{"id":719,"date":"2007-01-29T23:55:24-05:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-30T04:55:24+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2007\/01\/29\/things-you-might-know\/"},"modified":"2007-01-29T23:55:24-05:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-30T04:55:24+00:00","slug":"things-you-might-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2007\/01\/29\/things-you-might-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Things you might know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trivia, for naught but glory everlasting (or until my domain expires, whichever comes first).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Miscellany<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. Who was the third regular host of NBC’s The Tonight Show<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
  2. What musician invented the Twinkie-Wiener Sandwich?<\/li>\r\n
  3. Which Group of Seven artist stopped signing and dating his works so they would be judged on their own merit?<\/li>\r\n
  4. Who was Grover Cleveland’s vice president?<\/li>\r\n
  5. What is Gertrude Ederle’s most famous accomplishment?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n

    Sports<\/h3>\r\n
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    1. Chi Chi Rodriguez is best known for his excellence in what sport?<\/li>\r\n
    2. What footballer is variously known as O Rei<\/cite> and Pérola Negra<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
    3. What quarterback out of Boston College is considered to have been one of the greatest players in the Canadian Football League?<\/li>\r\n
    4. What pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays was given the derogatory nickname Mr. Blister<\/q>?<\/li>\r\n
    5. What multi-series driver had both legs amputated near the knee after a 2001 crash, yet has recently returned to racing?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n

      History<\/h3>\r\n
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      1. In what year was the iPod released?<\/li>\r\n
      2. In what year did Belgian cartoonist Peyo introduce The Smurfs<\/cite>?<\/li>\r\n
      3. What organization held its first meeting in Flushing Meadows, New York, in 1946?<\/li>\r\n
      4. 2007 marks the 300th anniversary of what British body?<\/li>\r\n
      5. What is the common link between all of the previous 14 questions? (This is an open-book… er, open-web<\/em> question. Search away, and good luck: you’re gonna need it.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n

        Comments will be moderated for the next 24 hours or until I remember to turn them back on. Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way to localize the moderation settings to this post, so the whole blog will be affected. The things I do for you people….<\/p><\/div>

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