Thursday, May 08, 2008

Alan Rock's Trivia

On May 8, 1988, two characters on a top-rated TV comedy were married. Can you name them? (Clue: The show was in its final season). A: Joanie and Chachi were married on "Happy Days."

Something historical happened on May 8, 1945, what was it? A: V.E. Day in Europe, WWII ended. Germany agreed to surrender on one condition: they would be allowed to enter the high-powered sports car business. I think the Germans might have won that war -- if only they'd sent Colonel Klink to the Russian front.

On May 8, 1886, at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, John Pemberton made the first batch of a new health tonic flavored with coca leaves. The mixture flopped as a tonic. What do we know it as? A: a soft drink called Coca-Cola.

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