1. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 10 Minutes Remaining ➓ The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases. GTO, as in Pontiac GTO, stands for ”Gran Turismo Omologato,” Italian for “ready to race.” How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

2. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 9 Minutes Remaining When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror. ➒ There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London... which used to have gallows adjacent. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hung. The horse drawn dray, carting the prisoner was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ''ONE LAST DRINK''. If he said YES it was referred to as ONE FOR THE ROAD. If he declined, that prisoner was ON THE WAGON.

3. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 8 Minutes Remaining ➑ The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor". But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot. They "Didn’t have a pot to Piss in” and were the lowest of the low.

4. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 7 Minutes Remaining ➐ David Prowse was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What disease did cured ham actually have?

5. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 6 Minutes Remaining ➏ The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? Why did you just try singing the two songs above?

6. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 5 Minutes Remaining ➎ The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the.50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards." Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt? Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

7. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 4 Minutes Remaining ➍ Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours?

8. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 3 Minutes Remaining ➌ Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired." If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat? If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

9. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 2 Minutes Remaining ➋ If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway. Why is 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural?

10. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 1 Minute Remaining ➊ Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV? Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

11. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 10 Seconds Remaining ➓ The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

12. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 9 Seconds Remaining ➒ The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

13. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 8 Seconds Remaining ➑ Hang On Sloopy is the official rock song of Ohio.

14. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 7 Seconds Remaining ➐ The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

15. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 6 Seconds Remaining ➏ Averages life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.

16. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 5 Seconds Remaining ➎ The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado.

17. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 4 Seconds Remaining ➍ The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It to Beaver.

18. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 3 Seconds Remaining ➌ The Atlantic portal of the Panama Canal is West of the Pacific portal.

19. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 2 Seconds Remaining ➋ In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

20. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ http://www.mgrush.com / 10 Minute Timer © 2000 - 2010 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning Trivia Break Timer --- 1 Second Remaining ➊ The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.

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