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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
Monday, November 9
The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today, and soon, the rest of European communism crumbled along with it. And it likely all happened because a bureaucrat misread a poorly worded memo. Hearing that the border was open, East Germans …Read more.
Monday, November 9
Monday, November 9
The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today, and soon, the rest of European communism crumbled along with it. And it likely all happened because a bureaucrat misread a poorly worded memo. Hearing that the border was open, East Germans …Read more.
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.
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Trivia Bits, October 21Who was Charles Joseph Bonaparte, and why should you care about him? A grandnephew of Napoleon I, C.J. served in Teddy Roosevelt's cabinet as secretary of the Navy and attorney general. In the latter capacity, Mr. B. created the Bureau of Investigation in 1908, now known as the F.B.I. (Thanks to Ken Clark of Kent, Wash.)
Prime Time: In addition to England, the other nations through which the Earth's prime meridian of longitude passes through are France and Spain in Europe, and Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo and Ghana in Africa. The moon's prime meridian lies in the center of the side visible from Earth. Mars has one, too, defined by the crater Airy-0, which was named for a 19th-century Greenwich astronomer. Completed in 1942, Washington State's Grand Coulee Dam is the largest hydroelectric power facility and the largest concrete structure in the United States. A) A Native American leader B) A deep ravine C) A type of evergreen tree D) A snow-covered mountain Previous answer: According to the International Olympic Committee, Coca-Cola is the longest continuous corporate sponsor of the Olympic Games, since 1928. 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. Stanley Newman is the editor of the Newsday Crossword and author/editor of more than 125 books on crosswords, word games and trivia, including "15,003 Answers: The Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia" (Random House). To find out more about Stanley Newman visit StanXwords.com, or e-mail him at StanTrivia@aol.com. COPYRIGHT 2008 STANLEY NEWMAN DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE
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