General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

Rain Man

 

This may be a southern 70s Baptist thing. Regardless of where my family was, the SBC churches had lockins and we all inevitably watched The Ghost and Mr. Chicken.
I still hear people say it who may or may not know where it came from:

 

Psycho
The Godfather (though a book first)
Creature from the (black lagoon, but use the first three words to describe things)
Hoop Dreams
Bad News Bears (I’m convinced every little league in America had a team that got this moniker every season)

 

When the Rocky Horror Show (the play/musical) first appeared in America, what future US Senator worked on the house lighting crew?

 

Al Franken?

 

I was hoping someone would guess McConnell it even Al Gore for the inanity of it. But it was Franken.

 

John Tyler served one month as vice-president before becoming president with the death of William Henry Harrison. He served the shortest term of any vice-president.

Which elected Veep not promoted to president because of death served for the shortest period of time?

 

Rockefeller

 

What lake in the United States grew by more than 100 square miles in the 1990s?

 

I’ll take an uneducated guess at Pontchartrain.

 

No, he served for more than two years. He also was not elected.