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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