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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23
Monday, November 23
When he was 13, Roald Dahl got a chance to be a taste-tester for a focus group at Cadbury, along with his classmates at Repton in Darbyshire. At the time, Cadbury and Rowntree engaged in bitter corporate espionage. It all …Read more.
Saturday, November 21
Ever wondered what happened to Francis Gary Powers? He was the American pilot who crashed into the Soviet Union, deeply embarrassing the Eisenhower administration. He was traded back to the United States in 1962, for a Soviet spy caught in the U.S. …Read more.
Saturday, November 21
Ever wondered what happened to Francis Gary Powers? He was the American pilot who crashed into the Soviet Union, deeply embarrassing the Eisenhower administration. He was traded back to the United States in 1962, for a Soviet spy caught in the U.S. …Read more.
Friday, November 20
Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for October 19Weezer has produced two iconic, innovative videos. When Spike Jonze directed the video for "Buddy Holly," he put the band in Arnold's Drive-In from "Happy Days." With clever editing and special effects, the band interacts with the cast of the TV show. Fonzie even does a dance. Footage of most of the cast is used, and Al Molinaro re-recorded some new dialogue. At first, Anson Williams, who played Potsie, didn't want footage of him used, but David Geffen convinced him. The other iconic Weezer video is for "Pork and Beans," directed by Mathew Cullen. It debuted on YouTube, which is appropriate, since the video was filled with "YouTube celebrities" who became famous when the clips were passed around as memes. You saw the Afro Ninja, that "Chocolate Rain" guy, the "Evolution of Dance" guy, and references to the Coke-and-Mentos experiment, the Dramatic Chipmunk, the Sneezing Panda and many more. Herb Ritts directed the sultry black-and-white video for "Wicked Game," in which what singer frolics on a beach with supermodel Helena Christensen? A) Jacob Dylan B) Chris Isaak C) Robert Palmer D) Robbie Williams Previous answer: You can find crocodiles and alligators at the southern tip of Florida. TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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