Questions about TV shows related TV lawyers and this glaring omission? ? ?
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Give me some Denny Crane!
Did you swoon just typing his name??!!?? ?
By FAR Shatner's best role.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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I’m Not a Lawyer, but I Play One on TV: Five questions about fictional TV lawyers!
1. When Meghan Markle told Oprah, “In my old job, there was a union,” she was referring to her seven years on what USA Network legal drama?
“Suits”
2. During her Senate confirmation hearing, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said she was a big fan of what fictional defense attorney, because two minutes prior to the end of every episode he managed to get the real murderer to stand up in court and confess?
Perry Mason
3. What TV lawyer graduated from the University of American Samoa (go Land Crabs!), defended some of Albuquerque, New Mexico’s most notorious drug dealers, and later went on to manage a Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska?
Saul Goodman (Jimmy McGill)
4. What military legal drama—which debuted on NBC in 1995 and then ran on CBS from 1997 to 2005—was originally pitched as “Top Gun” meets “A Few Good Men”?
“JAG”
5. The murders of Lila Stangard and Sam Keating set off the events of the first season of what ABC legal thriller, whose protagonist is both a defense attorney and a law professor?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: In the U.S., there are six ingredients listed on a can of Coca-Cola. One is “natural flavors.” Name as many of the other five ingredients as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. Easter is this weekend! What candy company’s advertising slogan is “Always in season”?
3. The second-largest city in Germany after Berlin isn’t Munich, as many people assume. What is it?
4. What brand mascot got a fashion makeover in 2014, swapping his old one-piece bicolor jumpsuit for a pair of cargo pants and matching vest?
5. Today is April 7, also known as National Public Television Day. The oldest show airing on PBS today predates the network. It has been hosted by Paul Duke, Gwen Ifill, and today is hosted by Yamiche Alcindor. Name that roundtable show!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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1. Quit While You’re Ahead: In the U.S., there are six ingredients listed on a can of Coca-Cola. One is “natural flavors.” Name as many of the other five ingredients as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. Easter is this weekend! What candy company’s advertising slogan is “Always in season”?
Peeps/Just Born
3. The second-largest city in Germany after Berlin isn’t Munich, as many people assume. What is it?
Hamburg
4. What brand mascot got a fashion makeover in 2014, swapping his old one-piece bicolor jumpsuit for a pair of cargo pants and matching vest?
Ronald McDonald
5. Today is April 7, also known as National Public Television Day. The oldest show airing on PBS today predates the network. It has been hosted by Paul Duke, Gwen Ifill, and today is hosted by Yamiche Alcindor. Name that roundtable show!
“Washington Week” (formerly “Washington Week in Review”) (thanks to reader Don for pointing out Alcindor resigned as of the end of March this year!)
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall became a college radio staple in the ’90s and 2000s with albums like “Moon Pix,” “You Are Free,” and “The Greatest.” She’s best known by what stage name, which she took from an advertisement for Caterpillar construction vehicles?
2. Most professional bowlers use a ball that is one pound lighter than the maximum weight allowed. What is the maximum ball weight allowed by the PBA, in pounds?
3. What mountain, one of the deadliest in the Alps, is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and is also the inspiration for a Disneyland roller coaster?
4. If you have acrophobia, what are you afraid of?
5. Only one actor with a “Jr.” in his name has ever been nominated for the “Best Actor” Oscar. Name that actor.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Robert Downey Jr is correct. For Chaplin back in the 90s!
That was my memory, thanks.
I really like that movie, so well done.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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1. Singer-songwriter Chan Marshall became a college radio staple in the ’90s and 2000s with albums like “Moon Pix,” “You Are Free,” and “The Greatest.” She’s best known by what stage name, which she took from an advertisement for Caterpillar construction vehicles?
Cat Power
2. Most professional bowlers use a ball that is one pound lighter than the maximum weight allowed. What is the maximum ball weight allowed by the PBA, in pounds?
16 pounds
3. What mountain, one of the deadliest in the Alps, is located on the border between Switzerland and Italy, and is also the inspiration for a Disneyland roller coaster?
