365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

One of the Cabbage Patch Kids, in 2000. The "one-of-a-kind" soft-sculpture Cabbage Patch dolls, which were sold with names, birth certificates, and adoption papers, became such a craze they were featured on the cover of Newsweek magazine, taken aboard the Space Shuttle, and named the first official mascot of the U.S. Olympic team. The 33-cent stamp was one of 15 commemorating the 1980s in the USPS Celebrates the Century stamp program.



Thursday, May 1, 2014

What bird lays the smallest eggs in comparison to the mother's size?​
 
The ostrich. Although an ostrich egg, at 3 pounds, is the heaviest egg laid by any living bird, it is only 1.5 percent of its mother's weight. By contrast, a house wren's egg is about 13 percent of its mother's weight.



Friday, May 2, 2014

What was the first British pop band to top the Billboard chart in the United States with its debut album?​
 
The boy band One Direction, with Up All Night, in March 2012. The band's five members were put together by Simon Cowell in 2010 after each had competed unsuccessfully as soloists on The X Factor, the British TV talent search show. The previous Billboard record-holder for a debut album by a British group was the Spice Girls, for Spice, which made it to No. 6 in 1997.



Saturday, May 3, 2014

How many tobacco seeds are in an ounce?​
 
Alka-Seltzer's "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." In the 2006 ad, shown during pregame programming, Boyle and Roberts reprised their roles as Raymond's backbiting parents. The popular sitcom aired from 1996 to 2005.



Tuesday, May 6, 2014

What U.S. politician inadvertently coined the word refudiate, which was named 2010 Word of the Year by the New Oxford American Dictionary?​
 
Former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. She created the word by combining "refute" and "repudiate." The wordsmiths at the dictionary noted that refudiate, as a word, "more or less stands on its own, suggesting a general sense of 'reject.'"



Wednesday, May 7, 2014

What fruit gives Earl Grey tea its distinctive flavor and aroma?​
 
An orange, specifically the bergamot orange. Oil extracted from its rind is blended with black tea to create Earl Grey tea. The bergamot orange is grown predominantly on the southern coast of Italy.



Thursday, May 8, 2014

What was Jean Nidetch's dress size in 1961 when she went on the diet that led to the founding of Weight Watchers two years later?​
 
Tom Seaver. He got his first win (7-6) as the seventh and final relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox in the 25th inning of an eight-hour, six-minute game against the Milwaukee Brewers, which was played over two days. He then went on to start and win (5-4) the second day's regularly scheduled game, pitching 8 1/3 innings.



Saturday, May 10, 2014

What served as the outer covering of the first water beds?​
 
Abraham Lincoln. Sarah Bush Johnson became Lincoln's stepmother in 1819 when she married the future president's widowed father. She last saw her stepson in 1861 when he visited her before leaving for his inauguration in Washington, D.C.



Monday, May 12, 2014

How many times did famed French aerialist Charles Blondin tightrope walk across Niagara Falls without a safety net?​
 
17. The first time, in 1859, marked the first time anyone had done it. In subsequent crossings, Blondin added a variety of death-defying stunts to his high-wire act: performing with a sack over his head, on stilts, in shackles, at night, somersaulting and backflipping all the way, carrying his agent on his back, and toting a stove on which he cooked an omelet mid-crossing.



Tuesday, May 13, 2014

What animated cartoon animal was inspired by a description in Roughing It, Mark Twain's book about the American West?​
 
Wile E. Coyote. The cartoon coyote appeared in scores of animated films between 1949 and 1963. Animator Chuck Jones, in acknowledging Twain's book as his inspiration, cited its description of the coyote as "long, slim, sick and sorry-looking . . . a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry."



Wednesday, May 14, 2014

What famous funnyman is the only entertainer to be in the No. 1 movie, on the No. 1 album, and on the No. 1 late-night TV show in the same week?​
 
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