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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.
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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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TriviaBits Saturday, August 1Growing Up: Dustin Hoffman played the title role in "Hook," a movie about a grown-up Peter Pan, the boy who wasn't supposed to grow up. But he also played theater producer Charles Frohman in "Finding Neverland," a movie about James Barrie and the creation of Peter Pan. Barrie's creation is now the name of a psychological condition in which people, like Barrie himself, refuse to advance into adulthood, and often find themselves living asexually. Reunion Reunions: If your high school reunion were being held on Reunion Island, you'd be headed to the Indian Ocean. Just as Hawaii is part of the United States, Reunion is part of France, which also makes it the outermost region of the European Union and the furthest east. Naturally enough, what weatherman wrote "Murder Under Blue Skies," in which a weatherman is the hero? A) Roger Ebert B) Al Roker C) Gene Siskel D) Willard Scott Previous answer: "Who Made Who" is by AC/DC and not the Who. 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
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