Thar's silver in them thar TRIVIA QUIZzes!
Today is Root Canal Appreciation Day.
Today is National Butterscotch Brownie Day.
Today is Vast Wasteland Day, the day in 1961 when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minow challenged network TV executives to sit through an entire day of their own programming. Minow suggested they would observe a "vast wasteland."
On this day in 1903, blacksmith Fred LaRose of Cobalt, Ontario, threw his hammer at a fox and struck the world's largest silver vein.
On this day in 1913, the 17th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, providing for the election of senators by popular vote rather than selection by state legislatures.
On this day in 1984, in Chicago the White Sox beat Milwaukee 7-6 in the 25th inning of history's longest baseball game: 8 hours 6 minutes. The game had begun the night before but was suspended because of a 1:00 a.m. curfew.
On this day in 1999, a truck carrying 20 million bees in 450 hives overturned in Falmouth, Maine. Firefighters quickly sprayed the dumped hives with water to make the bees think it was raining, so they’d stay home. Five firefighters were stung, but none seriously hurt.
OK, trivia fans: on this day in 1990, Irish singer Sinead O'Connor refused to appear on SNL after Andrew Dice Clay was named as the host. When she did finally appear, whose picture did she destroy after singing?
Good luck :)
4 Comments:
pope john paul II I believe
It was John Paul II! That's an easy one, but your trivia questions are hard, so I have to post when I DO know one! :)
Yep, I'll third that answer.
25 innings - wow! That's a long game. And it's about as long as the Mariners game felt the other night ... fortunately, their long losing streak is finally over :) Hooray! I think I'll celebrate with a butterscotch brownie.
Yup, it's the Pope! On a future episode, Madonna tore up a picture of Sinead O'Connor!
Kim, you continue your streak. I'm going to have to come up with a harder trivia question for you to answer ;)
Sarah, thanks for answering! Don't be shy: just answer anything, there's no penalty for a wrong guess, and maybe this is the start of your own streak!
JD, bravo! Yeah, I'm not so sure I would have stayed for the 25 inning game, but I certainly would stay for a butterscotch brownie!
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