Friday, May 11, 2012

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1997, this computer achieved something no previous computer had.

2)  This country was the first to invent and produce the automobile.

3)  What was the first meal eaten in space?

4)  Actor Denver Pyle was a character actor who had regular roles on seven TV series.  In which series did he appear most frequently?

Answers:

1) IBM's "Deep Blue" supercomputer beat world champion chess player, Gary Kasparov.

2)  France was the first to make the dream of the automobile a reality. The U.S. devised the assembly line method of manufacturing cars.

3)  Astronaut John Glenn ate the first meal, which was pureed applesauce squeezed from a tube while he was aboard the Friendship 7 in 1962.

4)  Pyle enjoyed the greatest longevity and exposure during his stint on The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979-1985.

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