Monday, December 21, 2020

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tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Dec 20 04:14PM

> for the first of Bogie's five movies with Lauren Bacall.
> This is the one where she says to him, "You know how to whistle,
> don't you? Just put your lips together and... blow."
 
To Have and Have Not
 
> 4. Walter Huston and Tim Holt join Humphrey Bogart in Mexico, where
> the lure of gold tears friendships apart. John Huston directed.
 
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
 
> 5. Bogart also made five movies with Edward G. Robinson.
> The last of these is set in Florida, where the characters
> weather a hurricane.
 
Key Largo
 
> 6. Humphrey Bogart. Katharine Hepburn. Enough said.
 
The African Queen
 
 
> 1. This day was first observed on 1910-06-19 in Spokane, Washington.
> It was created to honor William Smart, a widower who raised
> five children.
 
Fathers' Day
 
> 3. Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African studies professor, created this
> cultural holiday in 1966.
 
Kwanzaa
 
> 4. Which holiday commemorates the Mexican victory at Puebla in
> 1862 over the invading French army?
 
Cinco de Mayo
 
> 7. This holiday is a 5-day Hindu festival that occurs in October
> or November in the Western calendar. The celebration is often
> referred to as the Festival of Lights.
 
Diwali
 
> 8. Name this other Festival of Lights; it is a celebration of the
> victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem
> Temple.
 
Hanukkah
 
> 9. Purim is a Jewish holiday recounted in a book telling the story
> of which Biblical queen?
 
Esther
 
> whose birthday is celebrated, or the one whose coronation
> is commemorated. *Note*: For this question you must give the
> original correct answer.
 
Beatrix
 
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Dec 20 06:40PM

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:HsudnYkiZ5rUdEPCnZ2dnUU7-
> version. It made him a star, but also led to him being typecast
> in a series of criminal roles that continued until "High Sierra"
> 5 years later.
 
"The Petrified Forest"
 
> for the first of Bogie's five movies with Lauren Bacall.
> This is the one where she says to him, "You know how to whistle,
> don't you? Just put your lips together and... blow."
 
"To Have and Have Not"
 
> 4. Walter Huston and Tim Holt join Humphrey Bogart in Mexico, where
> the lure of gold tears friendships apart. John Huston directed.
 
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

> 5. Bogart also made five movies with Edward G. Robinson.
> The last of these is set in Florida, where the characters
> weather a hurricane.
 
"Key Largo"
 
> 6. Humphrey Bogart. Katharine Hepburn. Enough said.
 
"The African Queen"

> as well as Humphrey Bogart, all conniving for the rights to an
> African mine as their ship is detained for repairs at a small
> Italian port.
 
"Beat the Devil"

> 9. Bogart played one more criminal role in 1955 in this movie about
> what today we would call a "home invasion". Fredric March plays
> the man of the house.
 
"The Desperate Hours"
 
> 10. Bogart's last movie was made in 1956. He plays boxing writer
> Eddie Willis, who takes a job as a press agent and comes to
> realize that he really doesn't care for the boxing business.
 
"The Harder They Fall"

 
> 1. This day was first observed on 1910-06-19 in Spokane, Washington.
> It was created to honor William Smart, a widower who raised
> five children.
 
Father's Day
 
> 3. Dr. Maulana Karenga, an African studies professor, created this
> cultural holiday in 1966.
 
Kwanzaa

> 4. Which holiday commemorates the Mexican victory at Puebla in
> 1862 over the invading French army?
 
Cinco de Mayo
 
> 5. What name is given to the first day of Lent?
 
Ash Wednesday

> 7. This holiday is a 5-day Hindu festival that occurs in October
> or November in the Western calendar. The celebration is often
> referred to as the Festival of Lights.
 
Diwali

> 8. Name this other Festival of Lights; it is a celebration of the
> victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem
> Temple.
 
Hanukkah
 
> 9. Purim is a Jewish holiday recounted in a book telling the story
> of which Biblical queen?
 
Esther

> whose birthday is celebrated, or the one whose coronation
> is commemorated. *Note*: For this question you must give the
> original correct answer.
 
Juliana; Wilhelmina
 
--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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