FSS Newsletter :: January 2002

Trivia Challenge

This Month's Challenge

In 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini
put a death sentence on this author’s head because of his book “The Satanic Verses.”
Of all the U.S. Presidents, which one lived the longest?
What is the most common city / town name in the U.S.?
This “one hit wonder’s” one hit was 1985’s “Life In A Northern Town.”
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Holiday is celebrated each January to commemorate his birthday which was January 15th, 1929. What other equally famous “King” was born on January 8th, 1935?
Speaking of January, the 28th of January 1986, was famous for this event.
President Bush’s brother and Florida Governor is Jeb Bush. However, Jeb is just a nickname based on his initials. What is his real name?
Although she received an Emmy nomination for 12 consecutive years for her television role as author J. B. Fletcher, remarkably, she never won.
Introduced in the late 1930’s, this was the first home air freshener.
With 21 retired jerseys, this team has more retired numbers than any other NBA team.
Originally named Lafayette National Park upon it’s opening in 1919, the name was later changed to Acadia National Park in 1929. What individual donated most of the land which created Acadia?
From which New York City national monument do you buy tickets to ferry to Liberty Island to visit Lady Liberty?
He penned “Martian Chronicles.”

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