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112: A Really Big Trivia Shoo
On June 20, 1948, “Toast of the Town” hosted by Ed Sullivan premiered on CBS television in the United States. Here are some things you may not have known about Ed Sullivan and his show. First: Sullivan was born in Harlem, New York in 1901. He started in media as a sportswriter for the New…
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111: Juneteenth
June 19th is the 150th anniversary of the news of the end of the American Civil War reaching Texas and the effective end of slavery in the United States. Here are a few things you may not have known about what is now called Juneteenth. First: On the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas,…
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110: Ride Sally Ride
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American female astronaut. Here are a few facts you may not know about Sally Ride and other women in space. One: Ride was born in 1951 in Los Angeles, raised there before attending college at Swarthmore, UCLA before earning a bachelor’s degree in English and Physics,…
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109: Give Me Lady Liberty or Give Me Trivia
On June 17, 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived in New York harbor as a gift from France. Here are a few facts you may not have known about the Statue of Liberty. First: Parts of the statue were displayed in France before it was disassembled and sent to New York. The gift did not…
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108: The Bloom is Off The Trivia
June 16 is marked as “Bloomsday,” a celebration of the novel “Ulysses” and its author James Joyce. Here are some facts you may not have known about “Ulysses” and its author. First: The events of “Ulysses” take place on June 16, 1904, following Leopold Bloom through the events of his day. As you can probably…
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107: One Little Pig and the Big Bad Trivia
June 15, 1859 marked the start of the Pig War, a conflict between the United States and Great Britian over the international boundary in the San Juan Islands of Washington state. Here are a few facts about the Pig War you may not have known. First: It was a bloodless conflict, except for that of…
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106: One Bourbon, One Scotch, Some Trivia
According to legend, on June 14, 1789, the Reverend Elijah Craig was the first person to distill what today is called bourbon whiskey. Here are a few things you may not know about bourbon whiskey. First: Craig probably wasn’t actually the first person to distill whiskey from corn. Many farmers in Kentucky were making similar…
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Elvis Presley’s Graceland kitchen inventory
A list of the things that Elvis Presley wanted to be kept in the kitchen at his home, Graceland, at all times: fresh, lean, unfrozen ground meat one case regular Pepsi one case orange drinks rolls (hot rolls – Brown ‘n’ Serve) 6 cans of biscuits hamburger buns pickles potatoes and onions assorted fresh fruits cans…
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105: Thurgood (Marshall) and the Trivia Destroyers
On June 13, 1967, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Here are some things you may not have known about the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court. First: Marshall was born in Baltimore in 1908. His father worked as a railroad porter and his mother was a…
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104: Buy Me Some Peanuts and Trivia
On June 12, 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York. Here are some things you may not know about the Hall of Fame. One, the first Hall of Fame class was inducted in 1936 and consisted of five former players: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Honus Wagner and…