Dude, you got a light for my TRIVIA QUIZ?!?!?

Today is National Speak In Complete Sentences Day. Um, shouldn't that be every day?

Today is also World No-Tobacco Day, a day to discourage people from using tobacco and to encourage governments to do something, sponsored by the American Association for World Health.

On this day in 1990, "The Seinfeld Chronicles" premiered as a summer series on NBC starring Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Michael Richards, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The pilot had aired in the previous July. Renamed just plain "Seinfeld," the show lasted nine years.

On this day in 2000, "Survivor" debuted on CBS. Mini-trivia: who was the winner of that first season?

Oh, all right...here's a real trivia question: in the original French, what does the word "barbecue" mean?

Good luck :)

"Oh, you're pregnant again?" "Yup, I'm trying to win a TRIVIA QUIZ!"

Today is Loomis Day, honoring Washington, D.C., dentist Mahlon Loomis, who patented wireless telegraphy in 1872. (OK, sure, that's boring, but my other option was National Lemon Bisque Day, and nobody wants to hear about that!)

On this day in 1922, outfielders Cliff Heathcote and Max Flack played for both the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals. They were traded for each other between games in a double-header. The Cubs won both games.

Also, on this day in 1927, Toronto attorney Charles Miller set off the goofiest race in history when he died and willed his $568,000 estate to the Toronto woman who could give birth to the most children in the ten years following his death. Ten years later, on this date in 1937, four women split the purse in the so-called Stork Derby. Each had produced nine children.

Now, some trivia! In your lifetime, will you spend 8 months...
(a) sitting at traffic lights;
(b) searching for misplaced objects; or
(c) opening junk mail?

Good luck :)

I bought one of those cheesehead hats on my last trip to TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Wisconsin Admission Day. It became the 30th U.S. state on this date in 1848. Welcome, Wisconsin!

On this day in 1919, Charles Strite patented the pop-up toaster.

OK, a couple of questions today....
1) Who was the first US President to be born in a hospital?
2) On average, how many weeks do Americans keep old magazines before tossing them?

Good luck :)

And what is the deal with those TRIVIA QUIZzes???

Today is National Tap Dance Day, marking the birth of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in Richmond, Virginia, on this date in 1878. Bojangles is considered one of the greatest tap dancers ever. So, put on your dancing shoes for the long weekend!

On this day in 1977, the movie "Star Wars" opened in U.S. movie theaters. It set a new box office record that stood until "Titanic" in 1999.

Also, on this day in 1992, In Manilla, Pepsi announced that 349 was the winning $37,000-number that day in its "Number Fever" contest. Unfortunately, due to what Pepsi called a computer software glitch, 800,000 people had bottle caps with the winning number. In the resulting public relations nightmare, violence erupted as irate consumers attacked bottling plants and delivery trucks. Yipes!

On a lighter note, how about this trivia question...what item appears in every episode of Seinfeld?

Good luck! :)

If you like that, I've got a great bridge I'd like to sell ya in TRIVIA QUIZ!

Two interesting holidays today:

-Today is Brother's Day, a day to celebrate brotherhood.
-Today is also International Tiara Day. Real or virtual tiara wearing is optional.

I have neither a brother nor a tiara! D'oh!

On this day in 1883, The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.

A little presidential trivia: What president was shot while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown's office?

Good luck :)

What's that buzzing I hear? Is that a TRIVIA QUIZ!?!?

Today is Shavuot, the Jewish Feast of Weeks, celebrating God's giving The Law to Moses on Mount Sinai.

On a lighter note, today is also Go For A Walk in Your Swim Fins Day.

On this day in 1962, Joe Pepitone of the New York Yankees set a major league record by hitting two home runs in one inning.

Also, on this day in 1984, Surgeon General reported that smokers can inflict lung damage on non-smokers who inhale second-hand smoke.

Hows about some nature trivia....what can a hummingbird do in flight that no other bird can do?

Good luck :)

I couldn't go to Geography class, I was too busy taking my TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Immigrants Day in Canada, a day to recognize and celebrate the contributions immigrants make in Canada. Hm, I think that's a tad different from our policy here in the US...

Today is also National Vanilla Pudding Day. Geez, first Hallmark creates holidays, and now the Jell-O corporation...

On this day in 1967, "Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood" premiered on PBS, featuring Rev. Fred Rogers, a Presbyterian minister from Pittsburgh. It’s public television’s longest running children’s program.

How about two questions today? Fill in the blanks...

1) To improve her memory, Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered [blanks] every day of her adult life.

2) Complete this city name in the lyric from Sade's "Smooth Operator" (or as I called it when I was younger...Ooh, boperella): Coast to coast, LA to [blank].

Good luck :)

Have you seen the aquarium in Baltimore? I hear they have the coolest TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is I Need a Patch for That Day, sponsored by Tom and Ruth Roy of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, who suggest since there are patches for nicotine and heart patients, maybe someone could also come up with patches for runny noses or bad hair. What sort of patch would you like?

Today is also Neighbor Day in Rhode Island.

On this day in 1819, the first bicycles, imported from England, appeared on the streets of New York City. Within a month, the city banned the new-fangled machines as being hazardous to public safety. Hm, I don't recall seeing any when I was in New York yesterday, so I'll just assume this ban is still in effect ;)

Ah, back to trivia time: what body part is visible on a sea lion but not on a seal?

Good luck :)

Some people say Olando Bloom is hot, but I think he looks like a TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is International Day Against Homophobia aka IDAHO.

