Monthly Archives: October 2019
TRIVIA TRAIL: THE SCOTTISH POMPEII
Question: What stone age village is known as “The Scottish Pompeii”? Answer: Skara Brae http://www.wallswithstories.com/uncategorized/the-scottish-pompeii-skara-brae-a-prehistoric-village-on-the-west-coast-of-the-island-of-orkney.html
HISTORY SHARE: HISTORIC RECALCULATION
Though typos weren’t possible until words were actually typed, misprints were being made long before that. One example is the date for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1,940 years ago. Long thought to have occurred in the month of August, it is now believed to have been October, or possibly even November. A lot of […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: NEUSCHWANSTEIN GHOST
Question: Whose ghost is said to haunt Germany’s beautiful fairytale castle of Neuschwanstein? Answer: King Ludwig II’s. https://www.annmarieackermann.com/death-of-king-ludwig-ii-bavaria-murder/
TRIVIA TRAIL: TRICK-OR-TREATING
Question: In what year did the first known reference to ‘Trick-Or-Treating appear? Answer: 1927 in a Southern Alberta newspaper. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/albertans-invent-saying-trick-or-treat-1.3829669 https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/4609024/trick-or-treat-halloween-origins-2018/
