Special Sub-Topic: General Knowledge 3 Authored by: steiny1 Sub-topic of: True or False

Man O'War was a great race horse but not much of a sire.

False. He was one of the top sires.

The first Best Actress Academy Award went to Lillian Gish.

False. It went to Janet Gaynor in 1928.

Will Rogers was part Choctaw Indian.

False. He was part Cherokee.

Seoul was chosen as the site of the 1988 summer Olympics.

True.

William Demarest played Fred Mertz on 'I Love Lucy'.

False. Fred Mertz was played by William Frawley.

Iceland became independent of Norway in 1944.

False. It became independent of Denmark.

'All Quiet On The Western Front' was the first war movie with sound.

True. That was the 1930 release. It was remade in 1979.

Brasilia was declared the capital of Brazil in 1960.

True.

Ian Fleming wrote 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'.

True. The movie version released in 1968 was based loosely on the book.

Doris Von Kappelhof had the hit song 'Whatever Will Be Will Be'.

True. That's the real name of Doris Day.

'The William Tell Overture' was the theme song for 'The Lone Ranger'.

True.

'Puppy Love' was a hit song for Bobby Vee.

False. Paul Anka had the hit in 1960.

The United States bought Florida from England.

False. They bought it from Spain in 1819.

'Lullaby Of Broadway' was a song from the movie 'State Fair'.

False. The song was written for "The Gold Diggers of 1935". There was also a movie with the same title. It came out in 1951 and starred Doris Day.

The distance from the foul line to the headpin in bowling is 70 feet.

False. The distance is 60 feet.