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Tidbits
Tidbits offers small finds from the archive, odd bits of old news the cobwebmaster comes across. If you have an archival query, you might want to send us an email.
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TrashFact #1
- that the choir recorded two soundtracks for Roland Emmerich?
TrashFact #2
- that Alex Trebek mentioned the choir on Jeopardy in 2001?
TrashFact #3
- that David Letterman fed them wieners on the Late Show in 1998?
TrashFact #4
- that the choir appeared as a clue in the New York Times crossword in November 2005? “Threshold for the Vienna Boys Choir”, six down: “age ten”.
TrashFact #5
- that the Republic of Nicaragua issued stamps with a photograph of the choir in 1975? They were worth four Nicaraguan córdobas!
TrashFact #6
- that on the German version of “Who wants to be a millionaire”, candidates were asked who had founded the choir? Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.
TrashFact #7
- that an airline currently offers children a washable tattoo of a chorister?
TrashFact #8
- that the choir sang during the intermission of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967?
TrashFact #9
- that the Austrian postal service issued a phone card showing four choir boys in 1998?
TrashFact #10
- that the choir appeared in a Swedish ad for throat lozenges as early as 1927?
TrashFact #11
- that an Austrian sugar manufacturer ran an ad series featuring a choir boy in 2006?
TrashFact #12
- that the choir has a train and a plane named after them?
TrashFact #13
- that a German games manufacturer produced a memory card game of Viennese sights in 2005; the choir being one?
TrashFact #14
- that a Japanese company produced a puzzle of the choir? At 100 pieces, it is still fairly easy to solve, though 24 boys in sailor suits look startlingly alike.
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