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Golden Wonder Wonders!
Being an avid consumer of Golden Wonder crisps, I thought it may be
fun and interesting to print out the Trivia questions that they print
on the back of the packets. Then again, maybe it would not be
interesting. Either read it or don't.
Q: What are Hush Puppies?
A: Hush Puppies are associated with shoes but in Southern US states
Hush Pupies are a corn meal batter served with fried fish.
Q: At which club did Lee Sharpe begin his League career?
A: Torquay.
Q: Where do Frisbees get their name from?
A: William Russell Frisbie opened the Frisbie Pie Company in
Connecticut in 1871 near the US university of Yale. Students who
bought Frisbie's pies invented the game, though whether it was the
pie tins that they threw to each other, or the pies themselves, is
not clear.
Q: What do the letter S.O.S. stand for?
A: The letters do not actually stand for anything. They were chosen
as a distress call as the Morse Code for them (3 dots followed by 3
dashes followed by 3 dots), was easy to remember.
Q: What is a firkin?
A: A small barrell or measure of ale.
Q: What does a Scotsman do with his 'spurtle'?
A: Stirs his porridge with it - it's a kitchen utensil.
Q: What is the mythical frog Reahon?
A: According to ancient Cambodian legend the giant frog is attempting
to eat the moon. In 1972 two people were killed when troops opened
fire at the moon trying to prevent an eclipse caused they thought,
by the frog.
Q: Why is the term 'try' used to descibe a touchdown in rugby?
A: Under early rules, points were scored only at kicks at goal, and to
qualify for a kick the player had to cross the goal line with the
ball and touch it down. Supporters would then shout 'a try' -
meaning that their team should now attempt to kick at goal.
Q: What was it that Health Minister, Enoch Powell, did in 1962 which
caused uproar in the House of Commons?
A: An opposition spokesman claimed that he had been involved in
'activities unbecoming a Greek scholar and gentleman' - he had been
spotted bouncing around on a pogo stick in Eaton Square, London.