Made of Money
If you have a Lincoln, a Mercury, and a Buffalo coin in your pocket, how much money do you have?
16 cents (Lincoln penny, Mercury dime, and Buffalo Nickel)
"Paper" money is a misnomer. What two fabrics are used to make US paper currency?
Linen (25%) and cotton (75%). That's why money can survive being washed-and even tumbled in the dryer!
Bob Hope and Elizabeth Taylor
England
What is the official name of the flowers most commonly now as "mums"?
Chrysanthemums
....the Apollo mission landed humans on the moon in 1969?
Richard Nixon
What is the meaning of E Pluribus Unum, first used on the $5 gold piece of 1795?
E Pluribus Unum is Latin for Out of Many, One (denoting one country made from many states)
If you have a Washington, a Jackson, and a Franklin bill, how much money do you have?
$121 (Washington- $1, Jackson-$20, Franklin-$100)
Henry Kissinger and Bruce Willis
Germany
This flower produces small dark seeds used in baking. It also produces the powerful narcotic opium.
Poppy
...the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred in 1941?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Prior to the introduction of the nickel, five-sent pieces were very small silver coins called "half dimes." Due to shortages of silver during and after the American Civil War, an alternative metal was needed for five-cent coinage.
However, the term nickel is somewhat misleading, because the coin is mainly made from this different, reddish-orange metal.
Copper
In 1999, the US Mint began honoring each state on a quarter, starting with this state, whcih was the first to ratify the Constitution.
Delaware
Ann-Margaret and Alfred Nobel
Sweden
In a 1970 hit song, singer Lynn Anderson was realistic abiout life when she sang, "I beg your pardon. I never promised you..." What?
"...a rose garden"
...the Berlin Wall fell in 1989?
George H.W. Bush
What four word inscription first appeared on US coins in1864 and is now required by law to be on all currency?
In G-d We Trust
The US holds the world's largest stash of gold by a wide margin. US god reserves weigh in at over 8,000 metric tons. Germany is in second place with a mere 3,350 metric tons. Where is most oif the US giold stored?
Fort Knox, Kentucky (at the US Bullion Depository)
Peter Jennings and Jim Carrey
Canada
Perhaps second to the Netherlands, the Chilliwack area in British Columbia, Canada holds major spring festivals featuring this flower.
The tulip
...women gained the right to vote nationwide in 1920?
Woodrow Wilson
The life expectancy of circulating coins is 30 years...but how long does the average paper money last?
18 months
This question is just for you math geek nerdy fun loving folk: If you had one billion dollars (1,000,000,000)in $1 bills and spect one every second of every day, how long would it take you to go broke? (Hint: There are 86,400 seconds in a day.)
31.7 years
Pablo Picasso and Rafael Nadal
Spain
Although his date was a no-show, singer Ray Coniff was all dressed up for the prom, wearing a white sport coat and..." this flower.
"...a pink carnation"
...the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday in late 1929?
Herbert Hoover