Trivia Tracks With Pryce Robertson

The political activist, entrepreneur, and business executive recently served as U.S. Ambassador to Poland.

During World War II, approximately 29 Navajo members of the U.S. Marines created a code based on their unwritten language to transmit secret Allied messages.

More movies that never made it past the production stage.

One of the biggest hits of '80s TV, the prime time soap opera was the No. 1 rated show by 1985, won a Golden Globe Award in 1984, and even spawned a line of fashion and luxury products.

An underrated figure in women's wrestling, the multiple-time women's world champion had some major success in territorial promotions.

Fast facts about horror movie legends Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff.

A look at two men who were actually born female: the stagecoach driver Charley Parkhurst and jazz musician-bandleader Billy Tipton.

For over 50 years, the legendary rock band has released more than a dozen albums, sold over a million records and played to sold-out crowds everywhere. Until 2021, the group consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard (ironically, the only member of the band who despite his surname does not sport a chest-length beard), and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill.

One of many westerns that ruled the TV airwaves during the late 1950s, the series starred Robert Culp as a fast-drawing Texas Ranger, who came to be called the "thinking man's cowboy".

A second-generation wrestler, the onetime WWF Women's Champion, whose reign lasted a record 502 days, is the daughter of wrestler Grizzly Smith, sister of Sam Houston, and half-sister of Jake "The Snake" Roberts.

A perennial Halloween favorite, the novelty song "Monster Mash" was released in August 1962, and hit No. 1 two months later, just in time for Halloween. The song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 37 in 2021, almost 60 years after its release.

A history of one of America's college towns, as it is the home of Harding University and ASU-Searcy.

Everything you need to know about the Beatles.

The brainchild of producer Steve Krantz, the supernatural TV series was promoted as Canada's answer to Dark Shadows , but ended up airing for one season.

The professional wrestler, whose real name is Michael Smith, comes from a wrestling family. His father Grizzly Smith also wrestled, as did his half-brother Jake "The Snake" Roberts and his sister Rockin' Robin.

In 1999, country music singer Garth Brooks aroused controversy when he created an alter ego, a fictional rock star named Chris Gaines. Following the release of the album Garth Brooks in...the Life of Chris Gaines as well as the album's lead-off single "Lost in You" (Brooks's only Top 40 hit), plans for a Chris Gaines movie fell by the board, and the character faded into obscurity. Correction: "Way...

The screen legend was known for his staunch conservative politics, yet he had controversial views on race, social issues, and especially women.

Fast facts about everybody's favorite gourd.

On the morning of October 19, 1953, singer Julius La Rosa, then a cast member on Arthur Godfrey's radio and TV shows, was unceremoniously fired by Godfrey on the air, partly because he hired an agent, something Godfrey wouldn't allow his cast members to do. The incident tarnished the broadcasting veteran's wholesome image.

Known for his work designing championship belts in wrestling as well as boxing and MMA, the so-called "Quiet Superman" earned renown for the "Winged Eagle" belt he created for the WWF (now WWE). In 2021, the year he died, he was inducted into the Nebraska Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame.

The stand-up comedian has been credited with doing more to promote ventriloquism than anyone since his hero Edgar Bergen.

One of the most underrated jazz guitarists in history, the Argentinian-born musician is widely recognized in his native South America as well as abroad.

Fast facts about the businesswoman and TV personality.

One of the biggest hits of daytime television, the gothic soap opera introduced Canadian actor Jonathan Frid to American TV audiences, in the role of vampire Barnabas Collins.

Considered one of the greatest wrestlers and talkers in the history of the business, the WWE Hall of Famer is one of seven men inducted into not only the WWE Hall of Fame but also the WCW, Professional Wrestling and Wrestling Observer Newsletter Halls of Fame.