WHAT WAS THE SKIPPER'S FULL NAME ON TV'S GILLIGAN'S ISLAND?
Jonas Grumbly, played by Alan Hale Jr.

WHERE WAS ADOLF HITLER'S SISTER-IN-LAW WORKING DURING WORLD WAR II?
For British War Relief in New York City. Bridget Hitler was the Irish-born wife of Hitler's older half-brother, Alois.

WHY DO OLD FIREHOUSES HAVE CIRCULAR STAIRCASES?
Because in the days of yore the horses that pulled fire engines were stabled on the ground floor of fire houses and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF HAVING AN EAR OF CORN WITH AN ODD NUMBER OF ROWS OF KERNELS?
Zero. There are always an even number of rows.

WHAT EMPLOYEE-GROOMING REGULATION AT DISNEY WORLD WOULD PREVENT THE HIRING OF WALT DISNEY - IF HE WERE ALIVE AND JOB HUNTING TODAY?
The ban of facial hair. Disney had a mustache.

THE NAMES OF 48 STATES ARE ENGRAVED ON THE FRIEZE OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 1922. HOW MANY ARE IN THE ETCHING OF THE MEMORIAL ON THE BACK OF THE $5 BILL?
Twenty-six. Use a magnifying glass to check - they're in
two rows on the frieze above the colonnade.

WHAT IS THE HIGHEST-SCORING PRO BASKETBALL GAME TO DATE?
A 1983 game in which the Detroit Pistons beat the Denver Nuggets, 186-183.

WHAT IS THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST MUSHROOM?
It is Amanita phallaides, the death cap or death cup. Eating this mushroom, which contains five different poisons, causes diarrhea and vomiting within 6 to 12 hours of. This is followed by damage to the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system - and, in the majority of the cases, coma and death.

WHAT IS THE LONGEST RECORDED ATTACK OF HICCUPING? OF SNEEZING? OF YAWNING?
The longest hiccuping attack lasted 65 years; the longest sneezing fit lasted 978 days; the longest yawing ordeal took five weeks.

HOW MANY SQUARE FEET OF SKIN COVER THE HUMAN BODY?
The average human body has 14 to 18  square feet of skin.

HOW LONG IS THE GRAND CANYON?
The gorge of the Colorado River is 217 miles long. Fifty- six miles lie within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The canyon varies in width from 4 to 18 miles.

HOW FAST DOES LIGHTNING TRAVEL?
It travels 90,000 miles a second - almost half the speed of light. (186,000 miles a second).

EXACTLY HOW LONG IS ONE YEAR?
365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds.

ON DECEMBER 31, 1970, SOMETHING DISAPPEARED FROM TELEVISION. WHAT WAS IT?
The cigarette commercial.

IN WHAT YEAR WAS JANUARY 1 USED TO MARK THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR?
In 153 B.C., by the Romans. Previously, New Year's Day was in March.

WHAT IS THE MAIN  FOOD OF MOSQUITOES?
Nectar from flowers, not your blood. The blood we lose to mosquitoes - females only - is needed for protein to help them lay their eggs.

WHERE IN THE HUMAN BODY IS THE ONLY BONE THAT IS NOT CONNECTED TO ANOTHER BONE?
In the throat, at the back of the tongue, It's the horseshoe-shaped hyoid bone, which supports the tongue and its muscles. Also known as the lingual bone, it is suspended by ligaments from the base of the skull.

Animal Trivia

HOW FAST CAN A SAILFISH SWIM - IN MILES PER HOUR?
More than 60 mph, faster than any other known fish. Humans have been recorded swimming up to 5.19 mph. 

HOW MUCH DOES AN ADULT GIRAFFE'S HEART WEIGH?
About 25 pounds. Its 2 feet long, with walls up to 3 inches thick. It has quite a job pumping blood to the brain -  which is sometimes 12 feet above the heart.

HOW MANY NEWBORN OPOSSUMS CAN FIT IN A TEASPOON?
About 24. They're very small - about .07 ounce each - at  birth.

HOW FAST CAN AN OSTRICH RUN?
About 40 miles per hour - taking strides of 12 to 15 feet.

WHAT ANIMAL HAS THE LARGEST EYES - EACH A FOOT OR MORE IN DIAMETER?
The giant squid. The largest creature without a backbone, it weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long.

HOW MANY MUSCLES DOES A CATERPILLAR HAVE?
Four thousand - more than five times as many as a human.

Points to Ponder
If a man with no arms has a gun, is he armed?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?