Miscellaneous Page-a-Day Calendar Facts by BoyerA

[S is for Stupid] Name one of the two future U.S. Presidents who were arrested in Vermont in 1791 “for the crime of carriage riding on a Sunday”.

[Book Lover’s Calendar] Name the rock star who wrote one of his best-known songs in Jamaica, at the same desk that was used by Ian Fleming to write the James Bond novels.

[Book Lover’s Calendar] The first known uses of the words “T-shirt” and “daiquiri” were in what writer’s first novel? (The book’s title was also used as the title of a Star Trek episode.)

[Book Lover’s Calendar] When he had writer’s block, who “climbed mulberry trees in the nude to stimulate his imagination”?

[Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Calendar] The Beatles’ song “Come Together” was inspired by a request from what person who intended to run for governor of California?

[Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Calendar] A certain species of quelea is the world’s most abundant type of what animal, “with a population of around 10 billion”?

[Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Calendar] Humpty Dumpty was the nickname of a real object on the wall of St. Mary’s Church in Colchester, England in the 17th century. It did fall to the ground during the English Civil War. Obviously not an egg, what was Humpty Dumpty?

[Star Trek] The episodes “Miri” and “The City on the Edge of Forever” used exterior sets from what concurrently-running series on a different network? That series was, per Wikipedia, “a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show.

[The DUH! Awards] Before becoming a revolutionary military leader, Ho Chi Minh held what position at the Carlton Hotel in London?

[Who Wants to be a Millionaire] Which U.S. President “was the first to win the popular vote in three consecutive presidential elections”?

[Who Wants to be a Millionaire] “Before becoming Elvis Presley’s home, what was the primary use of the estate known as Graceland?”

[Major League Baseball] Pitcher Joe Niekro hit the only home run of his 22-year career on May 29, 1976. Who was the opposing pitcher?