Trivia Today - Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Here are a couple of reader comments about April Fools' Day pranks. Thanks for writing in!

"A great April Fools prank that always works is to leave a memo for a co-worker with a message to call Mr. Baer, Mr. Lyons or Mr. Foxx and the phone number of the local zoo. A classic April Fools joke on WBBM-TV channel 2 in Chicago years ago was an evening news story about a sea serpent spotted in Lake Michigan. The story included an interview with University of Chicago Professor Cecil Tinley-Parks."
-- R.S.R.

"My leadership team has been slow in succession planning for my department. There are 9 of us and 7 are retirement eligible. So for April Fool's Day this year, I am making Happy Retirement (with plans in fine print) for everyone's door. It will be too funny!"
-Terri

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes."

HINT: (1919-2001), American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991.


RANDOM TIDBITS
Toto the dog was paid $125 a week for his work in The Wizard of Oz.

James Bond, the spy, is named after James Bond, the real-life ornithologist (zoologist that focuses on birds).

Five names considered for the Seven Dwarfs: Snoopy, Dippy, Blabby, Woeful and Flabby.

"What's up, Doc?" was first uttered by Bugs Bunny in the 1940 cartoon A Wild Hare.

The movie Grease was released in Venezuela under the name Vaselina.

In 1915 someone made a silent movie version of the opera Carmen.


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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes."

ANSWER: Pauline Kael.

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