Thursday, March 27, 2008

Let's go fly a TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Education and Sharing Day, by presidential proclamation. Right, so W says to share right now!

Today is Kite Flying Day, a great day for families to go fly a kite.

Today is Downtown Day, a day to go downtown just to see if it’s still there. I can vouch for downtown Seattle...

Today is Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day, a day to remember your favorite titles, like "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" or "Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Through the Goalpost Of Life" or "You're the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly."


On this day in 1512, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. I believe he was also one of the first people to ride Space Mountain at Disney World...

On this day in 1917, the Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. team to win hockey's Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens.

On this day in 1971, UCLA became the first team ever to win five consecutive NCAA basketball titles.

On this day in 1996, while trying to steal industrial glue from a factory in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, a burglar knocked over two large buckets of the adhesive. When police arrived the next day, the burglar was sleeping, glued to the floor.

On this day in 2001, twelve days before his 88th birthday, Berry Thomas became the oldest bowler in America to roll a perfect 300 game. Thomas said he wasn't nervous, that he probably couldn't have done if he'd let himself get nervous.

Ok, trivia fans...how's about some fill in the blank fun? On this day in 1972, a new comic strip debuted created by Tom Batiuk of Medina, Ohio. It was called "Funky [blank]."

Good luck :)

3 Comments:

At 1:46 PM, March 27, 2008, Blogger Kim said...

Funky Winkerbean!!!

I was a cheerleader in "Funky Winkerbean's Homecoming" in eighth grade :)

 
At 4:43 PM, March 27, 2008, Blogger Laine said...

Did this Tom have anything to do with the song "Funky Cold Medina"?

Also, I can vouch that downtown DC in still there!

 
At 7:31 AM, March 28, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

Funky Winkerbean it is!

Kim, nice work. I think in honor of this occasion you should reprise that role at work today :)

Laine, thanks a lot for putting that song in my head. It's like I'm at an 8th grade dance here at the office. Also, thanks for checking on downtown DC! Oh, and Texas is going down ;)

 

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