QUESTION OF THE DAY ARCHIVE -- July 2000

Copyright 2000 Ray Hamel

July 3, 2000
Who was the only U.S. President who could assert he was "a real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, born on the fourth of July"?
A: CALVIN COOLIDGE was the only President born on July 4.

July 5, 2000
Who played a nun in the 1966 movie "The Trouble With Angels" and the 1992 movie "Sister Act"?
A: The very funny MARY WICKES

July 24, 2000
On what number TV channel did "Wayne's World" broadcast in Aurora, Illinois?
A: 10

July 25, 2000
What title cartoon character lived in the Imgwee Gwee Valley of Africa?
A: GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE

July 26, 2000
What rock group's last top ten single in 1989 shares its name with a movie starring William Hurt?
A: THE DOOBIE BROTHERS last top ten single was "The Doctor."

July 27, 2000
What popular movie was based on the short story "Opera Hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland?
A: MR DEEDS GOES TO TOWN

July 28, 2000
Against what major league team did Ted Williams hit his only career inside-the-park home run in 1946?
A: CLEVELAND INDIANS. Williams was known as a pull hitter, so Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau invented a defense called the "Williams shift," hoping to neutralize Williams' effectiveness as a hitter. Oops.

July 31, 2000
What musical instrument does Sting play in the Police video for "Every Breath You Take"?
A: UPRIGHT BASS or STRING BASS


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