Nostalgia
Nine Facts from the 1940s to the 1970s, Each Checked Twice
Every question in the 80th Birthday Trivia Book has a row in a spreadsheet holding its answer, a fun fact, two published sources and the result of an independent re-check. Nine of those rows are below, with their sources, so you can see the working rather than take our word for it.
Music
- Moon River, from Breakfast at Tiffany's, won Best Original Song at the 34th Academy Awards. Audrey Hepburn performed it in the film. Sources: oscars.org ceremony record for 1962; Wikipedia.
- Act Naturally, a 1963 Buck Owens country hit, was recorded by the Beatles in 1965 for Help! Ringo Starr sang it. Sources: Country Music Hall of Fame; Wikipedia.
- I Want to Hold Your Hand reached the top of the US chart in early 1964, the Beatles' first to do so, and stayed there seven weeks. Sources: Wikipedia; Best Classic Bands.
- The 1969 Woodstock festival was not held at Woodstock. It took place at Bethel, New York, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm. Sources: Wikipedia; History.com.
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head, from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, won Best Original Song at the 1970 Academy Awards. Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote it. Sources: oscars.org; Wikipedia.
Television and sport
- Hockey Night in Canada began on CBC Television in 1952, though Foster Hewitt had been presenting the radio broadcasts since 1931. Sources: Wikipedia; The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and won the first Rookie of the Year Award the same season. Sources: Wikipedia; Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Canada's Juno Awards were first presented in 1970 under a different name: the Gold Leaf Awards. They were later renamed in tribute to Pierre Juneau. Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia; Wikipedia.
- Country star Hank Snow was born in Nova Scotia. The Country Music Hall of Fame calls him the most successful Canadian country star of the industry's formative years. Sources: Country Music Hall of Fame; Wikipedia.
Why show the sources?
Because trivia is read aloud to people who were there. Someone in the room remembers Woodstock, and if the book says the wrong thing the game stops. Two sources per question and a second pass is the process; how every question gets checked describes it in full.
If you would like to play a full round rather than read a list, there is a free ten-question quiz from this book, answers and sources included.
