Neyyyyyyah, what's up TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is National Honesty Day, a day to celebrate honesty and honor those who are honest in their dealings with others.

Today is Hairstylist Appreciation Day. I often think my hairstylist is sad since cutting my hair isn't much of a challenge :)

Today is Tax Freedom Day, two days later than last year, when the average American has to work in 2007 to pay federal, state, and local taxes. Your state may vary.

Today is National Oatmeal Cookie Day. Yum!

On this day in 1938, that wascally wabbit Bugs Bunny first appeared on screen in the cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt," directed by "Bugs" Hardaway for Warner Brothers.

On this day in 1952, the first toy was advertised on television—Mr. Potato Head.


On this day in 1958, to test bombing accuracy, the U.S. Navy dropped 12 basketballs from a blimp 1,470 feet over a 10-foot cross target in Lakehurst, New Jersey. None of the balls came even close, but one did bounce 22-feet 9-inches high.

On this day in 1988, residents of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, completed a 4.55-mile-long banana split, recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest ever.

OK, trivia buffs: today Louisiana became a state back in 1812. What's the nickname of Louisiana? For bonus points, what year was the Louisiana Purchase made?

Good luck :)

Re-re-re-re-re-recycle, re-TRIVIA QUIZ!

A quick programming note: I'll be taking a week off, but I'll be back next Wednesday!

Today is Earth Day, observed since 1970. Some groups also celebrate Earth Day on the first day of spring. Some celebrate Earth Day every day.

Today is National Jelly Bean Day. Oh man, I just ran out of my Easter supply!

Today is Oklahoma Day in Oklahoma, marking the beginning of the Land Rush of 1889. Those who had sneaked in early to claim land were called "Sooners."

On this day in 1876, Boston’s Joe Gordon, baseball’s highest-paid pitcher at an incredible $2,000 a year, won his first game. But by year’s end he had posted an 11-12 record and was also the team’s grounds-keeper for no extra pay.

On this day in 1977, a group of Hell's Angels buried a motorcycle at Cypress Lawn Cemetery near San Francisco. Their former leader, Harry "The Horse" Flamburis, had been buried there two months earlier. It was his motorcycle.

On this day in 1993, actor Chuck Norris kicked his first bad bubba in the face as Walker, Texas Ranger debuted on CBS television.


Ok, trivia meisters, who became network television's first news anchorwoman on this day in 1976 when she accepted ABC's offer to co-anchor the evening news?

Good luck :)

It's all falling down like a house of TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is Big Word Day, a day to use huge words on purpose just to impress yourself. Go on, you can do it.

International TV Turnoff Week begins today. Everyone's invited to turn off TVs for seven days to promote richer, healthier, and more connected lives, families, and communities. I wonder if this was more effective back before all those TV shows were available online...

Today is National Chocolate Covered Cashews Day. Yum!

The 6-day World's Biggest Fish Fry begins today in Paris, Tennessee.

On this day in 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the U.S.

On this day in 1940, the quiz show "Take It or Leave It" premiered on CBS Radio. It asked the "$64 question."

On this day in 1986, after massive hoopla, reporter Geraldo Rivera hosted a live TV special to open a sealed vault linked to Al Capone in Chicago's Lexington Hotel. Except for a few bottles, the vault was empty.


On this day in 1993, Bryan Berg of Spirit Lake, Iowa, used 208 decks of playing cards to build a 75-story, 14-foot 6-inch "house of cards." He devoted 30 hours of meticulous work to setting the Guinness world record.

On this day in 1998, while Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates presented his new Windows 98 computer operating system to a Chicago convention group, it crashed.

OK, trivia buffs, try this one: on this day in 1996, the world's highest roller coaster opened in Las Vegas. What hotel and casino has this attraction?

Good luck :)

The British are TRIVIA QUIZzing!

Today is Pet Owners Independence Day, a day for pet owners to sleep all day and let the pets do the work. Yes, now if only the "work" that had to be done was hissing, shedding, and swimming, I'd be all set!

Today is National Animal Crackers Day. I'm eating Teddy Grahams at the moment. Do those count?