Matterhorn
4. If you have acrophobia, what are you afraid of?
Heights
5. Only one actor with a “Jr.” in his name has ever been nominated for the “Best Actor” Oscar. Name that actor, nominated for playing Charlie Chaplin.
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. An exclave is a portion of a country that is geographically separated from the rest of that country by another country. The world’s largest exclave is technically a “semi-exclave,” because it can be reached by sea. What is it called?
2. What five-piece band from Akron, Ohio, is known for their trademark terraced headwear, which they call “energy domes”?
3. Theater director Julie Taymor had her Hollywood breakthrough in 2002 with an Oscar-nominated biopic of an iconic Mexican artist. Name that film.
4. The hand signal that a football referee uses for a “false start” is the same as the one used by basketball referees to signal what violation?
5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was obsessed with spiritualism. This put a strain on his friendship with what Hungarian-born man, who Conan Doyle refused to believe did his work through entirely natural trickery?
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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Answers to Tuesday, April 11, 2023 1. An exclave is a portion of a country that is geographically separated from the rest of that country by another country. The world’s largest exclave is technically a “semi-exclave,” because it can be reached by sea. What is it called?
Alaska
2. What five-piece band from Akron, Ohio, is known for their trademark terraced headwear, which they call “energy domes”?
Devo
3. Theater director Julie Taymor had her Hollywood breakthrough in 2002 with an Oscar-nominated biopic of an iconic Mexican artist. Name that film.
“Frida”
4. The hand signal that a football referee uses for a “false start” is the same as the one used by basketball referees to signal what violation?
Traveling
5. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was obsessed with spiritualism. This put a strain on his friendship with what Hungarian-born man, who Conan Doyle refused to believe did his work through entirely natural trickery?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in tomorrow’s email.
1. What Asian city of more than 8 million people is named after a man whose name means “Bringer of Light” in his native language?
2. Actor Timothy Olyphant and TV journalist Anderson Cooper are both descended from the same family of railroad barons. What is that family's last name?
3. This presidential power was requested by presidents from Grant to Reagan. It was finally granted to Bill Clinton to “control pork barrel spending,” but was ruled unconstitutional in 1998. What is it?
4. What Edgar Rice Burroughs character traveled to Mars in an 11-book series, and was the title character in one of the biggest Hollywood flops in the last decade?
5. What wise little pig once said, “The things that make me different are the things that make me me”?
Answers to Wednesday, April 12, 2023 1. What Asian city of more than 8 million people is named after a man whose name means “Bringer of Light” in his native language?
Hồ Chí Minh City
2. Actor Timothy Olyphant and TV journalist Anderson Cooper are both descended from the same family of railroad barons. What is that family's last name?
Vanderbilt
3. This presidential power was requested by presidents from Grant to Reagan. It was finally granted to Bill Clinton to “control pork barrel spending,” but was ruled unconstitutional in 1998. What is it?
Line-item veto
4. What Edgar Rice Burroughs character traveled to Mars in an 11-book series, and was the title character in one of the biggest Hollywood flops in the last decade?
John Carter
5. What wise little pig once said, “The things that make me different are the things that make me me”?
Five questions to wake up your noodle. Answers in Monday’s email.
1. Quit While You’re Ahead: There are four chemical elements with five-letter names. Name as many of them as you can for one point each. Zero total if you get any wrong.
2. Eric Clapton, Pattie Harrison, and Yoko Ono are all credited as guest musicians on which Beatles album?
3. What former child actor is now the co-owner of Imagine Entertainment?
4. There is only one woman mentioned by name in the Qur’an. She is also featured prominently in the New Testament. What is her name?
5. Today is April 14. Happy 49th birthday to Shawntae Harris-Dupart, who became the first female solo rap act to receive a platinum certification for her 1994 album “Funkdafied.” What is her stage name?
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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5. Da Brat! Damn I hadn’t heard that name in a long time…
I’ve never heard of that name until just now. #oldguy
This guy, too. #GetOffMyLawn
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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