Tidbits of Bismarck, Volume 2, Issue 8

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Volume 2, Issue 8

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WARS, PART TWO

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This week, Tidbits continues its coverage of war trivia.

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• World War I was the sixth deadliest conflict in history with nearly 8.6 million total military deaths for all countries involved. The Great War, as it was called at the time, was fought on every ocean and nearly every continent, although most of the fighting took place in Europe. It began in the summer of 1914 when a Serbian national assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. One month later, AustriaHungary declared war on Serbia. Because of treaties that had been signed, binding countries to come to each other’s aid in time of war, countries began choosing sides. The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Germany signed a treaty within just five days of the declaration of war against Serbia.

• President Woodrow Wilson the United States neutral in 1914. He held with this decision even after 128 Americans were killed when a German submarine sank the British passenger ship, the Lusitania, in May, 1915. Throughout Wilson’s campaign for his second term, his slogan was, “He kept us out of war.” However, in 1917, when German U-boats sank three U.S. merchant ships, just one month after Wilson’s victory, the U.S. declared war against Germany.

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• The greatest numbers of deaths were from the countries of Germany, with 1.77 million deaths, and Russia with 1.7 million.

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• The longest battle of World War I was the Battle of Verdun in France, spanning from February to July of 1916, resulting in nearly a million casualties.

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• America’s “Ace of Aces” was Eddie Rickenbacker, a man with a colorful history. At age 24, he was a daring race car driver, setting a world speed record of 134 mph (216 km/hr) at Daytona in 1914. He didn’t even have his first ride in an airplane until 1916. Although he had a lifelong fear of heights, he had a desire to fly.

Flight training required a college degree and a maximum age of 25. Claiming to be 25, he applied for training, and after just 17 days as a student pilot, he graduated and was made a lieutenant in the 94th Aero Squadron. Rickenbacker flew more combat hours than any other American pilot, and survived 134 aerial enemy engagements.

After the war, he was General Motor’s head of sales for Cadillac and LaSalle automobiles. He purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1927 and operated that for 15 years. In 1933, he became the general manager of Eastern Airlines, and later became part owner and president of the company.

• The top Canadian flying ace of the war, credited with 72 “kills” was Ontario-born hero Billy Bishop, who downed 67 of that total in just six months.

• Because of the late entry into World War I, the United States only experienced 53,402 battle deaths. The estimated death toll for all countries involved topped 8.5 million. The Spanish flu was responsible for about one-third of the total military deaths.

• Thirty different poisonous gases were used during World War I, with France the first country to employ gas against enemy troops. The French fired tear gas grenades on the Germans early in the war in August, 1914, and the Germans followed up the following April with poisonous chlorine gas. It wasn’t until 1918 that gas masks with respirators were used as protection. Many countries signed treaties at the end of the war outlawing chemical weapons.

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• During World War I, Manfred von Richthofen gained notoriety as the highest-scoring fighter pilot. Nicknamed “The Red Baron,” this German officially shot down 80 enemy aircraft in 20 months of combat. This included 21 planes in just one month, April, 1917. His plane was shot down near Amiens, France, in April, 1918, and the 25-year-old Richthofen perished in the crash.

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1. MOVIES: What was Luna Lovegood’s “patronus” in the “Harry Potter” movies?

2. FIRSTS: Who was the first surgeon to perform a heart transplant?

3. FOOD & DRINK: In what country did the drink sherry originate?

4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the basic currency of Botswana?

5. ASTRONOMY: Ganymede is a moon of which planet in our solar system?

6. CHEMISTRY: What is the common use for the drug diphenhydramine hydrochloride?

7. HISTORY: Who was the second wife of Henry VIII of England?

8. MYTHOLOGY: Who was the Roman god of fire?

9. TELEVISION: What was the last name of neighbors Ethel and Fred on the “I Love Lucy” show?

10. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: In what century was tea introduced to Europe? (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• World War II was history’s deadliest war, with an estimate of 50 million to 72 million deaths, up to 3.1% of the world’s population. The Axis Powers consisted of Germany, Japan, and Italy, along with Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, and Slovakia. Their enemy, the Allied Forces, was made up of the U.S., Great Britain, China, and the Soviet Union. About 70 million people fought in the armed forces of the Allied and Axis nations. The total civilian casualties from bombing raids, massacres, starvations, and death camps will never be known.

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• The 41-day Battle of the Bulge in December, 1944 and January, 1945 took place in the Ardennes Forest in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg, and was Germany’s attempt to split the Allied armies. About 610,000 American forces were involved in the battle, with nearly 100,000 killed or wounded. It remains the deadliest battle U.S. Army troops ever fought.

• Over 16.1 million U.S. troops served in World War II, with total deaths over 405,000. Of the total number of Soviet males born in 1923, only 20% survived World War II. • Eighteen out of 96 ships anchored at Pearl Harbor were sunk or seriously damaged during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.