The 13th annual 3-day Yo-Yo Celebration begins today in Burlington, Wisconsin. Tonight is Gizmo Night.

Today is International Amateur Radio Day. Hams unite! I'm KD4YRR!

On this day in 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn American colonists the British were coming.


On this day in 1923, Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, New York. It was baseball’s first three-tiered stadium. The Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox 4-1. And, yes, Laine, that fact was for you!

On this day in 1990, a jury awarded a St. Louis woman $27,500 in damages from a man who bit her in a bar. The woman testified that the bite caused such "searing and throbbing pain," she could not sit down for three days.

On this day in 1991, Charlie Kovacs of Seymour, Victoria, Australia, set the world camper speed record by towing his Roadster camper at a speed of 126.76 miles an hour.

On this day in 2001, a San Francisco man was arrested for a string of bank robberies after he dropped a receipt with his name on it at one bank and left his resume at another. Police said the 37-year-old bandit was intoxicated during the robberies.

OK, trivia fans...chew on this! On this day in 1999, Wayne Gretzky played his last National Hockey League game and lost to Pittsburgh 2-1 in overtime. What team was he playing for at the time?

Good luck :)

The Love Boat soon will be making another TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Toothbrush Appreciation Day, a day to wonder how life would taste without your toothbrush.

Today is Daffy Duck Day. Daffy appeared in his first cartoon, "Porky's Duck Hunt," on April 17, 1937. He didn't get his name until he appeared in the 1938 short, "Daffy Duck and Egghead." In 1999, the U.S. Postal Service issued a new Daffy Duck stamp on his birthday. In other duck musings, anybody else creeped out by the fact that Donald Duck never wore pants?

Today is Blah Blah Blah Day, a day to stop smoking, take out the trash, lose weight, empty the cat litter, get a job, quit a job, or whatever.

On this day in 1810, Lewis Norton of Troy, Pennsylvania, patented Pineapple Cheese. Ok, that's a bit gross. What is wrong with the people in Pennsylvania?

On this day in 1950, the wrestling program at Hollywood Stadium was canceled when ten of the wrestlers refused to perform on a televised event. The wrestlers said televising matches would hurt paid attendance. Also, the concession stands were out of pineapple cheese.

On this day in 1953, facing pitcher Chuck Stobbs, Mickey Mantle hit major-league baseball's longest regular season home run at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.—565 feet. The ball eventually was found in the backyard of a home a full block away from the stadium. His longest homer came two years to the day after Mantle's major league debut. (A minor leaguer, "Dizzy" Carlyle, hit a 618-foot homer in 1929 at Emeryville, California.)

On this day in 1964, the FBI lab reported that it could not determine the lyrics on the Kingmen's recording "Louie Louie."

On this day in 1985, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new 22-cent "Love" stamp. Showing the set of TV’s The Love Boat as a backdrop, the stamp became one of the postal service’s biggest sellers.


A couple of questions today: On this day in 1964, what car did Ford Motor Company introduce at the New York World's Fair?

Ready for another? What's the only cat that can't retract its claws?

Good luck :)

That guy's as nutty as a TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is International Moment of Laughter Day, time to set aside a moment to laugh. Yes, please laugh right now. Ok, thanks.

Today is National Auctioneers Day. At the first auction on this day in 1864, the first item auctioned was a sack of flour at Austin, Nevada.

Today is National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day, always the day after Income Tax Day. Um, how many people wait until the night before to file these days?

On this day in 1867, Wilbur Wright was born in Millville, Indiana. When it came time to decide in 1903 who would make history’s first airplane flight, Wilbur and brother Orville flipped a coin. Wilbur lost.

On this day in 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt threw the first pitch of the new baseball season, a wild pitch, and broke the camera of Washington Post photographer Irving Schlossenberg.

On this day in 1987, the U.S. Patent Office began accepting patent applications for new animals created by genetic engineering.

On this day in 1993, a Monmouth, Illinois, man told a judge his wife could come back home and cook for him while she was out on bail awaiting trial for trying to poison him.

This has nothing to do with anything, but I thought it was funny:


On this day in 2003, Michael Jordan played his last NBA game with the Washington Wizards, who lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, 107-87.

