Along with Halloween, I am convinced that Valentine’s Day was invented by Hallmark. Instead of being a grouch, let’s fill our hearts with more hearts.
1. Who played Audrey Hepburn’s father in the 1957 movie “Love in the Afternoon?”
2. Andre Dawson finally made the Hall of Fame. When he broke in with Montreal in 1976, he was one of three rookie outfielders on that team who were considered to be part of the next great baseball outfield. Warren Cromartie and Dawson were two of the three. Who was the other?
3. “Mork and Mindy” was originally a feature on a long running TV series. What series was it?
4. George and Ira Gershwin’s “My Funny Valentine” was written for what Broadway show of the 30’s?
5. What was Jack Benny’s radio theme song?
6. In 1976, a waterway near the Niagara River in upstate New York was found to contain exorbitant amounts of pollutants when the local school district attempted to build a school there. By what name is the environmental disaster known?
January’s Trivia Answers:
1) Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald
2) Casey Stengel
3) Randy Sparks
4) Leslie Nielsen
5) The New Deal
6) “Santa Baby”
January Trivia Winner:
Celia A. Zarate of San Ramon
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