Mountain Oak Vapors - TRIVIA CONTEST!!!

[Speedgoat]

Barbie's full first name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

 

[lettucehead]

The 1st US Minimum Wage Law was instituted in 1938. The minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.

 

[AzIrish]

An ants smell is stronger than a dog's

 

[Uncle]

Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.

 

[lettucehead]

The Black Death reduced the population of Europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.

 

[lettucehead]

The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.

 

[Speedgoat]

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.

More people that should have used an e-cig!

 

[lettucehead]

The dollar was established as the official currency of the US in 1785.

 

[Uncle]

Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State.
(They decided to split one course.)

 

[spacekitty]

Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

 

[Shannon65]

Non-dairy creamer is flammable.

(and Sigmund Freud used a drug that begins with the letter c.)

 

[basementcat]

Tibetan.bhuddost cut and beat bodies to a pulp and let vultures est the remains

 

[lettucehead]

The first country to abolish capital punishment was Austria in 1787.

 

[AzIrish]

Kids grow more in the spring

 

[Uncle]

M&M’s actually stands for “Mars & Murrie’s,” the last names of the candy’s founders

 

[lettucehead]

The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name "leathernecks."

 

[lettucehead]

The first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 BC.

 

[Uncle]

Carly Simon’s dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster. He co-founded the company.

 

[lettucehead]

The Hundred Year War actually lasted 116 years (1337 to 1453).

 

[Uncle]

When the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was issued a passport. Ramses’ occupation? “King (deceased).”