From Deseret News archives:
Trivia quiz
OOPS (the mistakes and mishaps that made the headlines)
1.1998: What former Bond girl was so hostile to hunk Howie Long in RadioShack ads that many viewers incorrectly assumed they were married?
2.1992: What nickname did a confidant James Gilbey give Princess Diana in a phone chat leaked to the press?
3.1997: What U.S. president, when handed a Romanian flag with a hole where the communist emblem has been, burbled: "Thanks for the poncho"?
WIRED (technology, gadgets and the Internet)
4.1992: What was the battery-operated Robi Comb designed to detect, kill and remove from humans?
6.1994: What search engine was born when six Stanford students sat around Rosita's Taqueria looking for an exciting way to stay together after graduation?
VIEWING (movies, television and the things we watched)
7.1998: What cable channel unleased the two-headed CatDog upon an unsuspecting public?
8.1994: What novelist dreamed up the TV series "ER"?
9.1996: Who refused a Tony nomination for "Victor/Victoria" because the show itself wasn't nominated?
TRENDS (food and fashion)
10.1993: What L-word, according to "The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook," has been updated to the phrase "nontraditional shoppers"?
11.1998: What chair did Edwin Shoemaker invent in 1928, then die lounging in 70 years later?
Comments
- Cougars beat Utes in overtime 1:11 a.m.
- UVU beats SUU; USU wins big 12:57 a.m.
- BYU spikers end season with a loss 12:55 a.m.
- Iverson may be headed to 76ers 12:34 a.m.
- Credit Coug defense for win 12:33 a.m.
- Aggies blow away T-birds 12:32 a.m.
- Mo steals show in Cavaliers' victory 12:31 a.m.
- Editorial: Facilitate Big Brother? 12:22 a.m.
- Mom befriends wife of PTSD vet 12:21 a.m.
- Political clash over U.S. debt 12:21 a.m.
- Cave to be sealed with body inside
- Predicting the unpredictable: BYU wins
- Vegas, Poinsettia bowls or bust
- Hall mouths off about hate of Utah
- BYU football: 5 keys to victory
- Glover gives Utes last-second upset
- Cougars turn back Wildcats'
- Man trapped in Nutty Putty cave dies
- Running game key to BYU offense
- Woods, wife unavailable for interview
- Cougars beat Utes in overtime
395 - Hall mouths off about hate of Utah
143 - Thunder rolls by Jazz
136 - Cave to be sealed with body inside
115 - Man trapped in Nutty Putty cave dies
115 - Editorial: Poor welcome for Palin
113 - Rivalry Week is highly profane
88 - Hall's legacy measured today
75 - Y. focused on 10-win season
73 - Letters: C02 causes warming
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