Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Alan Rock's Trivia

June 6, 1933 was a big day in the history of the automobile and the movies. Why? A: The world's first "drive-in" movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey. It was a complete failure. Then somebody suggested trying it at night.

In the 1954 movie "Rear Window," as Jimmy Stewart sits in a wheelchair with his leg in a cast while arguing with Grace Kelly, does: (a) his cast switch legs; (b) his wheelchair change colors; or (c) her earrings switch stones? A: His cast switches from the left leg to the right leg.

From L.M. Boyd's Book of Odd Facts, if you want your frog to be happy, what color should you paint his box? A: Blue. Frogs love blue.

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