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Blue-Spheroid

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Who as a teenager, as legend has it, once knocked out a horse with one punch?
This has been rumoured about many boxers over the years. Most recently, I've heard it said about Mike Tyson. Roberto Duran was also supposed to have done it. When I was younger, I heard it about Foreman and Ali.

It probably never happened.
 

Ceiling Cat

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He has 4 chevrons on his arm.
The rank of technical sergeant does exist, but he is wearing Air Force stripes on a Army green uniform. The plot of the movie Goldfinger has scenes that take place at Fort Knox, an Army facility.
 

NorthernBear

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It contains every letter in the alphabet.
I don't have the time to reread all those pages but did anyone notice that this is not the correct answer? Or at least the question is incorrect.

There is no E in this sentence. The correct phrase should have used the word jumped instead of jumps.

This was originally on page 177
 

NorthernBear

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Correct! The Power of Love V1 was a #1 UK hit in December, 1984 for Frankie Goes to Hollywood. This version did not crack the Billboard Top 40. The Power of Love V2 was a #1 UK hit in October, 1985 for Jennifer Rush. This version reached #1 in Canada and several other countries, but peaked at #57 on the Billboard Top 40, (probably in part due to the fact that it has one of the worst music videos ever made). A cover version by Celine Dion reached #1 on the Billboard chart in 1993. The Power of Love V3 was a #11 UK hit for Huey Lewis and the News in September, 1985. This version reached #1 on the Billboard chart.
What about the version recorded by Air Supply? I believe theirs is the first recording of the song sung by Rush and Dion.
 

bobistheowl

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What is so special about this sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog"?
It contains every letter in the alphabet.

I don't have the time to reread all those pages but did anyone notice that this is not the correct answer? Or at least the question is incorrect.

There is no E in this sentence. The correct phrase should have used the word jumped instead of jumps.

This was originally on page 177
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
 

TheDr

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From a complete stop for both, a human is able to outrun an F1 car for how many feet?
Depends... cold or hot tyres.....

Probably about 100 feet or so, takes a little while for the adhesion to allow the F1 car to get the power onto the track without wheelspin.
 

DigitallyYours

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That's a good guess, but I don't they they ever made a self-named album.

Another good trivia question is simply to name a song where the artist and the song title are the same.

HINT: The artist/song/album I'm thinking of is from the late 1950s. In fact, his debut album and the first track from the A side were all his name.
 
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