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Jack Bagley is a native of Chicago.  Following a 27-year career teaching history, he moved into newspapers and has been happy as a clam ever since.  In addition to writing trivia, Jack is an actor, a radio journalist, author of two science fiction novels, and a weekend animal safari tour guide.  He will celebrate 50 years in broadcasting in 2026.

Jack's Latest Articles

Did a scientist’s curiosity lead directly to his death?

Time to channel some Jolson, folks!

Whose portrait was on the first $1 bill printed by the U.S. Government?

Ah, the glories of a beautiful spring!

Does a Major League Baseball player’s All-Star Game jersey hang in the Smithsonian?

This coming Sunday is Easter, so I hope you have prepared your bonnet and your eggs.

When did television’s first fantasy situation comedy air?

So, how did you do on the challenge last week?

April Fool’s!  Three items this week are totally fake; which ones are they?

We are at that very special time of year once again! 

Does the cast of a popular series, off network TV since 2004, still make millions of dollars a year from the series?

Sometimes, it just doesn’t pay to get up in the morning. Fortunately, today isn’t one of those days.

Did a famous comedy team do all of their own language work in foreign versions of their movies?

Another silly holiday has gone by!

Was Major League Baseball’s 1969 expansion supposed to take place in 1971?

Happy Valentine’s Day, and happy trivia!

Did two of television’s early stars dislike each other so much that they torpedoed their own proposed series?

And now it’s February.

Were the D-Day landings in World War II almost given away by a newspaper crossword puzzle?

Now that the first month of 2025 is rapidly falling behind us, an assessment of how things are going is in order.

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