Trivia 5/16

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Trivia 5/16
DID YOU KNOW.
Each limestone/granite block that makes up the Great Pyramid of Giza weighs 2.5 tons. And there are 2.3 million of them.


1. Where is tennis great Roger Federer born?
a. - Germany
b. - Switzerland
c. - Austria
d. - England
2. Any clue as to what "Ersatz" is ??
3. In 2004, Jude Law portrayed a happy-go-lucky womanizer called Alfie. Who played the title character in the original movie "Alfie" in 1966?
4. In Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, he began with "Four score and seven years ago..." How many years is a score?
5. This type of strength training involves effort performed against a specific opposing force, usually generated by elastic materials...
6. On the hit TV series, "M*A*S*H", give me the first names of Hot Lips, Hawkeye and Radar....
7. Astronautically speaking, what is the Karman Line?
8. Who out there remembers Steve McQueen's first "starring role" Film ??

TRUTH OR CRAP ??
JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS WAS SECRETLY A CHAIN SMOKER.
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1. - a
2. (of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else.
"ersatz coffee"
3. Michael Caine
4. - 20
5. Resistance Training
6. Margaret, Benjamin and Walter
7. Boundary between earth and outer space
8. "The Blob"

TRUTH !!
Believe it or not, the poised political figure was actually a chain smoker.
So much so, that she allegedly went through 3 packs a day - a habit that lasted over 40 years.
 
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