Every
Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR.com!!
THIS
WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1.
What percent of a U.S. penny is copper? What else is in the
coin?
2. What dog breed
is named for a tax collector?
3. Why did Star
Trek creator Gene Roddenberry give actress Mariette Hartley
two navels when she appeared as a beautiful mutant in his 1973
sci-fi TV pilot Genesis II?
4. What are the only
two South American countries that don't share a border with
Brazil?
5. What part of the
flamingo was considered a great delicacy in ancient Rome?
THIS
WEEK'S ANSWERS
1.
The penny is 2.5 percent copper. The remaining 97.5 percent
is zinc.
2. The Doberman pinscher.
German tax collector Louis Dobermann bred the strong, sleek,
smart, and fiercely loyal dog in the late 19th century to protect
him when he went on his rounds.
3. Censors had barred
Hartley from showing her navel when she guest-starred in one
of Roddenberry's 1969 Star Trek episodes, so he got
even by having her show two belly buttons when she appeared
in Genesis II.
