• The State Capitol building in Pierre, S.D., features a Flaming Fountain Memorial. The fountain is fed by a spring whose water has such a high content of natural gas that it burns.
• The father of actress Julianna Margulies (best-known as nurse Carol Hathaway on “ER”) was an advertising executive who wrote the “Plop, plop, fizz, fizz” jingle for Alka-Seltzer.
Legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley was a star of Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West Show. Buffalo Bill’s nickname for Oakley was:
A) Stinky
B) Little Missie
C) Joe
D) Gunster
Previous answer: The 1969 Disney comedy “The Love Bug” was the top-grossing film in North America in that year.
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