Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) This is Cuckoo Dancing Week, which has nothing to do with dancing. It's a week devoted to remembering the antics of a certain comedic duo. Who?

2) On this date 30 years ago, The Bionic Woman debuted on ABC. Who was the star?

3) Today is "Radio Day." How did that come about?

Answers:

1) Laurel and Hardy. Their theme song was "The Dancing Cuckoo."

2) Lindsay Wagner starred. Her character's name was Jaime Sommers, whose "normal" gig was teaching.

3) On this date in 1910, the first public broadcast went out over the air as tube inventor Lee DeForest aired the voices of Metropolitan Opera stars to several radio receivers in New York City.

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