Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Alan Rock's Trivia Questions for Tuesday, February 28th

Q: The first U.S. National Park was created on this date in 1871. Which one?
A: Yellowstone.


Q: On February 28, 1827, the first passenger railroad in America started operations. What was it called?
A: The B&O Railroad. "B&O" because most of the passengers had body odor.


Q: There was a basketball first on February 28, 1940; what was it?
A: The first basketball game was televised on this day in 1940. It was pretty boring though. Im 1940 TV screens were so small all you could see were the players' belly buttons or, when they went up for a slam dunk, their knees.


Q: According to Newsweek magazine, the average American child will see how many sexual references on television this year?
A: 14,000.


Q: On February 28, 1977, comedian Eddie Anderson died at age 71. He had appeared almost twenty years on radio and fifteen years on television. We all knew him as?
A: Rochester.

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