TRIVIA
• Who was found drowned at Chappaquiddick? (Mary Jo Kopechne)
• The unsuccessful landing by US troops in April 1961 was where? (Bay of Pigs)
• Where were the 1980 Olympics held which were boycotted by American athletes? (Moscow)
• E.T., a 1982 Spielberg classic, was about a little boy and his pet what? (Alien)
• What was the name of Mikhail Gorbachev's wife? (Raisa)
• What actor has a child named Sage Moonblood? (Sylvester Stallone)
• In 1991, where did actress Elizabeth Taylor get married for the seventh time? (Michael Jackson's ranch)
• Which actress wrote The children's book Nibbles & Me was penned by a famous actress. What's her name? (Elizabeth Taylor)
• Jim Lovell said, "Four days vacation and see the world". What was his job? (Astronaut)
• When aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared who was she flying with? (Frederick Noonan)
• The Beatles song "Hey Jude" spent how many weeks at number one in the U.S.? (Nine weeks)
• Which Big named vocalist died with the Bopper? (Buddy Holly)
• Mark Chapman read what book while waiting to be arrested after murdering John Lennon? (The Catcher in the Rye)
• Who lived at 518 Crestview Drive? (The Clampett's from "The Beverly Hillbillies")
• When it debuted it was called the "Space Commander." What was it? (Zenith's remote control)
• According to U.S. Hospital Emergency Room records, what's the number one home fixture tha
t inflicts injury? (Stairs)
• According to American Wholesale Marketers, what's the number one candy bar in America? (Snickers)
• Which two states are rectangular in outline? (Wyoming and Colorado)
• In 1639, the Indians brought what snack food to the Pilgrims? (popcorn)
• If you started counting right now, at the rate of 100 per minute, how long would it take to count all of the stars in our galaxy? (2000 years)
• Which member of the cat family is the only one that cannot retract its claws? (Cheetah)
• How many toothpicks can you make from a cord of wood? (7.5 million)
• Former president Andrew Jackson's parrot had to be removed from his funeral in 1845. Why? (Because it kept shouting obscenities)
• What bulb has been dubbed "the stinking rose?" (Garlic)
• What's the longest river in the world that flows north? (Nile)
• What disease is the focus of oncology? (Cancer)
• What season boasts the greatest number of U.S. newborns? (Summer)
• What is the world's largest office building, with 6.5 million square feet? (The Pentagon)
• What rock group is immortalized on Butt-Head's t-shirt? (AC/DC)
• What cooking fuel is produced by heating wood without oxygen? (Charcoal)
• The unsuccessful landing by US troops in April 1961 was where? (Bay of Pigs)
• Where were the 1980 Olympics held which were boycotted by American athletes? (Moscow)
• E.T., a 1982 Spielberg classic, was about a little boy and his pet what? (Alien)
• What was the name of Mikhail Gorbachev's wife? (Raisa)
• What actor has a child named Sage Moonblood? (Sylvester Stallone)
• In 1991, where did actress Elizabeth Taylor get married for the seventh time? (Michael Jackson's ranch)
• Which actress wrote The children's book Nibbles & Me was penned by a famous actress. What's her name? (Elizabeth Taylor)
• Jim Lovell said, "Four days vacation and see the world". What was his job? (Astronaut)
• When aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart disappeared who was she flying with? (Frederick Noonan)
• The Beatles song "Hey Jude" spent how many weeks at number one in the U.S.? (Nine weeks)
• Which Big named vocalist died with the Bopper? (Buddy Holly)
• Mark Chapman read what book while waiting to be arrested after murdering John Lennon? (The Catcher in the Rye)
• Who lived at 518 Crestview Drive? (The Clampett's from "The Beverly Hillbillies")
• When it debuted it was called the "Space Commander." What was it? (Zenith's remote control)
• According to U.S. Hospital Emergency Room records, what's the number one home fixture tha
t inflicts injury? (Stairs)
• According to American Wholesale Marketers, what's the number one candy bar in America? (Snickers)
• Which two states are rectangular in outline? (Wyoming and Colorado)
• In 1639, the Indians brought what snack food to the Pilgrims? (popcorn)
• If you started counting right now, at the rate of 100 per minute, how long would it take to count all of the stars in our galaxy? (2000 years)
• Which member of the cat family is the only one that cannot retract its claws? (Cheetah)
• How many toothpicks can you make from a cord of wood? (7.5 million)
• Former president Andrew Jackson's parrot had to be removed from his funeral in 1845. Why? (Because it kept shouting obscenities)
• What bulb has been dubbed "the stinking rose?" (Garlic)
• What's the longest river in the world that flows north? (Nile)
• What disease is the focus of oncology? (Cancer)
• What season boasts the greatest number of U.S. newborns? (Summer)
• What is the world's largest office building, with 6.5 million square feet? (The Pentagon)
• What rock group is immortalized on Butt-Head's t-shirt? (AC/DC)
• What cooking fuel is produced by heating wood without oxygen? (Charcoal)
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