QOD Friday 12-07 "A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY"

[fantine33]

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“
Cat Stevens?

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Willa Cather


QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.
California and Oregon?

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?
Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“
Harry Chapin

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.
Larry Bird

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Laura Ingalls Wilder

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.
Phil Harris

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)
sounds like something Terrell Owens would say

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.
pass

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?
Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?
the (Cadillac) Eldorado

[wintergreen48]

Spoiler

1. Harry Chapin

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

3. Willa Cather or Eudora Welty, one of those people I don't read... I'll go with Willa.

4. Louis Prima?

5. NAC

QOD: Don't know.

5 Point Bonus - Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name? Kind of tough, since I have no idea who #5 is... so I'll WAG with, um, Camry. Yes, Camry, great car, that's what I bought with my WWTBAM winnings. Used. From CarMax. And I still have it.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“ Who is Harry Chapin?

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

Who is Bird?


3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

Who is Wilder?

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

Who is Louis Armstrong?

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

Nope

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

Nope

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

[a1mamacat]

Spoiler

Harry Chapin

Nope

Nope

nope

nope

QoD nope

Bonus - Taiwan?

Bonus Bonus - Ford

[littlebeast13]

Spoiler

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“ - Harry Chapin

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece. - Larry Bird

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. - Willa Cather (There are only 2 people I think of when someone mentions Nebraska. Willa Cather and you-know-who....)

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.) - Terrell Owens

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships. - Nebraska & New Mexico

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today? - Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name? - Lincoln

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“
HARRY CHAPIN

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.
LARRY BIRD

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
WILLA CATHER

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.
LOUIS PRIMA

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)
TERRELL OWENS?

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.
NEVADA, CALIFORNIA

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?
TAIWAN

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?
FIAT?

[mrkelley23]

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

Spoiler

1. Harry Chapin, RIP

2. Too young for Bill Russell. Must be my homeboy, Larry Bird.

3. Laura Ingalls Wilder?

4. Louis Armstrong?

5. Too many egos to choose from. How about Terrell Owens?

QoD: Wouldn't have known this before the trip to Hawaii last year. USS California and USS West Virginia

Bonus: Taiwan

Bonus Bonus: Don't know if it's Owens, don't know Owens' middle name. How about Le Baron?

[Appa23]

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

Spoiler

1. Harry Chapin

2. I assume that you mean Larry Bird, known as the "Basketball Jesus."

3. Only two famous Nebraska female writers, Mari Sandoz and Willa Cather. Since you may not have known of Sandoz, I will say Cather.

4. Louis Prima

5. Terell Owens

QOD: USS California and USS West Virginia

Bonus: Taiwan

Double-Secret Bonus: yeah, right

[peacock2121]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“ - harry Chapin

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece. Larry Bird?

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. Harper Lee?

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system. no guess

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.) T.O. is my only guess - Tyrell Owens?

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships. Nevada and Maryland

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today? Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name? Edsel

[Rexer25]

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

Spoiler

1. Harry Chapin
2. Larry Bird
3. Laura Wilder
4. Louis Armstrong
5. Deion Sanders

QOD:

bonus: Taiwan
Bonus Bonus: Dodge Neon

[Catfish]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“

Harry Chapin

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

Larry Bird?

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

Willa Cather

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

Louis Armstrong?

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

??

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

Indiana?
Missouri?

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

??

[tlynn78]

1.

Spoiler

Harry Chapin
2. the only Celtic I know is Larry Bird
3. nope
4. Louis Prima
5. Terrell E. Owens

QoD
nope I just read two articles/survivor interviews, ya think I can remember? hah!

5 point Bonus

Taiwan

5 Point Bonus (again)

Cadillac Eldorado

sorry - forgot to spoiler-again.
t.

[trevor_macfee]

Spoiler

1. Harry Chapin

2. Larry Bird

3. Louisa May Alcott

4. Louie Armstrong

5. Deion Sanders??

QOD: Nope

5 Point Bonus - Okinawa?

5 Point Bonus Bonus - Nope

[tlynn78]

p.s.

Isn't it "A DATE that will live in infamy"?

keeping it real for the trivia buffs.


t.

[jsuchard]

Spoiler

1. Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)

3. Eudora Welty?

4. Louis Prima

QOD: No guess

5 Point Bonus - Taiwan

[fantine33]

p.s.

Isn't it "A DATE that will live in infamy"?

keeping it real for the trivia buffs.


t.

None of my titles are meant to be direct quotes, even though they sometimes are. I wrote that title as a play on 'a date which will live in infamy'. Only the QOD is concerning that date, the quiz is people who were born on the day December 7.

To be honest with you, I didn't write the whole thing about Pearl Harbor Day because I really don't know that much about it (I didn't even see the movie. Ha!)

