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In the News (Tue 29 Dec 09)

  
  L / "R"
Trivia: older forms [found in the Dead Sea Scrolls] are the largest of all the Hebrew letters, on account of their long upper verticle half.
Trivia: reportedly, light travels at a speed of 299,792 kilometers [186,290 miles] per second, and light waves have lenghts in the neighborhood of 1/20,000 of a centimeter [or 1/ 50,000 of an inch].
Mythology: runic letters are believed to have appeared first in the hands of the Goddess Idun, keeper of the Gods.
mirrorh.com /r.htm   (11573 words)

  
 Dax's Ancient World Trivia 2003
In Norse Mythology, THIS is one of the names for the sun which means "Glory of Elves".
In Norse Mythology, Mani is the god of the moon & the brother of Sol, the goddess of the sun.
In Inuit mythology, She ("the one who is up on high") was a goddess of the hunt, fertility & medicine.
www.members.aol.com /delenndax7/trivia2003.html   (14417 words)

  
 Dax's Ancient World Trivia 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Norse Mythology, THIS is one of the names for the sun which means "Glory of Elves".
In Norse Mythology, Mani is the god of the moon & the brother of Sol, the goddess of the sun.
In Inuit mythology, She ("the one who is up on high") was a goddess of the hunt, fertility & medicine.
members.aol.com /delenndax7/trivia2003.html   (14426 words)

  
 Trivia Quiz Questions #98 - All The Best Trivia!
Trivia Question #52: Today, iodine is added to this edible rock to guard against goiter, while sodium silicoaluminate prevents it from clumping on muggy days.
Trivia Question #135: Until it moved to Docklands, for centuries the Billingsgate market was on the Thames between the Tower of London and London Bridge.
Trivia Question #156: The melancortin 1 receptor, or MC1R, is found on the 16th of the 23 human chromosome pairs.
www.quicktrivia.com /trivia/Trivia_Questions_98.php   (3190 words)

  
 Mythology & Legends Quizzes and Mythology & Legends Trivia -- FunTrivia
A substantial number of medical terms are derived from the names of ancient Greek and Roman deities and other characters from their mythologies.
If you know your mythology, this shouldn't be too hard...
This quiz is for those who like mythology.
www.funtrivia.com /quizzes/humanities/mythology__legends.html   (890 words)

  
 Free Online Trivia Games | Free Trivia Questions And Answers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Anubis, in Egyptian mythology, was the god of the dead.
He was considered the inventor of embalming, the guardian of tombs, and a judge of the dead.
In Norse mythology, Odin was king of the gods as well as the god of war, poetry, magic, and wisdom.
officialtrivia.com /myth.php   (364 words)

  
 Trivia: Music, Arts, Sports, Movies, TV, History, Geography, Science, Science Fiction, Astronomy, Mythology, Horror
Astronomy & Mythology Trivia Quiz - A matching quiz that allows you to test your knowledge of the planets, Greek gods, & their Greek & Latin names.
Trivia Library - A large number of trivia articles on a wide variety of subjects including quizzes on movies, history, and things like that.
Trivia & Cryptoquotes Archive - We used these trivial tidbits & cryptoquotes in our daily e-Zine from 1/03 to 10/03, at which time the e-Zine began running daily cryptoquote contests.
www.puzz.com /trivia.html   (467 words)

  
 Amazon.fr : Mythology: Tales & Legends of the Gods: Livres en anglais: Kathryn Petras   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Combining 50 individually die-cut cards with full-color illustrations plus hundreds of intriguing facts, statistics, and trivia, each FANDEX FAMILY FIELD GUIDE is a hand-held deck of information.
MYTHOLOGY: Illustrated by artwork through the centuries, here are the tales and legends of the ancient Greek and Roman world, from the Mt. Olympus pantheon to the depths of the Minotaur's labyrinth.
BIRDS: With its large images, bright colors, and die-cut profiles, the bird and the bird card could almost be one and the same, making this the ideal way to identify 47 wild birds in North America.
www.amazon.fr /Mythology-Tales-Legends-Kathryn-Petras/dp/0761112073   (320 words)

  
 PatricksPress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Another excellent trivia book for the general public, combining the best of academics with the trivial.
For the first time in our 25 years, the word trivia is in one of our titles.
For the second time in our 25 years, the word trivia is in one of our titles.
www.patrickspress.com /Trivia.htm   (712 words)

  
 Monstrous Trivia Questions And Answers
TOPICS: The “wild man of the woods” is a familiar figure in folklore from Enkidu of the Gilgamesh Epic, the Russian leshiy, Grendel in the Anglo-Saxon epic Beowulf, and Silenus and the satyrs in Greek mythology.
Contemporary reports are regarded by some as little more than modern variations of this ancient theme, but it could be argued that the widespread presence of these creatures in folklore indicates that they have actually existed since ancient times and may still inhabit remote regions of the earth.
Titans, in Greek mythology, 12 children of Uranus and Gaea, Heaven and Earth, and some of the children of the 12.
www.articledashboard.com /Article/Monstrous-Trivia-Questions-and-Answers/116845   (1256 words)

