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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.
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, November 21You may be familiar with the term "runcible spoon" as a spoon-like utensil that has the tines of a fork (aka "spork"), or a spoon with a serrated edge for eating grapefruit or squash. But the term was coined by British poet Edward Lear for his "Owl and the Pussycat." The illustration Lear drew of it depicts a large ladle-like spoon with neither tines nor serration.
What was Life like 50 years ago? November 1958 cover subjects included the recently elected Pope John XXIII and actress Kim Novak, star of the bewitching film "Bell, Book and Candle." In the article "Everybody is Dishonest," lie-detector expert John Reid had this advice to make a lie convincing: "If you must lie, be bold. When Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" first came out in the 1930s, what was the best-selling dwarf doll? A) Dopey B) Sneezy C) Grumpy D) Doc Previous answer: Baseball star Jackie Robinson portrayed himself in the 1950 biopic "The Jackie Robinson Story." 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 Stan Newman at StanTrivia@aol.com or on a postcard to P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. COPYRIGHT 2008 STANLEY NEWMAN DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE
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