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...just his call for massive weekly trivia quizzes in Harvard Yard" that make T. Logan Evans 14 remind us of this film character, Handsome, preppy, unmistakable, Evans also similarly entertains and captivates. He has taken an otherwise unremarkable election and turned it into a personal daredevil show...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: Logan's Fun | 10/23/1982 | See Source »

Along with this reconstituted heavy breathing, McClintick provides new trivia about the trappings of entertainment power. Business with Producer Ray Stark (Funny Girl, Annie), a Begelman ally, is done in Chow's Kosherama Delicatessen, a noshery whose menu features tongue on rye and chicken with walnuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Begelgate | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

When the sun is shining, the S.M.A.P. can treat it all as a game, like trivia questions. Who played second base for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1940? Pete Coscarart, that's who. What did a haircut cost in those days? Fifty cents. And a Hershey bar? Five cents. When the S.M.A.P. reads that E.T. earned $17 million over the July 4 weekend, he remembers paying 25? to see Gone With the Wind. In fact, he remembers when Gone With the Wind's gross of $40 million established a record that was expected to stand forever, like Ty Cobb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Nothing Is What It Used to Be | 8/16/1982 | See Source »

College Bowl--nationally organized as the "varsity sport of the mind" by the Association of College Unions-International--was a popular Sunday afternoon TV trivia quiz show years ago, pitting teams of three students against each other for the academic honor of their school...

Author: By Compiled FROM College newspapers, | Title: Trivia Champions | 5/1/1982 | See Source »

...League Question (required in all Ivy Trivia quizzes): Name the only, two Hall-of-Famers who went to Columbia University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Sports Cube Annual Baseball Trivia Quiz | 4/27/1982 | See Source »

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