Day: January 29, 2007

Things you might know

Trivia, for naught but glory everlasting (or until my domain expires, whichever comes first).

Miscellany

  1. Who was the third regular host of NBC’s The Tonight Show?
  2. What musician invented the Twinkie-Wiener Sandwich?
  3. Which Group of Seven artist stopped signing and dating his works so they would be judged on their own merit?
  4. Who was Grover Cleveland’s vice president?
  5. What is Gertrude Ederle’s most famous accomplishment?

Sports

  1. Chi Chi Rodriguez is best known for his excellence in what sport?
  2. What footballer is variously known as O Rei and Pérola Negra?
  3. What quarterback out of Boston College is considered to have been one of the greatest players in the Canadian Football League?
  4. What pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays was given the derogatory nickname Mr. Blister?
  5. What multi-series driver had both legs amputated near the knee after a 2001 crash, yet has recently returned to racing?

History

  1. In what year was the iPod released?
  2. In what year did Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduce The Smurfs?
  3. What organization held its first meeting in Flushing Meadows, New York, in 1946?
  4. 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of what British body?
  5. What is the common link between all of the previous 14 questions? (This is an open-book… er, open-web question. Search away, and good luck: you’re gonna need it.)

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