Mr. Newton’s favorite letter in the alphabet was ‘b’, as in ‘Be ye clear on that there point, George Mary?’
Oddly enough, Robert Newton: a. didn’t claim his favorite letter of the alphabet was ‘r’. b. and his parrot often performed duets with notable success in various singing competitions. c. yearned to play Romeo. d. somehow developed his pirate squint bobbing for apples. e. insisted on umpiring college baseball games in full pirate get-up.
As her alter ego, Silver Flying Insect, Kate: a. tended bar in a Santa Monica dive. b. fought for truth, justice and Howard Hughes. c. confronted the IRS. d. outwitted Ginger Rogers. e. made Stan Laurel cry.
All answers save ‘c’ are correct. He did meet one lion once that he didn’t like.
Silent movie star Francis X Bushman: a. was a lion tamer before he broke into pictures. b. lived outdoors with a free ranging pride of lions in the San Fernando Valley. c. never met a lion he didn’t like. d. once led several lions in an assault on Pismo Beach. e. got the Ben Hur […]
Washington Irving’s wren bone pen was really cool.
Washington Irving wrote The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: a. to pay off a gambling debt. b. after hearing a joke about a horseless headman in a tavern. c. to get out of doing an honest day’s work. d. while taking a much needed break from dancing jigs. e. with a pen fashioned from wren bones.
Anthony did write a novel while punting on the Thames. His best kick traveled 70 yards in the air.
Anthony Trollope, who wrote short novels during vacations between writing long novels,: a. once considered trimming his beard, but decided it would interfere with writing a novel. b. once wrote a novel while punting on the Thames. c. tried writing two novels simultaneously, one with each hand, found it to be too difficult, and wrote […]
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5 of 5 stars to The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton goodreads.com/review/show/55…
