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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 18, 2012
Tim Harper was a campus reporter for the Drake University Times-Delphic in Iowa, when he broke the biggest story of his career on Sept. 17, 1969. Except that none of it was true. That year, Paul McCartney was out of the public eye, as he mulled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Henry James proofread the galleys for the 1903 edition of "The Ambassadors," which had been serialized in North American Review. Unfortunately, NAR had edited it down, and James wanted to restore the original version for the book. In the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for October 8You may have heard that QANTAS is short for Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service. Brazilian airline Varig has a name that is short for Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense, and Belgium's Sabena is short for Societe Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aerienne. The Polish airline LOT is short for "lotnicze," which means "flight" in Polish. Silicon Valley is in California. Silicon Valley North is in Ottawa. But you also have Silicon Sentier in Paris, and Silicon Bog is in Ireland. Silicon Alley runs from the Flatiron District down to SoHo and TriBeCa in New York City, and the Silicon Corridor runs down the M4 highway, connecting London and Bristol, although Silicon Fen is in Cambridge and Silicon Glen is in Scotland.
Katharine Hepburn was Oscar nominated most often for Best Actress. Spencer Tracy was nominated most often for Best Actor. But what was the only movie they were nominated for together? A) Adam's Rib B) Boys Town C) Bringing Up Baby D) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Previous answer: Canada is crossed by the most lines of latitude. 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.
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