Trivia of the Week

 

 Answers

  1. What was the first television game show in the US?

    b. Truth or Consequences which debuted July 1, 1941 with Ralph Edwards as the host and Ivory Soap as the sponsor.

     

  2. Who was the first gorilla born in captivity?

    b. Cojo

     

  3. The first Grammys on recorder were awarded in:

    d. 1959

     

  4. Who was the first cartoon character blown up to be a parade balloon?

    b. Felix the Cat

     

  5. What year saw the first seeing-eye dogs?

    c. 1938

     

  6. When and where did the first skyscraper tickle the clouds?

    b. 1885, Chicago - it was 10 stories tall

     

  7. He because the first person to become the sole owner of a major motion picture studio when he bought RKO in 1954:

    c. Howard Hughes

     

  8. Where was the first artificial ice rink built in 1876?

    b. Chelsea, London

     

  9. What carmaker instituted a crash program and brought out seatbelts in 1950

    a. Nash

     

  10. What was the first tropical storm named after a man?

    b. Bud on June 19, 1978