Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Alan Rock's Trivia 7/8/09

Q1: What was Flipper's real name?
A1: Mitzi was the dolphin's name in the movie Flipper. For the TV series, she was replaced by Suzy and Cathy.

Q2: The shape of which national monument is called an "obelisk"?
A2: The Washington Monument

Q3: On July 8, 1958, the Recording Industry Association of America presented the first gold record album. Do you know who won? The first gold single had been presented four months earlier for who?
A3: The soundtrack "Oklahoma" had reached one million dollars in sales and it also was the album. Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star," was the single, meaning the single had sold one million copies.

Q4: What was the early name of what later became the state of Rhode Island?
A4: Rhode Island was originally the Providence Plantations

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