"365 AMAZING TRIVIA FACTS FOR 2010"

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Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR.com!!

1. A photo of which Sesame Street character appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1970?

2. When it comes to American shoes, what woman's size is the equivalent of a man's size 8?

3. What U.S. city was known as Lancaster before it became a state capital in 1867?

4. What is the only celestial body in the universe--besides the sun and moon--that is bright enough to cast shadows on the earth?

5. In the 1993 romantic comedy Sleepless in Seattle, where was the climactic scene on the observation deck of the Empire State Building filmed?

1. Big Bird, on November 23, 1970. The headline that ran with the photo read "Sesame Street: TV's Gift to Children."

2. 9 1/2. American women's shoes are numbered 1 1/2 sizes higher than men's shoes of the same length.

3. Lincoln, Nebraska. Its name was changed to honor President Abraham Lincoln on the day Nebraska attained statehood and moved its seat of government from its territorial capital, Omaha.

4. Venus.

5. In an abandoned airplane hangar at the former Naval Reserve Air Station at Sant Point in Seattle, Washington. The observation deck was re-created--slightly larger than life-size--in the hangar with a huge photo of Manhattan's famous skyline serving as the background.