Wednesday, May 14, 2008

What costs zillions of dollars and takes years to complete? The big TRIVIA QUIZ!

Today is National Receptionist's Day and National Night Shift Workers Day.

Today is Lewis & Clark Day. Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark left St. Louis to find a route to the Pacific Ocean 201 years ago today. They arrived at the Pacific Coast of Oregon in November 1805.

Today is Underground America Day. Malcolm Wells of Brewster, Massachusetts, want everyone to think about designing and building stuff underground. Like, say, a tunnel under downtown Boston...


Today is National Buttermilk Biscuit Day.

On this day in 1856, U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis brought the first camels to America to test as military pack animals. The project was abandoned because the camels wouldn’t follow orders and they stunk.

On this day in 1874, Harvard became the first to charge admission to a football game at Cambridge, Massachusetts, beating Canada’s McGill 3-0. In the same game, goalposts were used for the first time.

On this day in 1998, NBC-TV aired the final episode of Seinfeld, the same day singer Frank Sinatra died in Los Angeles at age 82.

On this day in 2003, golfer Vinenzo Frascella in Peterborough, England, finished his round despite being hit by lightening twice within 30 minutes. Lightening struck the 50-year-old golfer's umbrella tip as he waited during a storm on 14th and 17th holes at Orton Meadows Golf Course. He said he felt tingles down his shoulder and arm both times, but wanted to finish the round. He would not divulge his score, but said it was a "stinker" of a day.

So here's an interesting one: on this day in 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the US opened. In what city were they played?

Good luck :)

4 Comments:

At 11:34 AM, May 14, 2008, Blogger Kim said...

I never know the sports ones... I'm going to guess Chicago?

 
At 6:40 PM, May 14, 2008, Blogger Laine said...

I'm not sure on the Olympics. But I'm hoping I'm not the only one who thinks there is something very wrong with this statement from earlier in the blog....
Today is Lewis & Clark Day. Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark left St. Louis to find a route to the Pacific Ocean 201 years ago today. They arrived at the Pacific Coast of Oregon in November 1805.

 
At 7:49 AM, May 15, 2008, Anonymous Anonymous said...

My guess is Lake Placid - 1912, I think.

 
At 7:55 AM, May 15, 2008, Blogger R-dogg said...

And the answer is St. Louis!

Kim, you got the right region of the country! :)

Laine, you've got a good point there! It does seem odd that they would leave after they had arrived. You'd think they'd be remembered for inventing time travel as opposed to exploring the western US ;)

JD, it turns out the winter olympics at Lake Placid were in 1932, but good memory!

 

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