Tuesday, November 24, 2020

RHS November Trivia

 1. Where are the the U.S. Equestrian Team Headquarters and Olympic Training site located?Gladstone, New Jersey   BTW New Jersey has more horses per square mile than any other state in the U.S.!

2. The U.S.' oldest roadside attraction and the world's largest elephant effigy are located where?

Margate, NJ.: Lucy is the world's largest 'elephant', and the only one in America designated as a National Historic Landmark. She was built in 1881 by James V. Lafferty, a real estate developer with a knack for promotion. Standing six stories tall, weighing 90 tons, covered with 12,000 square feet of sheet tin, Lucy was more than an object of awe -- she was a functioning building, serving first as a real estate office, as a summer home, even briefly as a tavern, until unruly drunks nearly burned her down. She also gave people a reason to come to Margate City while Lafferty gave his real estate pitch.

3.  Alexandra Zuck, born in Bayonne, NJ in 1942, became a successful child model and film actress. She married a singer, musician, actor, impressionist from East Harlem. What was her well-known stage name?

Sandra Dee who was Bobby Darin's first wife.

4. Who was the American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played both Major League Baseball (Chicago Cubs, 1951) and in the National Basketball Association (Boston Celtics 1947–48). With a 40-year film and television career, he is best known for his five-year role as Lucas McCain?

Chuck Connors