THE STELLA MARIS KWIZ ANSWER

August 24, 2012

Yes, that’s Mary on the left as well as on the right. One could, however, assert that both ladies are Gladys and also be correct. Yes, America’s Sweetheart was born Gladys Smith in Canada and by the age of 7 was the sole breadwinner supporting her mother, brother and sister. I bow to you and […]

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THE STELLA MARIS KWIZ

August 23, 2012

The actress on the left, gazing at Mary Pickford as Stella Maris on the right, is: a. an accomplished practitioner of the silent movie gesture-and-pose pantomime style of acting most flamboyantly perpetrated by Lon Chaney Sr. b. not all there. c. afraid of moths. d. Mary Pickford.

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PEGGY ANN GARNER KWIZ ANSWER

August 17, 2012

Peggy Ann would have cut off her right arm before she gave away Gertie, her pet elephant. So it’s not that. However, she had no problem with aiding and abetting Gertie in the wrenching out of the ground a Brooklyn sapling some four inches in diameter and ten feet in height and presenting it to […]

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THE PEGGY ANN GARNER KWIZ

August 16, 2012

After completing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peggy gave Joan Blondell: a. her weight in emeralds. b. a tame elephant. c. a daffodil. d. 2 soiled doves. e. a tree wrenched from the soil of Brooklyn.

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MARION DAVIES KWIZ ANSWER

August 10, 2012

Yes, all answers are true. Wonderful Marion’s Sopwith Camel was a familiar sight cruising the skies above San Simeon. She hosted merry steamroller races. And rollerskating parties? Forget about it. The best. A jewel of a human was Marion.

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THE MARION DAVIES KWIZ

August 9, 2012

Marion: a. possessed the world’s largest collection of steamrollers. b. wore gloves with some sort of odd fringed cuffs. c. roller skated from the castle to the beach every year on Aardvark Day. d. built from scratch and flew her very own Sopwith Camel. e. did more than one of the above.

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SLIM PICKENS KWIZ ANSWER

August 3, 2012

Although Slim and Eleanor teamed up to win an impromptu beach volleyball tournament, Eleanor’s tight schedule had her flying off to work in a coal mine, and she had to regretfully decline Slim’s invitation to join the post volleyball mumbletypeg romp.

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THE SLIM PICKENS KWIZ

August 2, 2012
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Slim Pickens left one great dream unfulfilled. It was: a. to play Hamlet. b. to play mumbletypeg with Eleanor Roosevelt. c. to date Ayn Rand. d. to visit Minsk, or failing that, Pinsk. e. to write his memoirs while living in a missile silo.

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GENE AUTRY KWIZ ANSWER

July 27, 2012
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In 1928, young Gene was in New York and went to a Yankee game. Ignoring Ruth and Gehrig, he approached Miller Huggins and asked him to sign a baseball. It became his favorite talisman, and he carried it under his hat throughout his Hollywood career.

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THE GENE AUTRY KWIZ

July 26, 2012
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Under his good guy hat Gene Autry always carried his lucky: a. little statue of Roy Rogers. b. Miller Huggins autographed baseball. c. lunch of two hard boiled eggs. d. million dollar bill. e. pet garter snake, Rudy.

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