Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Romeo, Romeo, where fore art thou, TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is National Oatmeal-Nut Waffles Day. Um, what?

Today is Organize Your Home Office Day. Ok, so let's see: I'll put the chair over here by the desk, and how about putting the computer monitor ON the desk instead of under it...

Today is Apple Appreciation Day, honoring the memory of Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman, who died on this date in 1847. He planted apple trees everywhere he went and was regarded by native Americans a great medicine man.

On this day in 1302, Romeo Monteveccio married Juliet Cappelleto in Citadela, Italy, and inspired Shakespeare to write a play about them. They had never seen each other before the wedding. OK, I never knew these were actual people!

On this day in 1945, golfer Byron Nelson won the Miami Four-Ball Tourney, the first of 11 consecutive tournament victories on the pro golf tour. No other golfer has won more than four in a row. For all 11 victories, Nelson won barely $30-thousand.

On this day in 1986, NFL owners voted to use instant replays for the 1986 football season. The practice was discontinued in 1991, then brought back in 2000.


On this day in 2002, England's Plymouth University became the first school in the world to offer a degree in surfing. Surfing head Dr. Colin Williams said the degree in surf science and technology would come from the same intellectual mould as golf course studies and car showroom management.

And so we've reached trivia time: The comic strip "Dennis the Menace" debuted on this day in 1951. What was the name of Dennis' neighbor? Bonus points if you can name his favorite drink.

Good luck :)

3 Comments:

At 5:02 PM, March 11, 2008, Blogger Kim said...

Heeeeeyyyyyy Mr. Wilson!!!!!

I don't know what he liked to drink though. Seems like he might have been an ovaltine man.

And now at least we know why Juliet said "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?", she didn't know what he looked like!

And I know that's not really what "wherefore" means, but the joke is funnier that way :)

 
At 9:00 PM, March 11, 2008, Blogger Laine said...

Maybe he liked lemonade? I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out how the Laettner shot related to the NFL using, then not using, then again using instant replay!

 
At 7:39 AM, March 12, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

Yup, Mr. Wilson it is. Apparently his favorite drink was root beer.

Kim, ovaltine was a good guess for that era. Maybe the TV version drank that.

Laine, an excellent question! Well, the clip was an instant replay, but if you go to Youtube and search for "telestrator", you get a lot of videos of John Madden drawing what appear to be dirty pictures during replays. I debated whether or not to use one of those and decided against it, but they're worth checking out!

 

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