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Wednesday, June 19
Mattress tags that warn "do not remove under penalty of law" have spooked customers for years, but a close read reveals that the warnings are actually meant for salespeople and manufacturers. Customers have a right to know what's in the …Read more.
Tuesday, June 18
Ella Fitzgerald was performing "Mack the Knife" in Berlin in 1960 when she forgot the lyrics partway through. Happily, it's jazz. So you can just improvise or maybe even try some scat singing. That's what she did. And far from being a …Read more.
Monday, June 17
Chinese checkers is neither Chinese nor checkers. It is an American version of Halma, a British game with a Greek name that means "a leap." Interestingly, the game was introduced to China by the Japanese. There is a game called Chinese …Read more.
Saturday, June 15
What Oriental Republic gets its name from the Guarani language word meaning "river where the painted birds live"? That's nowhere in Asia. It's Uruguay. The "Oriental" part refers to its location to the east of the Uruguay River. …Read more.
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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 29, 2012A lot of Canadians write for network TV, and a lot of them star in it. But there are also Canadian characters. The best example on TV now is Cobie Smulders' Robin character from "How I Met Your Mother," who used to a Canadian teen pop star. But there's also Dave on "NewsRadio" (played by Dave Foley) and Ron on "Undeclared" (played by Seth Rogen). All of these actors are Canadian as well. To this list, you can add Megan on "Mad Men," Spence on "The King of Queens," and Todd on "Samantha Who?" Do you remember "Samantha Who?" Probably not. She was Samantha Newly, the Chicago Realtor with amnesia.
A) Christina Aguilera B) Christina Applegate C) Christina Milian D) Christina Ricci Previous answer: A day on Mars is a lot like a day on Earth, as far as length goes. 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. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2012 PAUL PAQUET 
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