Music & Trivia Quiz~OpenThread

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Quiz 1-YET ANOTHER “OLDER THAN DIRT” TRIVIA QUIZ

1. In 1950, the Famous Brinks Robbery netted $2.8 million. Where did it occur?
A. Boston B. New York C. Chicago

2. Who said “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”

A. Gen. Dwight Eisenhower B. Gen. Omar Bradley C. Gen. Douglas MacArthur

3. Catcher in the Rye’s portrayal of Holden Caufield’s 16-year-old-life was a huge success. Who wrote the book?

A. Herman Wouk B. J.D. Salinger C. William Faulkner

4. Which longest running daytime drama moved from radio to TV in 1952?

A. Days of Our Lives B. General Hospital C.Guiding Light
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It’s All About The Numbers Today

And oh, what numbers they are: 522,000 – the number of people who dropped out completely from the work force just in APRIL.

115,000 – the number of jobs created in the USA in April

8.1% - the resulting Unemployment number, which is misleading as hell because of the above.

Add to that a little trick that I just heard about recently. Every Thursday, they come out with the Unemployment Numbers. But what you might not know, is that they revise those numbers regularly, and they have been revising them UP for a number of weeks. But you don’t hear much about those revised numbers.
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