Toughest Questions from Last Week

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  1. What is the only planet whose day (one planetary rotation) lasts longer than it’s year (one orbit around the sun)?
  2. What NFL record does Flipper Anderson hold?
  3. Who wrote the Martian Chronicles in 1950?
  4. What four musicals won an Oscar in the 1960s for Best Picture?
  5. This artists shocking last work, “etant donnes” (NSFW), or The Waterfall, was completed in 1966 and can be seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
  6. The 2nd largest city in Washington is on the eastern side of the state. What is it?
  7. Henry Wirz was the Civil War soldier executed for War Crimes. What war crime was he associated with?
  8. What controversial poet authored the short poem She Walks in Beauty and the narrative poems Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage and Don Juan?
  9. What is a lion-goat-serpent called?
  10. What is a eukaryotic cell?

Answers after the jump.

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Why Jazz is Evil

Flappers 2This is just priceless. Came across it while I was doing research for F. Lee Hoover, 1920s comic who performed last night at the Khyber (and went over quite well, I must say). It is an article written in the Ladies Home Journal in 1921, saying why jazz was ruining the country.

“Jazz is worse than the saloon! Why?” I asked. 

“Because it affects our young people especially,” said Mr. Bott. “It is degrading. It lowers all the moral standards. Unlike liquor, a great deal of its harm is direct and immediate. But it also leads to undesirable things. The jazz is too often followed by the joy-ride.”

If there is one thing that really sticks in my craw, it’s a bunch of sober youngsters  listening to jazz and then going out joy riding! This madness must end! I’m just glad the right wing is coming down on the side of decency and putting an end to this threat which, if left unfettered, will almost certainly lead to the downfall of our great nation.

Chip Chantry One Man Show at Khyber Tonight

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Hey gang, great show tonight (Monday) at the Khyber. Matt Ruby from New York, Benny Michaels, Dave Terruso, and the Feeko Brothers. There are also rumors of an appearance from 1920s comedian and a VERY special celebrity appearance. Action starts at 8:30 p.m. at the Khyber, and tickets are only $5 a pop. $1 PBRs, $1 Miller Lites, $2 Lagers, and $2 Whiskey and Cokes. Hope to see ya tonight!