2. Which of the following pitchers had the most career shutouts: Bob Gibson, Jim Palmer, Gaylord Perry or Nolan Ryan?

3. When was the last time the Detroit Lions beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh?

4. Former college basketball coach Johnny Orr holds the record for most career victories at two schools. Name them.

5. When was the last time before the 2014-15 NHL campaign that the New York Islanders won the first four games of a season?

6. Who was the last American before Mikaela Shiffrin in 2014 to win gold in the Olympic women’s slalom?

7. Between 2011 and 2013, the men’s British Open had three successive champions all 40 years old or older. Name the three golfers. (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• World War I came to an end on November 11, 1918, when Germany accepted the settlement terms. More than 65 million men from 30 countries had fought in the war. November 11 was declared a holiday known as Armistice Day, which today Americans call Veterans Day and Canadians call Remembrance Day.

• In September, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, and France, all of which fell to Germany. Only the United Kingdom remained to oppose them.

1. Who was the last Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher before Josh Beckett in 2014 to toss a no-hitter in which he threw 120 or more pitches?

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• On June 6, 1944, D-Day, Allied forces landed at Normandy, France in a tactic codenamed Operation Neptune. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history, with over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, and more than 150,000 soldiers participating. The 50-mile (80-km) stretch of the coast was divided into five beaches – Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. The Allies suffered more than 4,400 deaths. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force on D-Day. • During World War II, there were 1.7 million military courts-martial cases. Of these, 142 were sentenced to execution for murder or rape charges. Only one soldier was executed for desertion, 24-year-old Private Eddie Slovik, the first American executed for this crime since the Civil War. He remains the only execution for a purely military offense to this day.

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There aren’t too many folks who haven’t heard of Bissell carpet care products, but how much do you know about the inventors? This week, Tidbits focuses on Melville and Anna Bissell, the people who brought us the carpet sweeper.

• Anna Sutherland was a 19-year-old schoolteacher when she married Melville Bissell and moved to Michigan. They opened a crockery and china business together in Grand Rapids in 1871. She found it very frustrating that all the dust from their business settled in the carpets and it was impossible to remove it from the fibers with a broom. The dust was also contributing to Melville’s health problems. He began working on a device that would sweep it all away!

• Melville Bissell’s carpet sweeper utilized rubber wheels whose back-and-forth motion drove a set of bristles, which in turn agitated the dirt and swept it inside. He received a patent for his sweeper in 1876. When friends began asking where they could purchase the contraption, Bissell moved away from crockery and toward the large potential market of the sweeper.

• The Bissells hired women neighbors, who worked out of their homes in Grand Rapids to tie bundles of hog bristles with string. The bunches were then dipped in hot pitch and inserted into brush rollers and trimmed. Anna made the rounds of the homes, collecting the pieces in a clothes basket, returning to the Bissell shop to assemble the sweepers.

• Once production was underway, Melville hit the road to peddle his new product, knocking on doors and calling on houseware stores.

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• If you’re one of the many Americans who likes a good tailgate party, it’s entirely possible that it’s the highlight of game day for you. In a survey conducted by McCormick Grill Mates during the 2014 football season, 44 percent of respondents said they enjoyed the tailgating more than they enjoyed the game.

• Just like your fingerprint, your tongue print is unique.

• Spring is traditionally considered the most popular time for weddings, but 2014 saw a spike in nuptials in mid-December. More than 13,000 couples in the U.S. tied the knot on Dec. 13, due in large part to the fact that 12/13/14 fell on a Saturday. Anyone else who would like to marry on a number-sequential date will have a long wait; it won’t happen again until January 2, 2034.

• If you’re feeling a bit chilled and can’t wait for springtime, consider this: On the planet Uranus, winter lasts for 21 years.

• You might be surprised to learn that Pennsylvania was not named after William Penn, one of the colony’s founders; in fact, King Charles II granted the land charter to William Penn in repayment of a debt to Penn’s father, Admiral William Penn, and created the name of the sizable land grant by combining the name of the naval officer with the Latin word “sylvania,” which means “woods.” The younger Penn was embarrassed and feared that people would think he named the colony after himself. He petitioned the crown to change the name, but the king refused. *** • Thought for the Day: “Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.”

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• On Feb. 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Torun, Poland, on the Vistula River.

Revered as the father of modern astronomy, Copernicus was the first European scientist to propose that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.

• On Feb. 22, 1819, Spanish minister Do Luis de Onis and U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams sign the Florida Purchase Treaty, in which Spain agrees to cede the remainder of its old province of Florida to the United States.

The Treaty put Florida into U.S. hands at no cost beyond the U.S. assumption of $5 million in claims by U.S. citizens against Spain.

