Ancient Rumors
Though it contradicts the meaning of "B.C.", it's said he was born some time before 3 B.C.
Who is Jesus Christ?
In the U.S., the standard number of separate flavors in Neapolitan ice cream.
What is 3?
Florida's 9-foot tall "Christ of the Deep" statue is, appropriately, found under this.
What is water?
Boys were suspended from school in some towns for wearing this greased-up, swept-back '57 hairstyle.
What is a ducktail?
Known to live 100s of years, this tree was named for 19th c. Scottish botanist David Douglas.
What is a Douglas fir?
He not only "fiddled" while Rome burned, he sang, & may have set the fire himself.
Who is Nero?
Card game, gun salute, or NYC restaurant.
What is 21?
Dummies & real people mix in this 1692 trial city's witch dungeon, where you can't tell which is witch.
What is Salem, (Massachusetts)?
On the Friday night fights, Sharpie the parrot asked "How are ya fixed for" these.
What is Gillette blades?
They migrate back to the Sargasso Sea to spawn, not to recharge since they're not the electric type.
What are eels?
Etruscan women supposedly built up their dowries by practicing this "oldest profession".
What is prostitution?
Of 5, 7, or 9, the number of times Elizabeth Taylor has pledged eternal love at the altar.
What is 7?
Fictional site of 12 Oaks & Tara, this state plans to build a "Gone With The Wind" theme park.
What is Georgia?
1 of 5 men to have held the world heavyweight boxing championship during the decade.
Who are 1 of (Ezzard Charles, Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson & Ingemar Johannson)?
Of Paul Bunyan; Babe the Blue Ox; or a redwood, the 1 which is a ruminant.
Who is (Babe) the Blue Ox?
Mithridates VI reputedly drank these daily so he'd be immune from attempts to kill him with them.
What is poison?
For killing his wife & kids while temporarily insane, Hercules was ordered to perform this many labors.
What is 12?
Universal Studios calls him "13,000 lbs. & 30 ft. of howling, growling, living terror.
Who is King Kong?
In 1954, these 2 words were added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
What is under God?
This human organ secretes the enzyme pepsin.
What is the stomach?
Besides Cleopatra, his "royal conquests" were said to include the King of Bithynia.
Who is Julius Caesar?
The sum of the ages of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little" thing & when Janis Ian "learned the truth".
What is 33?
At 115,000 carats, the 1 in Liberace's museum is the world's largest.
What are rhinestones?
"This is no time for men who oppose Senator McCarthy's methods to keep silent," he said, April 6, 1954.
Who is Edward R. Murrow?
It occurs at the end of the interior gestation period.
What is birth?