TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, April 30, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

This week is the last week of the semester! I have a lot of work to do before my final assignment is due on Wednesday, and then right after I have to begin reading for my new class which begins next Monday. No rest for the weary!

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will."

HINT: (1908-2006), Canadian-American economist, was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism.


RANDOM TIDBITS
John Ringling and his wife started spending their winters in Sarasota, Florida, in 1909. They fell in love with the area and in 1927 made it the winter headquarters of their circus. Ringling used his elephants to help with construction as he developed a commercial and residential center in the area.

John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" is known as the Disaster Song in the circus world. It is only played in case of emergency as a way to signal to circus personnel that something is wrong without alarming the audience.

Professional clowns unofficially "trademark" their faces by sending close-up photos of themselves in full makeup to the Department of Clown Registry in Milwaukee. The clown submits a close-up photo of his face, and an artist painstakingly recreates it using acrylic paints on a goose egg, where it is kept "on file."

Famed clown Emmett Kelly portrayed himself in the Academy Award-winning film The Greatest Show on Earth. However, he wasn't completely happy with the finished film because in one shot he is seen without trademark makeup.

The Flying Wallendas were famous for performing their act without a safety net. This led to tragic consequences in Detroit in 1962, when their 7-person pyramid collapsed on the high wire, causing three performers to plummet 30 feet onto a concrete floor.

In 1999, 22-year-old Johnathan Lee Iverson became the youngest ringmaster in the history of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. He was also the first African American to hold the position.


VIDEO CLIP
Groucho Marx sings Lydia The Tattooed Lady
The first filmed performance of the signature song for Groucho from At The Circus. The quality of the video is unmatched. From vaudeville to the screen and then television, Groucho was one of a kind.

Watch It Now: Groucho Marx sings Lydia The Tattooed Lady


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will."

ANSWER: John Kenneth Galbraith.

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