Russian Roulette - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Dolly Parton. The country Tennessee titan topped the Billboard Country Singles chart with the song in 1974.
• A2) E. "A" is a dot followed by a dash, and "T" is a dash.
• A3) The DeFeos. Jay Anson's book was published in September 1977, and the first movie version was a box-office smash two years later.
• A4) Ionosphere. The highest level of the atmosphere is named for the ionization of the air caused by the sun's radiation.
• A5) The Cotton Club. Fletcher Henderson and Duke Ellington both gained fame with their bands at the club in the 1920s.
• A6) June. Chicago dentist Bernard J. Cigrand first held the first observance in 1885 and later pushed for national recognition, which was unofficially granted by Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and officially as law in 1949.
• A7) Younger. Cole, John, Jim, and Bob Younger joined the James brothers and other confederates in crime.
• A8) Broccoli. On January 20, 1998, President George H.W. Bush admitted on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, "I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it, and I'm President of the United States. And I'm not going to eat any more broccoli."
• A9) True. Apparently there weren't any signs in the Russian Roulette studio because the contestant counted nine letters and promptly disappeared.
• A10) Nathan Hale. British General William Howe ordered Hale hanged on September 22, 1776 for espionage.
• A11) Bonzo. In the 1951 movie Bedtime for Bonzo, the actor's character Professor Peter Boyd borrows a chimpanzee from his school's science department to prove to his potential future father-in-law that nurture can overcome nature (Boyd's father was a criminal).
• A12) German Measles. The viral disease usually is not very serious, passing in one to five days.