Play Online Trivia Games to enhance your General Knowledge
Posted on : 29-02-2012 | By : admin | In : video games play
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Playing trivia games online is a great past time for many. If you trust your general knowledge, you should participate in online quizzes and win exciting prizes. Not just that, you also get the option of playing individually or with a group of fellow Netizens.
Listed here are a few interesting questions that will not just add to your knowledge, but also prepare you for playing online trivia games.
Question: Who was the first person to patent chewing gum?
Answer: Amos Tyler
Trivia: Amos Tyler received the first patent in the United States for chewing gum on July 27, 1869, even though the product had been in existence for thousands of years. Tyler, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, patented a gum that consisted of white rosin and olive oil. He heated this combination, mixed it thoroughly, and after cooling, it turned into white color. Then, this product was cut into sticks and each strip was packaged individually.
Question: Who discovered aspirin?
Answer: Edmund Stone
Trivia: In the year 1763, Reverend Edmund Stone from Chipping-Norton, England, found Salicylic Acid – the active ingredient in Aspirin – in the bark of a willow tree. The bark from the willow tree, Salix Alba, contains high levels of salicin, the glycoside of salicylic acid.
Question: How did junk email come to be known as Spam?
Answer: Monty Python “Spam” Skit
Trivia: In a popular skit by the British comedy troupe, Monty Python, a group of Vikings dining in a restaurant sing “Spam, spam, spam” repeatedly, annoying the other patrons and making conversation difficult. This striking similarity to the character of junk emails brought about the term ‘Spam’.
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Richard Nicholson is a well known online game expert. He loves to play online trivia games

