Author: Evelyn Beresford

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Who was the last U.S. president to have a mustache in his official presidential portrait?” The majority of men who had held the position of President of the United States had been clean shaven and it’s been more than a century since the last president with facial hair served in office. Being clean-shaven wasn’t always the norm, though 12 of all the US Presidents sported some sort of facial hair while in office. The last president to wear facial hair was William Howard Taft who sported a mustache during his term in the White House…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which item was invented by a secretary and later sold for $47 million dollars?” …Like many women in the 1950s, Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. The problem was that she wasn’t a good typist, and kept making mistakes. So she began experimenting with ways to cover up errors. She mixed ingredients such as white tempera water-based paint in her kitchen blender and painted over her mistakes with a thin paintbrush. She began marketing her typewriter correction fluid as “Mistake Out”. The name was later changed to Liquid Paper. In 1979, she…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “The famous “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” commercial was for what product?” “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!” is a famous catchphrase of the late 1980s and early 1990s popular culture based upon a line from a television commercial. This line was spoken in a commercial for a medical alarm and protection company called LifeCall. In 1989, LifeCall began running commercials which contained a scene wherein an elderly woman, identified by a dispatcher as “Mrs. Fletcher”, uses the medical alert pendant after having fallen in the bathroom. After falling, Mrs. Fletcher speaks…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Tourists often leave a penny at the grave of which of man?” One of the top actors of his day, John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln on April 14, 1865 before being killed himself. Four years later, President Andrew Johnson returned Booth’s body to his family. Today, John Wilkes Booth is buried in an unmarked grave in the Booth family plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. However, that has not stopped people from determining its location — and leaving a little something behind. In lieu of flowers or stones, people leave pennies behind…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “What type of clothing is named for a place in the United States?” …The “tuxedo” was named after Tuxedo Park, an upstate New York countryside enclave for Manhattan’s wealthiest citizens. The story has it that one evening Griswold Lorillard, the son of the founder of Tuxedo Park, and his friends came up with the idea to wear a short black jacket without tails to the club’s first Autumn Ball in October 1886. The new fashion was a hit. When male guests would visit with families in Tuxedo Park, they were intrigued by the jackets that…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which of these drinks typically contains alcohol?” True fame isn’t getting your name in lights or your handprints on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — it’s having a drink named in your honor. Named after the iconic actress and dancer from Hollywood’s Golden Age, the Ginger Rogers is a gin-based cocktail with a strong ginger flavor to toast its namesake. The cocktail is a mixture of gin, ginger ale, fresh ginger, as well as mint and lemon juice. The drink’s name is a wordplay on its most pronounced flavor: ginger. It was created in 1995…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “According to astronomers, what is the worst-smelling planet?” Research recently confirmed the long held belief in the scientific community that Uranus is indeed the smelliest planet in our solar system. The research concluded that Uranus’ clouds contain hydrogen sulphide—the same gas that is released with flatulence and rotten eggs. Uranus has more hydrogen sulphide than ammonia, while Jupiter and Saturn are the opposite. This suggests that it is likely Uranus and Neptune — the so-called ice giants, formed far away from the sun in a colder part of the solar nebula. The amusing discovery can…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “In which country do people greet each other by locking thumbs?” …1. Norway 2. Morocco 3. Belize 4. Argentina Step 2 : Answer to the question “In which country do people greet each other by locking thumbs?” Belize – When in Belize, you’d better learn the proper way to shake hands. Greeting one another involves locking thumbs. The Central American country was formerly known as British Honduras and now serves as an epic destination to explore the enormous Belize Barrier reef, island hop the many low-lying cayes, and launching about Mayan Ruins, such as the great…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Whose name did Johnny Depp have tattooed on his arm in 1990?” …Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder famously began dating after meeting at the New York premiere of Great Balls of Fire! in 1989 when he was 27 and she was 18. They went on their first date two months later. They also went on to appear in the 1990 film Edward Scissorhands together. Depp was so enthusiastic about Ryder that he inked “Winona Forever” on his arm. Well, the pleasant feelings started deteriorating and by mid-1993, they’ve had enough of themselves. What happened to…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “In 2006, William Shatner sold which item on eBay for $25,000?” …Kidney stones are pretty disgusting, but that didn’t stop someone from purchasing the kidney stone of famed actor William Shatner, who put his kidney stone up for sale on eBay in 2006 to raise money for the housing charity Habitat for Humanity. Shatner’s kidney stone ended up selling for a ridiculous $25,000 to GoldenPalace.com, which is the same wacky online casino that bought a Dorito shaped like the Pope’s hat and forked over $28,000 for a half-eaten grilled cheese sandwich that resembled the Virgin…