Memolink Lotto / LuckySurf Trivia - October 2006

[rmcindoe]

What is a brocade made by using tinsel filling threads, often gold or silver?

Lamé [la - may]

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[rmcindoe]

What is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November?

Election Day

[rmcindoe]

What vast farming province lies north of North Dakota and Montana, and has its capital at Regina?

Saskatchewan

[rmcindoe]

The term for the phylum of invertebrate animals having an exoskeleton--it literally means "jointed foot" in Latin.

Arthropods

[rmcindoe]

Which Frenchman who aided the Americans in their revolution was nearly killed by extremists during the French Revolution?

Marquis de Lafayette

[rmcindoe]

With the crowning of a new emperor in 1868, what country enjoyed the Meiji restoration?

Japan

[rmcindoe]

In what Vietnamese village did the forces of Ho Chi Minh oust the French from Indochina in 1954?

Dien Bien Phu

[rmcindoe]

Who said that [the action of] Russia was a riddle wrapped inside a mystery inside an enigma?

Winston Churchill

[rmcindoe]

Which actress won the 1983 Academy Award for best actress for the movie "Terms of Endearment"?

Shirley MacLaine

[rmcindoe]

What is the common name of the class of animals called "aves"?

Birds

[rmcindoe]

On Cheers, what was Norm's occupation?

Accountant

[rmcindoe]

What river rises in the Alps, flows generally north through or bordering Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, etc. before reaching the North Sea?

The Rhine

[rmcindoe]

Which actress was a regular on TV's The Facts of Life when it was first on the air?

Molly Ringwald

[rmcindoe]

In Dances with Wolves, what did John Dunbar call the visiting friendly wolf?

Two Socks

[rmcindoe]

What country did Lasse Kjus represent when he won the 1996 skiing world cup?

Norway