Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) He introduced this new "big-band" style of music at the Palomar Ballroom in L.A. on this date in 1935.

2)  How many bees over the course of their lifespans does it take to make a tablespoon of honey?

3)  The slang expression, "trouble and strife" is a reference to what?

4)  Ferris Bueller's Day Off was spent where?

Answers:

1)  Benny Goodman

2)  12

3)  It's Cockney rhyming slang for "wife." You're also liable to hear "me bag for life." This piece on NPR's Morning Edition explains more about this linguistic phenomenon, first begun by street sellers as a way of avoiding detection by the police.

4)  Chicago

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