Bet You Didn�t Know, Trivia by Peary Perry, 11-19-2010. (original) (raw)

At 1300 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is the lowest body of water on this planet.

The Queen of the Underworld (sounds like a good name for a rock group doesn�t it?) and the wife of Hades in Greek mythology was called �Persephone.

Benny Benson, Benny Benson�..who was he? Well, he was a 13-year-old kid in the 7th grade in 1927 when he entered a contest and designed the winning entry for the State flag of Alaska.

Cattle, climate, copper and cotton�known as the �Four C�s� are associated with what city�..? El Paso, Texas �of course.

There was a Texas cattleman by the name of Sam Maverick�refused to brand his cattle�.so what word do we associate with him today? If you said��maverick� you�d be right.

While we�re on words�the term �The Real McCoy�� where�d it come from? It was from an advertisement for a sewing machine in Ireland in the 1800�s.

Let�s see you name the only word in the dictionary that starts and ends with �und��.Give up? It�s underground.

Queen Elizabeth�s last words in 1603 were? �All my possessions for one moment of time.�

� Peary Perry
Bet You Didn�t Know

- A Treasure Trove of Trivia
November 19, 2010 column
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