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General Trivia quiz

Riddle:
Each morning I appear to lie at your feet,
All day I will follow no matter how fast you run,
Yet I nearly perish in the midday sun.

What am I?
 
Six Pack said:
it was to do with the settlement or the purchase of Alaska i think.
Correct mate, when U.S. Secretary of State Seward in 1867 concluded the purchase of Alaska for $7.2 mill (about 2c an acre) from the Russian Czar who needed the cash was worried the Brits would pinch it off him.

Pretty good buy it turns out.

Your go mate
 
Six Pack said:
correct and the Chief worked there also!

I might go and watch Get Smart this week. I've heard it's better than expected when it comes to sitcom remakes.
 
Six Pack said:
lol, surely not NO SMOKING?

Its illegal to smoke tobacco in establishments in Amsterdam, so hash bars can no longer allow tobacco smoking in their bars, even if the joint is a combination of tobacco and mj