No. 1 with `Genie in a Bottle'

1. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of what Titan?

A) Atlas

B) Helios C) Prometheus D) Selene

2. The 1999single “Genie in a Bottle” was the first No. 1 hit for which artist?

A) Christina Aguilera B) Bruno Mars C) Rihanna

D) Britney Spears

3. Which railroad from the board game Monopoly was not a real-life railroad?

A) B&O

B) Pennsylvania

C) Reading

D) Short Line

4. Digitalis, made from the purple foxglove plant, is a medication mainly used to treat conditions related to which organ of the human body?

A) Eyes B) Heart C) Liver D) Skin

5. From 1880to 1884, the world's tallest building was the cathedral in what city? A) Chartres, France

B) Cologne, Germany C) Salzburg, Austria D) Siena, Italy

6. Napoleon's continental blockade made it nearly impossible to buy coffee in France, so people drank a beverage made from what root instead? A) Beets

B) Celery

C) Chicory

D) Jicama

Answers

1) The Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas. 2) The 1999single “Genie in a Bottle” was the first No. 1hit for Christina Aguilera.

3) The Short Line railroad from the board game Monopoly wasn't a real railroad. 4) Digitalis, made from the purple foxglove plant, is a medication mainly used to treat conditions related to the heart.

5) The cathedral in Cologne, Germany, completed in 1880, was the world's tallest building. Then, in 1884 it became the Washington Monument. 6) Chicory coffee became a popular substitute for coffee during Napoleon's continental blockade.

FACTS OF THE DAY

• The word “Subaru” in Japanese means “to unite” or “to cluster.” It's also the Japanese name for the constellation Pleiades, commonly known as the Seven Sisters. So why does the logo of automobile manufacturer Subaru have six stars instead of seven? Because only six of the stars in the constellation are readily visible to the naked eye. Most sky watchers, if they're patient, will eventually detect seven. Trained observers have counted dozens of stars in the cluster.

• Iin 1906, Tom Kelly decided to build a house in the gold mining town of Rhyolite, Nevada. Because building materials were scarce but whiskey and beer bottles were readily available, Kelly collected thousands of bottles and mortared them together with adobe to make his house. By 1916, Rhyolite's gold boom was over, the town was abandoned and the “bottle house” left to languish. Paramount Pictures restored the house in the 1920s during the filming of “The Air Mail.” Billie Dove, the movie's star, lived in it during filming.