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Word: sacrality (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...point question on European royalty, then went for the tough eleven-pointer: Name the five groups of bones in the human spinal column (see diagram). A onetime pre-med student, Snodgrass began with a noun, "sacrum," was ruled out by M.C. Jack Barry, whose answer card listed the adjective "sacral." Then Bloomgarden ticked off "sacral," "cervical," "thoracic," "lumbar" and "coccyx," was abruptly ruled correct and the winner of the $73,500 at stake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Battle of the Bones | 6/3/1957 | See Source »

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