On this day in 2006, Lance Nesta of Waukesha, Wisconsin, found a fruitcake in his mother's attic his aunts had sent him in the Army in Alaska in 1962. Nesta didn't like fruitcake so he shipped it back home and forgot about it when he left the Army. Still in its original tin, he said the 44-year-old fruitcake hadn't changed at all, fresh as ever. But he still wouldn't eat it.

Okey dokey, folks...according to an 8-year-study published in 1994 by the National Institute for Highway Safety in Canada, side and front two-car accidents were reduced by what simple act? (a) Playing the car radio really loud; (b) driving with both hands on the steering wheel; or (c) driving with headlights on during the daytime?

Good luck :)

Blondie Bumstead's husband's name was TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Income Tax Pay Day and Quarterly Estimated Federal Income Tax Payers' Due Date. It's also Rubber Eraser Day and National Gripers Day.


Today is National That Sucks Day, usually Income Tax Day and the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Today is National Take a Wild Guess Day, a day honoring hunches, guesses, speculation, and other forms of "intuitive intelligence."

Today is National Glazed Ham Day. Yum!

Today is Fluff Appreciation Day. Find something fluffy and appreciate it.

On this day in 1934, comic strip wife Blondie Bumstead gave birth to Alexander. She called him "Baby Dumpling."

On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first black player in a major-league baseball game since brothers Moses and Welday Walker played for Toledo in 1884. During his rookie year with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson played first base.

On this day in 1970, The Beer Can Collectors of America was incorporated. Headquartered in Fenton, Missouri, the group now includes over 100 active chapters.

On this day in 2000, Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles became the 24th major league player to hit safely 3,000 times.

Ok, trivia folks...I'm going to start lifting trivia from Ken Jennings' book "Brainiac," which I highly recommend. What's the last country in the world alphabetically?

Good luck :)

A Louie Lou-ay, Oh, TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Barbershop Quartet Day. Oh good, I needed a trim ;)


Today is Iinternational "Louie Louie" Day, an opportunity to celebrate what many call the greatest party song of all time. Quick: name any of the lyrics to this song!

Today is National Dandelion Day. From a Trivial Pursuit game I played with my sister as a kid, I know that this comes from the French for lion's tooth. I did give my sister the wedge for coming up with "dent de lion" since it sounds close enough.

Today is M&Ms Crisis Day, marking the day in 1966 when American astronaut Shannon Lucid reported from the Russian space station Mir she was "absolutely, totally out" of M&Ms. Lucid spent 188 days aboard the Mir and asked only for regular resupplies of M&Ms.

On this day in 1868, U.S. Army Commander Ulysses S. Grant was stopped for speeding in his horse-drawn buggy. Three months later he was stopped again and fined $5.00.

On this day in 1961, Bob Dylan made his professional singing debut in New York City's Greenwich Village. He sang "Blowin’ in the Wind."

On this day in 1990, astronomers at Lowell Observatory in Arizona named four asteroids after John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

On this day in 1999, Florida accountant Jim Akin finished his annual count of dollar bills stapled to the walls and ceiling at McGuire’s Irish Pub & Brewery in Pensacola. Since 1977 customers had signed and stapled up 175,000 dollar bills, which every April have to be inventoried and reported to the IRS.

OK, folks...so on this day in 1962, the New York Mets played their first regular season game. How many of their first games did they lose in a row?

Good luck :)

Elementary, my dear TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Dust the Ceiling Fan Day, a day for those who finished their spring cleaning, but forgot to dust the blades on the ceiling fan. I bought swiffer dusters last night! Sadly, I didn't purchase a ceiling fan to dust :(

Today is National Siblings Day, a day to honor and celebrate brothers and sisters. Hi, Julie!

Today is National Cinnamon Crescent Day. Yum!

On this day in 1912, the RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.


On this day in 1967, Frank and Nancy Sinatra became the first father-daughter duet in history to hit #1 on Billboard's pop chart, with the song "Somethin' Stupid."

