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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Wednesday, September 23I Say So: You have probably heard that the pope is infallible. But he is only infallible when speaking ex cathedra. And that has only happened twice. Oddly, both times, the pope was clarifying Catholic policy about the Virgin Mary. In 1870, Pope Pius IV declared that Mary had been conceived without original sin. And in 1950, Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary as an article of faith. Off With Her Head: In 2002, Princess Anne became the first member of the British royal family to face criminal charges since King Charles I was charged with treason in 1649. But rather than get packed off to the Tower of London, Anne paid a 500-pound fine after her dog Dotty attacked two kids in a park.
A major Canadian river, running past Montreal, is named for what patron saint of cooks, who was roasted to death? A) St. Boniface B) St. Clair C) St. John D) St. Lawrence Previous answer: Moses is said to have written the first five books of the Bible. 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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