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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.
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.
Friday, November 20
Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" …Read more.
Thursday, November 19
One of the titans of animation was Isadore Freleng, nicknamed Friz for his frizzie hair. He had been part of the Kansas City clique of animators working for Disney before moving to Warner Brothers, where he was a key person behind such characters as …Read more.
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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2Monday, November 2 Today is the Day of the Dead. Although most associated with Mexico, it is also commemorated in Latin America, Spain and the Philippines. It does appear, though, that the day originates with an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, queen of the underworld. She is thought to have inspired La Calavera Catrina, a skeletal woman in a nice dress and hat who is now associated with the day. Tom Waddell, who represented the United States in decathlon in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, went on to found the Gay Games in 1982. It was originally called the Gay Olympics, but the IOC had issues with this. The 2006 edition was supposed to be in Montreal, but after a fight over financing, the 2006 Gay Games were awarded to Chicago, instead. In the 1820s, Christian Jorgensen Thomsen proposed a system for dividing human prehistory into all but which of these ages? A) The Bronze Age B) The Golden Age C) The Iron Age D) The Stone Age Previous answer: In honor of Michael Jordan, LeBron James choose #23 when he started playing for the Cavs. 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.COM
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