Monday, October 29, 2007

Trivia

Which two U.S. presidents sat for portraits by John Singer Sargent?

  • Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.

A jaguar is a large wildcat, but what’s a jaeger?
  • A predatory seabird that steals food from smaller, weaker birds.

The ruler of what tiny kingdom has four queens—all sisters?
  • Bhutan. Its king, Jime Singye Wangchuck, married the four sisters in a private ceremony in 1979. A public ceremony was held in 1988.

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