| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Sep 22 01:19AM -0700 On 9/19/19 11:07 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > Woolcott, who at the time held what was arguably the most > prestigious arts-and-literature job in the North American press. > What job? Editor of New Yorker magazine > 4. Which one of the Marx brothers was an Algonquin? Harpo > 5. Playwright Beatrice Kaufman was an Algonquin. So was her more > famous theatrical-legend husband. Name him. Benchley > in Hitchcock's "Lifeboat", with the words "Dahlings, I was > wonderful". Of Hollywood, she asked studio boss Irving Thalberg, > "How do you get laid in this dreadful place?" Name her. Mae West > 7. This charter Algonquin, a legendary humorist, later had a > grandson who would grow up to write "Jaws". Give their surname. Benchley > 8. Charter Algonquin Harold Ross was one of the famous editors ever. > What publication did he found and edit for decades? Vanity Fair > 10. In one of the most succinct reviews ever, Algonquin Dorothy > Parker wrote: "Tonstant Weader fwowed up." Which children's > classic was she referencing? Winnie the Poo > Unnatural Axxxe). > 1. Canadian Museum for Human Rights, The Forks National Historic > Site, Assiniboine Park. Winnipeg > 2. The Rooms, Quidi Vidi ["kiddy viddy"], George Street. > 3. Babe Ruth Birthplace Museum, Fort McHenry National Monument, > Inner Harbor, Camden Yards. Baltimore > 4. Independence Hall, Reading ["redding"] Terminal Market, > Franklin Institute. Philiadelphia > 5. Busch Gardens, Ybor ["ee-bor"] City, Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Tampa > 6. La Jolla ["hoya"] Cove, Balboa Park, USS Midway Museum. San Diego > 7. Ryman Auditorium, Johnny Cash Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame. Nashville > 8. LBJ Presidential Library, Congress Avenue Bridge and Bat Colony, > State Capitol Building. Austin > 9. JFK Presidential Library, Freedom Trail, Quincy Market. Boston > 10. Space Needle, Chihuly Garden and Glass Exhibit, Mt. Rainier. Seattle -- Dan Tilque |
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