  
 Open Directory - Games: Video Games: Recreation: Trivia: Browser Based
All Trivia Game - Interactive quiz site similar to the game show "Who wants to be a millionaire?" Questions include movie, sports and music trivia.
First Lines - Collection of trivia quizzes in which a classic book is to be identified based on its opening sentence.
Trivia Quizzes - Test your knowledge with these educational trivia quizzes.
dmoz.org /Games/Video_Games/Recreation/Trivia/Browser_Based   (1399 words)

  
 Amazon.com: 5087 Trivia Questions & Answers: Books: Marsha Kranes,Fred Worth,Steve Tamerius,Martha Kuanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Taking Trivial Pursuit to the extreme, this book offers trivia buffs hours of toil testing their knowledge and fact finding skills with a huge collection of intriguing but little known facts.
One thing that was different about this trivia book when compared to others that I have read is that you can't really cheat with it.
For starters it is neatly categorized so that the reader can easily access trivia related to a particular (broad) category, instead of everything being scrambled together as is often the case.
www.amazon.com /Trivia-Questions-Answers-Marsha-Kranes/dp/1579120865   (1649 words)

  
 Mythology
Mythography - devoted to an exploration of mythology in art and literature, in particular the myths of Greece and Rome as
Mythology [J Criss] - Greek, Roman and Asian mythology.
Probert Encyclopedia Mythology - ranging from classical Greek and Roman to Voodoo.
www.angelfire.com /yt/Dancho/Mythology.html   (401 words)

  
 Mythology quiz -- free game
According to Egyptian mythology who was the goddess of the sky?
In Hindu mythology the Vasus were the 8 attendants of whom?
In Haitian mythology (voodoo religion) who are the divinities that are concerned with the lives of humans?
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=17683   (249 words)

  
 How did Mardi Gras begin?
The first modern-styled parade didn't occur until 1857, and was arranged by a group called the Mystik Krewe of Comus.
The floats were lit by torches and depicted scenes from mythology and literature.
After the American Civil War ended in 1865, more krewes sprung up adding to the number of floats and balls.
coolquiz.grab.com /trivia/explain/docs/mardigras.asp   (446 words)

  
 Astronomy & Mythology Trivia Quiz
This is the god of war in both Greek and Roman myths.
In Greek mythology, he is the son of Zeus.
The messenger of the gods is known for his winged sandals and hat.
www.puzz.com /mythology.html   (425 words)

  
 Bonehead Trivia: The Skull and Head in History and Folklore
Some believe it may be a corruption of the French, "joli rouge" meaning pretty red, referring to the bloody banner used by early pirates.
Athene, goddess of Wisdom, Justice and the Arts was born from Zeus' head.
In his "L'Ascension de l'humanite" (Paris 1958) Herbert Kuhn suggests that the decaptitation of corpses during prehistoric times marked Man's discovery of the spiritual principle residing in the head, as opposed to the vital principle which resided in the body as a whole.
www.serioussilver.com /funstuff/bonehead_trivia.html   (1928 words)

  
 E-Trivia
Greek mythology equivalent of 'between a rock and a hard place'.
Restaurant where Jerry and friends ate most of the time.
Sorry, but you need a Java-enabled browser to play Trivia Blitz.
www.enn2.com /trivia.htm   (219 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Trivia
Trivia (English term), the word "trivia" in English
Trivia in Trivial Pursuit, a popular board game
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Trivia   (102 words)

  
 Clash of the Titans (1981) - Trivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Harry Hamlin convinced the producers to let him use his sword, as that was how it happened according to Greek Mythology.
The Kraken was not the name of a titan in Greek mythology, but a sea monster from Scandinavian mythology.
Screenwriter Beverley Cross was a student of mythology and he developed a storyline centering on Perseus and Andromeda which linked together a number of myths.
us.imdb.com /title/tt0082186/trivia   (299 words)

  
 Braingle: 'Greek Mythology' Brain Teaser
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.
When the Romans assimilated Greek mythology, they renamed many of the Greek gods.
* Although earth is not a Roman god, Gaea is Mother Earth in Greek mythology.
www.braingle.com /17183.html   (103 words)

  
 TRIVIA-WIZ - Trivia Games, Live Chat Room Trivia & Community Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
TRIVIA-WIZ offers thousands of fun interactive trivia games, quizzes, puzzles and live trivia games in our Think Tank chat room to test your knowledge.
This trivia games site is best viewed in frames.
Please enable frames if possible and come inside to play some great trivia games and live chat.
www.trivia-wiz.com   (84 words)

  
 Rose Trivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Test your knowledge of Rose Trivia with these questions of rose culture and mythology.
According to Greek Mythology, it was Aphrodite who gave the rose its name.
The rose is the state flower of Georgia, Iowa, New York, North Dakota, and the District of Columbia.
www.colonialdistrictroses.org /id21.html   (762 words)

