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Saturday, November 7
William Lear had quite a career, despite having dropped out after eighth grade. He sold the patent for the car radio to Galvin, which is now Motorola. He invented the 8-track tape cassette that became a '70s fad. And he founded a company that …Read more.
Friday, November 6
Built out of solid rock in the 1960s, Temppeliaukio Church is found largely underground in Helsinki. Architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen designed the church to burrow into solid rock, using designs that predated World War II. The back wall of the …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
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Friday, May 1Women You Want On Your Trivia Team: Geena Davis is no dummy. She is a Mensa member. In fact, while an exchange student in Sandviken, she learned fluent Swedish. Her other unusual claim to fame is that she not only took up archery, but came close to qualifying for the American Olympic team. Mind you, she can't be all that smart. She did appear in "Cutthroat Island." Women in Office: Long before Hillary, Victoria Woodhull was the first American woman to run for president, back in 1872. And her VP was a black man: Frederick Douglass. Nobody was sure how many votes they got, but Ulysses Grant got 3,598,235. In the galaxy, the Earth is found in the spiral arm of what mighty hunter constellation? A) Hercules B) Orion C) Perseus D) Sagittarius Previous answer: The only country named for Jesus is El Salvador ("The Savior") in Latin America. TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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