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Happy Easter and a couple Easter Day trivia questions

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  • Happy Easter and a couple Easter Day trivia questions

    Here are two Easter trivia questions - these are not trick questions - see if you can get them without viewing the answer...

    Question #1 - which of the following TWO historic sports events happened on this date, April 20?
    Select two of the following...

    A) - In 1897, The very first Boston Marathon was run
    B) - In 1916, The first game ever played in Chicago's Wrigley Field was contested between the Cubs & Reds
    C) - In 1946, Jackie Robinson debuted for the Los Angeles Dodgers
    D) - In 1980, famous cheater Rosie Ruiz won the Boston Marathon but
    stripped of the title after it was discovered that she had not run the entire course
    E) - In 1986, Candace Parker was born
    F) - In 1989, Kareem Abdul Jabbar plays his final game as a Laker
    G) - In 1996 the Chicago Bulls won their record 72nd game setting the all time mark that still stands
    H) - In 1997 the first Major League Baseball game ever held in Hawaii was played between Cards & Padres

    Answer - mouse over to read
    Answers B) and H) are correct


    Question #2 - How many times does the word "Easter"
    appear in the King James version of the Bible
    (also known as the Authorized Version written in 1611)?

    Multiple choice:
    A) None
    B) One
    C) Seventeen
    D) Over one thousand

    Answer - mouse over to read..
    B) One - The word "Easter" does appear once in Acts 12:4 (LINK)
    but it is widely believed by other Bible translators that this is a mis-translation
    and that the Greek word in the original manuscripts really translates better as
    "The Feast of Unleavened Bread", or Passover

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