  
 Trivia game - Trivia Wars - Trivia game on the web with over 180,000 trivia questions on 200+ categories.
Trivia game - Trivia Wars - Trivia game on the web with over 180,000 trivia questions on 200+ categories.
Trivia Wars has 234314 Trivia Questions and Growing Daily
If you would like to join our Trivia Master Program and have superior knowledge in a specific category and want to be master of your own "Trivia domain", click here now.
www.triviawars.com /trivia/general.html   (79 words)

  
 Trivia - What does the Green Man symbolize? - ArcaMax Publishing
Primarily it is interpreted as a symbol of rebirth, or "renaissance", representing the cycle of growth being reborn anew each spring.
Speculatively, the mythology of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate ancient cultures and evolved into the wide variety of examples found throughout history.
View Trivia ezine stories by date or visit the complete archive
www.arcamax.com /trivia/s-118486-419876?source=1930   (230 words)

  
 Mythology as It Is : Trivia Questions, Quizzes, Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Mythology as It Is : Trivia Questions, Quizzes, Facts
In this general mythology quiz you will have to determine if statements are true or false.
This is a quiz testing your knowledge of the Irish folk legend that has become a part of pop culture.
123facts.com /trivia-quiz-details/Mythology-as-It-Is-38.html   (176 words)

  
 trivia | English | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Trivia are unimportant (or "trivial") items, especially of information.
In the late twentieth century the expression came to apply more to information of the kind useful almost exclusively for answering quiz questions.
[Roman] In Roman mythology, Trivia is the personified deity of crossroads, derived from the Latin trivium ("meeting of three roads").
www.babylon.com /definition/trivia   (98 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Trivia Links
Barbary Coast Armchair Scavenger Hunt and Trivia Unathlon
New England Engine Engine Trivia ("Test your knowledge of engines and engine nomenclature")
Trivia Cafe (Includes a "Question of the Day" and "Questions of the Week")
www.primate.wisc.edu /people/hamel/misctriv.html   (192 words)

  
 Folkmanis Puppets -- Blue Dragon; Green Dragon; Three Headed Dragon; Phoenix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The story tag which accompanies him provides some trivia about Asian dragons, and a Japanese folktale about Tatsuko, a beautiful girl who wishes to stay young and beautiful forever, and so is transformed into a dragon.
He has the same fingerholes on front and back though he is slightly fatter than Blue Dragon and a little more difficult to operate even with both hands.
His tag has phoenix mythology trivia, and I expected to see something from the Russian, but the little story included is actually an Egyptian myth.
www.greenmanreview.com /trove/misc_folkmanis_dragons.html   (713 words)

  
 The Handheld Instant Star and Constellation Identifier. at Hammacher Schlemmer
A tracking button helps you locate a specific object by selecting it in the menu and following the onscreen prompts, while a highlight option provides suggestions for the best celestial viewing based on the date, time, and your current location.
Information, including name, distance, history, trivia, and mythology, is relayed to the user through audio and text presentations via the built-in speaker and LCD screen.
The high-impact plastic casing has rubber armor for worry-free outdoors use, and the unit is approximately the size of a paperback and weighs less than one pound.
www.hammacher.com /publish/72953.asp?source=google&keyword=stargazer&cm_ven=NewGate&cm_cat=google&cm_pla=SpringCatalog06&cm_ite=stargazer&OVMTC=Broad&site=&creative=522053301   (277 words)

  
 trivia about space, astronomy, astrology - Trivial Trivia Collections
All the moons of the Solar System are named after Greek and Roman mythology, except the moons of Uranus, which are named after Shakespearean characters.
Astronauts brought back about 800 pounds of lunar rock to Earth.
The Know-It-All's Guide to Life: How to Climb Mount Everest, Cure Hiccups, Live to 100, and Dozens of Other Practical, Unusual, or Just Plain Fantastical Things
www.corsinet.com /trivia/r-triv.html   (407 words)

  
 Valentine Love, Romance Trivia Smoochie & Huggie Quiz/Game by Brownielocks
Elizabeth Barret Browning didn't marry her husband, Robert Browning until she was 40 years old because her father wouldn't let her get married?
According to Roman mythology, Cupid is the son of which goddess?
According to Greek mythology, Paris loved this woman whose face is rumored to have launched 1,000 ships.
www.brownielocks.com /valtrivia.html   (1197 words)

  
 Age of Mythology for Windows - MobyGames
It has the base of a great RTS, but it's too flawed to recommend.
Age of Mythology was named #4 overall in the "10 Best Games of 2002" by Computer Games Magazine (No. 148, March 2003).
This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (57153) and Kartanym
www.mobygames.com /game/windows/age-of-mythology   (369 words)

  
 Don't miss the Superman Returns trivia
Contrary to popular belief though, it was not New York City that inspired the comic creation Metropolis -- it was Toronto, Superman co-creator Joe Siegel's home town.
ncidentally, Siegel gave a little bit of himself to the Superman mythology -- in his younger years, Siegel had worked as a newspaper boy, selling Toronto's Daily Star.
When it came time to create Superman, Siegel gave him a promotion to newspaper reporter, but retained Daily Star as the paper before it was later changed to Daily Planet.
www.rediff.com /movies/2006/jun/28trivia.htm   (2308 words)

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