Monthly Trivia Archives: December 2010

Week of December 19 – Did you know???

Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.

The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F.

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble’s Maiden name was Betty Jean McBricker.

Gilligan of Gilligan’s Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper’s real name on Gilligan’s Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio’s newscast about the wreck.

Week of December 5 – What is your real name?

Mary Cathleen  Collins (aka Bo Derek)

William Board (aka Billy Idol)

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (aka Eminem)

Paul Hewson (aka Bono)

Cherilyn Sarkisian (aka Cher)

Declan McManus (aka Elvis Costello)

Love Michelle Harrison (aka Courtney Love)

Shawn Corey Carter (aka Jay-Z)

Leslie Lynch King, Jr. (aka President Gerald Ford)