Summer is nearly year-round in southeast Texas so it should be no surprise that the free stuff to see and do in the sprawling metropolitan area of the nation’s fourth-biggest city focuses on the outdoors.A weekly offering of trivia questions.
1. What do 75 percent of kids younger than 12 do every day?
2. The creator of the comic strip “Garfield” is from what Indiana town?
3. What is the gestation period for an elephant?
4. How much did a Burger King Whopper cost when it was introduced in 1957?
5. Who broke Babe Ruth’s record of home runs?
6. Frank Morgan famously played the wizard in the film “The Wizard of Oz.” What were the other four parts he played in the movie?
7. How many spaces are on a “Monopoly” board game?
8. What tough guy is Carlos Ray better known as?
9. How many bathrooms are in the White House?
10. What breakfast cereal was originally called Elijah’s Manna and then later renamed?
Answers:
1. They consume caffeine, according to a 2010 study.
2. Jim Davis is from Fairmount.
3. Up to 22 months
4. 37 cents
5. The New York Yankees’ Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth’s home run record of 60 by hitting 61 in 1961.
6. Professor Marvel, the guard at the Emerald City gate, carriage driver and guard leading to the Wizard.
7. 40
8. Chuck Norris
9. 35
10. Post Toasties
