Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I got this letter delivered by a bike TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is Hummel Day, marking the birth in 1909 of Sister Maria Hummel, the German kindergarten art teacher whose watercolor drawings were transformed into the world’s finest figurines.

Today is I Need a Patch for That Day, sponsored by Wellcat Holidays, who suggest since there are patches for nicotine and heart patients, maybe someone could also come up with patches for runny noses or bad hair.

Today is National Strawberries and Cream Day. Yum, sure, but it's too early in the
summer for that!

On this day in 1819, the first bicycles, imported from England, appeared on the streets of New York City. Within a month, the city banned the new-fangled machines as being hazardous to public safety.

On this day in 1998, a Fullerton, California, man finally paid off his 1958 divorce with a check for $180 to his attorney. The 70-year-old client said he always intended to pay the bill, but with six kids and health problems, it took him 40 years to get caught up.

On this day in 2001, the Club of Idiots was founded in Saint-Gilles, France. Eighty members had to solemnly swear to be idiots and always carry their idiot I.D. card. At its first annual meeting the club set a new world record of 11.78 meters in olive-stone spitting.

OK, trivia fans, on this day in 1990, in a classic final episode of the Newhart TV series, Bob Newhart woke up in bed with his wife on a previous series, The Bob Newhart Show. He had been dreaming since 1978. What actress played that wife?


Good luck :)

1 Comments:

At 9:11 PM, May 21, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

It was Suzanne Pleshette: the actress who played his wife on the Bob Newhart Show!

 

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