Just take those old records off the TRIVIA QUIZ!
Today is Boy Scouts Day. The Boy Scouts of America was founded on this date in 1910.
Today is Extraterrestrial Culture Day in New Mexico.
Today marks Cowtown's Last Old West Gunfight at the White Elephant Saloon in Fort Worth, Texas. The gunfight of February 8, 1887, between saloon owner Luke Short and former Marshall "Longhaired Jim" Courtright will be reenacted.
On this day in 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
On this day in 1960, Congress opened an investigation into widespread charges of "payola" that disc jockeys were being paid to play certain records. The accused included deejays Alan Freed and Dick Clark. Clark came through the scandal unscathed, but Freed never worked in radio again.
On this day in 1986, hosting "Saturday Night Live," Ron Reagan sang "Old Time Rock & Roll" in his underwear.
On this day in 1998, a rat grounded a 60-ton Swissair jetliner for two days until airline workers finally trapped it using cured ham as bait. Officials refused to say if the rat was traveling first class or coach.
Ok, a couple of trivia questions today:
1) Today is Science Fiction Day. It falls on the birthday of the father of science fiction who was born in 1828. Name this author.
2) On this day in 1922, the first radio was installed in the White House. Who was the President at the time?
Good luck :)
3 Comments:
Hmmm, born in 1828, so that would make the author 180. How about Mary Shelley? Does Frankenstein count as science fiction? Then again, that would make her the "mother" of science fiction...
In 1922, I think Harding was president.
I'll second Harding, but I think Jules Verne was the father of science fiction.
Wow, I'm impressed! You both got the Harding part correct, but Kim gets a gold star for getting Jules Verne!
JD, I'm pretty sure a 180 year-old author would actually be something from science fiction :)
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