"365 AMAZING TRIVIA FACTS FOR 2009"

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

1. What Academy Award-winning Hollywood director gave his three daughters middle names inspired by where they were conceived?

2. What role did an airplane named Lame Duck play in aviation history?

3. How did Snapple get its name?

4. Who lived on the island of Glubbdubdrib in Jonathan Swift's classic novel Gulliver's Travels?

5. How many feathers does the average bald eagle have?

1. Ron Howard. His actress daughter Bryce Dallas was conceived in Dallas; and twins Paige Carlyle and Jocelyn Carlyle, in the Hotel Carlyle in New York City.

2. It was the first plane to make a transatlantic flight. Piloted by Navy Lt. Cmdr. Albert Read, it flew from Trespassey Bay, Canada to Plymouth, England -- with stops along the way -- from May 16 to May 27, 1919.

3. From a carbonated apple soda, Spice N Apple, that was part of the company's original beverage line. The company, started in 1972, was initially called Unadulterated Food Products, Inc.

4. Sorcerers and magicians.

5. About 7,000.