Trivia

Was only a little more than a century ago when the diamond became more valuable than the pearl.

All the living things in the seas have been wiped out completely on eight separate occasions over the past 250 million years. So say the marine scientists. They don’t know precisely why in each case. But they pay mighty close attention to the boiling up of hot water off Peru and to other oceanic phenomena. Those extinctions have occurred at 26-million-year intervals.

Q. Who was the Love and War expert who claimed a man loves the woman who hurts him?

A. Could be you lift out of context a contention by Dr. Joseph Peck, who said: “A man admires the woman who makes him think, but he keeps away from her. He likes the woman who makes him laugh, loves the girl who hurts him, and marries the woman who flatters him.”

Q. Of the 12 most commonly-used words in English, 11 have two or three letters. Only one has four letters. Name it.

A. “That.”

Q. Mother’s Day is when the most long-distance calls are made. How does it compare to Father’s Day?

A. Father’s Day is when the most collect calls are made.