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October 10, 2006

Trivial Tuesday #39

1. Name the character and show featuring this quote: "Life's not so bad, right? Sure the Others are coming to, like, eat us all, and every once in a while someone blows up all over you, but you do get to sleep in every morning."

2. Name the artist and song: "..Never knowing who to cling to When the rain set in.."

3. Which President said: "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."

4. Name the mathematician: "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

5. What Basketball player said: "They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me."

Answers for last week:

1. Scrubs - My Own Private Practice Guy
2. Susanne Vega - Tom's Diner
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Neil Armstrong
5. John Madden

Posted by mhader at October 10, 2006 9:00 AM

Comments

1. Lost - Not certain who, but I gotta think it's Hurley
4. Newton

Posted by: Jeremy at October 10, 2006 9:03 AM

2. Elton John, Candle in the Wind

Posted by: Mary at October 10, 2006 9:18 AM

3. The current President Bush, I assume.

Posted by: Ben at October 10, 2006 1:09 PM

Four answers so far, all correct..

Sports quotes are tough, so I'll give some hints..

He's a well known, retired basketball player. He played in the All-Star game 12 times, MVP of two. He's a 5-time NBA champion. He was on the 1992 Olympic basketball team. As the quote points out, he retired from basketball more than once.

Posted by: michael at October 10, 2006 1:38 PM

5. Michael Jordan

Posted by: Lisa at October 10, 2006 5:46 PM

Michael Jordan is a good guess, but this player is four years older and hails from Michigan.

Posted by: michael at October 10, 2006 7:45 PM

Jordan was my first guess too, but I googled to be sure before posting. Since I looked it up, I won't spoil the fun for others.

Here's a hint: I'm not a NBA fan at all, and I instantly recognized his name.

Posted by: Ben at October 10, 2006 8:53 PM

5. Magic?

Posted by: Jeremy at October 10, 2006 11:05 PM

Earvin 'Magic' Johnson would be the man. I'll admit, the stats I gave were carefully picked to make Jordan a smart guess. Jordan was 3 time MVP out of the 14 All-Star Games he played. He was a 6 time NBA Champ, on the 1992 Olympic team (as well as the 1984 team), and he retired from basketball three times vs Magic's two.

Posted by: michael at October 11, 2006 7:05 AM