TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Combining a little trivia with my Where Are They Now research (I am the editor of that newsletter, too. You can subscribe to it by visiting www.gophercentral.com), did you know that Danny Bonaduce of Partridge Family fame now has a second career as a radio personality? Read about it and other fun radio facts in today's issue. And, no more shameless plugs, I promise!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself."

HINT: (1904-1991), English author, playwright and literary critic; Catholic religious themes are at the root of much of his writing, especially the four major Catholic novels: Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter and The End of the Affair.


RANDOM TIDBITS
In 2001, after hearing deterioration in his voice,
listeners learned that conservative radio voice Rush
Limbaugh was suffering from near-complete hearing loss.
Cochlear implant surgery at year's end helped to improve
both his hearing ability and thus his ability to enunciate
properly.

Best known as red-haired, freckle-faced Danny on TV's The Partridge Family, Danny Bonaduce has found a second career as a radio personality. The job has sent him on a tour of the country, with stops in Philadelphia, Phoenix, Chicago, Detroit, New York, and Los Angeles, in that order.

Long-time Los Angeles disc jockey Jim Ladd provided the voice of the DJ for the 1987 album Radio KAOS by former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. He also appeared in videos for the album's singles and traveled with Waters on tour, performing the role in concerts from a radio booth high above the stage.

When DJ Robert Smith first adopted the professional name Wolfman Jack, he shied away from public appearances because he couldn't decide how the Wolfman should look.

The Rest of the Story's radio legend Paul Harvey is credited with coining the words "guesstimate" and "Reaganomics."

Iva Ikuko Toguri was born in Los Angeles but found herself stranded in Tokyo while visiting relatives in 1941 after Pearl Harbor was bombed. She was drafted into work as a disc jockey for Radio Tokyo, and while the rest of the world called her Tokyo Rose, she only ever referred to herself as Orphan Ann.


VIDEO CLIP
Seabiscuit - Actual Radio Broadcast: 1940 Santa Anita Handicap

Seabiscuit was a champ thoroughbred race horse. From an inauspicious start, Seabiscuit became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression. Watch and listen to an actual radio broadcast from 1940.

Watch It Now: Seabiscuit - Actual Radio Broadcast: 1940 Santa Anita Handicap


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself."

ANSWER: Graham Greene.

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