Monday, March 17, 2008

When Irish eyes are TRIVIA QUIZzing!

Today is St. Patrick's Day, a national holiday in Ireland. The World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade is held in Maryville, Missouri. The parade route gets shorter every year, down now to about 85 feet.

Today is National Green Beer Day in Ireland and Green River Day in Chicago.

Today is Freedom of Information Day, when he nation's libraries celebrate the people's right to know (to mark President James Madison's birthday on March 16).

Today is Evacuation Day, a holiday in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, celebrating evacuation of British troops from Boston on this date in 1776.

On this day in 1910, The Camp Fire Girls organization was formed. It was presented to the public on this day two years later.

On this day in 1962, Charlie Drake’s "My Boomerang Won’t Come Back" peaked at #21 on U.S. pop charts. It was Charlie’s biggest hit.


On this day in 1967, the cover of Life magazine carried a picture of Snoopy and Charlie Brown.

On this day in 1991, in its first dress code change since the 1960s, Brigham Young University announced that students could wear knee-length shorts and go sockless.

On this day in 1999, at a restaurant in Schererville, Indiana, an intoxicated man, angered by a slow-flushing toilet, pulled out a pistol and shot it. Several times. Police said no one was injured, but the toilet was destroyed.

Trivia, you say? Ok, so who became the first woman Prime Minister of Israel on this day in 1969?

Good luck :)

3 Comments:

At 2:57 PM, March 17, 2008, Blogger Kim said...

Golda Meir, I think, although I'm not sure I spelled that right. Happy St. Patty's Day!

 
At 11:13 PM, March 17, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

There's gold in my ear ... I mean, Golda Meir! Kim's got this one.

Evacuation Day is a big scam in Boston ... it's just an excuse so the politicians can get St. Patrick's Day off!

 
At 7:43 AM, March 18, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

Yup, Golda Meir is the answer. Born in Russia, she grew in Wisconsin and once taught at a Milwaukee high school.

Kim, nice work! Did you dye anything green for St. Patrick's Day? I realized only today that I should have made pistachio pudding!

JD, very funny! Does this mean you've gotten an earring? ;) That's funny about evacuation day, did you ever participate?

 

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