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Friday, March 12 For crossword writers and Scrabble players, the Hawaiian language is a treasure trove. In addition to such vowel-heavy words as hula, luau, poi and lei, you also have aa (a rough-surfaced lava) and a whole nest of birds, like the oo (an extinct …Read more. Thursday, March 11 So far, only one TV theme has hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts. That would be John Sebastian's theme song for "Welcome Back, Kotter." Sebastian is best known for his time with the Lovin' Spoonful and for his impromptu set at the rain-…Read more. Wednesday, March 10 You know about Super Mario. And his brother Luigi. And Donkey Kong. But did you know that the girlfriend whom Kong kidnapped was named Pauline? This was a reference to an old movie serial called "Perils of Pauline." Incidentally, Mario has …Read more. Tuesday, March 9 Many people assumed "A Horse With No Name" was a Neil Young song. It was actually by a band called America, formed by Army brats, although singer Dewey Bunnell did sound a lot like Neil Young. Here's the neat bit. Ironically, that song …Read more.

This used to be Armistice Day, in memory of the Armistice that ended World War I on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. But in 1954, with fewer WWI vets and lots of new WWII vets, President Eisenhower signed a bill renaming the commemoration "Veterans Day." To further confuse things, in Commonwealth countries, including Canada, the day is called Remembrance Day. A Canadian poet, John McCrae, wrote about poppies blooming on the battlefields of Europe, and today the poppy is a symbol of Remembrance Day.

PF Kluge's article in Life about bank robber John Wojtowicz noted that he had the "good looks of an Al Pacino" ... and Al Pacino did indeed play the character based on Wojtowicz in "Dog Day Afternoon." The robbery was intended to pay for Ernest Aron's sex-change surgery.

While the robbery was foiled, Wojtowicz was able to finance the surgery with his proceeds from selling his story to make the movie. Aron became Elizabeth Eden.

Fleetwood Mac might consult the Mabinogion to learn about which Welsh witch, who rides a pale horse and marries King Pwyll?

A) Boudicca

B) Morgan le Fay

C) Rhiannon

D) Tituba

Previous answer: Malta's currency used to be the lira.

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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.

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