Trivia Bits for October 27 by Paul Paquet on Creators.com

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Trivia Bits for October 27

Some believe the "club" in a club sandwich is the Saratoga Club in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. A line cook named Danny Mears is said to have collected bacon, lettuce and turkey between slices of bread. A different club in Saratoga Springs is credited with inventing potato chips. As the story goes, Chef George Crum got tired of a customer who kept demanding more thinly sliced French fries. At first, potato chips were called Saratoga chips.

The Funk Brothers played on more No. 1 hits than anybody else, since they were Motown studio's session musicians. Another legendary group of session musicians was the Wrecking Crew, which played on six straight Grammy winners for Song of the Year: "A Taste of Honey"; "Strangers in the Night"; "Up, Up and Away"; "Mrs.

Robinson"; "Aquarius"; and "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

When Alice ran into a stuttering dodo in Wonderland, she was meeting the stand-in for what author?

A) Hans Christian Andersen

B) James Barrie

C) L. Frank Baum

D) Lewis Carroll

Previous answer: Norman Rockwell worked on Boy Scout calendars.

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