January 5

1886

Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is published.

Mister Men

Hey, mister! Can you identify these famous Misters?

  1. What is the stage name of actor Laurence Tureaud?
  2. What famous TV host's middle name was McFeely?
  3. How is Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe better known?
  4. What mascot got his first name, Veritably, from a 1962 contest held by Procter and Gamble?
  5. What name is shared by a Bond villain, a Wordgirl villain, and the band best known for “To Be With You”?
  6. Bob Parr is the real name of what superhero?
  7. What is the name of Dennis the Menace's elderly neighbor?
  8. What game character was played by Michael McKean in a 1985 film?
  9. What superhero works alongside his wife, his brother-in-law, and an old friend of his?
  10. What famous dog was voiced by Ty Burrell in a 2014 animated film?
  1. Mr. T
  2. Mr. Rogers
  3. Mr. Peanut
  4. Mr. Clean
  5. Mr. Big
  6. Mr. Incredible
  7. Mr. Wilson
  8. Mr. Green (in Clue)
  9. Mr. Fantastic
  10. Mr. Peabody

1930

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow meet at a mutual friend's house in Dallas. They would fall in love and, like any couple would, staged a string of robberies across the Midwest.

Partners in Crime

Can you name the evil boss of these evil henchmen?

Annoying

  1. Harley Quinn
  2. Mr. Smee
  3. Starscream
  4. Darth Vader
  5. Bellatrix Lestrange

Menacing

  1. Destro
  2. Count Rugen
  3. Kamek
  4. Guy of Gisbourne
  5. Vic the Slick

Threatening

  1. Hermann Göring
  2. Terry Nichols
  3. Lavrentiy Beria
  4. George Atzerodt
  5. Subutai

Annoying

  1. The Joker (Batman)
  2. Captain Hook (Peter Pan)
  3. Megatron (Transformers)
  4. Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
  5. Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)

Menacing

  1. Cobra Commander (G. I. Joe)
  2. Prince Humperdinck (The Princess Bride)
  3. Bowser (Super Mario Bros.)
  4. The Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood)
  5. Carmen Sandiego (Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?)

Threatening

  1. Adolf Hiter (German dictator)
  2. Timothy McVeigh (domestic terrorist)
  3. Joseph Stalin (Soviet dictator)
  4. John Wilkes Booth (assassin)
  5. Genghis Khan (Mongolian warlord)

1953

Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" is first performed.

Where Are You?

A quiz about people who didn't show up.

  1. What actor infamously gave a speech to an empty chair representing Obama at the 2012 Republican National Convention?
  2. Who boycotted the 45th Academy Awards in 1973, even though he won an Oscar that year?
  3. At the premiere of Good Omens, a seat was left empty for what late author?
  4. Which king of England sent a friend of his to represent him at his own wedding to Henrietta Maria of France because he didn't want to get married in a Catholic ceremony?
  5. Why did the Washington Redskins line up with only 10 men on defense for a few plays of a December 2, 2007 game against the Buffalo Bills, leaving safety Reed Doughty on the sidelines?
  1. Clint Eastwood
  2. Marlon Brando
  3. Terry Pratchett
  4. Charles I
  5. They were paying respect to star safety Sean Taylor, who had been killed in a home invasion five days earlier.
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