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December 20, 2008The Desirable Roasted Coffee Christmas Quiz Prize goes unclaimed
The Desirable Roasted Coffee Christmas Quiz Prize goes unclaimed this year. The quiz was about something said by a famous person: "We is tiptop at Toots." And the quiz was: 1)
Name three people at the table where this statement was made. 2) Which
one taught an Olympic gold medalist. 3) Who was that athlete? 4) Which
of the three principals is still living? Here are the answers: 1) The three people at the table were George Plimpton, Marianne Moore and Muhammad Ali. Plimpton was editor of the Paris Review and a participatory journalist. His essays, articles and books are tight, considered, stripped. I will never write as well as Plimpton --- I hope you will. Marianne Moore was one of the better American modernist poets. In 1955, the Ford Company asked her to name their new car. She suggested "Mongoose Civique," They called it the "Edsel." If you have no idea what I am talking about... I can't help you. Muhammad Ali was boxing's heavyweight champion of the world. Moore and Ali wrote a poem together when they metæ 2) Who taught an Olympic gold medalist? Marianne Moore 3) Who was that athlete? 4) Which of the three principals is still alive? Muhammad Ali. Posted by Allan Jenkins on December 20, 2008 at 04:14 AM in Desirable Roasted Coffee | Permalink TrackBackTrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Desirable Roasted Coffee Christmas Quiz Prize goes unclaimed: CommentsOkay, I was not even aiming at the right quote. Maybe I will have better luck next year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Posted by: Carol Johanningsmeier | Dec 21, 2008 2:27:53 AM The comments to this entry are closed. |
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