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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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Trivia Bits Tuesday, June 2Memories of Cake: The madeleine is best known for its guest role in Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past." A madeleine is a shell-shaped cake that is reputedly named for a 19th-century French cook named Madeleine Paumier. Proust's narrator dunks one in some tea that triggers seven long, long volumes that hardly anyone has enough lifetime left to read. Incidentally, Proust's original title is better translated as "In Search of Lost Time." Strutting Like a Peacock: Recent research suggests that peahens don't in fact pick peacocks based on the beauty and size of their tail feathers. They are turned on more by their vocal calls. The spots on the plumage are "eyes," as the Greeks said that Hera relocated the hundred eyes of Argus onto the bird after Argus died. On the 1976 album "Hotel California," Joe Walsh was the "new kid in town" who replaced Bernie Leadon in what band? A) Aerosmith B) The Eagles C) Pink Floyd D) Van Halen Previous answer: KFC's slogan was translated into Chinese as "eat your fingers off." 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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