Wednesday, August 02, 2023

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Pete Gayde <pete.gayde@gmail.com>: Aug 02 12:40AM -0500

Mark Brader wrote:
> year* when Cy Young played professionally, between his debut
> with the Cleveland Spiders and his retirement from the Boston
> Rustlers.
 
1900
 
> All of them have won the award more than once each.
 
> 2. The first man to win multiple Cy Youngs was this Los Angeles
> Dodger, who won three times between 1963 and 1966.
 
Sandy Koufax
 
 
> 3. Nicknamed "the Franchise", this man won his first Cy Young in the
> "Miracle" Mets' season of 1969, adding two more in the early
> '70s. He is one of only two Mets in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
 
Tom Seaver
 
 
> 4. Also famous as an underwear model, this Baltimore Oriole won
> the Cy Young three times in the mid-Seventies.
 
Jim Palmer
 
> He won his first three with the Red Sox starting in 1986, then
> two with the Blue Jays, one with the Yankees, and one with
> the Astros.
 
Roger Clemens
 
 
> 6. Other than <answer 5>, the only Blue Jay with multiple Cy Young
> wins is this man, who won as a Jay in 2003 and as a Philly
> in 2010. He died in a plane crash in 2017.
 
Roy Halladay
 
 
> 7. The only Montreal Expo to win the Cy Young was this pitcher, who
> did it in 1997. He added two more awards playing for the
> Red Sox.
 
Martinez
 
 
> 8. Nicknamed "the Big Unit", this 6'10" pitcher won in 1995 for
> the Mariners and then 4 consecutive years (1999-2002) for the
> Diamondbacks.
 
Randy Johnson
 
 
> 9. Other than <answer 8>, the only pitcher to win 4 consecutive Cy
> Youngs is this man. He won as a Cub in 1992 and then the
> following 3 years as a Brave.
 
Greg Maddux
 
> 2. Katy Perry, featuring Juicy J.
> 3. Shakira.
> 4. The Who.
 
Boris the Spider
 
> 7. Led Zeppelin.
> 8. Heart.
> 9. The Trashmen.
 
Surfin Bird
 
 
> 1. Introduced in 1980 for the purpose of increasing crime awareness
> and personal safety, name the animated bloodhound who wanted
> you to help "Take a bite out of crime".
 
Gruff
 
 
> 2. Identify the beret-wearing hipster character introduced in 1961
> as the spokesman for the StarKist brand of products. He thinks
> he's the perfect catch, but he always ends up getting rejected.
 
Charlie the Tuna
 
> by which he is commonly referred to in English? Bibendum's
> appearance is that of a man made up of a white stack of the
> product that the brothers were famous for producing.
 
The Michelin Man
 
> mascot had begun to overshadow the actual product being sold.
> The original portrayer of the mascot died shortly thereafter
> in 1993. Name this mascot.
 
Spud McKenzie
 
 
> 8. "It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help?"
> is what this default Microsoft Office Assistant might annoyingly
> ask you. What is this character's actual name?
 
Clippy
 
> his death in January 2020 as part of a Super-Bowl-related ad
> campaign. Fortunately a baby version of the same character
> was reborn from the soil. By what name is he best known?
 
Mr. Peanut
 
 
Pete Gayde
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