TOR aka Tales Of Rassilon

Some examples from the

Mar./Apr. 2020

Tales Of Rassilon

DOCTOR WHO RELATED NEWs

Marginal Trivia:

A regular feature of the "Tales of Rassilon". Items are contributed by club members.

Trivia: Fred Flintstone and friend Barny Rubble were early pitchmen for Winston cigarettes.

Trivia: You can carry a cane anywhere, even on an airplane. It is an approved medical device.

The oldest version of the Cinderella story comes from ancient Egypt called "Rhodopis". The story was first recorded by the Greek historian Strabo in the 1st century BC.

*In the biggest news of 2020 for Doctor Who, citing demanding schedules, Bradley Walsh (Graham O’Brien) and Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair) have announced that they will be leaving the show during the Holiday Special this year. * Look for this one-off special sometime around Christmas 2020 or New Year’s 202. * *The newest Master will return in a new collection of stories being published as a hardback or e-book later this year. *Build-a-Bear has launched a Doctor Who collection. You can now get your own cuddly versions of the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors. *

MEMBER RECCOMENDED SITES

http://www.awit.com A Science Fiction Specialty Store

toyhalloffame.org vote or suggest for your favorite toy to get in hall of fame

http://whovianstore.com/ Really good fun t-shirts

mentalfloss.com an odd facts website

MISC. NEWS

* “Experiment in Trivia” contest 2020. Here is the edited version of how this will work: First, the contest will take place October 23, 24, 25, 2020. The contest will begin at 6 pm on the 23^rd and run until midnight. It will resume at 8 am on the 24^th and run until midnight and resume the same schedule on the 25th, for a total of 38 hours. Teams should consider using chat rooms, Zoom, Skype, or any of the other video communication programs. The contest will be streamed live on Twitch and on Tune-In Radio, as well as broadcast on WWSP 90FM.

* * The Renaissance Magazine, first published in 1996, has ceased publishing. The company has made all 27 issues that exist in digital format available for free download on their website. The site will remain available until the end of May 2021. Visit the website to download the files. https://renaissancemagazine.com/digital-issues/

* Archaeologists have discovered 83 graves from ancient Egypt, but the human remains weren't interred in sarcophagi, as is often the case. Rather, the deceased were buried in clay coffins. * Kentucky Fried Chicken has become a Christmas tradition in Japan. In that country, it is traditional to eat poultry at Yuletide. Since the 1980s, life-size Colonel Sanders statues dressed as Santa have welcomed locals and tourists across the nation. * A secret passage was rediscovered in a wall during renovation work in the Houses of Parliament in London. * Australia's severe drought and other climate change effects are driving the native platypus towards extinction, researchers warn. * U.S.Kroger is the 3rd largest retailer behind Walmart and Amazon. Kroger is building one of 20 automated fulfillment warehouses in Pleasant Prairie, WI. Robots will assemble online grocery orders at these facilities.*

.<> SCAMS – there has been a huge surge of customer service scams over the summer. Carefully worded ads come to the top of search engines. Here are a couple. *Caller says they are from Medicare and they need your number to send a new plastic card. To report medicare scams 1-800-633-4227. *An email from a friend saying he is stuck in Europe and needs cash now. *A woman got scamed for $4,000 trying to get support to get her iPhone fixed. *A man searching for Amazon gift support trying to remove a charge on his credit card found his search for Amazon Prime turned up a series of false numbers. They needed to confirm his credit card and Social security number to get credit. * Voice-search devices such as Apple's Siri and Amazons Alexa can give fake scammer numbers. *

<> Joe Ruby (1933 – 2020) was an animator who was the co-creator of the iconic cartoon character Scooby-Doo. Died August 26, age 87. Ruby and Ken Spears created the animated television series “Scooby-Doo, Where are You!” They later started Ruby-Spears productions which produced “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “Fangface. Joe Ruby, co-creator of Scooby-Doo, Jabberjaw, Captain Caveman & several others