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Trivia Bits Monday, June 29

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Elementary: Arthur Conan Doyle may have created Sherlock Holmes, that paragon of dispassionate logic, but he was himself fascinated by the occult and easily fooled. In particular, he was completely fooled by a couple of schoolgirl hoaxers, who faked some amateur photographs using paper cutouts of fairies. These became known as the Cottingley Fairies. But some say he had the last laugh at science's expense: He is a prime suspect in the Piltdown hoax, which set back the paleontological study of early humanity by decades.

Tin Cans Are Precious: Aluminum is now considered one of the "poor metals," but it was once considered more precious than gold, so much so that Napoleon III used it to make knives, forks and plates for his honored guests.

This is because aluminum, even though It's the most plentiful metal on earth, is never found as a free metal and wasn't even identified until the 1800s.

When the Beatles "saw her standing there," she was just the same age as the man Joan Jett saw "dancin' there by the record machine." What age?

A) 15

B) 16

C) 17

D) 18

Previous answer: Don the Beachcomber's stiff drink is called a zombie.

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 Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.


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