| If you have an interest in the strange, unusual, interesting, odd and just plain weird, well, you’ve certainly come to the right place! If not, then too bad! Welcome Survivors to your next immunity challenge! END OF CHALLENGE RESULTS!! Congrats to Aurora for getting 8 out of the 10 correct!! The most frequently missed numbers were 2, 8, and 11. The answers are now bold and underlined for your viewing. Thanks for playing! |
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| Welcome to the Survivor on the Net "Believe It or Not!" Immunity Challenge |
| As you are asking yourself which answers may be true and which one's may be false, try to imagine hearing Jack Palence's voice repeating... Believe it or not. It will help you concentrate!.. ;-) |
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| BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Is A true or is B true? ---------------------Number 1-------------------- A. Holy wells in ancient England were believed to reveal if an ill person would live or die. If the person's garments floated in the well, he or she would live-if they sank, death would be near. OR B. Crows are frequently taught to talk and rival parrots for their vocabulary. ---------------------Number 2-------------------- A. George Washington's portrait is the most widely reproduced work of art. OR B. Winston Churchill is the most often quoted person in the Oxford English Dictionary. ---------------------Number 3-------------------- A. In the 19th Century, ice cream was a delicacy usually served on Sunday after church service, giving rise to the name "Sundae." OR B. U.S. Walker was a mail carrier in Kansas Ciy, MO. ---------------------Number 4-------------------- A. When Born the kangaroo, is only 1" long. OR B. Ballpoint pens were invented during World War II to give aviators a way of writing upside down. ---------------------Number 5-------------------- ---------------------Number 6-------------------- ---------------------Number 7-------------------- A. The Survivor on the Net Monkey, displayed here, was Tammy's (the original founder of SOTN) idea for a mascot. OR B. The Survivor on the Net Monkey was Zeb's idea for a mascot. ---------------------Number 8-------------------- A. Fish never stop growing OR B. Jonothon Macker's nose grew so long that he could no longer eat comfortabley without getting food stuck in it He had plastic surgery to remove 3" of his nose. ---------------------Number 9-------------------- A. Chuck Roberts of Mercer, OH broke his right arm three successive years in May when his tractor rolled over while cultivating his fields. OR B. After hearing a premonition that he would be killed by lightning, Emperor Anastasius I of Byzance sought shelter during all electrical storm. In 518, a ceiling collapsed and crushed him to death while he cowered in an old house during a thunderstorm. ---------------------Number 10-------------------- A. The word butter comes from the Greek word whale blubber OR B. 1963 marked the opening of the longest road tunnel in the world, 160 km long, connecting Switzerland to Italy. ---------------------Number 11-------------------- (Choose only one) A. From age 6 to 12, Elie Gourbeyre of Nouara, France could lure any bird to her shoulder by crooking her finger. OR B. In 1966, Elvis Presley made headlines in the South when he said that "he was more popular than Jesus." OR C. The southwestern armadillo is the rarest American mammal. ---------------------Number 12-------------------- (Choose only one) A. Fingernail polish was first developed in 19th century France and was worn by men to disguise grit and grim on their nails. OR B. The nest of a bald eagle often weighs 2 tons. OR C. Skipper, an English fox terrier from Newport Beach, CA, could durf in the Pacific. Chasing the board, he would hop on just in time to catch a wave. END OF CHALLENGE! |
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| Jelly Bean Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who cut off his own ear in a fit of remorse. For the rest of his life he was troubled with bouts of insanity and spent time in an insane asylum. One of his most famous paintings was his "Self Portrait". BELIEVE IT OR NOT? BELIEVE IT CAUSE IT'S TRUE!! |
| "The Mona Lisa" The picture displayed here, a replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "The Mona Lisa", was created in a toaster from 65 pieces of ordinary white bread! BELIEVE IT OR NOT? BELIEVE IT CAUSE IT'S TRUE!! |
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