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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.
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23
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 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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