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Trivia Bits Friday, July 3
Keep Quiet: To hide his Jewish origins, Marcel Mangel changed his name to that of a French Revolution general, François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers. He became Marcel Marceau, the French mime who came to define the art form. His father, a kosher …
Trivia Bits Thursday, July 2
The Ebola virus is named for the Ebola River, in the D.R. Congo, where the virus spread to more than 55 villages in 1976. This probably ruined any tourism industry along the Ebola River. In fact, the Ebola virus is a lot like the Marburg virus, …
Trivia Bits Wednesday, July 1
Happy Canada Day: Our Canadian readers are celebrating Canada Day and probably not reading this column in their papers. Originally, it was called Dominion Day, because Britain promoted some of its colonies to a semi-independent status called …
Trivia Bits Tuesday, June 30
Classical Punk: In the 1980s, Elvis Costello became interested in classical music. He had written a ballet score and worked with the Brodsky Quartet and Anne Sofie von Otter when he was approached by the Danes to celebrate the bicentenary of the …
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Trivia Bits Saturday, July 4Little Letters: Kathryn Dawn Lang likes to spell her name with lower-case letters. Lang is also notable for appearing on the cover of the debut issue of two magazines. One of them was Entertainment Weekly, which was dated Feb. 16, 1990. The other was George, John Kennedy Jr.'s magazine, where she appeared with Cindy Crawford in an erotically charged photo that aggravated false rumors that she and/or hubby Richard Gere were not entirely heterosexual. Name That Town: Some towns will happily change their names for the sake of a gag. Or for money. Halfway, Ore., population 337, was paid $100,000 to change its name to Half.com. The company was bought by eBay and Half.com is now called Halfway again. Ismay, Mont., became Joe, Montana, unofficially, as a Kansas City Chiefs publicity stunt. The show "Gilligan's Island" lasted this many years, which was also the number of hours the original tour was supposed to be. What number is this? A) Three B) Five C) Six D) Eight Previous answer: Dorothy's slippers were sold at auction for $165,000. 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 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
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