On this day in 1986, when a Salem, Oregon, movie theater offered half-price tickets to see "Young Sherlock Homes" to anyone dressed as a movie star, 400 costumed customers showed up. Unfortunately, the star dressed as Edward G. Robinson pulled a gun and robbed the box office. But whodunit?

On this day in 1993, police in Charles City, Virginia, easily tracked an accused drug dealer after he bolted and ran into the woods late at night. He was wearing athletic shoes equipped with battery-operated flashing lights. No word on whether it was the fashion police or not :)

On this day in 2000, Ken Griffey Jr. became the youngest player in baseball history to hit 400 home runs. He was 30 years, 141 days old.

On this day in 2002, a 25-year-old Westport, New Zealand man facing charges of driving without a license had an auto accident on his way to court. He collided with the judge who was due to hear his case. No one was physically hurt. The case was rescheduled before a different judge.

OK, folks...try this one on for size: On this day in 1999, the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls 82-49. This was the lowest NBA point total since the introduction of what device?

Good luck :)

Read my lips: no new TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is National Chinese Almond Cookie Day. Hm, that sounds specific, and yet yummy!

Today is Jenkins' Ear Day, marking the date in 1731 when Spaniards boarded the British ship Rebecca off Jamaica and, among other atrocities, cut off the ear of mariner Robert Jenkins. Seven years later Jenkins appeared carrying his ear before a committee of the House of Commons. As a result, the British declared war on Spain. The 4-year conflict is still known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.

On this day in 1913, on opening day at Ebbets Field, new home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, fans had to wait an hour to get in because nobody brought the key. Then there was no flag to salute for The National Anthem. Then the Dodgers lost to Philadelphia 1-0.

On this day in 1992, U.S. President George Bush fell suddenly ill at a state dinner in Japan. He became pale, slumped in his chair, and threw up on the Japanese Prime Minister.

On this day in 1993, the Colorado Rockies set a National League baseball record by drawing 80,227 fans to their first game.

On this day in 1994, actress Judy Geeson was playing a chain-smoker in the play Faith Healer at a New Haven, Connecticut, theater, when a man in the audience stood up and said, "You’re gonna kill yourself smoking that much!" Then he yelled as he walked out, "Smoking is prohibited in this theater anyway!"

On this day in 1998, New Zealand’s conservation minister proposed firing the Easter Bunny and replacing him with the Easter Kiwi. Nick Smith said the bunny was one of New Zealand’s major pests and that the kiwi would be better for the environment and for kids.


Ok, trivia fans...what country has the most redheads born each year, making the country 11 percent carrot tops? (I know, carrot tops are green, it's just an expression!)

Good luck :)

You belong among the TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is Counter Stool Memorial Day, a day to see if you can remember the last diner or lunch counter where you spun round-and-round on a stool at the counter. Is there still a place where you can do it again?

Today is National Notice a Wildflower Day.


Today is National Peanuts Kids Baseball Day. Um, what does that mean? Could I have just said "today is Locality Noun Noun Noun Day"?

Today is Hammerin' Hank Day, marking Hank Aaron's 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's long-standing record, on this date in 1974.

On this day in 1953, relatives of the great Hunkpapa Sioux medicine man Sitting Bull secretly moved his remains from Fort Yates, North Dakota, to his birthplace, the banks of the Missouri River west of Mobridge, South Dakota. The army had buried him at Fort Yates 62 years earlier.

On this day in 1975, history’s oldest canary died in Hull, England. Joey, owned by Mrs. Kay Ross, was 34 years old.

On this day in 1990, 11-year-old Richard Daff Jr. of Crownsville, Maryland, bowled a perfect game. He is believed to be the youngest bowler ever to score 300.


On this day in 1995, Associated Press reported that Virginia prisoner Robert Lee Brock’s lawsuit for $5-million against himself had been dismissed in state court. Brock claimed he had violated his own civil rights by getting himself arrested for grand larceny and asked the state to pay the $5-million because he had no income in prison.

On this day in 2001, a Valparaiso, Indiana, couple who met through their mutual love of jogging were married in their running shorts after completing a 5-kilometer race in which they competed against their pastor and best man. During Wanda Johns' and Clarence Melion's wedding, the Rev. Duane Schmidt told the sweaty couple they were starting the "marathon of life." Johns' racing outfit included a white veil attached to a baseball cap, a wrist corsage and a white lace garter.