• On Feb. 21, 1926, glamorous Swedish actress Greta Garbo makes her U.S. screen debut in “The Torrent.” Unlike many of her contemporaries, the Nordic beauty successfully made the transition to sound after becoming a star during the silent film era.

• On Feb. 18, 1964, the United States cuts off military assistance to Britain, France and Yugoslavia in retaliation for their continuing trade with communist Cuba. The action was chiefly symbolic, but represented the continued U.S. effort to destabilize the Cuban regime of Fidel Castro.

• On Feb. 20, 1974, Reg Murphy, an editor of The Atlanta Constitution, is kidnapped.

Kidnapper William Williams drove Murphy around the city, stopping to phone in ransom demands to the newspaper. Managing editor G. James Minter delivered the money to Williams, and Murphy was released. After being caught, Williams was sentenced to 40 years for kidnapping and extortion.

• On Feb. 16, 1984, Bill Johnson becomes the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill skiing, a sport long dominated by European athletes. Johnson quickly became a national hero, though his fame was short-lived and he never again competed in the Olympics.

• On Feb. 17, 1996, in the final game of a six-game match, world chess champion Garry Kasparov triumphs over Deep Blue, IBM’s chess-playing computer, and wins the match, 4-2. However, Deep Blue would go on to defeat Kasparov in a rematch the following year.

• During his demonstrations, Melville tossed a handful of dirt onto the carpet and quickly swept it up with his newfangled gadget. The price was $1.50 and the sweepers sold like hotcakes. Anna took a trip to Philadelphia and persuaded John Wanamaker, owner of that city’s first department store, to take on the carpet sweeper.

• In 1883, the Bissells built their first manufacturing plant in Grand Rapids.

Unfortunately, a fire destroyed the factory the following year. Anna quickly secured loans from local banks which enabled the Bissells to begin manufacturing just 20 days after the fire.

• More tragedy struck in 1889 when Melville passed away at age 45. Although she was raising their five children, Anna quickly stepped up to lead the company, becoming the first female CEO in America. She expanded the business internationally, and within a few years, the factory was producing 1,000 sweepers daily.

Even Queen Victoria of England was a fan, demanding that the castle be “Bisselled” on a weekly basis.

• Anna was responsible for introducing progressive labor practices such as workmen’s comp and pension plans to her company. She became a civic leader, opening the Bissell House, a refuge for youth and immigrants.

• Anna Bissell held the reins of the company for more than 30 years before she passed the baton to her son, Melville, Jr., who pushed the company toward the new era of the vacuum cleaner and rug shampooer. Even today, Bissell remains a family-owned company. In the midst of all the world’s technological advances, the original carpet sweeper remains virtually unchanged.

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1. The Supremes had five chart toppers in 1964. How many can you name?

2. What girl group had a hit with “Foolish Little Girl”?

3. Which Dion song mentions Flo, Mary, Janie and Rosie?

4. When did “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” come out? Who sang it?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day, Always time for a good conversation, there’s an ear for what you say.” (c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Tidbits® of Bismarck This goofball comedy was the spark that sent threats flying between nations and arguments raging over free speech. Even with all the hoopla, the movie is more “Pineapple Express” than “Dr. Strangelove.” You’ll laugh, but this isn’t the movie that breaks the mold with profundity or global awareness.

EDITOR’S NOTE: DVDs reviewed in this column will be available in stores the week of February 16, 2015.

PICKS OF THE WEEK The Theory of Everything (PG-13) -Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking is best known as the man who revolutionized the way we think about time and space, even as a debilitating disease left him unable to move or speak on his own. This biopic spans many decades, but focuses primarily on the romance between two brilliant Cambridge students -Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) and his first wife, Jane (Felicity Jones) -- and their struggle as Hawking’s health starts to rob him of life’s simplest things.

By keeping the film centered on this story of young love and the hardships that assail it, “The Theory of Everything” has more to say about human emotion than it does about black holes or quantum mechanics. The performances by Redmayne and Jones elevate the film.

The Interview (R) -- James Franco plays a charismatically stupid celebrity interviewer, and Seth Rogen is his best friend/producer who grows concerned that they’ll never be taken seriously. It just turns out that Kim Jong-Un, the supreme leader of North Korea, is a huge fan of Franco’s show and wants an interview. The U.S. government (represented here by Lizzy Kaplan) presses the two stooges into using the interview to covertly kill the dictator.

St. Vincent (PG-13) -- Vincent (Bill Murray) is an anti-social old man who might have a heart of gold buried under his nasty rejoinders, laziness, perpetual hangover and scary gambling debts. He’s thrown into babysitting for his new neighbors, a sweet single mom (Melissa McCarthy, not as an over-the-top screwball) and her picked-upon young son (Jaeden Lieberher). Vincent lets the boy into his world of racetrack gambling, strippers and dive bars, which somehow helps both of them grow as people. Murray fits into this role like it was meant for him (shockingly, it wasn’t), keeping things even with the movie’s supersappy sentimental side.

