365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

Moses Malone, in 1974. Hailed as one of the great all-time centers, Malone spent 21 years as a pro—the first two in the American Basketball Association. In 1996, a year after he retired, the NBA named him one of the 50 greatest players in its history. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.



Sunday, September 28, 2014

In what 1965 film did Agatha Christie sleuths Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple appear together?​
 
The Alphabet Murders. The movie stars Tony Randall as Poirot and features a brief cameo appearance by Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple. The two exchange curious looks but no words when they encounter one another on a London street.



Monday, September 29, 2014

What famous early American was the first person to use dental evidence to identify human remains?​
 
Paul Revere, who supplemented his income as a silversmith by making and fitting false teeth. Revere made the first known dental forensic identification of a body in 1775 when he positively identified the remains of patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, who was killed during the Battle of Bunker Hill and buried in a unmarked grave by the British. Revere's identification was based on two false teeth he had wired into Warren's mouth in 1774.



Tuesday, September 30, 2014

When it comes to entertainers of the 1960s, who were Yarrow, Stookey, and Travers?​
 
The Beatles' double album, titled The Beatles but commonly referred to as The White Album, which Didion said epitomized the 1960s for her. Her 1979 book was entitled The White Album.



Sunday, October 5, 2014

When it comes to marsupials, how does a kangaroo's pouch differ from that of a wombat?​
 
The kangaroo's pouch faces forward and opens toward its head; the wombat's pouch is lower and faces downward, toward its hind legs. The front/top arrangement works for the kangaroo, which spends most of its time upright, because gravity keeps its young in its pouch. For the wombat, which does a lot of burrowing, the rear-facing arrangement keeps its pouch and young pretty much dirt-free.



Monday, October 6, 2014

What was the very first product marketed by Wham-O, the company that gave us Frisbee, the Hula Hoop, and the Superball?​
 
A wooden slingshot known as the Wham-O, which was introduced in 1948. Both the slingshot and the company were named for the sound heard when the slingshot's ammo hit its target.



Tuesday, October 7, 2014

What famous poet on three occasions paid a ransom to dognappers for the return of her beloved cocker spaniel?​
 
Munich, the capital of Bavaria and the third-largest city in Germany. The city's name in German is München, which means "home of the monks."



Friday, October 10, 2014

What baseball Hall of Famer was future astronaut John Glenn's wingman when both were U.S. Marine fighter pilots during the Korean War?​
 
He wrote the original in Latin, the copy in Greek. Columbus wrote his official correspondence in Castilian Spanish, and was familiar with several other languages as well.



Tuesday, October 14, 2014

What happened to the five million unsold copies of the home video game created by Atari as a tie-in to the 1982 blockbuster film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial?​
 
Got buried to hell in a landfill in New Mexico.

They excavated it a month ago and found only around 100,00 copies or so, so the five million estimate is grossly incorrect. -Asuka
 
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