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142 DECEMBER <strong>2009</strong> | UNITED.COM<br />
SUDOKU<br />
THE NUMBERS GAME // BY REIKO MCLAUGHLIN<br />
QUIZ<br />
PRESENTS OF MIND<br />
SOMETIMES IT REALLY IS WHAT YOU KNOW // BY NOAH TARNOW<br />
1. HAPPY HOLIDAYS There’s a common theme in the answers to each of these<br />
questions. The answer is in the bonus question.<br />
A. The Grateful Dead and Adam and the Ants each employed two musicians<br />
playing what instrument?<br />
B. A kilt and a T-shirt bearing the phrase “Hot Rod” formed the costume of what<br />
notorious pro wrestling villain of the 1980s?<br />
C. In England, the Parliament Act of 1911 stripped most of the power from what<br />
legislative body?<br />
D. What 1980s movie was set in the early ’60s at a Catskills resort called<br />
Kellerman’s?<br />
E. During the 1996 presidential campaign, Bob Dole suggested that tobacco was<br />
no worse for you than what popular beverage?<br />
F. FOUR-PART QUESTION: Figure out what type of waterfowl is being described.<br />
1. Large, usually pure white and noted for its grace<br />
2. Larger than a duck with a long neck and a feathered head, traditionally eaten<br />
for a holiday meal<br />
3. A shorebird, stouter than a sandpiper and partially named for the yellow<br />
markings on its back<br />
4. Long-winged with webbed feet, seen as a scavenger on shores; noted for its<br />
loud, plaintive call<br />
G. What popular dish is referred to in its native country as pain perdu, literally<br />
“lost bread”?<br />
H. First appearing in a 1984 black-and-white comic book, Donatello, Raphael,<br />
Leonardo and Michelangelo were better know as what?<br />
I. What musical TV comedy of the 1970s featured a stepmother and stepson<br />
playing actual mother and son?<br />
BONUS: What well known song is the unifying theme of the answers to these<br />
questions?<br />
2. SURELY YOU JEST Name the stand-up comics famous for the following witticisms.<br />
A. “There are four-hundred-thousand words in the English language, and there are<br />
seven you can’t say on television. What a ratio—they must be baaad words.”<br />
B. “It’s not easy being me. I was gonna jump off my roof, so they called a priest to<br />
talk to me. He said, ‘On your mark…’”<br />
C. “If you owe the taxidermist more than your annual income…. If someone asked<br />
to see your ID and you showed them your belt-buckle…”<br />
D. “My four-year-old came down for breakfast and asked for chocolate cake. But<br />
then I looked at the ingredients. Eggs, milk, wheat—that’s nutrition!”<br />
ANSWERS<br />
ANSWERS: 1. A. DRUMS B. “ROWDY” RODDY PIPER C. HOUSE OF LORDS D. DIRTY DANCING E.<br />
MILK. F. 1. SWAN 2. GOOSE 3. GOLDEN PLOVER 4. GULL G. FRENCH TOAST H. TEENAGE MUTANT<br />
NINJA TURTLES I. THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY BONUS: “THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS.” 2. A.<br />
GEORGE CARLIN B. RODNEY DANGERFIELD C. JEFF FOXWORTHY D. BILL COSBY.<br />
1. 2. 3.<br />
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