1) This best-selling author wrote A Painted House and A Time to Kill.
2) Nolan Ryan, owner of the Texas Rangers, turns 66 today. When he was a pitcher how many no-hitters did he have?
3) On this date in 1961, a chimpanzee became the first animal to be sent into space. What was his name?
4) The Milky Way candy bar was actually copied from another candy bar. What was it's name?
Answers:
1) John Grisham
2) (from Wikipedia) "Ryan is the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters. Despite the seven no-hitters, he never threw a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award. Ryan is one of only 29 players in baseball history to have appeared in Major League baseball games in four decades and the only pitcher to have struck out seven pairs of fathers and sons."
3) His name was Ham. Pictures of him and Ham's story can be found here.
4) Milky Way bars were copied from a Minneapolis candy bar called "Fat Emma."
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