Ok, trivia fans...so let's say you're suffering from peladophobia. What are you afraid of?

Good luck :)

I would clean up this entry, but I'm not supposed to do any TRIVIA QUIZzes!

Today is No Housework Day, no bed-making, no dishes, no trash, no guilt, sponsored by the Wellness Permission League of Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Some call today Let Someone Else Clean Day. Curses, I've already made the bed today!

Today is National Coffee Cake and Caramel Popcorn Day. Oh good, that's what I'll plan to have for dinner :)

National Networking Week and National Public Health Week begin today. Thanks, corporate network, for allowing me to publish this on the Internet. Oh, what's that? Oh, THAT kind of network...ok!

On this day in 1864, to raise money for charity, the first camel race in America was held in Sacramento.

On this day in 1902, the Texas Fuel Company was founded just outside Beaumont, Texas. Later it became known as Texaco, now owned by Shell.

On this day in 1927, an audience in New York saw an image of U.S. Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television. Do you think the inventors ever thought that TV would be used to show "The Moment of Truth"?


On this day in 1966, the U.S. found a hydrogen bomb it had lost off the coast of Spain. It was fine. I hate it when I misplace my firearms!

On this day in 1997, an Amsterdam university began offering a course entitled "Madonna 101." Vogue!


On this day in 1998, three inmates at New York’s Rikers prison were indicted after one smuggled a gun into the jail and another shot the third in the leg as part of a scheme to sue the city. The mastermind, as you might expect, was the guy who got shot.

And today is John Oates birthday. He's 59 today, in case his kiss is on your list..

On to the trivia! What golfer won his first Masters title on this day in 1963 at the ripe ole age of 23?

Good luck :)

Can't Buy Me TRIVIA QUIZ!

Alcohol Free Weekend begins today. The National Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence asks every American to refrain from drinking any alcoholic beverage this weekend. If you can't, please get help.

Today is National Cordon Bleu Day. That dish has its own day??

Today is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day, created several years ago in Missouri to honor paraprofessionals, especially in education. Is that a derogatory term? I've never heard it before.

Hate Week begins today, according to George Orwell's once futuristic novel 1984.

On this day in 1964, twelve of the Billboard Hot 100 songs were by the Beatles, including the top five in order: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and "Please Please Me."

On this day in 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis.

On this day in 1970, my parents were married!

On this day in 1988, Prudential Insurance lost $11-million in loan repayments because a typist left off three zeros at the end of a million dollar figure. I'm guessing that typist is no longer with the company :)

On this day in 1999, a tanker-truck overturned near Marlborough, Connecticut, and spilled 3,000 gallons of milk. Nobody cried over it, but firefighters had to spend hours cleaning it up. Hey, it was either that or some sort of cookie joke...


On this day in 2002, a 16-year-old bank robber in Rochester, New York, has such poor handwriting the teller couldn't read her note. By the time the teen was handed a bag of money, it was closing time and other employees were locking the doors. The robber wound up trapped in the foyer with the cash, where police captured her. Hm, so I guess penmanship really does matter!

Ok, triviateers...what did C.C. King isolate for the first time on this date in 1932 at the University of Pittsburgh? I'll give you a hint: you probably had some in what you had for breakfast this morning.

Good luck :)

Space...the final TRIVIA QUIZ!

POST NUMBER 300! w00t!

Today is Tweed Day, a day to consider the cost of political corruption. Always on the birth date of William March Tweed, the New York City political boss whose "Tweed Ring" stole millions from the city in the mid 1800s.

Today is American Circus Day.

Today is National Chocolate Mousse Day. Yum!

On this day in 1965, Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh’s MGM single "Wooly Bully" entered the Billboard pop chart. It would remain there for 18 weeks and peak at #2.


On this day in 1969, the TV show "Star Trek" was canceled. The best of its three TV seasons was 1966 when the show reached as high as #62 in the ratings.

On this day in 1996, the FBI raided a Montana cabin and arrested former college professor Theodore Kaczynski, accusing him of being the Unabomber whose mail bombs had killed three people and injured 23 more since the 1970s.

