Friday, March 14, 2008

3.1415926535TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is International Ask a Question Day, to promote critical thinking and collaborative conversation.

Today is Pi Day, a day to celebrate pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter. Mmmm, I love me some cherry pi...

Today is National Potato Chip Day.

Today Moth-er Day, a day to honor moth collectors, sponsored by Bob Birch of Falls Church, Virginia. Um, wow...

On this day in 1912, Les Brown was born in Reinerton, Pennsylvania. His Band of Renown was a top draw in the 1940s and ‘50s. Their biggest hit was "Sentimental Journey," featuring singer Doris Day. This is officially the only Doris Day song I can name, but luckily it's usually the right answer in Trivia Pursuit or on Jeopardy!

On this day in 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John Kennedy.

On this day in 1986, Harold W. Arlin died at age 90. In 1920 he was the first announcer at KDKA Pittsburgh, the first radio station.


On this day in 1990, church officials in Belgium discovered that eight nuns had sold their convent in Bruges for $1.4 million, moved to France, and bought a castle.

On this day in 1996, in Texas, thieves stole three candy machines from just outside the office of Dallas Police Chief Ben Click. A city councilman announced immediately that M&Ms were no longer safe in downtown Dallas.

And now some trivia for you...what man appeared nude in Cosmopolitan Magazine in this month of 1972?

Good luck :)

1 Comments:

At 7:46 AM, March 17, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

Dude, where is everybody? :) The answer is Burt Reynolds!

Also, I'd like to admit that it dawn on me until later that Pi day falls on 3/14...

 

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