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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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Wednesday, January 20In a hurry to get home to his new bride, Alexander III accidentally rode off a cliff in 1286, leaving Scotland kingless for six years. In the years before, he had lost his first wife and all three of his kids, raising some serious succession issues. He was so keen to see his new bride that he rode off in the dark and was found the next morning. Alexander's granddaughter Margaret became the heir, but died before being crowned. If there were an Oscar for movie posters, John Alvin would have had them by the armload. His first poster was for the Mel Brooks movie "Blazing Saddles," and he also worked with Brooks on his later films. Some of his later posters were as iconic as the movies they promoted, notably his work for "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial," "Blade Runner," "Cocoon," "The Princess Bride" and "The Lion King." What team plays in Miller Park and is in fact named for somebody who might work for Miller? A) Milwaukee Brewers B) Seattle Mariners C) St.
D) Texas Rangers Previous answer: The Small Wonder was a robot. 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 2010 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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