Q: How long—in inches—is the typical adult human spinal cord?
A: About 18 inches in men; an inch less in women.
Q:What famous author makes an uncredited cameo appearance—dressed in a white three-piece suit—in the 1977 Woody Allen film Annie Hall?
A: Truman Capote. When Capote appears, Allen (as character Alvy Singer) is making fun of people in Central Park and remarks, “Here comes the winner of the Truman Capote look-alike contest.”
Q: In what sport are the referees known as gyoji?
A: Sumo wrestling.
Q:Why were the Academy Award ceremonies postponed in 1968?
A: For the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. The ceremonies were delayed on only two other occasions—following a devastating flood in Los Angeles in 1938, and after the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
Q: Why does New York’s Penn Station bear the name of another state?
A:It wasn’t named for Pennsylvania—it was named for the Pennsylvania Railroad, which completed construction of the original Penn Station in 1910. The railroad also operated Penn Stations in Newark, New Jersey; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; and, more fittingly, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Q: Who paid to have the ashes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson mixed with fireworks and blasted into the sky at the writer’s funeral in 2005?
A: Actor Johnny Depp, who portrayed Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a film adaptation of Thompson’s autobiographic novel of the same name. Depp said Thompson had planned his irreverent exit.
Q: What is the only mammal with a true shell?
A: The armadillo.
Q: Who is the only Baseball Hall of Famer to serve in the U.S. Senate?
A: Pitcher Jim Bunning, of Kentucky, who retired from baseball in 1971 after 17 years in the major leagues. He won his first Senate race in 1998, after serving six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Q: Which two states have official donuts? What kinds of donuts are they?
A: Louisiana, the beignet; Massachusetts, the Boston cream donut.
Q: When it comes to Internet shorthand, what do the letters IMHO represent?
A: In My Humble Opinion.
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