Random Trivia
The rarest M&M color
what is brown
This is rolled out to the airplane stairs when visiting foreign dignitaries arrive.
What is red carpet
Avoid the sting as you tell us that un’ape is this insect
What is the bee
Nabokov’s novels all began on 3×5 these, which he kept under his pillow in case of inspiration
What is an index card
The name of this condition that affects mostly women literally means “porous bone”
What is osteoporosis
In a website browser address bar, what “www” stands for
What is World Wide Web
These red berries are a Thanksgiving favorite.
What are cranberries
If you’re called un asino, you’re either a fool, or this animal
What is a donkey
In 2009 this, on which Cormac McCarthy produced 5 million words, sold for over $250,000 at auction
What is a typewriter
This fatty substance inside the bones is a major site of blood cell production
What is the marrow
According to Greek mythology, the first woman on earth
Who is Pandora
This adorable bug is red with black dots.
What is a ladybug
That’s the scariest ragno, one of these, I’ve ever seen! Don’t tell Signorina Muffet
What is a spider
At London’s Charles Dickens museum, visitors can handle Dickens’ own pen of this type
What is a fountain pen
Your false ribs are so called because unlike your true ribs, they aren’t attached to this breastbone
What is the sternum
Tennis star Serena Williams won this major tournament while pregnant with her first child
What is the Australian Open
During this spectator event, the matador uses a red cape to cause the male bovine to charge.
What is bullfighting
Un cane is this; ready for walkies?
What is a dog
Raymond Chandler composed screenplays by talking into this machine, a brand name copyrighted in 1907
What is a dictaphone
This bone with a ball-&-socket joint at one end is about 1/4 of your height
What is the femur
This singer’s real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta
Who is Lady Gaga
British soldiers were called this during the American Revolution.
What are Redcoats
It really gets me that una capra is one of these farm animals
What is a goat
Steinbeck was obsessed with these; the Mongol 2 3/8 model came closest to the perfect point
What is a pencil
Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) Most broken bones in children are this type of fracture with a colorful name, in which the break cuts only partway through the bone
What is a greenstick