Tuesday Trivia

(Answers below.)

1. What was the dean's name in the movie Animal House?
2. What natural phenomenon was first photographed in 1884?
3. Who was President of the United States at the end of World War II.
4. Name the five members of the Wayans family from the TV show In Living Color.
5. The carrot hasn't always been orange. What color did it used to be?
6. What two planets have no moons?
7. What character did Ricardo Montalban play on Fantasy Island?
8. Who directed Superman:the Movie in 1978?
9. How did the Sphinx lose its nose?
10. Who was the original host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom?
11. Name the four novels written by Dan Brown.
12. What European explorer first sailed around South America, discovering a new path to the Pacific Ocean?
13. What rock star starred in the movie Dune?
14. What was author Lewis Carroll's occupation?
15. What children's entertainer died suddenly of pneumonia in 1990?

Answers:

1. Dean Vernon Wormer, played by John Vernon. Animal House is quite possibly the best beer-drinking movie of all time.
2. A tornado. You can see the photo here.
3. Harry S Truman. But, period or no period? That is the real question. You'll find the answer here...at the Truman Library.
4. Keenan, Damon, Kim, Shawn, and Marlon. Prior to his comedy career, Keenan attended college at Tuskegee University, here in Alabama.
5. I would've thought white, like Carrot Top. But, nope, they say carrots used to be purple.
6. Mercury and Venus.
7. Mr. Roarke. Get your poster here.
8. It was directed by Richard Donner. Don't worry if you missed that one...it's early...here's some peppy music to wake you up. (You may have to wait a minute or so for it to download.)
9. One legend has it that Napoleon's soldiers shot it off in the 19th Century, but it turns out that the French made that story up in order to attest to their great military prowess. In reality, we don't know.
10. Marlin Perkins. Wild Kingdom is back, by the way, airing Sundays on Animal Planet.
11. Deception Point, Digital Fortress, Angels and Demons, and The da Vinci Code.
12. Ferdinand Magellan. The Strait of Magellan is named after him.
13. Sting. Dune was an awful, awful movie. Or so I remember.
14. Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was a Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University.
15. Jim Henson. He was only 53 years old. Time Magazine named him as one of the "Time 100" in 1998.