Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac (157 page)

SEPTEMBER 20

1899
H
ERBERT
B
EERBOHM
T
REE
begins his acclaimed run of
King John
in London. A filmed version of the play, the same year, is the oldest known movie adaptation of Shakespeare.

PLAY-GIARISM

Can you match these movies to the Shakespeare plays that, uh, “inspired” them?

1999
R
ICHARD
B
ELZER REPRISES
his
Homicide: Life on the Street
character Detective John Munch in the first episode of
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Besides regular gigs on those two long-running shows, Belzer has since played Munch on series from
The X-Files
to
Arrested Development
to
Sesame Street.
That guy gets around.

SIX IS COMPANY

What common bond is shared by each of
these
lists of TV shows?

1.
Cheers, Frasier, Magnum P.I., The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Prisoner, Will & Grace

2.
Checking In, CSI: New York, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., Good Times, Models Inc., Mork and Mindy

3.
Due South, E/R, Good Times, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Married…with Children, Webster

4.
The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Lost in Space, My Three Sons, The Wild Wild West

5.
Alice, The Brady Bunch, Eight Is Enough, The Fall Guy, Mystery Science Theater 3000, 21 Jump Street

6.
Dynasty, Happy Days, Hope & Faith, The Love Boat, Married…with Children, Sports Night

7.
The Bionic Woman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Get Smart, In the Heat of the Night, Leave It to Beaver, Taxi

8.
Family Affair, Full House, The Hogan Family, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Rugrats, 7th Heaven

9.
Arrested Development, The Bob Newhart Show, Cheers, Growing Pains, Monk, The Sopranos

10.
All in the Family, Antiques Roadshow, Three’s Company, Queer as Folk, Sanford and Son, Too Close for Comfort

SEPTEMBER 21

1780
B
ENEDICT
A
RNOLD, THE HERO OF
Saratoga, sells out! British major John André rows up the Hudson by night so that Arnold can hand over the plans to West Point.

QUIZ-LING

Name these people convicted of treason.

1.
Who is commemorated in the nursery rhyme that begins “Remember, remember the fifth of November”?

2.
Who also killed Countess Sophie on June 28, 1914?

3.
What Hungarian prime minister was secretly executed in 1958?

4.
A tune about what man’s “Body” was later used for “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”?

5.
Who was nicknamed “Madame Deficit” by the press in 1786?

1823
A
CCORDING TO
J
OSEPH
S
MITH,
an angel called Moroni first visits him to tell him about the “golden plates” that will be translated as the Book of Mormon.

HALO, I LOVE YOU

1.
Who was the only
Charlie’s Angels
actress to last for the show’s entire run?

2.
What final book of the Old Testament is named for the Hebrew word for “my angel”?

3.
What movie cowboy was the original owner of the California Angels?

4.
Who does Christine Daaé believe is her “Angel of Music”?

5.
Who ended his first inaugural address by appealing to “the better angels of our nature”?

1979
P
AUL
S
IMONON OF THE
C
LASH
smashes his bass against the stage during a concert at New York’s Palladium. Photographer Pennie Smith captures the moment, which becomes the cover of
London Calling
and one of the most famous images in rock history.

AX NICELY

Name the guitarist who played the solo on these songs, from
Guitar World
magazine’s list of the 100 greatest solos ever.

Easy

#
1:
“Stairway to Heaven”

#
5:
“All Along the Watchtower”

#
6:
“November Rain”

#
10:
“Crossroads”

#
12:
“Johnny B. Goode”

Harder

#
20:
“Bohemian Rhapsody”

#
24:
“Fade to Black”

#
29:
“For the Love of God”

#
44:
“Alive”

#
45:
“Light My Fire”

Yeah, Good Luck

#
57:
“Walk”

#
73:
“Stash”

#
83:
“Scuttle Buttin’”

#
87:
“Cult of Personality”

#
98:
“Under a Glass Moon”