Relax!Leapin’lizards!On Aug.5,
19 24,cartoonistHarold
Gr ayintroducesthe plucky,hernewspapercomicstripstartsits 86-
yearrunof adventures.Now,takea runat
answeringtheselittlequestions.
(^1) Arf! In 1925,Anniefounda palin
Sandythedog.But,in 1935,whowas
in troducedas the8-foot-tallright-hand
man of Annie’sbenefactor,millionaire
“Daddy”Warbucks?
A Asp
B MisterAm
C Punjab
(^2) In1930,thelittlechatterbox,the
one withprettyauburnlocks,starteda
12 -yearrunon radiowhenher15-minute
showdebutedon WGNChicago.Who
was theshow’sinitialsponsor?
A Cheerios
B Ovaltine
C TootsieRolls
(^3) Bet yourbottomdollar!In 1977,Annie
was turnedintoa Tony-winningmusical
withAndreaMcArdlein thelead.Which
futureEmmywinnerwasoneof her
successors?
A JenniferAniston
B HelenHunt
C SarahJessicaParker
(^4) The musicalwasturnedintoa movie
not once,nottwice,butthreetimes.
WhichOscar-winningdirectorwasin
chargeof theoriginal 1982 pic,which
st arredAlbertFinneyas “Daddy”?
A Fr ancisFordCoppola
B John Huston
C VincenteMinnelli
(^5) When Little Orphan Annie was
canceled in 2010, it ended on a
cliffhanger. Which venerable strip
fi nished the storyline four years later?
A Bl ondie
B Dick Tracy
CGasoline Alley
Answers: 1: C; 2: B; 3: C; 4: B; 5: B
LIT TLEORPHANANNIEPREMIERED
95
YEARS AGO
DEBUTED:
Smokey
Bear
Remember,
only you
can prevent
forest fires!
But, on
Aug. 9, 1944, the U.S. Forest
Service gets a little help in
reminding people when it autho-
rizes the creation of the world’s
most famous furry firefighter.75
YEARS AGO
MURDERED:
Sharon Tate
Helter Skelter.
On Aug. 9,
1969, thecoffee heiress
Abigail Folger
become victimsof Charles
Manson’s “family”...whosekilling
sp ree continuedthe nextnight
with exec LenoLaBiancaandhis
wife, Rosemary.RESIGNED:
Ri chardM. Nixon
OnAug.9, 1974,
the37thpresident
of the United
States is forced to
leave office over
the Watergate
scandal. VP
Gerald R. Ford is
then sworn in as
commander in
chief, declaring,
“My fellow
Americans, our
long national
nightmare
is over.”45
YEARS AGO
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