TRIVIA TODAY - Monday, July 23, 2012

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Today's topic is on one of my favorite places to visit - the shopping mall. While growing up, my friends and I spent many an hour aimlessly wandering the mall and window shopping. Now when I go to the mall, I am usually on a mission and I don't want to waste time just wandering around! Oh, to have all the free time in the world again just to hang out at the mall all day...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters."

HINT: (1616-1704), English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims.


RANDOM TIDBITS
The term shopping mall derived from pall mall, a 17th-century British sport that resembled croquet. When the sport waned in popularity, the open areas where it was once played became promenades. Shopkeepers sprang up on all sides, and the resulting areas became known as malls.

The open area in Washington D.C., known as The Mall is situated between the Lincoln Memorial, the United States Capitol, and the Washington Monument.

Woody Allen stated in interviews that, prior to filming Scenes from a Mall, he'd never before set foot in a shopping mall.

The 1978 horror classic Dawn of the Dead was filmed at the Monroeville Mall outside of Pittsburgh. The 2004 remake was shot at the Thornhill Square Mall in Ontario, Canada, which was torn down shortly after the film opened.

Architect Victor Gruen is credited with designing the concept of the regional shopping center. His idea was to take established downtown department stores and bring them out to the suburbs where land was cheap and parking was plentiful. His first creation, Northland Mall in Southfield, Michigan, featured covered walkways leading to --J.L. Hudson's, the "anchor" store.

Bergen Mall in Paramus is the oldest mall in New Jersey. It was also the site of teen singer Tiffany's first concert in 1987, kicking off her "mall tour."


VIDEO CLIP
Canada - World's Largest Shopping Mall
In the suburbs of Edmonton Canada lies the largest shopping mall in the entire world. With a price tag over 1 Billion dollars, the store holds over 800 stores, an amusement park and a zoo.

Watch It Now: Canada - World's Largest Shopping Mall


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TODAY'S MYSTERY QUOTE
QUOTE: "It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters."

ANSWER: Roger L'Estrange.

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