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Question: Who is the first batter in the major leagues to be the 4,000th strikeout victim of a pitcher? Answer: New York Met Danny Heep. After two fast-balls and a curve that fooled him badly, Mr. Heep became the latest answer to a trivia question on the occasion last week of Nolan Ryan's unmatched milestone. A crowd of more than 20,000, including Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, gave the Houston Astros pitcher a two-minute standing ovation when he reached four grand. Ryan, 38, chalked up four more batters before leaving the game in the seventh inning...
Apparently so. The $18 game has been on selected U.S. shelves for three months, and stores from F.A.O. Schwarz in New York City to I. Magnin in San Francisco are increasing their original orders. "There are so many trivia games out," says Magnin Buyer Julia Burke. "People are looking for a different kind of interaction." Promoter Eisenberg predicts sales of more than a million this year; spin-offs, paraphernalia and even a TV show are in the works. And Makow is keeping busy by developing a children's edition, because, he says, "they are concerned about right and wrong...
...audio tour accessible via your cell phone. Devised and narrated by former bankers (and Macau aficionados) Stefan White and David Wong, the tour includes many of the city's historic landmarks, from Leal Senado Square to the ruins of St. Paul's, pictured here. You'll learn plenty of trivia (sample: despite omnipresent church spires, only 15% of Macau's population is Roman Catholic) and can even press buttons to hear about the best restaurants and nearest rest rooms en route. And you don't have to spend any hard-earned winnings to enjoy the tour-it's free...
...loses sight of its principal and most compelling storyline—the rise and fall of its stars Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems and director Gerard Damiano—and begins grabbing at socio-historical miscellany to spice things up. The resulting mishmash of music, fashion, and other cultural trivia resembles a bad VH1 “I Love the (insert date here)” special, when the demigods of yesterday’s pop culture are dragged out and rehashed for those of us who’d either never cared or had forgotten...
Corker mentioned that some plans for the future Pub Nights this term could include a Karaoke section, a Veritas record release party, a hip-hop theme with a “rap battle,” trivia games, and a “classy lounge night” with table service and a jazz band...