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Word: quiz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Each year The Crimson challenges its readers to take a Baseball quiz at the start of the major league season...

Author: By David L. Yermack, | Title: The 1984 Sports Cube Baseball Quiz | 4/3/1984 | See Source »

...Qube service enables subscribers using hand-held terminals to participate from their homes in programs ranging from quiz shows to televised public opinion polls. But after finding a lack of interest in the two-way offerings, Warner Amex decided to virtually close down its Qube network, which had been supplying 90 minutes of nightly two-way programming to 325,000 homes in six cities. While Qube subscribers will still receive up to two hours of locally originated two-way shows each day, they will have only occasional access to new network programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poor Reception: Warner Curtails Qube | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...young child," writes Stamaty of his hapless antihero, Congressman Bob Forehead, "young Bobby had one ambition; to host a TV quiz show." Instead, the wayward actor--who bears a less-than-coincidental resemblance to Rep. Jack Kemp (R.N.Y.)--becomes the political pawn of Gerard V. Oxboggle, president of Glominoid Corporation. And as a conservative representative. Forehead is the tool of every right-wing cause, from maniacal weapons manufacturers to preachy Southern Senator Clancy Fumes (a.k.a. Jesse Helms). Fumes lives in righteous fear of "secular humanist liberals" and plots to replace the Supreme Court with a panel of the four...

Author: By Thomas J. Meyer, | Title: Tooning Out | 1/13/1984 | See Source »

First, a pop quiz. Ronald Reagan and Jane Fonda both

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Move Over, Jane Fonda | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Periodically the counselors take an informal quiz, corrected among the group, to be sure they haven't forgotten anything. In addition, they often rely on other or on literature to confirm their information

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: Birth Control At Harvard: Spreading The Word | 12/1/1983 | See Source »

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