QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- January 2000

Copyright 2000 Ray Hamel

January 5, 2000
What silent film star's contract forbade him from smiling on screen?
A: BUSTER KEATON


January 6, 2000
What film director named his twin sons after Jim Carrey and Andy Kaufman?
A: MILOS FORMAN, director of "The Man on the Moon"


January 7, 2000
What poet is quoted by Bette Davis at the end of the 1936 movie "The Petrified Forest"?
A: FRANCOIS VILLON


January 10, 2000
What fictional character has been portrayed by Charlton Heston, Tim Curry, and Orson Welles?
A: LONG JOHN SILVER


January 11, 2000
In what Collin Raye hit does the singer tell of moving to Arkansas to sell VCRs for Wal-Mart?
A: LITTLE ROCK


January 12, 2000
What current NFL quarterback was the #1 pick in the very first draft held by the now-defunct United States Football League?
A: DAN MARINO


January 13, 2000
What is the real first name of TV hero "Sky King"?
A: SCHUYLER. A lot of folks confused the actor, Kirby Grant, with the character.


January 18, 2000
On "Star Trek," what U.S. state does Captain James T. Kirk call home?
A: IOWA, born in the city of Riverside.


January 19, 2000
What sitcom couple was married on December 2, 1969 after living together for more than 3 years?
A: TONY AND JEANNIE NELSON.


January 20, 2000
Who was the most recent U.S. president to have a state county named after him?
A: WARREN G. HARDING


January 21, 2000
What Paul Simon composition was inspired by the song "Mary, Don't You Weep" by the Swan Silvertones?
A: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER, specifically inspired by the line "I'll be a bridge over deep water if you trust my name."


January 24, 2000
Who was the only defenseman to win the Art Ross Trophy for leading scorer in the NHL -- a feat he accomplished twice in the 1970s?
A: BOBBY ORR


January 25, 2000
What one name completes the titles of these 1939 cartoons: "___'s Hotel," "___'s Picnic," "___'s Movie Mystery," and "___'s Tire Trouble"?
A: PORKY


January 26, 2000
NBC weatherman Al Roker is married to what ABC news correspondent?
A: DEBORAH ROBERTS


January 27, 2000
What big bandleader fronted a quartet that featured Teddy Wilson on piano, Gene Krupa on drums, and Lionel Hampton on vibraphone?
A: BENNY GOODMAN


January 31, 2000
What unusual piece of currency is mentioned in the title of Limp Bizkit's 1997 debut album?
A: THREE DOLLAR BILL. The album was "Three Dollar Bill Y'all."



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