From the Bee Gees to the pink frogmouth fish, it’s quiz day!

1. Abraham Lincoln lost 5 separate elections before he became President of the United States? True

• 1843 – Lost the nomination for U.S. Congress
• 1848 – Lost bid for re-nomination to Congress after serving one term
• 1849 – Lost appointment as Commissioner of the General Land Office
• 1854 – Lost election for U.S. Senate
• 1856 – Lost the Republican nomination for Vice President
• 1858 – Lost the famous U.S. Senate race against Stephen A. Douglas
  Even though Lincoln lost, the debates made him nationally famous.

2. All ground-rule doubles were considered home runs as recently as 1930? True.

3. Fish eggs can survive being eaten by a duck.-True Fish eggs can still hatch after passing through the digestive tract. Still, it’s a good explanation for how seemingly disconnected pools and lakes can suddenly

4. Roosters have built-in earplugs, so they don’t deafen themselves when they crow. True  Basically: nature gave them noise-canceling headphones… but left the volume knob stuck on “wake the whole county anyway.”

5. West Grant High School operated until 1994, they then attended River Ridge High School. What was West Grant’s Mascot? A) Falcons, B) Wolves C) Blue Birds D) Blue Devils

6. They were churches that painted murals showing biblical figures playing modern-day sports like basketball and football.-True!  Somewhere there’s probably a scoreboard that reads:
“Loaves: 5 Fishes: 2 Halftime Snacks: Covered.”  (In Alabama)

7. Was urine once used as a detergent? True– People used its ammonia content as a powerful natural detergent. 

8. Are they fish with legs? True-it’s called a pink frogmouth. It lives very deep on the ocean floor and spends it time there looking for food in the sand. Its fins have evolved into little stubby legs.  

9. Including Andy Gibb, how many songs connected to the Gibb brothers appeared on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in 1978?

A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 8

6 songs

The Bee Gees had:

• Night Fever #2
• Stayin’ Alive #4
• How Deep Is Your Love #6

And Andy Gibb added:

• Shadow Dancing #1
• Love Is Thicker Than Water #8
• An Everlasting Love #45

By the end of 1978, if your last name was Gibb, there was about a 73% chance you were currently playing on somebody’s kitchen radio.

10. Which metallic element is the only metal that naturally exists as a liquid at standard room temperature? A) Gallium B) Bromine C) Mercury D)  Cesium

Gallium melts in your hand, bromine is a liquid but not a metal, and cesium melts just above room temperature. Mercury is the only metal casually walking around like, “Solid? Couldn’t be me.”