Can you name the Friends TV sitcom spinoff?
Questions:
1. Paul Newman was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award eight times and won once. For which movie?
2. Name the 1997 Elton John song that is his best-selling hit of all time.
3. What was the only spin-off of the Friends TV sitcom?
4. What is the mascot of the University of Iowa, and what is its origin?
5. Where was Vincent Van Gogh staying when he painted his Irises masterpiece?
Fun Facts:
The first official 49-star U.S. flag was flown July 4, 1959, only 48 days before Hawaii became the 50th state making the flag outdated.
Paul Newman would have turned 100 years old on January 26, 2025. He died in 2008.
Betty White was the oldest of the four main actresses on The Golden Girls and the last to pass away.
English King Richard the Lionhearted is buried in France. His heart is in Rouen in Normandy, his entrails in Châlus and the rest of his body at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou.
Catherine of Aragon was briefly married to King Henry VIII’s brother, Arthur, before his death in 1502. She claimed the marriage was unconsummated due to Arthur’s poor health, securing a papal dispensation to marry Henry in 1509. 24 years later, Henry accused her of lying about his brother’s performance and sought an annulment, which was denied. This set in motion a series of events that would alter the course of history.
No NFL team has ever won three consecutive Super Bowls, but the Kansas City Chiefs are the first to reach the big game with a chance to achieve this feat.
During the TV series Cheers, Frasier and the 2023 Frasier revival Kelsey Grammer has played the character Frasier Crane in more than 500 episodes -- the most of any character in U.S. sitcom history.
The biggest box office hit of 1987 was a Leonard Nimoy movie -- not as Spock in a Star Trek film but as the director of Three Men and a Baby.
The Titanic was the longest ship on the seas for just 15 days. It was constructed to be six inches longer than its sister ship, the Olympic, which it surpassed upon completion. Following the Titanic’s sinking, the Olympic reclaimed the title and held it for another 15 months.
The number 2025 is a perfect square, as it equals 45 multiplied by 45. The last year that was a perfect square was 1936 (44 × 44), and the next will be 2116 (46 × 46), which is 91 years from now.
Answers:
1. The Color of Money (1986 film with Tom Cruise)
2. Candle in the Wind - Princess Diana Edition (sung at her funeral)
3. Joey starring Matt LeBlanc (It was a massive flop and lasted two seasons.)
4. Hawkeyes (named for a The Last of the Mohicans character)
5. He was at a psychiatric hospital (after cutting off his ear).