[tlynn78]

To be honest with you, I didn't write the whole thing about Pearl Harbor Day because I really don't know that much about it (I didn't even see the movie. Ha!)

lol

t.

[ne1410s]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“ --HARRY CHAPIN

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece. --LARRY BIRD

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. --WILLA CATHER

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system. --PHIL HARRIS

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)-- TERRELL OWENS

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships. --WEST VIRGINIA, CALIFORNIA

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today? --TAIWAN

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name? NADA...

[nitrah55]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - HARRY CHAPIN

2. 1956 - LARRY BIRD

3. 1873 - WILLA CATHER

4. 1910 - LOUIS PRIMA

5. 1973 - DEION SANDERS

QOD: MISSOURI and ALABAMA

5 Point Bonus - TAIPEI

5 Point Bonus Bonus - NEON

[tanstaafl2]

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“
Harry Chapin

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.
Larry Bird?

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.
Willa Cather?

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.
Louis Armstrong? Don't think that is right though.

5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)
Terrell Owens?

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.
USS California and USS West Virginia, both sunk but raised to fight again.

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?
Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?
Dunno. Cadillac?

[traininvain]

I actually have time to answer the QoD!

12/7 A Day That Will Live in Infamy

These people were all born on December 7 (although not THE December 7th). I've added their year of birth to help out, so you can hazard a guess just from the age if the answer isn't coming to you.

Spoiler

1. Harry Chapin Lived in my hometown, his family still does.

2. Larry Bird (WAG)

3. No Clue

4. Louie Prima One of my dad's favorites

5. No Clue

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

5 Taiwan

5 Edsel

[AnnieCamaro]

Darn you, Miss Fan. I have read about the importance of Dec. 7 in my American history classes at Home School High School. In addition, the History Channel had a lovely program this morning about Pearl Harbor Day, and I watched it. (It was a very good program, but I was somewhat disappointed because they never did show a photograph nor tell me anything about Miss Pearl Harbor. I want to know more about her.) Anyway, I thought I was ready....but you tricked me again! I shall do my best.

Spoiler

1. Mr. Harry Chapin. (I like most of the cats I've met, so it's nice that the baby kittens have a song of their own.)

2. I've seen basketball only in a movie, and the player I know wasn't on the Boston Celtics team in the film, but since he is the only player I know, and maybe he joined the Celtics after his show business career, I will guess Air Bud.

3. Miss Willa Cather.

4. I don't know. I didn't pay as much attention to the apes as to the four-footers.

5. Air Bud, Golden Receiver. (But I think the actor really was Air Bud, Jr.)

QoD: I studied this. The USS Nevada and the USS Maryland.

Bonus: Taiwan

BonusBonus: Camaro (Air B. might be a distant relative.)

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

1. 1942 - A singer-songwriter best known for the song “Cats in the Cradle“

Not in my apartment. He's best known here for "Corey's Coming" and "Sniper" and "Mail Order Annie" and "The Rock" and especially for "A Better Place to Be". The late, great Harry Chapin.

2. 1956 - I (obviously) love this Boston Celtic so much that a co-worker and I used to bring cake to work on December 7 to celebrate. Then we’d make everybody say “(Basketball God) RULZ!!!1” before we’d let them take a piece.

I only know one Celtic (I'm not a basketball fan), and that's Larry Bird.

3. 1873 - This Pulitzer Prize winning novelist was born in Virginia and spent most of her adult life in New York City, but her novels set in the state of her late child and early adulthood are probably what got her into the Nebraska Hall of Fame.

Willa Cather?

4. 1910 - This King of the Swingers was the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book and a major plot point in the movie Big Night. And Olive Garden apparently has an obsession with him, they always play his songs on commercials and every time I’ve gone in there he’s playing on the PA system.

Louis Prima! (I got the DVD of "The Jungle Book" solely for "I Wanna Be Like You".)


5. 1973 - This somewhat traveled football player has said a lot of things, but he might be best known for saying “I love me some me!” (I actually have his book and it’s a really good read.)

Rod "He Hate Me" Smart? No idea.

QOD: On December 7, 1941, there were 7 battleships at Pearl Harbor (I am not counting the ex-battleship Utah). Two of the battleships, the Arizona and the Oklahoma, were destroyed. Name two (and only two) of the remaining 5 battleships.

I'd prefer not to.

5 Point Bonus - In 1945, my great-uncle was shot down off the island of Formosa (his plane was never recovered, and my grandma has never really gotten over it). By what name do we call that island today?

Taiwan

5 Point Bonus Bonus - With what model of car does the person in #5 share his middle name?

Howzabout Edsel?

Note: I edited this only to add the spoiler. I apologize for my mistake.