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Monday, March 22
There are names for all that clutter filling up your TV screen. Actual, printable names. The station logos are called bugs, which is rather apt, actually. Those annoying animated ads that move across the screen are snipes. They are designed to …Read more.
Saturday, March 20
One of the more peculiar, but lesser known, incidents in the Apollo mission occurred when an astronaut gave himself communion on the moon. Buzz Aldrin used a kit prepared by his pastor back home. The incident occurred during radio silence, to avoid …Read more.
Friday, March 19
To fight prostate cancer, the AdMeTech Foundation introduced Prosty the Spokesgland, whose theme song was sung to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman." The rousing chorus was, "Look at Prosty grow/Lumpety lump lump/Lumpety lump lump/No …Read more.
Thursday, March 18
ASCAP doesn't mess around. It will sue your butt off if you violate the copyright of its members. In 1995, ASCAP announced that unless it got fees of up $1,400 from each site, it would take legal action resulting in six-figure fines or a year in …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for January 4
Monday, January 4 Errata: Our sharp-eyed readers found some errata worth passing on. For example, we called Sam-I-Am the narrator of "Green Eggs and Ham." But of course, the narrator is the guy who tells Sam that he "could not, would not" eat the green eggs and ham. We also misspelled the name of Bob Dylan's son Jakob and had interesting email about the Winston's cigarette slogan and about the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen. Thanks, everybody! As the story goes, Edward de Vere spent six years in embarrassed, self-imposed exile after bending over and experiencing a bout of flatulence in the presence of Queen Elizabeth I. Reportedly, on his return, the Queen welcomed him home and said, "My Lord, I had forgot the fart." She may have been more upset by his Catholicism, though. The Lucas and Barber Bible, also called the Wicked Bible, misprinted Exodus 20:14. What did it say? A) God so loathed the world B) Hollow be thy name C) Let there be night D) Thou shall commit adultery Previous answer: Whether it's in the black or in the red, IBM will always be Big Blue. 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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