Trivia Bits for October 20 by Paul Paquet on Creators.com

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Saturday, March 20 One of the more peculiar, but lesser known, incidents in the Apollo mission occurred when an astronaut gave himself communion on the moon. Buzz Aldrin used a kit prepared by his pastor back home. The incident occurred during radio silence, to avoid …Read more. Friday, March 19 To fight prostate cancer, the AdMeTech Foundation introduced Prosty the Spokesgland, whose theme song was sung to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman." The rousing chorus was, "Look at Prosty grow/Lumpety lump lump/Lumpety lump lump/No …Read more. Thursday, March 18 ASCAP doesn't mess around. It will sue your butt off if you violate the copyright of its members. In 1995, ASCAP announced that unless it got fees of up $1,400 from each site, it would take legal action resulting in six-figure fines or a year in …Read more. Wednesday, March 17 If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember those GI Joe public service announcements. Eric Fensler parodied those PSAs on his website, adding non sequiturs. Hasbro was not amused. It sent in lawyers. But there were plans to slip the exclamation …Read more.

Last month, we mentioned that Edward James Olmos had been in the running for the captain's role on "Star Trek: Next Generation." Canadian actor Genevieve Bujold had actually been cast as Captain Nicole Janeway on "Star Trek Voyager," and even filmed a few scenes, before quitting the series altogether. Going further back, Lloyd Bridges and Martin Landau had been approached to play the captain and Spock on the original series.

You may remember Koo Stark as the woman who dallied briefly with Prince Andrew, at least until it was discovered that she was also a soft-core porn star. But Stark nearly landed a role in a very respectable film. She was cast as Camie, one of Luke's buddies back on Tattoine in "Star Wars." She appeared in scenes at a bar called the Arrowhead, which were all cut out.

If you look around, you can still find bad prints of them online.

Naturally enough, what is the nickname of sports teams from the U.S. Naval Academy?

A) Destroyers

B) Midshipmen

C) Tidal Wave

D) Topsails

Previous answer: Chris Isaak was in the video for "Wicked Game."

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