Word of the Week - 3-17-2008

Word of the Week
SELF-EVIDENT
Pronunciation: \-dənt, -ˌdent\
Function: adjective
Date: 1671
: requiring no proof or explanation


Interesting Fact
In the novel The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s shoes are not ruby red, but silver.

Trivial Pursuit
Here are the questions:
Global View (Geography):
What president is clean-shaven and skinny as a rail, in a 30-foot-tall Springfield, Illinois statue?

Entertainment:
What rapper boasts a tattoo on his tomach that reads, “KIM: ROT IN PIECES”?

News:
What military conflict inspired the U.S. Air Force to develop the deep-penetration air-to-ground missile dubbed “Bunker-Buster”??

Written Word:
Which X-Men member’s eye color is listed on Marvel Comics’ web site as: “glowing red”?

Life & Science: What percentage of folks told a Luntz poll in 2000 that gabbing on a cell phone during church was “totally appropriate” – 2, 12, or 22 percent?

Games & Sports:
What word was excised from the jerseys of major league baseball’s Tampa Bay franchise in 2001?”?


Here are last week’s answers:
Global View (Geography):
What museum began asking visitors for donations in 1993, for the first time in its 147-year history? The Smithsonian Institute

Entertainment:
What hip-hop hero was dubbed “the bard of spousal abuse” by Time magazine? Eminem

News:
What parlors did Cambodia’s prime minister declare war on in December 2001, warning he’d use tanks to flatten them if necessary? Karaoke parlors

Written Word:
What New Age pundit did Time magazine call “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine”? Deepak Chopra

Life & Science: What critter’s cells were used to create the first Bio-Artifical Liver, designed as a temporary organ for someone waiting for a transplant? rabbit

Games & Sports:
What Whose 1993 death from AIDS inspired Magic Johnson to note: “His loss is a loss for all of us”? Arthur Ashe