On this day in 1954, The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education.

What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?

Good luck :)

This blog is the greatest blog in the TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is International Sea Monkey Day! Be sure to take some time to drop a line to your favorite sea lion...

On this day in 1991, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the United States Congress. (Sorry, my usual source for "wacky" trivia is taking the week off)

Who earned infamy for noting: "A billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be"? And no, it wasn't Donald Trump!

Good Luck :)

From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is the UN International Day of Families. I guess it's a "family" theme since Mother's Day was on Sunday...

On this day in 1930, On a United Airlines flight between San Francisco and Cheyenne, Wash., Ellen Church became the first airline stewardess. I wonder if she handed out any peanuts or if that would come later...

How about a military themed-question today? What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?

Good luck :)

Is that a supernova up there? Nope, it's just a TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Blow Bubbles For Your Cat Day. Cats need a change of pace just like humans. But what if you don't have a cat?????

On this day in 1997, world chess champ Garry Kasparov lost his first-ever multi-game match to IBM's chess computer Deep Blue, the first time a computer had defeated a world-champion player. Then IBM went on to create the Thinkpad, which was pretty much only useful as a flat surface to put your chess board on :)

Aha, you've found le trivia quiz....what state has the most telescopes?

Good luck :)

Where the streets have no TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is Golden Spike Day, marking the driving of the golden spike to join the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways at Promontory Point, Utah, on this date in 1869. This completed the first transcontinental railroad in the US!

On this day in 1990, The world’s largest painting was unveiled at Armidale, NSW, Australia. Students at Robb College painted a 72,437-square-foot smiley face.

And now, a little trivia: how did singer Paul Hewson get the nickname "Bono"?

Good luck :)

You know what they say about TV...500 channels all TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is Vast Wasteland Day, the day in 1961 when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minow challenged network TV executives to sit through an entire day of their own programming. Minow suggested they would observe a "vast wasteland."
On this day in 1984, In Chicago the White Sox beat Milwaukee 7-6 in the 25th inning of history's longest baseball game: 8 hours 6 minutes. The game had begun the night before but was suspended because of a 1:00 a.m. curfew.

So check out this famous poem:

As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives.

The question? How many were going to St. Ives?

Good luck :)

What's that, Lassie? You say Timmy fell down a TRIVIA QUIZ?!

Today is No Socks Day. This holiday was started by Thomas and Ruth Roy of Pennsylvania. As they explain, not wearing socks today will create less dirty laundry, and we'll all use a little less energy washing our clothes this week. Um, right...

Today is also the anniversary of V-E day, which marks the surrender of Germany in World War II.

On this day in 1956, Alfred E. Neuman first appeared on the cover of Mad Magazine.

And now a little trivia quiz: what's the smartest breed of dog?

Good luck :)

Well, I love tanning, but if I stay out too long, I get a terrible TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Melanoma Monday, also called National Skin Self-Examination Day. Exciting, eh? It's also National Babysitters Day!

On this day in 2003, a man wanted for trafficking and possession of cocaine was arrested when his parole officer spotted him kissing his girlfriend in a live crowd shot displayed on the scoreboard at a Cincinnati Reds game. The suspect and his parole officer attended the same game when the smooching couple were caught by the "Kiss Cam" at Great American Ball Park. The parole officer and a police officer arrested the 24-year-old man in his front row seat. D'oh!

Of what are you afraid if you suffer from ergasiophobia?

Good luck :)

Can't beat the real...TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is No Pants Day, which as far as I can tell, nobody out there is observing...probably a good thing ;)

On this day in 1994, Ernie Banks paraded a goat around Wrigley Field for good luck. That day, the Chicago Cubs beat Cincinnati which ended a 12-game home losing streak!

Oh right, I'm supposed to ask a trivia question...what color was Coca-Cola originally? Bonus points if you've been to the World of Coke museum in Atlanta!

Good luck :)

Now that I have TiVo, I never have to watch any TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is Wordsmith Day, a day dedicated to those who create advertising messages. Hm, I wonder who the sponsor for that is!

On this day in 1999, when late-night customers at a Madrid, Spain, gas station realized the attendant was sleeping, they filled up without paying and told their friends. The party ended $1,000 later when police noticed the commotion and woke up the attendant.

Here's some ad trivia: Which cell phone provider was fined $1,050 after an ad campaign featured graffiti on the sidewalks of Washington, DC in 2006?

Good luck :)

Tea for two, and two for TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is the Great American Grump Out, with sponsors asking America to go 24 hours without being grumpy, crabby or rude. That's good, b/c people being rude makes me really crabby! ;)

On this day in 1999, in Hudson, Ontario, police reported an attempted burglary where a parrot apparently ran off the intruder. Police surmise that the suspect knocked over the cage and freed the bird. They found the parrot loose and blood drops on the furniture and carpet around the house. Nothing was missing. Don't mess with Polly!

According to research at Georgia State University, are you more likely to eat less when dining alone, dining with one other person, or dining with two other people?

Good luck :)

Hail to the Chief we have chosen for the TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Experience Spokane Day as well as the first day of Eat Dessert First Week...hm, one of those seems way more enjoyable than the other :) Sorry, Spokane!

On this day in 2003, President Bush, speaking to the nation from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln off the Southern California coast, declared major combat in Iraq over, but also said "difficult work" remained ahead. Hmm....

And now for today's trivia question: What nation issued the five-dollar bill found in Abraham Lincoln's pocket when he was shot?

Good luck :)