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  • Trivia Bits, December 1
    Word of the week: "snow," specifically the Eskimo words for "snow." The idea that Eskimos have dozens of words for snow reflects the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that language is shaped by our experience of the world. Actually, Eskimo …

  • Trivia Bits, November 29
    STAN'S WEEKLY TRIVIA CHALLENGE CONTEST NO. 113 What legendary figure from American history was once known as "Duck Bill" because of the shape of his nose and mouth? HOW TO WIN: Send your answer, with your full name and address, either by e-…

  • Trivia Bits, November 28
    The related words "denim" and "jeans" both have a geographical ancestry. "Denim" is derived from the French fabric "serge de Nimes," Nimes being the city where it was first made. "Jeans" comes from …

  • Trivia Bits, November 27
    Eponym of the week: Japanese engineer Tadao Kashio, who, with his father and three brothers, founded in 1946 what would become the Casio Computer Company. In 1954, Casio debuted its first calculator — the first with a 10-key number pad and a …

Trivia Bits, July 31

Eponym of the week: Russian inventor Leon Theremin. Having previously invented the first motion detector, in 1928 he created the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, and the first musical instrument of any kind playable without touching it. Its eerie sounds can be heard on many sci-fi soundtracks, and perhaps most famously in popular music on the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations."

Yankee doodles: Bobby Abreu is the current right fielder for the New York Yankees. Fifty years ago, the Yankee right fielder was Hank Bauer. The two gentlemen have something else in common: the letters in their last name. "Bauer" can be rearranged to spell "Abreu." (Thanks to Fred Piscop of Bellmore, N.Y.)

You may never have heard of Mount Lee, but you've undoubtedly seen photographs of it and perhaps even beheld it in person without even knowing it.
Mount Lee is the site of:
A) Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park
B) The "HOLLYWOOD" sign that overlooks Los Angeles
C) The Pentagon, outside of Washington, D.C.
D) Stonehenge in England

Previous answer: Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus nicknamed his daughter Destiny Hope Cyrus "Smiley Miley" as a child because of her sunny disposition.

TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Stan Newman at StanTrivia@aol.com or on a postcard to P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762.


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Originally Published on Thursday July 31, 2008

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