Toward the end of the Nixon presidency, there were no living former presidents.
Joe McCarthy is Kathleen Kennedy Townsend’s Godfather.
What country is directly south of Detroit?
Canada.
(Check a map.)
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The last song to go to #1 on the pop charts without a video......I always liked this trivia question.......and it was actually well into the video era....1986/87ish.....Amanda by Boston
trivia ping, anyone?
Meg Ryan’s real name is Margaret Hyra.
Name the northern most state
Name the southern most state
Name the eastern most state
Name the western most state
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Jayne Mansfield had an IQ of 163.
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Bing Crosby was approached to play Columbo but declined because it would cut into his golfing.
That part went to Peter Falk....
The sultry Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr received a patent for ‘wireless frequency hopping’ which made it harder for enemies to jam radio guided torpedoes.
The original name of the main character in the “All in the Family” pilot was “Archie Justice,” The title was “Justice For All,” and the producers wanted Mickey Rooney for the role.
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Many scientists scoffed at him since the prevailing science claimed his purchase was nothing more that an obsolete lava hole. In 1960 Eugene M. Shoemaker confirmed the crater was formed in fact the result of a collision of the Earth and a meteor, restoring the reputation of Barringer. By then Barringer had long been dead and bankrupt. Even though he was right, the meteorite that Barringer just knew would be in the ground had vaporized upon impact. There was virtually no iron in the area.
Darth Vader’s head is on the Washington National Cathedral.
What disease has killed more people than any other; and has killed more people than all wars in human history combined?
Who “cured” this disease?
Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant are grown in New Jersey
A board game still sold today that was created in 1860 has gone through a few changes since then. Some of the original spaces were “Disgrace,” “Poverty,” “Ruin,” “Crime,” “Prison,” and “Suicide.”
http://chnm.gmu.edu/exploring/19thcentury/checkeredgame/assignment.php
The original liquid White Out was invented by the mother of Monkees member Mike Nesmith.
The song “Get Your Kicks On Route 66” was written by Bobby Troup who also played Dr. Joe Early on the 1970’s TV show Emergency.
“A handful of sand contains about 10,000 grains; more than the total number of stars we can see with the naked eye on a clear night... but the total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches on planet Earth.” —Carl Sagan
About 5,000 times as many in fact.