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Word: quiz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...imported a cook from Hupeh province whose spiced cabbage and chicken receives favorable mention on the diplomatic dinner circuit. Recent European guests (no Americans have been invited) reported that the atmosphere becomes somewhat stiff after dinner, when each visitor is seated individually with a Chinese and subjected to a quiz on such issues as Soviet intentions in Europe and his own government's policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: CHINA: ON THE VERGE OF SPEAKING TERMS | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...joke: I put on a quiz-show contestant grin and burble "Golly, Hugh, I've never won anything before. "But I can't seriously cope with the fact that I look like a raffle ticket. albeit a choice one, to my own government...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Golden, | Title: Death The Numbers Game | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...Prison Bowl-a rapidfire quiz modeled after the General Electric College Bowl-the score stood Norfolk, 224, Harvard, 189. This was Norfolk's 11th win in 13 matches with Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prison Inmates Down Harvard's Quiz Team | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

Founded eight years ago, the Norfolk quiz team has won nearly 75 per cent of its weekly contests with New England colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prison Inmates Down Harvard's Quiz Team | 11/3/1969 | See Source »

This play, the first of two one-acters on the same bill, takes the title of Adaptation . It is the story of a man, a "contestant," who walks through a life that closely resembles a television quiz show. The object of the game is to "figure out the rules and overcome the odds"-and win by landing safely on a "security square...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Theatregoer Adaptation-Next at the Theatre Co. of Boston | 9/23/1969 | See Source »

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