QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- April 1999

Copyright 1999 Ray Hamel

April 1, 1999
What writer was arrested for stabbing his wife at the November 20, 1960 party that was supposed to kick off his New York City mayoral campaign?
A: NORMAN MAILER


April 2, 1999
Who, according to the opening of his radio show, "hunts the biggest of all game -- public enemies who try to destroy our America"?
A: THE GREEN HORNET


April 5, 1999
What actor/game show host was named the successor to Bert Parks as the emcee of the Miss America pageant after Parks was fired?
A: RON ELY, of "Tarzan" fame


April 6, 1999
What vocal quintet performed as the Elgins and the Primes before signing a contract with Motown under their presently used name?
A: THE TEMPTATIONS


April 7, 1999
What 1989 film ended with the screen credit: "This film cannot be shown within the city of Flint. All the theaters have closed"?
A: ROGER & ME


April 8, 1999
Dick Gregory, Tommy Smothers, Timothy Leary, Petula Clark and Murray the K were among the backup singers on what 1969 hit single?
A: GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, recorded during John and Yoko's Montreal bed-in for peace.


April 9, 1999
What actress won 4 Big Ten pentathlon titles for the University of Wisconsin before entering the sport of bodybuilding and winning a record six Ms Olympia titles?
A: CORY EVERSON


April 12, 1999
What instrument was played by family musicians Jay Osmond, John Cowsill and Karen Carpenter?
A: DRUMS (I accepted any percussion instrument).


April 13, 1999
What cartoon sheriff had a deputy named Droop Along?
A: RICOCHET RABBIT


April 14, 1999
What is the name of the mailman who has suffered multiple collisions with comic strip character Dagwood Bumstead?
A: MR. BEASLEY


April 15, 1999
What western film star was killed while trying to rescue people from a fire at a Boston nightclub called the Coconut Grove in 1942?
A: BUCK JONES


April 21, 1999
What current game show host is a former speechwriter for President Richard Nixon?
A: BEN STEIN


April 22, 1999
The Dell-Vikings were all members of the U.S. Air Force when they had a hit record in 1957 with "Come Go With Me." What #1 hit of 1963 was recorded by a group of U.S. Marines from Camp LeJeune, North Carolina?
A: EASIER SAID THAN DONE by The Essex


April 23, 1999
Kenny Rogers was the most recent musician to perform "Live By Request" on A&E. Who was the first?
A: TONY BENNETT


April 26, 1999
Who was the first cast member to win an Emmy Award for work on "ER"?
A: JULIANNA MARGULIES


April 27, 1999
The first nationally televised NFL championship game was broadcast on what TV network?
A: DUMONT. The NFL Championship Game was televised coast-to-coast for the first time, December 23, 1951. The DuMont Network paid $75,000 for the rights to the game, in which the Rams defeated the Browns 24-17.


April 28, 1999
The events in what top ten song transpire at a bar in Jackson, Mississippi called the Dew Drop Inn?
A: UNEASY RIDER by the Charlie Daniels Band


April 29, 1999
On whose bookshelf on "Sesame Street" would you find the books "March of Democracy," "Shattered Lamp," "Principles of Chemistry," and "Preface to Philosophy"?
A: BIG BIRD


April 30, 1999
At age 63, Teata Semiz was the oldest man to win a professional championship in what sport?
A: BOWLING



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