365 Days of Amazing Trivia! (2014)

It's also interesting to note that the people at the excavation found other games like Pac-Man (which sold really well but was critically panned) and Pitfall (which is one of Atari's most popular games) . The crash of '83 really damaged Atari to the point of the company doing anything they could to keep afloat, but not even the pioneers of gaming could save themselves. Funny how one business mistake can take down a very successful multi-million dollar company.

I will give Nintendo where credit is due, because of the NES the business thrived again and the industry somewhat learned from Atari's mistakes (like not to manufactuare a gazillion copies for a game you don't know will sell well) but then again, we have screwups like Sonic '06 that have the same reputation of massive negativity and being an unplayable mess due to short company forced deadlines (Atari gave ET's designer only 6 weeks to complete the game). Eyyyy, must be da money. -Asuka
 
They were dumped, crushed, and covered with concrete in a landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1983. The game, made for the Atari 2600, failed to sell because many fans found it too difficult to play.



Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Who was the first pro football player to wear a face mask?​
 
Hall of Famer Otto Graham of the Cleveland Browns in 1953. Graham was elbowed in the face in a game against the San Francisco 49ers. After having a nasty gash inside his mouth sewn up, he returned to the field with plastic covering the front of his leather helmet for protection. Soon after, Browns coach Paul Brown designed and patented a single-bar face mask that all team members were required to wear.



Thursday, October 16, 2014

What South American country has a government agency called the Department of Isolated Indians?​
 
Sounds like another term used during the Andrew Jackson period of reservations, lol. -Asuka
 
Brazil. The agency was established to protect primitive tribes living deep in the jungles of the Amazon, where they face growing threats from loggers, miners, drug traffickers, and companies exploring for oil.



Friday, October 17, 2014

In France, what is the food-related name of the circular graph that's known as a pie chart in the United States?​
 
A chest of medicine to use in treating his men. After it was provided, Blackbeard released his hostages and withdrew from the harbor without firing a shot.



Wednesday, October 22, 2014

How many calories a day does the average sled dog consume during Alaska's grueling 1,100-mile Iditarod race?​
 
It was the "do not cross" line that encircled prisoner-of-war camps in both the North and South. Camp guards were under orders to fire at all prisoners who touched or attempted to cross the line—thus its name, dead line or deadline.



Monday, October 27, 2014

How tall was T.E. Lawrence, who was portrayed by 6-foot-2 Peter O'Toole in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia?​
 
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