TRIVIA - HODGEPODGE

1. In Scotland, this deeplypigmented animal supposedly brings good luck and safe storage of harvest, but superstitions stateside suggest that each one symbolizes something dark.

2. The origin of these three-dimensional gaming objects is uncertain, but archaeologist bet the cubic kind have been in use for at least 5,000years, while the newfangled polyhedral ones have been in use for about 50years.

3. Often during the fall, two people pull for the majority portion of this good luck charm, whose actual name comes from the Latin for “little fork.”

4. If you are one of those lactose intolerant nuts then you do have other options, such as the milk that comes from grinding up this prunus amygdalus seed.

5. Battle Creek, Michigan, is the cereal capital and the battle site where in the 19th century this flaky brother fought his doctor brother for control of a burgeoning cereal empire. Last name only is acceptable.

6. In 2002, it became international news when this 38-year-old American journalist was executed by Pakistani militants, all while they videotaped his assassination.

7. Hopefully this family’s bonds were hardened and no resentment was harbored after Super Bowl XLVII, when the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens defeated the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. Last name only is acceptable. Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia