TRIVIA - HODGEPODGE

1. Archeologists have evidence that this popular wintertime drink was enjoyed by Mayan tribes some 1600 years ago, but since it was centuries before sugar was introduced to Mesoamerica, it was a cold and bitter taste.

2. Though it sounds familiar, this basically fictional dish is big in Whoville, but for the Grinch is a feast he can’t stand in the least.

3. Christmas historian Gerry Bowler said that this wooden fuel, which you’ll sometimes have known as a Christmas block, is an “enfeebled version of the ancient Celtic human sacrifices.”

4. Throughout the world there were eight versions of this mockumentary sitcom, including “Le Bureau” in France and “La Job” in Canada, but in the U.S. it went by this title.

5. In 1971, the United States ended its trade embargo with this international superpower.

6. In 1946, when this autocrat ran for student body president of his island university, he did so on the platform of “honesty, decency and justice.” He left off two words: “for nobody.”

7. Being a fighter pilot in both the Second World and the Korean wars, the aerial experience of this pioneering aviator – who died in 2016 - sure came in handy in his next, much more elevated, job.

8. This pageant queen wasn’t just Miss Hungary 1936, but also, Paris Hilton’s ex-step-greatgrandmother.

Courtesy of The Democratic Republic of Trivia