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02/06/2005: Trivia...


1) About 10 years ago, in February of 1995, then-Senator Bob Dole attempted to block U.S. aid to Turkey. What action did the then-mayor of Izmir, Turkey, Burhanettin Ozfatura, order in protest?

2) The University of Virginia's School of Continuing and Professional Studies offers a degree of "Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies". What did it used to be called, and why was the name changed?

3) Let's identify a few stars. What is the name by which each of these individuals is better known:

a) Allen Stewart Konigsberg
b) Edward Richard Gibson
c) Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
d) Louise Veronica Ciccone
e) Roy Harold Scherer Jr.
f) Daisy Juliette Baker
g) Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg
h) Richard Henry Sellers
i) Mary Margaret Morgan
j) Murray Langston

Len on 02.06.05 @ 09:40 PM CST



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Replies: 5 comments

on Sunday, February 6th, 2005 at 11:58 PM CST, malarkey said

1. He banned the sale of Dole bananas in his city.
3. a. Woody Allen
c. Natalie Wood
h. Peter Sellers

on Monday, February 7th, 2005 at 12:14 AM CST, Karen McLauchlan said

Hey I think I know a few of these too: 3(d) Madonna; (h) Peter Sellers (e) Roy of Sigfried and Roy? (b) Henry Gibson

on Monday, February 7th, 2005 at 6:05 AM CST, Karen said

(f) Is Daisy Baker...Anita Baker? Just guessing here on this one.

on Monday, February 7th, 2005 at 7:26 AM CST, Len Cleavelin said

Malarkey got #1 and #3 a, c, and h.

Karen got #3 d and h, and missed the rest (Roy of "Siegfried and..." is Roy Horn, BTW). I've a feeling she's going to have a Homer Simpson moment ("D'oh!") when she finds out who Roy Harold Scherer, Jr. is....

:-)

Daisy Juliette Baker is probably the hardest o'the bunch. I think there's only one regular reader who might get it, but I won't be surprised if he doesn't.

on Monday, February 7th, 2005 at 8:33 AM CST, Karen said

I'm have lots of "D'oh" moments...so what else is NEW? LOL Still can't figure some other ones out---yet.

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