"365 AMAZING TRIVIA FACTS FOR 2010"

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

1. What name was originally proposed for the TV show that gained fame as Judge Judy?

2. Which continent is the flattest?

3. Who is pictured on the bestselling U.S. commemorative stamp ever issued?

4. What did French mathematician Blasie Pascal invent in 1655 while unsuccessfully attempting to create a perpetual motion machine?

5. Why doesnt Northwestern University's name reflect its location--in northeastern Illinois?

1. Hot Bench. Producer Larry Lyttle proposed the name but was overruled by Judge Judy Sheindlin. The show first aired in September 1996.

2. Australia. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

3. Elvis Presley. The 29-cent stamp was issued in 1993 on Presley's birthday, January 8.

4. The roulette wheel.

5. The university was named for its historic location in the Northwest Territory, not for its location in Evanston, in northeastern Illinois.