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Trivial Pursuit #101

Trivial Pursuit #101

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#0Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 6:39pm

For correctly answering Trivial Pursuit #100, Mary_Ethel has passed the mantle onto me. From now on, I will be issuing the Trivial Pursuits.

And so, it is my pleasure to have my first Trivial Pursuit:



As a follow-up to the Smash-Hit A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, Stephen Sondheim teamed up with Arthur Laurents to write an outlandish new Musical, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE.


Despite a wonderful score, the show was ahead of its time, and closed after nine performances.


In ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, the inmates of the Town's Lunatic Asylum, The Cookie Jar, are called Cookies.


Towards the end of the show, the names of 49 of the 50 Cookies are revealed to us.


These names reveal something very special about the Cookies. What is it?
Updated On: 4/8/05 at 06:39 PM

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#1re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 6:50pm

Hint #1: Think BIG Political Comment

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#2re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 6:56pm

Hint #2: The names were listed in Alphabetical Order

#3re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:03pm

Congrats, but I don't know the answer.

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#4re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:04pm

Hint #3: They weren't just ordinary names

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#5re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:05pm

the 50 states?


It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

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#6re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:06pm

Elphaba: A great guess, but not the correct answer re: Trivial Pursuit #101

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#7re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:08pm

Thankyou, Captain_Obvious

Elphaba, care to try again?

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#8re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:09pm

They're all great humanitarians and thinkers. Brecht, Ghandi, etc.


"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Ellie3
#9re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:11pm

It's something to do with mental hospitals, anyway...hmmmm....
I give up. re: Trivial Pursuit #101

Edit - or great thinkers! That's what I meant... Updated On: 4/8/05 at 07:11 PM

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#10re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:13pm

50 state capitals?


It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

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#11re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:13pm

CONGRATULATIONS LAEL!!!

Yes, the 49 Cookies named were some of the Great Thinkers and Humanitarians of our time. Think Brecht, Freud, Gandhi and many others.

I believe this is your first Trivial Pursuit Win!

Welcome to The Winner's Circle!


For your bonus points:

Can you tell me who the 50th Cookie was?

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#12re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:14pm

A valiant effort, Elphaba, but to no avail.

Better luck next time! re: Trivial Pursuit #101

Ellie3
#13re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:15pm

Are the bonus points only open to the winner, or can anyone jump in?

I know the answer (but of course), I just don't want to step on Lael's toes...

#14re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:17pm

I'm guessing it starts with a "z". But I don't think I know anyone who starts with a "z".

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#15re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:17pm

Ellie, you are welcome to jump in if Lael doesn't know the answer...

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LaeloftheLakes
#16re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:19pm

No, I know it! It's the investigator guy...the one who helps Fay...just give me a second, okay?


"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Ellie3
#17re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:20pm

Hapgood, or something? Am I right? Am I?

*jumps up and down*

#18re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:20pm

*chants* Dooo it. Dooo it.

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#19re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:22pm

GAH! Curse you, Ellie! I clicked here to post that, and you beat me to it! *punts Ellie off planet*


"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Ellie3
#20re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:25pm

*smirks at Lael from space*

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#21re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:26pm

Shuuuuup.


"I am special, I am special! Please, God, please, don't let me be normal!" ---Louisa, The Fantasticks
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Intolerant of intolerance.

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#22re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:27pm

Yes!

Lael is is "that inspector guy". And Ellie, his name is Hapgood, played, in the Original Broadway Production by the dashing Harry Guardino.

At the end of the musical it is revealed that Fay knew his identity all along, but went along with his act.

And why?

Because she loves him of course.


Your Prize:

You have been called to investigate a mysterious miracle that has revitalised an otherwise dead town.

But as you investigate, you discover that the miracle is nothing but a fraud.

You must protect the citizens of the town, and your charges, the Cookies, from the awful Mayoress who has been corrupted by power.

But don't worry, it's not all serious. You'll have a lot of fun pretending to be "Ze Lady from Lourdes", a french Miracle Investigater.

And in the end, you get the man, the dashing Hapgood, played wonderfully by the handsome Ellie. re: Trivial Pursuit #101

Thanks for playing, folks!
Updated On: 4/8/05 at 07:27 PM

#23re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:29pm

No, thank YOU! You did a great job as the new... Trivial Persuit Question Asker!

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#24re: Trivial Pursuit #101
Posted: 4/8/05 at 7:30pm

I would've liked to have seen a few more smiley faces--and I missed the posting of any song lyrics--but HEY, the guy's got PROMISE... re: Trivial Pursuit #101


"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."


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