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Love this Pop Quiz question – Name the name of the make of car that was named after a ritzy sub-division in Palm Springs, California. Is it Chevy Camaro, Cadillac Eldorado or Ford Thunderbird?
Love Nuggets – The on again, off again relationship between Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones appears to be off again, at least for now. On the other hand, Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino are going strong, they could be getting married.
Sports Shorts – If there are two sports stars who are loved publicly but people who know them, can’t stand them – it’s Phil Michelson and soccer star, Hope Solo. Hope is a real creep. One of her former teammates said if they lost the Olympics, it would OK because it would have destroyed Hope. There’s the story that Michelson owed millions of gambling dollars to the mob, so Phil went to Calloway, agreed to be their spokesman in return for the money to pay off his mob gambling debt – now you know the rest of that story.
Odds and ends – Brad and Ang spent $200,000 on a huge skateboard park they built in their backyard for daughter, Shiloh’s 8th birthday present. When Kendall Kartrashian and her 16 year old half sister Kylie showed up at the Mall Of America for a book signing of the novel that NOBODY believes they actually wrote – no surprise 5 people showed up – 5 people. Alec Baldwin has been the spokesperson of the NY Philharmonic Orchestra for years but with his recent behavior, he’s been asked to step down. Bumper sticker spotted – Monica Lewinsky’s X-Boyfriend’s wife for President.
Answer – In Palm Spring in 1952, Frank Sinatra was the first to build a house in the sub-division known as Thunderbird Heights. Henry Ford Jr. visited Sinatra, liked the name, hence the Ford Thunderbird was born.
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