TOADYNOTES EMAIL NEWSLETTER TRIVIA ANSWERS FOR FEBRUARY

01. Born July 11th, 1899 in Mount Vernon, New York. Author of several popular books for young readers and coauthor of an influential style manual. Died October 1st, 1985

ANSWER: E.B. White

02. Born September 24th, 1946 in Temple, Texas. Dominant defensive tackle for Pittsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defense and star of a Clio Award winning soft drink commercial.

ANSWER: "Mean" Joe Greene

03. Born February 19th, 1952 in Oakland, California. Author whose debut novel about Chinese American immigrant mothers and daughters was a National Book Award finalist.

ANSWER: Amy Tan

04. Born May 9th, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut. Self-proclaimed "instrument of God" who led a raid on a federal armory in what is now West Virginia, hoping to spark a slave liberation movement. Executed by hanging on December 2nd, 1859.

ANSWER: John Brown

05. Born January 13th, 1978 in East Lansing, Michigan. Statistician, writer, and pundit whose forecasting model correctly predicted 49 out of 50 states' results in the 2008 Presidential election.

ANSWER: Nate Silver