Thursday, July 13, 2006

Alan Rock's Trivia Questions

Q: On this date in 1985, Live Aid, a televised rock concert to raise money for starving Africans, was simulcast from four cities. Can you name them?
A: London, Sydney, Moscow, and Philadelphia.

Q: In an editorial printed in the New York Tribune on this day in 1865, who wrote "Go west, young man, go west"?
A: Horace Greeley. So, all the young men went west and Greeley stayed east and made a fortune. He also had more dates than ever.

Q: On July 13, 1939, Frank Sinatra recorded "From the Bottom of My Heart" and "Melancholy Mood." It was Sinatra's first record. Who was the band?
A: Harry James Orchestra.

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