer won Game 1 of the 1988 World Series for the Dodgers? Kirk Gibson
  • How many American hostages were released from Iran on January 20, 1981, just as Ronald Reagan was inaugurated? 52 Days
  • What was the first number one hit song of the 1980’s? Please Don’t Go by K. C. and the Sunshine Band
  • What was the title of Jim Varney’s first Ernest movie, in 1987? Ernest Goes to Camp

  • For what did Bruce McCandless gain fame in the 1980’s? The first untethered spacewalk on the Challenger shuttle.
  • What did you buy from MCI in the 1980s? Long-distance Phone Service
  • What school won the most NCAA Division I football championships in the 1980s? Miami of Florida, 1983, 1987, and 1989
  • How did Sally Ride earn fame in the 1980s? The First American Woman in Space
  • What nation started a brief war with England by invading the Falkland Islands in April 1982? Argentina

MY FINAL SCORE WAS 5.