The Questions…
1. The collective name for a group of alligators is a congregation. In the case of crocodiles, the name depends on whether they’re in the water or on land. What are the proper collective nouns in those two cases?
2. In 2010, Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, became the first American college to offer athletic scholarships in what rising sport?
3. How many American flags did the Apollo missions leave on the Moon?
4. How did the air-headed entertainment genre of “reality television” get started?
5. In the original Snow White fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, what were the names of the seven dwarfs?
The Answers…
1. A group is crocs in the water is called a float. A group of crocs on land is called a bask.
2. Competitive bass fishing. Over 200 U.S. colleges now have bass fishing teams. No kidding.
3. Six. American flags were planted by Apollo 11 (the first lunar landing in 1969), Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17 (the final landing in 1972). The landing of Apollo 13 in 1970 was aborted. For details, see the movie.
4. Incredibly, the first reality TV series was aired on PBS in 1973. An American Family focused on the lives of a California family of seven. During the series, the wife asked for a divorce, and one of the sons came out as gay.
5. Ha! The dwarfs weren’t named in the original story. You’re thinking of the 1937 Disney movie, where their names were Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, Dopey, and Doc.
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