by Rick Polito
by Howard Rachelson
1. Agriculture is California’s number-one industry; what is California’s best-selling (legal) agricultural product? 2. What human body function comprises almost 90 percent of all our sensory perception? 3. The area of what amusement region in Florida is larger than that of Manhattan and Washington, D.C., combined? 4. Can you identify four countries of Asia whose names start with S? 5. VISUAL: Name these popular (?) hairstyles. 6. What is meant by the perigee of the moon? 7. The best-selling music soundtrack of all time, which has sold over 44 million copies, comes from a 1992 film that starred a popular female singer. What is the movie title and who were the two main stars? 8. He was a successful general for the American colonies during the Revolutionary War before switching sides and fighting for the British. His name lives on today, as a turncoat. Who is he? 9. Name three recently popular 5a 5b TV series with the word “Guy” or “Girl” in the title. 10. Female bats normally produce about how many babies per year: one, six or 12? BONUS: What is the most populous U.S. state that does not have a team in any major professional sport: Major League Baseball, NFL football, NBA basketball? (Hint: it’s located on the eastern side of the country).
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Howard Rachelson, Marin’s Master of Trivia, invites you to a live Team Trivia Contest every Wednesday at 7:30pm at the Broken Drum in San Rafael. Send your best trivia question (with your name and hometown) to howard1@triviacafe.com; if your question is used in the ‘Pacific Sun,’ we’ll give you credit!
▲ How many people does it take to rescue one scaredy-cat from the chimney? Ten, according to Mill Valley resident Sharon Salisbury—two Marin Humane Society officers, a couple of firemen and one police officer, plus five concerned citizens to cheer them on. Buck, a neighbor’s kitty, fell down an unused chimney at Sharon’s house and ended up trapped inside a kitchen wall, crying for help. By midnight, all 10 folks gathered in the kitchen to implement the rescue plan. First, the firemen removed some kitchen cabinets, revealing a hole in the wall. Next, one of them bravely reached through the hole and plucked out a wideeyed and filthy, though unharmed, Buck. Doggone it, that team of Heroes is certainly the cat’s meow.
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▼ Heading north on 101, Janine glanced in her rear-view mirror and caught sight of a gray BMW sedan racing up behind her. Just shy of hitting her, the driver swerved into the next lane. Janine then watched the BMW weave in and out of all four lanes of traffic, abruptly moving right and left, cutting off several cars in the process. This guy must need to get somewhere important. Driving a sick child to Marin General? FBI man responding to a terrorist threat? Hardly. When Janine pulled into the parking lot at Nordstrom, she saw him get out of his BMW and stroll into the store. Zero, you risked life and limb for a shopping emergency? We rebuke you. —Nikki Silverstein
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