March 12, 2024: Questions
Hey, everyone. Happy Troyale Tuesday.
Here’s today’s list. If you want to know how you did before the key goes up tomorrow, email your answers to contact.troyale@gmail.com.
1. On February 23, 1846, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s iconic Liberty Bell – originally known as the State House Bell - cracked beyond all repair after it was rung to commemorate the birthday of what former American president, then out of office for nearly 45 years?
2. In its nearly 110 year history, the Pulitzer Prize in Music has been awarded to a non-classical composer/jazz musician just one time: in 2018, when what 17-time Grammy winning rapper was honored for his album Damn, described by the selection committee as ‘a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism?’
3. Debuted in 1976, the original logo for tech giant Apple Inc. featured a detailed black and white image of what legendary English scientist – among many other things - who famously, but apocryphally, developed his ‘law of universal gravitation’ after seeing an apple fall from a tree c. 1665?
4. Since its mainstream release in 1935, all the properties on a standard Monopoly board have been both named for and based on real locations in what New Jersey resort town, today home to around 40,000 people?
5. In 1934 and 1938, respectively, two industry mainstays independently developed the original formulas for the first varieties of soft-serve ice cream: Focus Brand subsidiary and ice cream cake pioneer Carvel, and what Minnesota-based fast-food chain, owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 1998?
6. ‘Give and go,’ ‘dribble drive,’ ‘finger roll,’ ‘air ball,’ and, most notably, ‘slam dunk,’ are just a few of the many common turns of phrase coined by the legendary sportscaster Chick Hearn, the long-time play-by-play man (1960-2002) for what iconic NBA franchise?
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