On this day in 2003, an Oklahoma couple finally got married after 77 years of living together. Zyness O'Haver, 95, and Sallie Warren, 94, decided to make it official in a ceremony at the Oklahoma County courthouse. When the judge asked, "Do you?" Sallie responded, "I sure do!"

Trivia, you say? OK, what magazine was published for the first time on this day back in 1953? The first cover had Desi Arnaz IV (Desi Jr.). The headline called him "Lucy's $50-million Baby."

Good luck :)

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Today is Serious Soap Opera Day, marking the debut on this date in 1956 of "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night" on CBS Television. "The Edge of Night" had been moved from radio, where it was called "The Adventures of Perry Mason." It was canceled in 1984;"As the World Turns" continues.

Today is International Children's Book Day, marking Hans Christian Anderson's birthday.

Today is National Peanut Butter & Jelly Day.


On this day in 1902, the first motion picture theatre opened in Los Angeles. The Electric Theatre charged a dime to see an hour’s news reel, including the films, "The Capture of the Biddle Brothers" and "New York in a Blizzard."

On this day in 1964, The Beach Boys recorded "I Get Around."


On this day in 1980, Toshiaki Shirai and Yukiko Nagata set the world underwater kissing record in Tokyo with a very wet kiss of two minutes 18 seconds.

On this day in 2007, in Langley, Washington, Alden Couch went for a drive in his '81 Impala to celebrate his 101st birthday. He would breeze through his state driver's license test, including the dreaded parallel parking, a few days later. He limited his driving to South Whidbey Island -- "The mainland is too wild" -- and drives mostly to nearby Langley, to the grocery store, the gas station, and the senior center for lunch and a game of dominos. His new license expires in 2012.

OK, some baskeball trivia: On this day in 1984, John Thompson became the first black coach to lead his team to the NCAA college basketball championship. Which team was he coaching when they defeated Houston 84-75 in Seattle for the win?

Good luck :)

I think I'll go down to San Francisco for some nice sour TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is April Fool’s Day, a day to fool others, referred to as All Fool's Day in Poor Robin's Almanack in 1760.

Today is St. Stupid’s Day in San Francisco, featuring the annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade. Finally, I get my own day :)

Today is National Hug Your Newsman Day, National Sourdough Bread Day, and Sorry Charlie Day.


April is Alcohol Awareness Month, Animal Cruelty Prevention Month, Become a Yardnerd Month, Cancer Control Month, Celebrate Diversity Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month, Couple Appreciation Month, National Kite Month, Donate Life Month, Holy Humor Month, Jazz Appreciation Month, National Knuckles Down Month, Keep America Beautiful Month, National Lawn & Garden Month, National Smile Month, Tackle Your Clutter Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

On this day in 1778, New Orleans businessman Oliver Pollock created the dollar symbol ($) by adding a vertical line through a capital "S."

On this day in 1967, the Country Music Hall of Fame opened in Nashville, a glass and brick museum shaped like a barn. The first inductees: Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, Fred Rose, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Tex Ritter.

On this day in 1985, Sports Illustrated carried a profile of a New York Mets wonderkid named Sidd Finch who could throw a baseball 168 miles an hour. Readers should have recognized an April Fool’s joke by the by-line: author George Plimpton, widely known for his hoaxes.

On this day in 1991, doll doctor Cherie Gervais of San Rafael, California, closed her doll hospital after 18 years because of the rising cost of medical care. She continued to doctor dolls from her home. Um, something tells me she needs to go to what is politely known as a "nervous hospital."

On this day in 2003, an ice cream maker in Fredonia, New York, introduced his newest flavor, suffering succotash. Scott Aldrich mixed corn and lima beans with vanilla ice cream and threw in pimentos for color. For more than 20 years, the Aldrich Beef and Ice Cream Parlor has made a bizarre flavor to honor April Fool's Day.

Trivia, you say? So, on this day in 1976, Steve Jobs had just sold his Volkswagen. His other buddy Steve sold his programmable calculator. What did the two do with the $1350 they got from these sales?

Good luck :)