From which sitcom did Mork & Mindy spring?

Questions: 

1. Which future U.S. president helped defend British soldiers charged after the Boston Massacre?

2. Give the full name for these colleges. LSU, SMU, USC, TCU.

3. Which author wrote the poem “Jabberwocky?”

4. Where will the next two Summer Olympic Games and the next two Winter Olympic Games be held?

5. Do these units measure weight, length, volume of time? Grain, stone, hand, cord, shake.

Fun Facts: 

Elvis Presley died before Charlie Chaplin. Presley died August 1977, and Chaplin died in December that year. 

A 2016 NIH study found that most “Biggest Loser” contestants studied quickly regained their lost weight, while their metabolisms remained slowed even six years later and their bodies burned hundreds fewer calories daily than expected.

Virginia goes farther west than West Virginia.

There are two quarterbacks who have started and won two Super Bowls each but despite being eligible have not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Jim Plunkett and Eli Manning.

Cheetahs can’t roar. They can only meow like a normal house cat.

Ben Sliney’s first day on the job as the head of the FAA was September 11, 2001. That morning, he ordered a nationwide grounding of all aircraft in response to the terrorist attacks.

A chandler is a person who makes or sells candles.  A chandelier is a light made with lots of candles. When it became electrified the name stayed. 

Mork & Mindy was a spinoff of Happy Days. Robin Williams first played Mork in February 1978, when the alien tried to take Richie Cunningham to planet Ork as a specimen, only to be stopped by Fonzie.

Before becoming a Hollywood star, Rock Hudson served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, working as an aircraft mechanic on Samar in the Philippines. He was discharged in 1946.

There have been several unauthorized Harry Potter books published in Chinese including Harry Potter and the Porcelain Doll, Harry Potter and the Golden Turtle, Harry Potter and the Crystal Vase and Harry Potter and the Big Funnel.

Answers:

1. John Adams (He defended them in 1770. Six were acquitted, and two were convicted of manslaughter.)

2. Louisiana State U, Southern Methodist U, U of Southern California, Texas Christian U.

3. Lewis Carroll (“Jabberwocky” is a nonsense poem in “Through the Looking-Glass.”)

4. 2028 - Summer - Los Angeles, 2030 - Winter - French Alps, 2032 Summer - Brisbane Australia, 2034 - Winter - Salt Lake City

5. Grain - weight, stone - weight, hand - length, cord - volume, shake - time.