Historical Facts
Friday, 18 July 2025
Q: What do the Scorpion, the Seawolf , and the Thresher have in common?
A: Lost US nuclear reactors at sea
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Q: What product advertised with the phrase "Even your best friends won't tell you" ?
A: Listerine mouth wash
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Q: Alan Ginsberg is given credit for inventing what 1960s phrase?
A: Flower Power
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Q: Which famous burlesque performer once said " God is love but get it in writing"?
A: Gypsy Rose Lee
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Q: Who appeared on the first cover of TV guide on April 3rd, 1953?
A: Desi Arnaz Jr.
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Q: What did Joan Collins call her autobiography?
A: "Past Imperfect"
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Q: What American city was once named Porkopolis?
A: Cincinnati
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Q: Mary Surratt was the first woman to do what in the U.S.?
A: Be Hanged
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Q: Jimmy Doyle died during a title fight in 1947. Who was his opponent?
A: Sugar Ray Robinson
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Q: Whose girlfriend was Virginia Hill?
A: Bugsy Siegel
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Q: Chapman Root designed what based on a Hoople skirt?
A: The Coca Cola bottle
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Q: What President appears on the US $ 100,000 bill?
A: Woodrow Wilson
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Q: Who was the pilot in the first fatal air crash?
A: Orville Wright
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Q: What was Walt Disney's first non- animated live-action movie?
A: Treasure Island
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Q: The Brocton Bomber was a nickname for what fighter?
A: Rocky Marciano
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Q: On May 21st, 1881, Clara Barton founded what organization ?
A: American Red Cross
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Q: What job the father of Frank and Jesse James have?
A: Minister
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Q: President Kennedy was shot in Dallas in what type of car?
A: Lincoln
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Q: What was Glen Millers signature tune?
A: Moonlight Serenade
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