Trivia: 01/25/13

Mind Scrambler

I have three eyes, all in a line.
When the red one opens, all freezes.
What am I?
Check below for the answer.

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
HINT: (1842-1910), American philosopher and psychologist who had trained as a physician.

RANDOM TIDBITS

The word "taxicab" is an abbreviated version of its original name, taximeter cabriolet. The term was first used for horse-drawn carriages that charged for rides and later applied to automobiles employed for the same purpose.
Checker Motors, long the nation's leading manufacturer of taxis, was one of the very few automakers to really hold its own during the Great Depression. With fewer Americans able to afford their own cars, the option to call a cab for transportation became more important.
Many sources rank the live audience's reaction to Rev. Jim Ignatowski's repeated utterance, "What does a yellow light mean?" on a 1979 episode of TV's Taxi as the longest sustained laugh in sitcom history.
The use of the word "hack" to refer to a cab driver dates back to before the days of automobiles when a "hack" was a horse that one could rent.
Although the term "practice squad" is more commonly used today, sports teams once relied on a "taxi squad" of players that filled in positions during practice or when a player went down due to an injury.
The Harry Chapin hit single "Taxi" was banned from many radio stations, who frowned upon the fact that the song's lyrics told the story of a cabbie who liked "gettin' stoned."

TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE

QUOTE: "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
ANSWER: William James.

Mind Scrambler Answer

A Traffic Light.