People Are Strange

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1.	Robert Galstyan of Armenia pulled two railroad cars, weighing a total of 199 tons, a distance of 23 feet (7 meters) by attaching a rope to:

his ankles

his neck

his teeth

his forehead

none of the above-it's impossible!

I don't know

2.	Ama Bharti of India has kept his right arm raised as a sign of devotion to the Hindu god Shiva for the following length of time:

six months

three years

twelve years

twenty-six years

thirty-one years

I don't know

3.	Students from Stanford University traveled 966 miles (1,555 kilometers) by this method:

leapfrog

hopping in gunny sacks

slithering like snakes

rolling

driving a beer-powered car

I don't know

4.	The world's biggest food fight was held:

in Tokyo, after a sumo wrestling match, using 30 tons of sushi

in New York, using vats of spaghetti

in Spain, using 90 tons of tomatoes

in Brazil, during carnival, using fruit

in Christchurch, New Zealand, using 40 tons of spoiled kiwi

I don't know

5.	Which famous person reportedly had numerous doubles created using plastic surgery to avoid being assassinated?

Hitler

Stalin

Michael Jackson

Al Capone

The Pope

I don't know

6.	Sean Shannon, the world's fastest talker, recited Hamlet's "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy (260 words) in:

2.8 minutes

1.4 minutes

52.7 seconds

23.8 seconds

12.4 seconds

I don't know

7.	What did V. Jeyaraman do continuously for 58 hours and 9 minutes that no one had done before?

eat Jello

clap

wink

cough

turn in circles

I don't know

8.	How many pseudonyms has Prince Rogers Nelson used since he made his first album, For You, as Prince in 1978?

two

four

six

ten

Twelve

I don't know

9.	Manfred Klauda of Germany has a collection of 9,400 of which objects (some dating back to as early as the 16th century)?

mustache combs

brassieres

comic books

nail clippers

chamber pots

I don't know

10.	Cindy Jackson, who has the world record for most plastic surgeries (27), is trying to achieve:

the face of Demi Moore

Leonardo da Vinci's theory of the perfect face

complete masculinity

the face of Cleopatra

eternal youth

I don't know

Keep things in perspective. Step back from a situation and look at it objectively.

"Sometimes you have to just hang on and trust that life's storms are carrying you to better shores."
Jane Lee Logan

This too shall pass.

People Are Strange