Please Don’t Call It Trivia # 3
In Lovell Chronicle October 25, 2018
Test Yourself:
Q1. Name the couple who star in HGTV’s hit show “ Fixer Upper “?
Q2. What hit song from 2012 begins, “ It feels like a perfect night, to dress up like hipsters…..“?
Q3. What was the name of the actress who parodied Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live?
Fun Facts:
The popular Smarties Candies are biconcave in shape. They are fat-free, gluten free, dairy free and contain no animal products making them a perfect vegan snack. Source
According to the Urban Dictionary, a fictional character that is sexy, intelligent and carefully rides the line between good and evil is a “Chuck Bass”. Chuck Bass is a character in book and television series Gossip Girls. Source
An old wives tale said, “woe is the child who tastes salty from a kiss on the brow, for he is cursed, and soon must die”. Those children had cystic fibrosis or CF. Although only a few decades ago only a few people with CF lived into their teens, modern medicine has made amazing strides in increasing lifespan. Source
The largest accounting firm in the United States is Deloitte. (Formerly known as Deloitte and Touche) It is an international firm formed by William Welch Deloitte in London in 1845 and opened its first office in the U.S. in 1890. The company is expected to have revenue of $43 Billion in 2018. Source
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have done four films together: Joe vs. the Volcano (1990), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), You’ve Got Mail (1998) and Ithaca (2015). All of them together grossed less than Forrest Gump. Source
In 1860, Henry Chadwick, a young sportswriter worked to standardize the abbreviations for baseball statistics. Because he had already used an “ S “ for Sacrifice, he chose the 4th letter in the word strike for its symbol. Since then fans have waved posters with the letter K when a batter strikes out. Source
October 9th is Leif Erikson day in the United States, Norway and Iceland. Leif Erikson is credited as the first European to travel to North America. Source
Answers:
A1. Chip and Joanna Gaines. Joanna’s mother is Korean. Her parents met when her father was stationed in Korea in 1969. Source
A2. “ 22 “ by Taylor Swift. Source
A3. Melissa McCarthy. (McCarthy first gained national fame by playing Sookie St. James in the TV series The Gilmore Girls.) Source
