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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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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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