March 1, 2001
What singer, born Margaret Battavio, was the youngest singer to hit
#1 on the Billboard singles charts in 1963?
A: LITTLE PEGGY MARCH who was 15 when "I Will Follow
Him" hit #1.
March 2, 2001
What Elvis Presley movie was rereleased on March 9, 1960 to coincide
with Presley's discharge from the Army?
A: JAILHOUSE ROCK. "G.I. Blues" did not begin filming until May
1960 and was released in December 1960.
March 5, 2001
What Motown artist recorded 12 Lennon-McCartney
compositions on her album "Love Songs to the Beatles"?
A: MARY WELLS.
March 6, 2001
Count Down Clowns, Hidden Persuaders, and Butterfly
Stompers were characters in what animated film?
A: YELLOW SUBMARINE
March 7, 2001
What figure skater skated on a glacier in the ABC TV special
"Canvas of Ice"?
A: BRIAN BOITANO
March 8, 2001
What duo won the 1967 Grammy for Best Chamber Music
Performance?
A: RAVI SHANKAR AND YEHUDI MENUHIN.
March 9, 2001
What two actors in the 1952 movie "The Quiet Man" were
brothers?
A: BARRY FITZGERALD AND ARTHUR SHIELDS. I also
accepted MICHAEL AND PATRICK WAYNE.
March 12, 2001
Cybill Shepherd on "Moonlighting," Pam Dawber in real life,
and Coors beer in TV commercials all had an interest in what
actor in 1987?
A: MARK HARMON
March 13, 2001
What schlocky film offered audience members a "fright break"
during the film where they could retreat to the "Coward's
Corner"?
A: HOMICIDAL, a 1961 film produced by William Castle who
excelled in unusual movie promotion.
March 14, 2001
Who was the first football player elected to the Pro Football
Hall of Fame with 4 Super Bowls rings to his credit?
A: "MEAN" JOE GREENE
March 15, 2001
Don Grady, who played Robbie on "My Three Sons," was a
member of what top 40 band in 1967?
A: YELLOW BALLOON
March 16, 2001
What actor was sued in 1954 by a stripper named Melody
Carol after she accused him of taking a bite out of her leg?
A: SONNY TUFTS
March 19, 2001
What was the surname of the sibling actors who played Ernest
Borgnine's children in the B-movie "Violent Saturday"?
A: CORCORAN. Donald, Kevin and Noreen Corcoran played
the Stadt children. Noreen was also a regular as Kelly on "Bachelor
Father." Kevin Corcoran was a Disney favorite, appearing in
films like "Pollyanna," "Swiss Family Robinson," "Old Yeller,"
and "Toby Tyler." Siblings Brian and Kelly Corcoran were
also actors.
March 20, 2001
Who was the first defenseman in NHL history to score 300
goals?
A: DENIS POTVIN
March 21, 2001
Wendy Fraser was the female vocalist featured on what top 10
single in 1988 recorded by an actor?
A: SHE'S LIKE THE WIND by Patrick Swayze
March 22, 2001
Ping Pong the Great Ape, The Fat Bat, and Smarty Pants the Frog
were characters on what kids' TV show?
A: TIME FOR BEANY
March 23, 2001
What music video featured a dancing parrot, a singing boar's head,
and a squirrel playing a pipe like a saxophone?
A: GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU by George Harrison
March 26, 2001
What home run hitter regularly used a 44-ounce Louisville Slugger
bat he nicknamed "Black Betsy"?
A: BABE RUTH
March 27, 2001
What was the last top 10 hit in the U.S. for the Dave Clark Five?
A: YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES, which hit #7 on the Billboard
charts in 1967. The Dave Clark Five charted in the UK top ten as late
as 1969.
March 28, 2001
What famous writer mysteriously disappeared for 11 days, and was
thought dead, in 1926?
A: AGATHA CHRISTIE. Speculation about her disappearance is
the subject of the 1979 movie "Agatha."
March 29, 2001
Ron Updyke and Emily Cowles were coworkers of what fictional
reporter?
A: CARL KOLSHAK on "The Night Stalker"
March 30, 2001
What Tchiakovsky composition can be heard at the beginning of
Bela Lugosi's 1931 film version of "Dracula"?
A: SWAN LAKE
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