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January
2011
E
SSENTIAL
T
RIVIA
Jump Start
Your Next Staff Meeting
1. What foreign country has the most U.S. citizens living there?
2. Who had a pistol in his front pocket when addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 1984?
3. What tournament did Arnold Palmer say he would play in as long as he could walk?
4. What nation is bordered on the north by Syria, Turkey and Iran?
5. Who put the most albums on the U.S. charts?
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Q
UOTES
Fortune helps those who dare.
~ Virgil
In action lies wisdom and confidence.
~ Albert Schweitzer
My friends are my estate.
~ Emily Dickinson
We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
~ Gandhi
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of another.
~ Charles Dickens
We cannot exist solely in a state of comprehension.
~ Mark Epstein
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
~ Ashley Montagu
W
ord Power
VOCABULARY
from the
Graduate Record Exam
blandishment
n. speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something.
caprice
n.
a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior; i
mpulse.
corporeal
adj.
of or having to do with material, as opposed to spritual; tangible.
diffident
adj.
lacking self confidence, modest.
disabuse
adj.
to free a person from falsehood or error.
diatribe
n.
a bitter abusive denunciation.
efficacy
n.
effectiveness; capability to produce a desired effect.
Doctors
Without
Borders
Doctors Without Borders
provides emergency services in war-torn regions and areas struck by natural disaster.
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Granite Services
Orlando FL
Granite Services,
an affiliate of General Electric, sent leaders from 10 nations to Epcot Center in
Orlando for a fun team building experience
with Venture Up.
Agrium
Scottsdale, AZ
Agrium Inc.
, voted one of
Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2010, left serious business aside for Venture Up's
Amazing Race in Old Town Scottsdale
.
AB Sciex
Las Vegas, NV
AB Sci
ex
, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, sent teams to Las Vegas for
a day of celebration and fun.
Pharmacist Mutual Companies
Houston, TX
Pharmacist Mutual Companies
employees
risk little in Las Vegas when they abandon the casinos for training games with Venture Up.
ESSENTIAL TRIVIA
Answers
1. What foreign country has the most U.S. citizens living there?
Mexico
2. Who had a pistol in his front pocket when addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 1984?
Yasser Arafat
3. What tournament did Arnold Palmer say he would play in as long as he could walk?
Masters
4. What nation is bordered on the north by Syria, Turkey and Iran?
Iraq
5. Who put the most albums on the U.S. charts?
Elvis Presley
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