TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, January 30, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Wow, I can't believe we are back to Monday already. I had a busy, but very fun, weekend. On Friday my friend and I went to see our friend's band play at a bar in downtown Chicago. Not that long ago, my friends and I used to trek to the city every weekend to dance the night away at different clubs.

Now that we don't go out much anymore, I really enjoy any time we can have a night out on the town. We had a great night, but I didn't get home until almost 3 a.m.

Then on Saturday night, my boyfriend and I went to a party at a friend's house and had a game night with a bunch of friends that we don't see that often. We had so much fun that once again, I didn't get home until around 3 a.m.

All I wanted to do on Sunday was lay on the couch and watch TV, but I had a bunch of exercises to finish for my class tonight. I had to fight to stay awake most of the afternoon to work on that.

Finally, I crashed around 9 p.m. last night and didn't wake up until my alarm for work started buzzing this morning! Guess I'm getting too old for this!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have."

HINT: (1941-), American novelist, author of The Accidental Tourist.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Clara Peller, the elderly actress who first voiced the infamous Wendy's slogan "Where's the Beef?", was later fired after cutting a commercial for spaghetti sauce where she answers her famous question by saying, "I found it."

Beefaroni contains vitamin A and no other vitamins.

Selfridges, the renowned London department store, is said to offer the world's most expensive sandwich which cost approximately $130. The ingredients are Wagyu beef, fresh lobe foie gras, black truffle mayonnaise, brie de meaux, red pepper, and mustard confit and English plum tomatoes.

Beefalo, also known as catalo or cattalo, is a hybrid beef animal, bred by crossing the domestic Pulled Angus with the American Bison. Texan Charles Goodnight developed the beefalo in the mid-19th century as he preferred bison meat to beef and, with this hybrid, sought to combine the flavor of the bison with the Angus' resistance to certain diseases and pests.

Kobe beef is an exclusive beef from the black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyu cattle, raised according to strict tradition in Japan.

Acclaimed self-taught chef Fergus Henderson of St. John restaurant in London has been lauded for his "nose-to-tail" style of cooking. The menus at St John offers dishes using the most unusual parts - heart, kidneys, brain, and bone marrow - to create exceptional dishes.


VIDEO CLIP
Wendy's Where's The Beef? Commercial
This commercial for Wendy's was rated one of the top ten commercials of all time. Elderly actress Clara Peller asks the question that everyone wants to know, 'Where's the Beef?'.

Watch It Now: Wendy's Where's The Beef? Commercial


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have."

ANSWER: Anne Tyler.

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