Trivia for Tough Times
Here's a little diversion for this sagging economy. 1. Where did the term "Buck " originate for the word dollar? 2. (perfect for Craig) How many buildings are in the Rockefeller Center complex of buildings in NYC ? 3. Why do we sometimes call a quarter"two bits" ? 4. What two colors did Henry Ford add to his cars after making them only in black until 1925? Answers here next week.
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1. the first dollar bill, in London, was made by a guy named Buck Horn. He demanded that the currency be named after him.
2. One building
3. no one calls a quarter two bits, except maybe you and who knows why you do anything, Im guessing age is a factor
4. Blue and Red
btw - deleting your older blogs is no good. please stop it. Eventually there will be a total count of blog entries and if you delete entries you will look terrible versus just bad. The point of a blog is to have a historical record of your old entries .. otherwise it's just silliness.
Without resorting to Google, I'm stumped.
However, I think Brian is talking through his hat on his answers.
My feeble attempts-
1) How is this related to Truman's "the buck stops here?".
2) Dunno, but I think it was built in the slums then and people thought he was going to take a financial bath.
3) I'm clueless. The math requires fractions.
4) I think it was less dramatic - maybe just Brown / grey / or something non-black but still not colorful.
The response has been underwhelming, but regardless, thanks for not googling the answers . . . more fun to use educated guesses. the answers: 1. A "buck" came to mean a dollar in the early U.S. frontier days when the skin of a male deer, or a buck, brought a dollar on the market. 2. There are 19 buildings in the complex. 3. Some coins used before the Revolutionary War were Spanish dollars, which could be cut into pieces, or bits, to make change Two pieces equaled one fourth of a dollar, or 25 cents. 4. The colors were green and maroon. Increase your brain power with this one:: Where did the soft drink Dr. Pepper get its name? Answer: Chemist Charles Alderton named his drink after the father of the girl he was dating, Dr. Charles Pepper.
Dang! Sorry I missed it - I've been swamped. I actually new #2, too - the last 5 were added in the late 50s. What is REALLY awesome, is that they are all connected underground so you can go from building to building without ever seeing daylight.