obscure trivia! ( possibly a triweekly event)

well, i am currently in my enrichment class, and they have a little thing called the “Question of the Day”. it’s an incredibly obscure trivia question that you have ten minutes to search for. this isn’t a trawl for the answer; i know i’m not going to get an answer in just ten minutes.

no, this is just a chance to share an obscure trivia question that only an omnicient being would be able to answer without researching. also, this means that i won’t be able to confirm or deny the validity of any answers.

i only have this class three times a week, so i can only add new questions on those days. so, anyone else can add ones they want as long as they make sure their question is in that sweet spot between someone already knowing it and the information only being availible on one single webpage about one person. you also have to include enough information for it to be actually possible to solve.

and with that, here are two older ones:

*how many miles per hour does the average housefly fly at? how many wingbeats per minute does it make?

what poet was named after a hospital (rather than vice-versa)?*
and now, the current one:

which part of the statue of liberty crossed the atlantic three times?

i will add a new one every time i have this class. so, one new question every tuesday, thursday, and friday.

aaaand…

GO!

That’d be the butt, Bob.

Whoops, wrong thread.

I’m guessing the head, and it is just a guess.

That’d translate to 60,000 wingbeats per minute.

aaaaaaand… I’ve no idea who was named after a hospital.

wow. that was fast. i was sorta expecting them to last at least until i got home…

well, one hour. pretty good, Lno.

Poet named after a hospital: I have an idea that it was Edna St. Vincent Millay, but since I’m pretty sure I read that on the boards somewhere, somebody else deserves credit for it.

Was it Mayo Angelou?

ba-dump-bump!

ThankyouI’mhereallweek!

One hour? Hell, I had those in twenty-five minutes! And I didn’t even see the thread until twenty-three minutes after you posted!

Mutter mumble gripe good-fer-nothin’ bargle fargle…

sorry, sorry… i only CHECKED it after an hour…

and you’re right, Fretful Porpentine. actually, i asked that question a few weeks ago. i just couldn’t remember any others, so i used that.