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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.
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Trivia Bits Tuesday, June 30Classical Punk: In the 1980s, Elvis Costello became interested in classical music. He had written a ballet score and worked with the Brodsky Quartet and Anne Sofie von Otter when he was approached by the Danes to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen. The result was the "The Secret Arias," an opera based on Andersen's unrequited yearning for Swedish soprano Jenny Lind. It debuted in Copenhagen in 2005. Things One and Two: You know Theodor Seuss Geisel as Dr. Seuss, and in 1957, he was challenged to help kids learn to read by writing a book using just 400 words. Strictly speaking, what was the Ugly Duckling? A) An ugly chick B) An ugly cygnet C) An ugly drake D) An ugly gosling Previous answer: The age that appears in songs by the Beatles and Joan Jett is 17. 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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