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TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, May 5, 2008
"Six Items a Day of Enduring Insignificance"
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Greetings Infomaniacs,
Good morning, folks, and welcome to another work week and a
nearly perfect Spring morning. Too bad most of us are working,
but if you're lucky enough to have to day off hopefully you
are enjoying it...weather it is sunny where you are or not.
There is a new Mind-Scrambler at the bottom of the page, make
sure to check it out.
Enjoy!
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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a
fool's excuse for failure."
HINT: 1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist,
"The Devil's Dictionary"
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RANDOM TIDBITS
The Statue of Liberty is also known as Liberty Enlightening
the World. The height from ground to the tip of the torch
is 305 feet (93 m); this includes the foundation and the
pedestal.
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The Eiffel Tower was born on March 31, 1889 (hoisting the
flag to the top), built for the Universal Exhibition in
celebration of the French Revolution.
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The roofs of the Sydney Opera House are constructed of
1,056,000 glazed white granite tiles, imported from Sweden.
The Opera House was formally completed in 1973, at a cost
of $102 million. The original cost estimate in 1957 was $7
million.
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Big Ben (Clock Tower)
The clock faces and dials were designed by Augustus Pugin.
It is an iron framework 23 feet in diameter supporting 312
pieces of opal glass. At the base of each clock face is
the Latin inscription 'DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM
VICTORIAM PRIMAM' which means 'Lord save our Queen
Victoria I'.
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The Gateway Arch
The Arch stands 630 feet (192 m) tall, and is 630 feet
(192 m) at its widest point. Its legs are equilateral tri-
angles, narrowing from 54 feet (16.5 m) at the base to 17
feet (5.2 m) at the top. Each wall consists of a stainless
steel covering reinforced concrete from ground level to 300
feet (91 m) or carbon steel and rebar from 300 feet (91 m)
to the peak.
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Itaipu Dam
Five miles wide and requiring enough concrete to build five
Hoover Dams, the Itaipu Dam spans the Parana River at the
Brazil/Paraguay border. During its construction, workers
shifted the course of the seventh largest river in the
world by removing 50 million tons of earth and rock to dig
a 1.3-mile bypass.
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*** Weekly Mind-Scrambler ***
You may praise your good fortune and curse all you hate,
Yet I rule all your chaos and gamble your fate.
By some I'm avoided by others I'm game,
Called by fat or slim, my meanings the same.
What am I?
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Answer will be posted in Friday's Trivia Today. Good Luck!
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QUOTE: "Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a
fool's excuse for failure."
ANSWER: Ambrose Bierce
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