Silliness Quiz - Page 253

Stitchawl · 08-25-2011, 03:07 AM

"My Little Margie!" (Ya gotta be old to recognize this one!)

Stitchawl

dreams · 08-25-2011, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

"My Little Margie!" (Ya gotta be old to recognize this one!)

Stitchawl

Was that a book? I was thinking of a book published by Random House that featured use of a female name for a storm. Then storms were called by female names until the naming was changed to using male and female names in later years.

Stitchawl · 08-25-2011, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by dreams

Was that a book? I was thinking of a book published by Random House that featured use of a female name for a storm. Then storms were called by female names until the naming was changed to using male and female names in later years.

It was, but I was thinking of the 1950's TV sitcom starring Gail Storm who played 'Margie.'

Stitchawl

WT Sharpe · 08-25-2011, 12:53 PM

Hazel?

poohbear_nc · 08-25-2011, 01:03 PM

Shucks - I was going to guess Gale Storm!

WT Sharpe · 08-25-2011, 01:17 PM

I have no idea is Hazel is right, or who published it, but this is the book I'm referring to, and given her personality, it seems to fit. It's probably the wrong answer, though, because the Wikipedia article says, "In 2008, the cartoonist's son, Peter Key, said, 'He picked the name Hazel out of the air, but there was an editor at The Post who had a sister named Hazel. She thought her brother came up with the name, and she didn’t speak to him for two years.'"

Spoiler:

Ted Key was also the creator of Peabody and Sherman.

dreams · 08-25-2011, 03:13 PM

Great guesses, everyone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreams

Was that a book? I was thinking of a book published by Random House that featured use of a female name for a storm. Then storms were called by female names until the naming was changed to using male and female names in later years.

Darn, I knew I would be terrible at this.

Maybe, I didn't ask the question clearly enough?

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Originally Posted by dreams

<snip>What was the name of the book that was an early example of the use of a female name for a storm?

CLUES:

It was a book published by Random House in 1941.

It featured the use of a female name to name a storm. The winter storm was named "Maria."

This was part of the History of Naming Hurricanes.

It was also a film by Walt Disney presented on network TV (ABC), though "Maria" may have been pronounced as "Mariah".

It inspired Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe to write the song "They Call the Wind Maria" for their 1951 musical "Paint Your Wagon."

dreams · 08-26-2011, 03:59 PM

To move things on, the answer is in the spoiler.

Spoiler:

Someone want to start the next question?

Stitchawl · 09-04-2011, 06:31 AM

This thread has been on hold for a while, so I figure it needs a boost...

Larry's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty...Guess what would be the name of the fifth?

Stitchawl

orlok · 09-04-2011, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stitchawl

This thread has been on hold for a while, so I figure it needs a boost...

Larry's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty...Guess what would be the name of the fifth?

Stitchawl

Larry

HomeInMyShoes · 09-04-2011, 09:04 AM

Someone has to fall for it. Fifty?

orlok · 09-04-2011, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Someone has to fall for it. Fifty?

I think you'll find I've already answered it above

.

HomeInMyShoes · 09-04-2011, 09:07 AM

I know, but it seemed like such a waste.

Stitchawl · 09-04-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

I think you'll find I've already answered it above

.

Yeah... you've got it. I knew it would be easy but I wanted to get the wheels greased a bit. This thread was inactive for too long.

Give us the next one, please!

Stitchawl

orlok · 09-04-2011, 11:28 AM

It did get me for a moment, then (as the exam adjudicators would say), I read the question again, carefully...

What was strange about Kenneth Dudley's election to the position of Road Commissioner for Benton, Maine in March 2011?

08-26-2011, 03:59 PM	#3788
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	To move things on, the answer is in the spoiler. Spoiler: "Storm" by George R . Stewart - the storm in the book (published by Random House in 1941) was named Maria (which was pronounced as Mariah at the time). A link to goodreads with the information - His 1941 novel Storm, featuring as its protagonist a Pacific storm called Maria, prompted the National Weather Service to use personal names to designate storms and inspired Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe to write the song "They Call the Wind Maria" for their 1951 musical "Paint Your Wagon." Storm was dramatized as "A Storm Called Maria" on a 1959 episode of ABC's Disneyland. And a link to the Washington Post with some more... - The practice of naming hurricanes solely after women came to an end in 1978 when men's and women's names were included in the Eastern North Pacific storm lists. In 1979, male and female names were included in lists for the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Someone want to start the next question?

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08-25-2011, 03:07 AM	#3781
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	"My Little Margie!" (Ya gotta be old to recognize this one!) Stitchawl

08-25-2011, 12:53 PM	#3784
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Hazel?

08-25-2011, 01:03 PM	#3785
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,774 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Shucks - I was going to guess Gale Storm!

08-25-2011, 01:17 PM	#3786
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	I have no idea is Hazel is right, or who published it, but this is the book I'm referring to, and given her personality, it seems to fit. It's probably the wrong answer, though, because the Wikipedia article says, "In 2008, the cartoonist's son, Peter Key, said, 'He picked the name Hazel out of the air, but there was an editor at The Post who had a sister named Hazel. She thought her brother came up with the name, and she didn’t speak to him for two years.'" Spoiler: Ted Key was also the creator of Peabody and Sherman.

09-04-2011, 06:31 AM	#3789
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	This thread has been on hold for a while, so I figure it needs a boost... Larry's father has five sons named Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty...Guess what would be the name of the fifth? Stitchawl

09-04-2011, 09:04 AM	#3791
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Someone has to fall for it. Fifty?

09-04-2011, 09:07 AM	#3793
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I know, but it seemed like such a waste.

09-04-2011, 11:28 AM	#3795
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	It did get me for a moment, then (as the exam adjudicators would say), I read the question again, carefully... What was strange about Kenneth Dudley's election to the position of Road Commissioner for Benton, Maine in March 2011?