Every Tuesday is a Trivia Tuesday on AmericaJR… Look for five new questions and answers from the “365 Amazing Trivia Facts for 2018” calendar.
This Week’s Question:
- What can be found at 31, rue Cambon in Paris, France?
- Cleopatra, despite being history’s most famed Egyptian pharaoh, was not ethnically Egyptian. What was her background?
- In 1967, the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended the establishment of what, which came about the following year?
- Where did Fannie Lowenstein live for 35 years until her death in 1992, paying $500 a month in rent?
- In Greek mythology, who was Charon?
This Week’s Answers:
- The headquarters of Chanel. Coco Chanel relocated the company there after her early successes in fashion.
- Macedonian (Greek). She was among the last of the Ptolemy dynasty.
- A universal emergency number. AT&T announced 9-1-1 in 1968.
- New York’s Plaza Hotel. It’s been said that she was not very nice to the staff, who insist that she continues to haunt the hotel.
- The ferryman to Hades.
Source: Workman Publishing / “Page-A-Day”