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Friday, March 19
To fight prostate cancer, the AdMeTech Foundation introduced Prosty the Spokesgland, whose theme song was sung to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman." The rousing chorus was, "Look at Prosty grow/Lumpety lump lump/Lumpety lump lump/No …Read more.
Thursday, March 18
ASCAP doesn't mess around. It will sue your butt off if you violate the copyright of its members. In 1995, ASCAP announced that unless it got fees of up $1,400 from each site, it would take legal action resulting in six-figure fines or a year in …Read more.
Wednesday, March 17
If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember those GI Joe public service announcements. Eric Fensler parodied those PSAs on his website, adding non sequiturs. Hasbro was not amused. It sent in lawyers. But there were plans to slip the exclamation …Read more.
Tuesday, March 16
Thanks to the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington has become queen of the liberal bloggers. But it wasn't always that way. She was born Arianna Stassinopoulos in Greece but married oil millionaire, and future Republican congressman, Michael …Read more.
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Wednesday, January 20
In a hurry to get home to his new bride, Alexander III accidentally rode off a cliff in 1286, leaving Scotland kingless for six years. In the years before, he had lost his first wife and all three of his kids, raising some serious succession issues. He was so keen to see his new bride that he rode off in the dark and was found the next morning. Alexander's granddaughter Margaret became the heir, but died before being crowned. If there were an Oscar for movie posters, John Alvin would have had them by the armload. His first poster was for the Mel Brooks movie "Blazing Saddles," and he also worked with Brooks on his later films. Some of his later posters were as iconic as the movies they promoted, notably his work for "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial," "Blade Runner," "Cocoon," "The Princess Bride" and "The Lion King." What team plays in Miller Park and is in fact named for somebody who might work for Miller? A) Milwaukee Brewers B) Seattle Mariners C) St.
D) Texas Rangers Previous answer: The Small Wonder was a robot. 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 2010 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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