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Trivia of the Day Blog
Friday, June 27, 2008
Trivia for 6/27
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Answer for 6/26:
 
From player SNOWFLAKE:
 

What number, a one followed by 100 zeros, was first used by nine-year-old Milton Sirotta in 1938?
 
Googol. Milton was the nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner, who then popularized the concept in a book in 1940.
 
46 players answered correctly.
 
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Question for 6/27:
 
What grocery item was the first to be scanned by a supermarket bar-code scanner, on June 26, 1974?
 
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Do you know the answer?
Send it to me at triviajoe@charter.net

Posted by stars2/quizz2000 at 8:56 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, June 27, 2008 8:57 AM EDT
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