Spring Things - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Bruce Springsteen. The nine-song collection, which Rolling Stone magazine named one of the 500 greatest albums of all time, kicks off with a cover of "Blinded By the Light".
• A2) Springer spaniel. The "most famous dog in White House history", whose full name was Mildred Kerr Bush, bore six puppies and lived twelve years.
• A3) The Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky was paid a meager $1,200 for the use of his ballet music in the film.
• A4) Rick Springfield. The pop star was born in Sydney on August 23, 1949 as Richard Lewis Springthorpe, which would also have qualified him for this quiz.
• A5) Dennis Springer. The Los Angeles Dodgers reliever would pitch in only one more game the following season before retiring at age 37.
• A6) Handspring. The PDA makers merged forces five years later, bringing Handspring's successful Treo line of cell phones to a new company named PalmOne. Handspring devices originally sported a proprietary Springboard slot for expansion modules.
• A7) Dusty Springfield. The white soul singer cracked the Billboard Hot 100 eighteen times between 1964 and 1970.
• A8) Cold Spring Harbor. The single "She's Got a Way" reached the Top 40 in 1982 with the 9-year-old "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" on its B-side.
• A9) Buffalo Springfield. The group only lasted three years but was nevertheless inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for helping propel Neil Young, Stephen Stills, and Jim Messina to later success.
• A10) Silent Spring. The Book-of-the-Month Club selection was instrumental in getting DDT banned a decade later.
• A11) Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. James Naismith was trying to create a safe, indoor sport to play during the winter.
• A12) Saratoga Springs, New York. The customer has been identified variously as John Kellogg, the brother of the cereal-maker, or Cornelius Vanderbilt, the railroad tycoon. Other cooks may have devised the crisp chips earlier, but the Saratoga Chips gained an unprecedented popularity.