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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Charlie Chaplin was a great artist, but he was also consumed by a form of pedophilia called phebophilia, which is an overwhelming attraction for teenage girls. He married and divorced two underage girls. One of them, Lita Grey, he married because …Read more.
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Wednesday, May 20Big City States: Typically, a country's capital is also its largest, most important city. The most populous country where that is the case, however, is actually Indonesia. China's largest city is Shanghai; India's is Mumbai and the largest American city is New York. Then comes Indonesia (and Jakarta). Ohio, incidentally, is the most populous U.S. state whose capital is also the largest city, this being Columbus. Who Are You: The list of British Invasion bands typically goes: No. 1, the Beatles; No. 2, the Rolling Stones; No. 3, the Who. But the Who only had one Top 10 hit in the U.S., "I Can See For Miles," which today is not among their best-known songs. Pete Townshend was the only solo member with a Top 10 hit, thanks to "Let My Love Open the Door." The band also never won a non-honorary Grammy. The 1982 Oscar nominations included three for people who did their roles in drag.
A) Julie Andrews for "Victor Victoria" B) Dustin Hoffman for "Tootsie" C) John Lithgow for "The World According to Garp" D) Robin Williams for "Mrs. Doubtfire" Previous answer: "Macarena" samples from "The Graduate." 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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