Saturday, April 19, 2008

[saturday quiz] crossing the line


1. Sailors who have already crossed the line at the equator are nicknamed (Trusty) Shellbacks, often referred to as Sons of Neptune; those who have not are nicknamed (Slimy) _______ .

2. In 2006, a school teacher crossed the line with her 14 year old pupil. Her name was _______ .

3. Julius Caesar crossed the line by crossing the _______ River with his army in 49 BC, supposedly on January 10 of the Roman calendar, to make his way to Rome.

4. On October 27th, 1962, a U2 spy plane was shot down over Cuba. This was the point where many consider the line was almost crossed but in the end, both Kennedy and Kruschev agreed to pull their repsective _______ out.

5. Many consider that Hewlett Packard crossed the line to near oblivion when in 2002, _______ rammed through the controversial merger with rival company Compaq.

Answers, as usual, are in white and need to be highlighted below:

Pollywogs, Debra Lafave, Rubicon, Missiles, Carly Fiorina

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