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Tuesday, May 14
They say that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. So, that made us wonder how horseshoes works. If your horseshoe connects, that's a ringer. You get three points. If it leans against the stake, that's a leaner, worth one point. …Read more.
Monday, May 13
Marion Zimmer Bradley wrote a series of books set on Darkover, an ice-age planet orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. She also wrote a feminist version of the Arthurian legend called "The Mists of Avalon." Interestingly, she …Read more.
Saturday, May 11
George Read was the only person to vote against the Declaration of Independence. The Delaware representative was a moderate who hoped to negotiate a settlement with Britain. Since Delaware's Thomas McKean voted in favour, Caesar Rodney had to ride …Read more.
Friday, May 10
Ghana used to be called the Gold Coast, back when it was a British colony. It was called that, you'll be shocked to learn, because they region was littered with gold. However, nationalists liked Kwame Nkrumah felt the name belittled them, defining …Read more.
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Friday, March 1Today we look at terrible ideas for TV shows that were so bad, their pilots never even made it to the air. For example, Peter Boyle played a grumpy dead cop, who got reincarnated as a flatulent bulldog on "Poochinski." John Denver, of all people, played a Jack-Bauer-esque FBI agent who occasionally broke out into song on "Higher Ground." Alan Alda, before landing "MASH," was in "Where's Everett?" It was about an invisible baby left behind by aliens. " After "Star Trek," what Canadian was in "The People, a failed TV pilot about a schoolteacher who moves to a small town occupied by what appear to be flying Amish aliens.
A) James Doohan B) Leonard Nimoy C) William Shatner D) George Takei
Previous answer: The former Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford, joined the board of the Archaeological Institute of America. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or email him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2013 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM 
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