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  • Trivia Bits, July 9
    We heard from Janice Anderson of Pleasant Hill, Calif., after having "syzygy" as a recent Word of the Week. She has traveled the world to view solar eclipses, and once had SYZYGY as her license plate. She says that she discontinued the …

  • Trivia Bits, July 8
    "Cross"-word puzzle: Anyone who has traveled on a commercial airliner recently has heard the instruction "Prepare for departure and crosscheck," given by the captain to the crew. We understand that certain things need to be …

  • Trivia Bits, July 7
    Word of the week: "phthisiologist," whose first two syllables sound like "thizzy." It is the study of tuberculosis. Lest you think you'll never see that word outside of a medical-school textbook, it appears on a 76-cent U.S. …

  • Trivia Bits, July 5
    STAN'S WEEKLY TRIVIA CHALLENGE CONTEST NO. 92 For a time in the 1990s, a portrait of what famous woman (not a head of state) could be found on the circulating banknotes of two different European countries? HOW TO WIN: Send your answer, with your …

Trivia Bits, May 10

STAN'S WEEKLY TRIVIA CHALLENGE CONTEST NO. 84
What famous name from 19th-century world history was once the president of three countries simultaneously?

HOW TO WIN: Send your answer, with your full name and address, either by e-mail to TriviaBits@gmail.com, or on a postcard to Stan Newman's Trivia Challenge No. 84, P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. Only one submission per person, please. Answers must be received within seven days of publication. One winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, who will receive a copy of Stan's new book "15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia," courtesy of Random House.
Answer and winner will be announced in a future issue.

ANSWER TO TRIVIA CHALLENGE CONTEST NO. 77
The two film stars with identical first and last names that have their own stars on the Walk of Fame are Harrison Ford (of "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" fame) and Harrison Ford (star of silent films). Winner: Anne Mott of Tacoma, Wash.



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Originally Published on Saturday May 10, 2008

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