Monday, June 26, 2006

Alan Rock's Trivia Questions for Friday, June 23rd

Q: Fifty years ago today the #1 U.S. song was "The Wayward Wind." Who sang it?
A: Gogi Grant (#1 for 8 weeks!).

Q: In 1867 a Milwaukee, Wisconsin printer named Christopher Latham Sholes patented what was to be the first useful what?
A: Most of you over 40 have used one -- the typewriter. In 1874 the Remington Model 1, the first commercial typewriter, was placed on the market. The electronic typewriters -- with "memory" capable of storing text -- first appeared in 1978.

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