The 5 W's: Who?
An Omnium-Gatherum of Popes & Playwrights, Dogs & Dukes, Actors & Advocates, Ogres & Others Who've Made Their Mark in Our World
Published on 14. June 2011
128 pages
978-1-4027-9212-0 (ISBN)
Description
From the genealogy of the Bach family to a complete listing of team mascots, here are some of the most surprising and quirky facts about people ever. Find out who topped the music charts most, which U.S. president liked to swim nude, and who the worlds greatest philosophers are.
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Erin McHugh
Content
- Intro
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- CONTENTS
- HURRICAN'TS
- YAWN
- BLACK PATENT
- TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS
- ALL-TIME GREAT CONEY ISLAND SIDESHOW STARS
- INVENTORS AND THEIR FAMOUS- AND LESS FAMOUS-INVENTIONS
- ELVIS!
- WHO AM I?
- THE "WHO'S ON FIRST?" TEAM
- WHO WILL HELP?
- QUESTIONABLE KUDOS: NOT-SO-GREAT FIRSTS FOR WOMEN
- FOUNDING FATHERS
- THREE STOOGES-SIX NAMES
- MULTIPLE PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
- WHO IS "THE 12TH MAN"?
- 50 GREATEST SCREEN LEGENDS
- THE WOMEN OF PLAYBOY
- WHO SHOT J. R.?
- HEAVENS ABOVE!
- WHO GOES THERE?
- KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
- PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S SEXIEST MEN
- SATANIC MONIKERS
- WORLD'S GREATEST CALLING CARD
- NEWFANGLED PROBLEMS, NEW PATRON SAINTS
- NUMBER, PLEASE
- GOT A CLUE?
- WITCHCRAFT, WICKED WITCHCRAFT
- NO LOVE
- OOH, BABY, BABY
- DOG TAGS DECODED
- "THE HOLLYWOOD TEN"
- WE KNEW THEM WHEN
- ANIMAL HOUSES
- BILLBOARD'S #1 RECORD RECORDS
- THE POCAHONTAS EXCEPTION
- POPEYE 'N' PALS
- TENNIS RULES FOR BLACK BOYS
- WHO YOU CALLIN' MOB?
- "THEY'RE GIVIN' YOU A NUMBER, AND TAKIN' AWAY YOUR NAME"
- ANGEL HIERARCHY
- WHO'S ON THE MONEY
- SHORT-LIVED
- AUTHOR! PSEUDONYM!
- IT'S THE SAME OLD STORY . . .
- PET NAMES
- GREAT MINDS, RARELY THINKING ALIKE
- WHO ROCKS
- GROUP MYTHOLOGY
- LICENSE AND REGISTRATION, PLEASE . . .
- F. O. S.
- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BACH FAMILY!
- BOND, JAMES BOND'S GIRLS
- HOLLYWOOD'S MOST CELEBRATED
- SNOOPY'S SIBS
- THE ALBERT BROOKS SHOW
- THE VALKYRIES
- WHO'S ON TOP
- MUSICAL GROUPS AND THEIR ORIGINAL MEMBERS
- FIFTH BEATLEMANIA!
- YANKEE INGENUITY?
- REIGNS SUPREME
- ADVERTISING ANIMALS
- FREE CONCERT!
- THE DISRUPTERS
- GREAT SONGS ABOUT EPHEMERAL SOMEONES
- HERMANN RORSCHACH'S SECRET
- MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE
- MAN, OH, MAN
- WHO'S YOUR GOD?
- SCAREDY CATS
- BASIC ORGANIZATION OF THE ROMAN LEGION
- WHO'S UP THERE?
- POP TOPS
- HERE COMES THE GROOM
- FOLKS WHO ARE SO BIG THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FESTIVAL
- WHO'S WHO
- NOTES FROM THE SYMPHONY
- THE KFC 3
- BEST JOURNALISTS OF THE 20 TH CENTURY
- HISPANIC AMERICAN NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
- HINDU CLASSES
- TITLE-ISTS: HOW TO READ THE SHEEPSKIN
- BRITISH ROYAL LINE OF SUCCESSION
- AKA
- ORDER OF BRITISH PEERAGE
- FORTUNE 500 TOP MINORITY EMPLOYERS
- VERY, VERY MARRIED
- IT'S THEIR PARTY
- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- LOGGING ON @ THE START
- WHO DIED AND MADE YOU QUEEN?
- CURIOUS, THE AMISH . . .
- BETTER LIVING THROUGH SCIENCE
- WOMEN OF MANNERS
- BIG DAY
- KILLING MACHINES
- DAY JOBS
- SOME YOUNG MEN RAISED AS YOUNG LADIES
- HONORARY CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES
- LESSER-KNOWN GOLDWYNISMS
- THE WORLD'S MOST PROLIFIC PAINTER
- AT LAST . . .
- WOMEN'S WORK
- DISEASES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE
- FAMOUSLY ILLEGITIMATE
- DID YOU WHISTLE FOR ME?
- AMERICA'S BEST PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES
- OVAL OFFICE ODDITIES
- WHO APPEARS MOST OFTEN IN CROSSWORD PUZZLES?
- U.S. POETS LAUREATE
- PRESIDENTS ELECTED WITHOUT A MAJORITY
- A POPULAR, TRENDY COCKTAIL
- WHO BOLTED?
- SNL HOSTS WITH THE MOST
- SNL'S LONGEST-LASTING CAST MEMBERS
- THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII
- ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE
- MUSICIANS WHO DIED IN PLANE CRASHES
