trivia 7/14
DID YOU KNOW...
Taking a Spin (Off)....
“Nurses”, a spin-off of “Empty Nest”, which was a spin-off of
“Golden Girls”...
“Good Times”, a spin-off of “Maude”, which was a spin-off of “All in the
Family”...
“Models, Inc.”, a spin-off of “Melrose Place”, which was a spin-off of
“Beverly Hills 90210”...
“Gomer Pyle, USMC”, a spin-off of “The Andy Griffith Show”, which was a
spin-off of “Make Room For Daddy”...
“LaVerne & Shirley”, a spin-off of “Happy Days”, which was a spin-off of
“Love, American Style”.
1. The world teetered on the brink of a nuclear war in 1962 - what was the
event that caused this?
2. Two of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to become
President ; who were they ?
3. What element is sometimes called “Brimstone” ?
4. Name That Tune !
"Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much Are you still mine I need
your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me"
5. Name That Flick !
This 1992 Robert Redford directed movie is about two sons, one who follows
the straight and narrow, and the other who lives on the edge. One thing they
have in common is a love of fly fishing.
6. Who eventually stopped and defeated the "Desert Fox" in North Africa?
a.- Patton
b. - Harding
c. - Montgomery
d. - Bradley
7. Baseball's Sad Lexicon", a 1910 poem by Franklin Pierce Adams, is a
reluctant homage to the famous double-play combination of Tinker, Evers and
this man...
8. Which member of the Addams family shares his name with a verb meaning "to
rot or putrefy"?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The first toy advertised on commercial television was “Mr. Potato Head”.
.
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.
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1. The Cuban Missile Crisis
2. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
3. Sulphur
4. “Unchained Melody”
5. “A River Runs Through It”
6. - c
7. Chance
8. Uncle Fester
TRUTH !!
Mr. Potato Head was "born" on May 1, 1952. The original toy cost $0.98, and
contained hands, feet, ears, two mouths, two pairs of eyes, four noses,
three hats, eyeglasses, a pipe, and eight felt pieces resembling facial
hair. The original Mr. Potato Head kit did not come with a potato "body", so
parents had to provide their own potato into which children could stick the
various pieces. Shortly after the toy's initial release, an order form for
50 additional pieces was enclosed in every kit.
On April 30, 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy advertised on
television. The campaign was also the first to be aimed directly at
children; before this, commercials were only targeted at adults, so toy
adverts had always been pitched to parents. This commercial revolutionized
marketing, and caused an industrial boom. Over one million kits were sold in
the first year. In 1953, Mrs. Potato Head was added, and soon after,
Brother Spud and Sister Yam completed the Potato Head family with
accessories reflecting the affluence of the fifties that included a car, a
boat trailer, a kitchen set, a stroller, and pets called Spud-ettes.
Although originally produced as separate plastic parts to be stuck into a
real potato or other vegetable, a plastic potato was added to the kit in
1964.
DID YOU KNOW...
Taking a Spin (Off)....
“Nurses”, a spin-off of “Empty Nest”, which was a spin-off of
“Golden Girls”...
“Good Times”, a spin-off of “Maude”, which was a spin-off of “All in the
Family”...
“Models, Inc.”, a spin-off of “Melrose Place”, which was a spin-off of
“Beverly Hills 90210”...
“Gomer Pyle, USMC”, a spin-off of “The Andy Griffith Show”, which was a
spin-off of “Make Room For Daddy”...
“LaVerne & Shirley”, a spin-off of “Happy Days”, which was a spin-off of
“Love, American Style”.
1. The world teetered on the brink of a nuclear war in 1962 - what was the
event that caused this?
2. Two of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence went on to become
President ; who were they ?
3. What element is sometimes called “Brimstone” ?
4. Name That Tune !
"Oh, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch a long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly and time can do so much Are you still mine I need
your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me"
5. Name That Flick !
This 1992 Robert Redford directed movie is about two sons, one who follows
the straight and narrow, and the other who lives on the edge. One thing they
have in common is a love of fly fishing.
6. Who eventually stopped and defeated the "Desert Fox" in North Africa?
a.- Patton
b. - Harding
c. - Montgomery
d. - Bradley
7. Baseball's Sad Lexicon", a 1910 poem by Franklin Pierce Adams, is a
reluctant homage to the famous double-play combination of Tinker, Evers and
this man...
8. Which member of the Addams family shares his name with a verb meaning "to
rot or putrefy"?
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
The first toy advertised on commercial television was “Mr. Potato Head”.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. The Cuban Missile Crisis
2. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
3. Sulphur
4. “Unchained Melody”
5. “A River Runs Through It”
6. - c
7. Chance
8. Uncle Fester
TRUTH !!
Mr. Potato Head was "born" on May 1, 1952. The original toy cost $0.98, and
contained hands, feet, ears, two mouths, two pairs of eyes, four noses,
three hats, eyeglasses, a pipe, and eight felt pieces resembling facial
hair. The original Mr. Potato Head kit did not come with a potato "body", so
parents had to provide their own potato into which children could stick the
various pieces. Shortly after the toy's initial release, an order form for
50 additional pieces was enclosed in every kit.
On April 30, 1952, Mr. Potato Head became the first toy advertised on
television. The campaign was also the first to be aimed directly at
children; before this, commercials were only targeted at adults, so toy
adverts had always been pitched to parents. This commercial revolutionized
marketing, and caused an industrial boom. Over one million kits were sold in
the first year. In 1953, Mrs. Potato Head was added, and soon after,
Brother Spud and Sister Yam completed the Potato Head family with
accessories reflecting the affluence of the fifties that included a car, a
boat trailer, a kitchen set, a stroller, and pets called Spud-ettes.
Although originally produced as separate plastic parts to be stuck into a
real potato or other vegetable, a plastic potato was added to the kit in
1964.
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