Extreme Trivia #89
November 28, 2007 at 3:53 pm
First, our last trivia answer: Jim Webb’s connection to the early 1980s hit song, “Believe it Or Not,” the theme to the TV show “Greatest American Hero.”
And the correct question: Joey Scarbury, who wrote “Believe It Or Not,” was discovered by singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb’s father.
Credit to Phineas J. Whoopee for this:
“Jim Webb — the songwriter, not the senator — known for such hits as “Up, Up, and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” and “MacArthur Park” discovered Joey Scarbury or Scarborough, who sang the Greatest American Hero Theme.”
Also noteworthy was Richarda:
“Something about Mr. Katt’s (who played the Hero) father - William Tallman, who played Perry Drake on the old “Perry Mason” show (and had an interesting back-story of his own)?”
Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer: The only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
What’s the question?
USS Arizona said,
November 28, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
Now, the next Extreme Trivia answer: The only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
What’s the question?
“What is the USS Arizona?”
Joe Luchok said,
November 28, 2007 @ 8:30 pm
What is the USS Kitty Hawk, at least until next year when it due to be decommissioned.
Phineas J. Whoopee said,
November 29, 2007 @ 11:38 am
Among all United States Navy Aircraft Carriers, the unique thing about the 46-year-old USS Kitty Hawk, based in the Japanese port city of Yokosuka is that is …. ?
The U.S.S. Arizona a) is/was a battleship and b) is at the bottom of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — which is not considered abroad (at least until the Akaka bill on Native Hawaiians passes and becoems law).
Reagan's Ghost said,
November 29, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
Oh, Phineas, I was juz kidding (this is supposed to be a humorous site, right?) as I knew the USS Arizona was U-Boat: now go make some whoopee. Or just leave out the whoop and pee.
I gotta go chop some wood.