Thursday, March 20, 2008

Why are there so many songs about TRIVIA QUIZes?

Spring began at 1:48 a.m. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere; autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Day and night are equal.

Today is Proposal Day, a holiday for those seeking to marry. Go ahead, propose! At a sporting event! On a jumbotron!

Today is the day pigeons return to courthouse in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. No, I don't have any further information on this :)

On this day in 1984, Naomi and Wynonna Judd made their stage debut in Omaha, opening a concert for The Statler Brothers. Wait, is today "Take your daughter to work day"?

On this day in 1987, a Houston man was fined $10-thousand and assessed ten years probation for stealing 76,680 rolls of toilet paper from the hospital where he worked.

On this day in 1994, joy riders stole a car in Amsterdam, then abandoned it apparently without noticing the suitcase filled with thousands of dollars in cash and diamonds in the back seat.

On this day in 1996, a 21-year-old Muppet fan claiming to have a bomb took over a radio station in Wanganui, New Zealand, and demanded that "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog be played non-stop for 12 hours. Police evacuated the area, decided the bomb was a fake, stormed the station, and arrested the listener. No one was hurt.


And now for the trivia: what singer's tour bus was hit by a truck on this day in 1990 causing him/her a broken back?

Good luck :)

5 Comments:

At 11:56 AM, March 20, 2008, Blogger dancing_lemur said...

Gloria Estefan, I do believe.

 
At 6:26 PM, March 20, 2008, Blogger Kim said...

yes, Gloria Estefan. And now I am flashing back to my second grade self at my dance recital shaking moroccas (sp?) along with "come on, shake your body baby do that conga!"

 
At 8:45 PM, March 20, 2008, Blogger Laine said...

I'll third that answer.

Was the Rainbow Connection ever a song outside of Kermit? I never really watched the Muppets very much as a kid...

 
At 7:44 AM, March 21, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hmmm ... why go along with everyone else? I'll guess Meatloaf.

 
At 7:49 AM, March 21, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

Yup, Gloria Estefan it was!

Jen, nice work! Do you remember her gigundo "comeback" tour with that "Into the light" song?

Kim, if you post a video of that event, I'd be happy to embed it in my blog :P

Laine, I'm pretty sure that's the only way I know the Rainbow connection, but it wouldn't surprise me to know there's another version out there. John Denver, maybe? He stole a lot of stuff from those muppets!

JD, you know what they say about the wisdom of crowds :) Doesn't Meatloaf only sing about baseball?

 

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