Some trivia

In keeping with the frivolous theme, here are a few trivia questions for ya.

1. What was the original URL for Google? Where do you wind up if you enter it today?
2. Who invented the idea of milling the edges of coins?
3. What is O'Toole's Corollary? (Hint: it's a corollary to Murphy's Law)
4. How many words are there in the first sentence of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities"?
5. For each letter, "L" of the alphabet, name a writer whose initials are "L. L."
6. What is (was?) a drum card?
7. What is a hapax legomenon? Give an example.
   
8. What are Canada Bill Jones' Motto and Canada Bill Jones' Supplement?
9. Who is responsible for the brilliant piece of alliteration: "...this nimble, nipply witchling, ..." In what novel did he write it?
10. What is the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize?
    

Who cares what I think?

I've resisted starting a blog, since I doubt if I have anything earthshaking to say. On the other hand, maybe it's not about what I have to say to others but what I have to say to myself.