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Wednesday, November 25
Mortified by reports of famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas," and 25 years ago today, some of Britain's top stars recorded the song at Trevor Horn's SARM West studio. Bob George flew …Read more.
Tuesday, November 24
It was 150 years ago today that Charles Darwin saw the publication of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," which explained evolution and made possible another century of scientific advances. Darwin dawdled considerably …Read more.
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Monday, November 23
When he was 13, Roald Dahl got a chance to be a taste-tester for a focus group at Cadbury, along with his classmates at Repton in Darbyshire. At the time, Cadbury and Rowntree engaged in bitter corporate espionage. It all …Read more.
Saturday, November 21
Ever wondered what happened to Francis Gary Powers? He was the American pilot who crashed into the Soviet Union, deeply embarrassing the Eisenhower administration. He was traded back to the United States in 1962, for a Soviet spy caught in the U.S. …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Saturday, August 8Hometown Hawaii: The University of Hawaii only appeared once in the Aloha Bowl, losing 33-13 to Michigan State in 1989. Usually played on Christmas Day, the game ran from 1982 until 2000, when it lost its sponsor, Jeep Corporation, due to the merger with DaimlerChrysler. The game was often a double-header with the Oahu Bowl, which also collapsed in 2000, although for a couple years, the game soldiered on as the Seattle Bowl. Winston's Kids on the Silver Screen: One of Winston Churchill's children had a minor acting career, getting nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1953 and, most notably, appearing as Anne Ashmond, the love interest for Fred Astaire in the 1951 film "Royal Wedding." By the time she died, she had become Sarah Millicent Hermione Tuchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley. What nanny is blown by a windstorm to the Banks family home at No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London? A) Fran Fine B) Jo Frost C) Nanny McPhee D) Mary Poppins Previous answer: United Airlines got its name from the airlines merged to create it. 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.
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