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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.
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.
Friday, November 20
Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" …Read more.
Thursday, November 19
One of the titans of animation was Isadore Freleng, nicknamed Friz for his frizzie hair. He had been part of the Kansas City clique of animators working for Disney before moving to Warner Brothers, where he was a key person behind such characters as …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Thursday, September 3At Least He's Used to the Makeup: Gene Simmons, aside from spitting up blood with KISS, also has had a minor TV acting career. Most notably, he played drug dealer Newton Blade on "Miami Vice" and a mob boss named Donald Mann on "Third Watch." He was also a seal monster on "SpongeBob SquarePants" and he's played himself on "Ugly Betty" and "Family Guy." More recently, he has starred in his own reality series, alongside his long-time love, Shannon Tweed, and his kids. It's A Mystery, M'Lord: P.D. James and Ruth Rendell became, respectively, Conservative and Labour life peers in the House of Lords, and as such, the two crime writers were able to watch each other across the aisle. Also known as "the Pious," Charlemagne's successor was the first of 16 kings with what name, before the French monarchy was overthrown? A) Charles B) Francis C) Henry D) Louis Previous answer: "North by Northwest" ends with a scene across the presidential heads of Mount Rushmore. 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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