FSS Newsletter :: October 2002

Trivia Challenge

This Month's Challenge

1) This California County is the largest County geographically in the United States.

2) Approximately 80% of life on Earth resides here.

3) It happened this month. On October 22nd, 1934 this notorious outlaw called "the most dangerous man alive" was shot and killed on an Ohio farm while fleeing Federal agents.

4) In 1962, he took the song Monster Mash to number 1 on the Billboard Chart. Different recordings of the song have appeared on the charts three other times since but never reached number 1.

5) She was the original choice to play "Dorothy" in The Wizard of Oz movie but her studio, 20th Century Fox was asking for too much money. Judy Garland was subsequently chosen instead and went on to stardom.

6) On February 1st, 1901 he was born down the road in Cadiz, Ohio, undoubtedly the most famous person to have ever been born there.

7) "Ambition" is a powerful force. In which play by Shakespeare is it characterized as a "grievous fault."

8) Having successfully prosecuted the notorious Charles Manson, he turned author and detailed the case in his book "Helter Skelter."

9) The tagline to this 1982 Sylvester Stallone film was "This time he is fighting for his life." This classic still ranks as one of my all time favorites.

10) Despite some public controversy over the title, she scored a big hit with her 1988 song "Hell Is For Children."

11) In the Peanuts 1966 classic, It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, what does Charlie Brown receive while Trick or Treating?

Last Issue's Puzzle Solution

1) February

2) St. Paul's Cathedral

3) Westminster Abbey

4) Texas

5) Don Johnson

6) Fork

7) 20 Percent

8) Terry Bradshaw to Franco
Harris

9) John Quincy Adams

10) We Didn't Start The Fire

11) Spartacus

12) Robert's Rules of Order