Recently
Saturday, November 7
William Lear had quite a career, despite having dropped out after eighth grade. He sold the patent for the car radio to Galvin, which is now Motorola. He invented the 8-track tape cassette that became a '70s fad. And he founded a company that …Read more.
Friday, November 6
Built out of solid rock in the 1960s, Temppeliaukio Church is found largely underground in Helsinki. Architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen designed the church to burrow into solid rock, using designs that predated World War II. The back wall of the …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
more articles
|
Trivia Bits Friday, June 5Tiananmen Square: Today is the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which several thousand people were murdered as the Chinese military cleared pro-democracy protesters from a square whose name means Gate of Heavenly Peace. The most famous protester is unknown: Tank Man stood in front of a row of tanks and for a moment blocked them from entering the square, until he was removed by government agents. Antichrist Trivia: Tomorrow is June 6, or 6/6. Three years ago, in 2006, June 6 would have been 6-6-06, or 666, the number of the beast. Naturally, that was the date that the new version of the movie "The Omen" was released, since it is about the Antichrist as a child. What is the largest national park in the lower 48? A) Badlands National Park B) Death Valley National Park C) Yellowstone National Park D) Yosemite National Park Previous answer: A brownie is a lot of things, but it is not a hockey penalty. 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.
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
