1. How many Earths are in the sun? well one net site proposes that its interior could hold over 1.3 million Earths, literally
2. Who was Alfred Hitchcock? a masterful director of suspense and drama type films that often deal with unusual type predicaments.
3. Who wrote The Tempest? Attributed to William Shakespeare
4. What are homophones? Homophones are words of the same language that are pronounced alike even if they differ in spelling, meaning, or origin, such as "pair" and "pear
5. How did sniping begin? Sniping began during the poaching of poor old snipe birds in england: its not the actual poaching but the firing of your rifle at the game wardens that came into the area to catch you. in effect, you sniped the poor old law enforcment officals (shot at them from hidden cover to prevent being caught poaching)
6. What is an M-16A2? The M16A2 5.56mm rifle is a lightweight, air-cooled, gas-operated, magazine-fed, shoulder- or hip-fired weapon designed for either automatic fire (3-round bursts) or semiautomatic fire (single shot) through the use of a selector lever (arent sites wonderful?)
7. When do the US presidential elections take place? They take place on the first tuesday of the month of november, at four year intervals.
8. What is a ka-bar? A Ka-bar is the famous general all purpose knife attribited to the US Marine Corps, but actually used by the Army, Navy, and Marines. At 1 1/2 inches in length, its a very nasty infighting weapon.
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