Facts about the phrase, "It was a dark and stormy night"
Poll Expired: December 31, 2013	Total Votes: 73
Snoopy was the first to use the immortal line in his book by that title
78% - (57 Votes)	NO. Snoopy's creator did not come up with this phrase.
15% - (11 Votes)	YES. Snoopy rocks! I can see him doing something like that.
6.8% - (5 Votes)	Not sure.
The British Council uses the phrase in a language learning exercise
42.4% - (31 Votes)	YES. They've come up with a great writing exercise!
30.1% - (22 Votes)	I don't know who the British Council is.
27.3% - (20 Votes)	NO. No one would use such a phrase in language learning
The phrase was used by NASA to describe the night the planet Mars was near its closest approach to Earth in almost 60,000 years
50.6% - (37 Votes)	NO. NASA has better things to do than use lame phrases to describe their work.
32.8% - (24 Votes)	YES! An actual photo of the night sky led NASA to write about it and use the phrase!
16.4% - (12 Votes)	Hhhmmmm. Don't know.
The phrase comes from a 1930 novel and is the beginning of one of the best opening sentence of any novel in the English language
43.8% - (32 Votes)	NO. You've got your dates and description all wrong!
39.7% - (29 Votes)	YES. Absolutely true!
16.4% - (12 Votes)	Don't know. Maybe I'll read about it after I take this survey.
The phrase has inspired an international writing contest where participants try to submit the worst opening sentences to imaginary novels
71.2% - (52 Votes)	YES. It's an annual writing contest that many writers participate in.
19.1% - (14 Votes)	NO. Why would anyone waste their time doing this?
9.5% - (7 Votes)	I don't know of any such writing contest.
The phrase was inspired by the many books and activities surrounding the celebration of Halloween
64.3% - (47 Votes)	NO. The phrase was not inspired by anything related to Halloween.
17.8% - (13 Votes)	YES. I can see how that would happen.
17.8% - (13 Votes)	Maybe, but I 'm not sure.
The phrase is the first line in a 1963 Newbery Award book
51.5% - (33 Votes)	YES. That's true. It's the first line in a well known children's book.
35.9% - (23 Votes)	NO. Are you kidding me?
12.5% - (8 Votes)	I wouldn't know about that.

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