Monday, June 03, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which American city is the windiest?

2)  Which president established Thanksgiving as a national holiday?

3)  Who joined Dan Rather as anchor for the CBS Evening News June 1, 1993?

4)  Born this date in 1925, this actor appeared in The Defiant Ones, Houdini, and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Answers:

1)  While Chicago is known as the "Windy City," the most windy city in America is actually Dodge City, Kansas, with an average of 13.9 mph wind speed. Chicago's average annual wind speed is 10.3.

2)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt established Thanksgiving as a national holiday

3)  Connie Chung



4)  Born Bernard Schwartz, his name was changed to Tony Curtis. Curtis appeared in more than 100 films, including the ones mentioned above. 


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