Life Itself (R) -- This documentary was started with the intent to make a film about the life of a noteworthy man, but ended up as a film about his death as well. It’s also a deeply impactful documentary about what makes us love movies and how truth works its way onto film. Famed movie critic Roger Ebert collaborated with documentarian Steve James in deciding how he should be shown in the film -- as honestly as possible, even the grim reality of his last days with cancer. The result is simply moving, a movie about the past as much as it is about what’s happening during its creation.

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CAFFEINE March is National Caffeine Awareness Month, so Tidbits is spotlighting this well-known substance and its characteristics.

• Caffeine is a naturally-occurring stimulant found in the leaves, beans, or fruits of more than 60 different types of plants across the globe, including the coffee plant, tea bush, kola nut, and guarana berries. Caffeine is also produced synthetically and added to many products.

• Everyone knows that caffeine can give you a temporary boost during the day, fighting off drowsiness, boosting energy, and improving mental alertness. It does this by stimulating the central nervous system, the heart, muscles, and controllers of blood pressure. Caffeine is completely absorbed by the small intestine within 30 to 45 minutes after consumption. It is then distributed throughout the body’s tissues.

The greatest blood concentration is reached within one to two hours, and its effects diminish in three to five hours. This isn’t true of all folks, since body weight and frequency of consumption can affect absorption. Those who don’t consume caffeine regularly are more sensitive to its effects.

• Besides improving alertness, caffeine is also used to treat asthma, low blood pressure, and Type 2 diabetes. For some suffering from migraines, combining caffeine with aspirin or acetaminophen has proven beneficial. In fact, caffeine can improve the effectiveness of a painkiller by 40%, and can help the body absorb the medication more quickly. Caffeine is even added to creams applied to skin, which can reduce the itching and redness associated with dermatitis. Research also indicates that caffeine can offer a fair amount of protection against Parkinson’s Disease, heart disease, and certain types of cancer.

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• It’s estimated that 90% of North Americans consume caffeine on a daily basis, averaging about 280 mg/day. A low to moderate intake is between 130 mg. and 300 mg. per day. An 8-oz. cup of coffee varies from about 95 mg. to 200 mg. per cup, depending on type of coffee and brewing time. It would seem to make sense that dark roast coffees would be higher in caffeine, but they actually have less than lighter roasts. Because the process of roasting burns off caffeine, dark roast has a lower content because of a longer roasting time.

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• The average cup of black tea contains between 40 and 120 mg. of caffeine, with green tea totaling 60 mg., depending on how long the bag is steeped.

• In the soda department, Pepsi and Coke deliver around 35 mg. of caffeine in a 12-oz. serving, while Mountain Dew has 54 mg. and Barq’s root beer has 22 mg. The energy drink Red Bull contains 80 mg. and the 16 oz. Monster Energy drink packs a punch of 160 mg.

• While most folks can handle the caffeine in 2 to 4 cups of coffee, too much can cause headaches or dizziness, abnormal heart rhythms, dehydration, insomnia, irritability, and the jitters. There have been instances of an overload of caffeine resulting in death. The amount necessary to be fatal would be equal to about 80 to 100 cups of coffee, but is more likely the result of caffeine pills or powder.

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1. A hare 2. Dr. Christiaan Barnard, 1967 3. Spain 4. The pula 5. Jupiter 6. Antihistamine to treat allergies 7. Anne Boleyn 8. Vulcan 9. Mertz 10. Early 17th century Sports Quiz Answers 1. Sandy Koufax threw 138 pitches in nohitting the New York Mets in 1962.

2. Ryan had 61 shutouts, topping Gibson (56), Palmer (53) and Perry (53).

3. It was 1955.

4. Michigan (209 victories) and Iowa State (218).

5. It was the 2001-02 season.

6. Barbara Cochran, in 1972.

7. Darren Clarke (2011, age 42), Ernie Els (2012, 42) and Phil Mickelson (2013, 43).

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Flash Back Trivia Answers 1. “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me,” “Stop!

In the Name of Love,” “Back in My Arms Again” and “Where Did Our Love Go?” 2. The Shirelles, in 1963. The song landed on the Hot 100 list as well as R&B. 3. The Wanderer,” in 1961. It was released as a b-side on “The Majestic” single, but became the more popular of the two.

4. 1976, by Leo Sayer.

5. “Up Around the Bend,” by Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1970. The song was used in numerous films, but long after it was released. The first was “L’eau Froide,” a French film, in 1994. It also was heard in the “Guitar Hero World Tour” video game and Raisin Bran commercials.

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