Obscure trivia thread

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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  1. In Everybody Loves Raymond, where do Ray and Debra keep their wine rack?
  2. On the Franklin half-dollar (1948-1963), what picture is added on the reverse as an afterthought?
  3. At Dodger Stadium, is the message board just beyond left field or just beyond right field?
  4. In the movie Young Frankenstein, what happened when the name of Cloris Leachman’s name was spoken, and why?
  5. Between George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, does either of them have brown eyes, and, if so, which one?
  6. Which state has a one-house legislature?
  7. In the human body, what one bone is not jointed to any other bone?
  8. What did the Germans do about the Maginot Line in World War II?
  9. In the “Surreal Continuing Story” thread in MPSIMS, on the SDMB, what is the name of Eloise Sharp’s French cook?
  10. What author declined the Nobel Prize for Literature by dint of his/her political situation?
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They went round it. <racist humour>That’s always what the Germans do the the French in world wars</>

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Yeah, and it’s usually a Pyrrhic victory for the French.
“Une victorie plus comme ca, et je suis detruit.” :frowning:

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  1. Which state has a one-house legislature?
    Nebraska.

  2. In the human body, what one bone is not jointed to any other bone?
    The kneecap. (Miniscus?)

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  1. Nebraska’s legislature is unicameral.

  2. Boris Pasternak

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Nope. Try again, Munch. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Question No. 7, that is. You’re both right about Nebraska. :slight_smile:

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Her name was Frau Blucher, and whenever someone said her name, horses neighed in terror.

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Hyoid

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…and they neighed in terror, because blucher is the German word for glue.

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You’re right; I phrased that wrong, using the word “name” in the wrong place. :o