Sunday, November 29, 2009
Question of the Week
(Famous Figures) Edward Teach, a.k.a. Edward Thatch, a.k.a Edward Drummond, captained the Queen Anne’s Revenge to pirate under what famous name?
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Trivia is On at Rock Bottom this Week
There will be trivia this week at Rock Bottom.
Jason will not be gracing us with any Thanksgiving themes though.
Jason will not be gracing us with any Thanksgiving themes though.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Question of the Week
(Name Game) Perhaps the name Banana was already taken but in 2006, this actress named her second child Moses?
Friday, November 13, 2009
Why is 13 unlucky?
Here are a few possible reason:
- There were 13 people at the Last Supper. It’s said that Judas Iscariot – the one who betrayed Jesus – was the 13th man to take his place at the table.
- There’s a Norse legend that has 12 gods sitting down to a banquet when the 13th (uninvited) god, Loki, showed up. Loki killed one of the other gods, which led to events that eventually resulted in the death of many gods, a slew of natural disasters, and the eradication of everything on earth save for two human survivors.
- Traditionally there were 13 steps leading up the gallows.
- There is also a legend that a hangman’s noose traditionally contained 13 turns, but it’s actually more like eight.
- There was a mass arrest and execution of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
- It was once believed that a coven was made up of exactly 13 members.
- In the late 1800s there was a group known a The Thirteen Club. Their purpose was to debunk the legend that 13 people at a table would result in the death of one of them within a year. They met on the 13th of the month and had dinner 13 people to a table. Members of the 13 Club included five U.S. presidents – Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and Chester A. Arthur. Two of these presidents were shot, one fatally.
- There were 13 people at the Last Supper. It’s said that Judas Iscariot – the one who betrayed Jesus – was the 13th man to take his place at the table.
- There’s a Norse legend that has 12 gods sitting down to a banquet when the 13th (uninvited) god, Loki, showed up. Loki killed one of the other gods, which led to events that eventually resulted in the death of many gods, a slew of natural disasters, and the eradication of everything on earth save for two human survivors.
- Traditionally there were 13 steps leading up the gallows.
- There is also a legend that a hangman’s noose traditionally contained 13 turns, but it’s actually more like eight.
- There was a mass arrest and execution of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307.
- It was once believed that a coven was made up of exactly 13 members.
- In the late 1800s there was a group known a The Thirteen Club. Their purpose was to debunk the legend that 13 people at a table would result in the death of one of them within a year. They met on the 13th of the month and had dinner 13 people to a table. Members of the 13 Club included five U.S. presidents – Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and Chester A. Arthur. Two of these presidents were shot, one fatally.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Question of the Week
US CITIES: What Maine city is the hometown of Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, Bill Clinton’s defense secretary William Cohen, and is where Stephen King currently calls home?
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