Trivia 9/5
DID YOU KNOW...
According to official Olympic records, the youngest athlete to win an Olympic medal was Greek gymnast Dimitrios Loundras, who finished third (Parallel Bars) at the 1896 Olympic Games when he was 10 years old.
1. under what name did vaudeville performer erich weiss (1874-1926) gain fame?
2. where would I have had to travel to in order to visit the "house that ruth built"?
3. name the famous children's show whose puppet characters included mayor phineas t. bluster, chief thunderthud ("kowabunga!"), chief thunderchicken, flub-a-dub, and k. cornelius cobb?
4. what was 50's radio d.j. alan freed's biggest claim to fame?
5. in the 1937 all-star game, this giant's southpaw struck out, in succession, babe ruth, lou gerigh, jimmy foxx, al simmons and joe cronin.
name him.
6. do you recall the name of the robot on tv's, "get smart"?
7. do you remember the name of the school teacher in the "legend of sleepy hollow" story?
8. what date is referred to as the ides of march?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Over the life of his career, James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, had 4 #1 hits on the Billboard Charts.
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1. HARRY HOUDINI
2. THE BRONX IN NEW YORK CITY
3. HOWDY DOODY SHOW
4. COINED THE TERM, "ROCK AND ROLL"
5. carl hubbell
6. hymie
7. ICHABOD CRANE
8. march 15
CRAP !!
Mr. Brown never had a "Number One" ... His highest charting single was "I Got You (I Feel Good)" in 1965. It stalled at number three.
DID YOU KNOW...
According to official Olympic records, the youngest athlete to win an Olympic medal was Greek gymnast Dimitrios Loundras, who finished third (Parallel Bars) at the 1896 Olympic Games when he was 10 years old.
1. under what name did vaudeville performer erich weiss (1874-1926) gain fame?
2. where would I have had to travel to in order to visit the "house that ruth built"?
3. name the famous children's show whose puppet characters included mayor phineas t. bluster, chief thunderthud ("kowabunga!"), chief thunderchicken, flub-a-dub, and k. cornelius cobb?
4. what was 50's radio d.j. alan freed's biggest claim to fame?
5. in the 1937 all-star game, this giant's southpaw struck out, in succession, babe ruth, lou gerigh, jimmy foxx, al simmons and joe cronin.
name him.
6. do you recall the name of the robot on tv's, "get smart"?
7. do you remember the name of the school teacher in the "legend of sleepy hollow" story?
8. what date is referred to as the ides of march?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
Over the life of his career, James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, had 4 #1 hits on the Billboard Charts.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. HARRY HOUDINI
2. THE BRONX IN NEW YORK CITY
3. HOWDY DOODY SHOW
4. COINED THE TERM, "ROCK AND ROLL"
5. carl hubbell
6. hymie
7. ICHABOD CRANE
8. march 15
CRAP !!
Mr. Brown never had a "Number One" ... His highest charting single was "I Got You (I Feel Good)" in 1965. It stalled at number three.
