This particular puzzle is one of my favorites because it is full of miscellaneous things that once you read here, you will forget it. Just stuff. But who knows? You might be smarter than you think when it comes to knowing just stuff!
1. Where did the potbelly pig originate? Vietnam; Russia; England; China.
2. Which one of these songs was officially composed by all four members of The Beatles in 1967? “Birthday”; “Piggies”; “Flying”; “Rain.”
3. Which of the following cities was not located in the region of Galilee? Capernaum; Cana; Tiberias; Hebron.
4. Who was the first female to serve as the governor of a state in the United States of America? Miriam Ferguson of Texas; Susan B. Anthony of Massachusetts; Lurleen Wallace of Alabama; Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming.
5. Which southern state first celebrated the federal holiday of Memorial Day? Mississippi; Georgia; Alabama; North Carolina.
6. What northern state was the first to observe Memorial Day? Massachusetts; Virginia; Pennsylvania; New York.
7. This natural phenomenon occurs in the Tampa Bay region more often than anywhere else in North America. Sinkholes; rainfall; days with the least amount of sunshine; lightning.
8. Who is the racer famous for driving a vehicle painted in vivid hot pink? Reinhold Joest; Danica Patrick; Shirley Muldowney; Dale Ernhardt Sr.
9. In art, which color is “complementary” to blue? Green; Orange; Purple; Red.
10. Who was the first Green Lantern? Hal Jordan; Alan Scott; John Stewart; Kyle Rayner.
ANSWERS
1. Vietnam. 2. Flying 3. Hebron 4. Nellie Taylor Ross of Wyoming. 5. On April 25, 1866 in the small town of Columbus, Miss., the people honored both Union and Confederates buried in its cemetery. 6. New York City, where the holiday became official in 1873. 7. Tampa did not name its National Hockey League team “The Lightning” for nothing. Tampa is touted as “The Lightning Capital of North America”. 8. Dale Eanhart, Sr. Just kidding. It was really Shirley Muldowney. 9. Orange 10. Alan Scott. The Green Lantern, a fictional superhero that appeared in comic books commencing in July 1940, possessed a power ring that gave him control over the physical world. The only limitations were that it must be touched to the lantern every 24 hours to be charged, and that it did not work on wood.