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1. In 1989, William A. Calderwood received a patent for an invention he produced that would help householders make better use of floor space.
What invention might have given Calderwood his fifteen minutes of fame?
(a 'noble' idea that would put balloon retailers out of business)
2. If Ermal C. Fraze (yes, that's his name) had realized that his simple 1975 invention would end up being used by consumers in almost every country in the world, I doubt he would have sold the rights for it. With a name like Ermal C. Fraze, one wouldn't have to invent, or do, anything to receive fifteen minutes of fame.
What did Ermal invent in 1975 that's used daily by millions worldwide?
3. Not everybody's fifteen minutes of fame is a good experience. Due to questionable activities while serving as the mayor of Coacalico, Mexico, Jose Ramon Del Cuet was forced to resign in 1978. Before he could officially resign, he was ordered to do something as punishment for his wrongdoings.
What was Jose Ramon Del Cuet's publicly witnessed punishment?
(with all his monkeying around he should have been skinned alive)
4. Ohio inventor Donald Poynter received his fifteen minutes of fame in 1969, when a patent was granted for this "useful" item (depending on your personal opinion). After selling over 100,000 of them, he could afford to buy fifteen minutes of fame.
What invention would be a novelty to some, yet useful to many others?
('swingers' could save thousands of dollars AND lower their use of expletives)
5. Bernard Moeller has had his fifteen minutes of fame by getting into the "Guinness Book of Records", but there has to be easier, less-painful ways to do it than this.
What did he do that constantly reminds him of his fame?
(reversing the record likely would take more time and be more painful)
6. While strolling through a Vienna Park on a rainy day, a twenty-three year old 'very busty' lady named Berbel Zumner, was tragically killed in a freak accident. I'm sure that had she lived, Ms. Zumner would have chosen some other way to achieve her fifteen minutes of fame.
What happened that caused Ms. Zumner's instantaneous death that day?
7. Max Kiss, a Hungarian immigrant who worked his way through pharmacy college by working every menial job he could find, got his fifteen minutes of fame when he invented this popular name-brand product.
What product, found in many homes, did Max Kiss introduce to the world?
(using this can make you a King on your own 'throne')
8. The mid-nineteenth century gave us entertainer, Joseph Pujol, who was the first man ever to present this unique stage act to thousands of people. His real-life experiences as an entertainer are documented in the book called, "Le Pétomane". Pujol's fifteen minutes of fame left many people breathless.
What interesting craft did Pujol share with the world?
(if his performance really stunk he got standing ovations)
9. Are people so desperate to attain their fifteen minutes of fame that they would seek ridicule? That's what this man from De Kalb, Georgia, did when he sought, and received, a superior court ruling to replace his middle name Eugene with another, making one of the following monikers his new official name.
So what kooky title does he go by now?
(my oh my, what a wonderful day!)
10. This 27 year-old Cuban-born woman was so desperate for her fifteen minutes of fame that she attempted to win the 1980 Boston Marathon by cheating. She had officially qualified through the New York City marathon by faking an injury.
Who was the cheat that was stripped of the Boston Marathon's gold medal?
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