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TRIVIA CORNER For now, fun and games means Hidden America trivia. The starting point is a series of Trivia Links, many to state websites around the country. But we want this section to be more and are looking to you to help. If you have any gems of Americana trivia, send them along. And keep looking in for more as we grow. 50states.com - Information on the 50 states includes state flower, state song and state bird and more. STATE PAGES:
PENNSYLVANIA TRIVIA (NO LINK) Trivia from Pennsylvania (To see if you were right go to the answer section) 1. Can you describe some of Benjamin Franklin's inventions? 2. Name Jimmy Stewart's hometown. 3. What is a famous industry of Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania ? 4. Who is Col. Lewis Walker ? 5. Where was Stephen Foster born and raised ? 6. Can you name two culinary favorites first launched in Pennsylvania ?
PENNSYLVANIA TRIVIA ANSWERS 1. Bifocals, Daylight Savings Time, Library Ladder, Lightning Rod. Modern Ventilation Methods. Odometer, and Swim Fins 2. Indiana, PA, now site of the Jimmy Stewart Museum. 3. It is where the slinky toy has been manufactured for over 50 years. 4. Walker constructed a factory in Meadville, PA to manufacture his invention - the hookless fastener, now known as the zipper. 5. The composer of Oh Susannah, Old Kentucky Home and Camptown Races, songs about the South - was born and raised in Pittsburgh. 6. Banana Split (1904) at a drugstore in Latrobe; A Big Mac first served at a McDonald's in Fayette County.
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