HISTORY RANDOM
HOW MANY BATHROOMS DOES THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE?
35.....PRESIDENT TAFT ONCE GOT STUCK IN A WHITE HOUSE BATHTUB. SOURCES VARY ON WHERHER HE WAS PULLED OUT BY SEVERAL MEN OR SLID OUT USING BUTTER.
HOW MANY ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS DID THE 6 STAR WARS MOVIE RECEIVE?
24 THEY WON 9 TOTAL OSCARS, BUT NONE OF THEM FOR ACTING.
WHAT PERCENT OF AMERICANS HAVE NEVER MOVED AWAY FROM THEIR HOMETOWN?
37% MOST AMERICANS LIVE WITHIN 25 MILES OF THEIR MOTHERS.
IN YEARS, HOW OLD WAS THE OLDEST MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER TO HIT A HOME RUN?
48YO THE RECORD WAS SET BY JULIO FRANCO IN 2007
IN WHAT YEAR WAS THE VERY FIRST EMAIL SENT?
1971
HOW MANY CELLS WERE THERE IN THE ALCATRAZ FEDEERAL PRISON?
336- 36 PRISONERS TRIED TO ESCAPE ALCATRAZ, BUT NONE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
STAR WARS DEBUTED IN 43 THEATERS IN ITS OPENING WEEKEND. IN U.S. DOLLARS, HOW MUCH DID IT GROSS IN THIS LIMITED RELEASE?
$1,554,475 FOX THREATENED THAT ANY THEATER THAT REFUSED TO SHOW STAR WARS COULD NOT SHOW THE EXPECTED BLOCKBUSTER THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT.
WHAT % OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN TO ALASKA?
13% IF NEW YORK CITY HAD THE SAME POPULATION DENSITY AS ALASKA, ONLY 16 PEOPLE WOULD BE LIVING IN MANHATTAN.
HOW MANY INNINGS DID THE LONGEST GAME IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HISTORY LAST?
26 THE 1920 GAME BETWEEN THE BOSTON BRAVES AND BROOKLYN DODGERS WAS RULED A TIE WHEN NIGHT FELL.
WHAT PERCENT OF GOLF CLUBS ARE PURCHASED FOR WOMEN?
19.4% 7.4% OF RIFLES ARE PURCHASED FOR WOMEN
IN WHAT YEAR DID GUMBALL MACHINES FIRST APPEAR IN THE U.S.?
1907- CHEWING GUM WHILE PEELING ONIONS WILL KEEP YOU FROM CRYING.
HOW MANY "FAVORITE THINGS" ARE LISTED IN THE SONG MY FAVORITE THINGS FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC?
14 SCHNITZEL WITH NOODLES... REALLY? LOL
HOW MANY COUNTRIES BORDER THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA?
21
HOW MANY POINTS DID MICHAEL JORDAN SCORE DURING HIS 15 SEASON NBA CAREER?
32,292
WHAT PERCENT OF EXECUTIVES ADMIT TO HAVING CHEATED AT GOLF?
82% 26% OF PGA CADDIES SAY THEY HAVE SEEN TOUR GOLFERS CHEAT.
IN WHAT YEAR DID KELLOGG'S INTRODUCE POP-TARTS?
1964- KELLOGG'S INTRODUCED FROSTED POP TARTS IN 1967
IN HOURS AND MINUTES, WHAT IS THE COMBINED LENGTH OF THE 3 THE LORD OF THE RINGS MOVIES?
9 HOURS & 18 MINUTES. THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS GIMLITHE DWARF IS THE TALLEST OF THE ACTORS IN THE FELLOWSHIP. HE IS 6' 1".
THERE ARE 194 COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. HOW MANY USE FRENCH AS AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE?
29
WILT CHAMBERLIN HAS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST POINTS SCORED IN AN NBA GAME. WHAT IS THE RECORD?
100
HOW MANY OFFICIAL ISLANDS ARE IN HAWAII?
137 ISLANDS
HOW MANY PAGES WERE IN THE FBI'S FILE ON ALBER EINSTEIN?
1,427 THE FBI ALSO KEPT EXTENSIVE FILES ON EACH OF THE BEATLES.
IN MILES PER HOUR, WHAT SPEED DOES THE DELOREAN NEED TO REACH TO TIME TRAVEL IN THE FILM BACK TO THE FUTURE?
HOW MANY COUNTRIES ARE IN AFRICA?
54
IN WHAT YEAR DID CASSIUS CLAY CHANGE HIS NAME TO MUHAMMAD ALI?
1964 ALI CHANGED HIS NAME AFTER CONVERTING TO ISLAM IN 1964
IN FEET, WHAT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE TALLEST LIVING TREE?
379,33 FEET THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE CALIFORNIA REDWOOD HAS BEEN KEPT SECRET TO KEEP THE PUBLIC FROM HARMING IT.