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This breed of dog is born with a pure white coat. Its signature spots start appearing about a week after birth.
Dalmatian.
These useless body parts usually appear between the ages of 17 to 21. 85% of people usually have them removed.
Wisdom Teeth.
Which acting pair starred in Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton
The daughter of a mayor and the mother of a president and two senators, she died in 1995 at the age of 104.
Rose Kennedy
Five US state capitals begin with the letter 'A'. Can you name two of them?
Albany NY,Annapolis MD,Atlanta GA,Augusta ME,Austin TX.
American soldier Lee Duncan found a shell-shocked German Shepard puppy in a bombed-out French kennel during WW1. Back home in Los Angeles, the pup appeared in his first film in 1922 and went on to become a movie star.
Rin-Tin-Tin.
This small, worm shaped structure at the end of the colob has no apparent function. Darwin suggested it once might have digested the cellulose in leaves.
The Appendix.
Which acting pair starred in Women of The Year and Adam's Rib?
Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy.
"Puttin on The Ritz", "White Christmas," and :G-d Bless America," were all written by this composer who lived to be 101.
Irving Berlin.
Speaking alphabetically, what are the first and last US states?
Alabama & Wyoming.
The part of the human brain that controls this sense is four times larger in dogs than in humans.
Smell.
Once routinely removed by surgery, these organs are now considered the first line of defence against ingested disease-causing organisms.
Tonsils.
Which acting pair starred in The Odd Couple & Grumpy Old Men?
Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau.
Hitler's friend and favorite propaganda film makers, she died in Bavaria, Germany in 2003 at the age of 101.
Leni Riefenstahl
Much in the news since the World Trade Center attacks, this country is alphabetically first?
Afghanistan.
He gave the Kennedy the famiy a dog named Pushinka (Fluffy), one of the puppies of Strelka, the first Soviet dog in space.
Nikita Krushchev.
At the bottom end of the spine, this bone is the remnant of tail.
The Coccyx. (It's actually not entirely useless, as the coccyx serves as an attachment for various muscles, tendons, and ligaments.)
Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan
Born Jewish in the German state of Bavaria in 1923, this future American diplomat, who served as the US Secretary of State from 1973 to 9177, escaped with his family to New York city in 1938. He died in Connecticut in 2023 at the age of 100.
Henry Kissinger.
Which country, whose name means 'Little Venice,' is the alphabetically last country in South America.
Venezuala.
When this infamous hotel owner died in 2007, she left $12 million to her Maltese dog name Trouble.
Leona Hemsley.
Humans still have this body "part," although it is no longer necessary for warmth or protection.
Body Hair.
Which acting pair starred in Far and Away & Eyes Wide Shut...before they split up as a real-life couple.
Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise.
This govenor of Kansas, who was badly defeated in the 1936 presidential election by FDR, received greetings on his 100th birthday from President Ronald Reagan.
Alf Landon.
The only two countries that start with the letter 'Z' are both in Africa. Can you name one of them?
Zimbabwe & Zambia