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Any Questions #252

WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel return with a St. John-themed show.

Last week's challenge
Start with the phrase BREAK THE ICE. Change one letter to a G and you can rearrange the result to spell a three-word phrase (3, 4, 4) that you might say to someone who is walking away from you. What is it?
Answer: If you change the I to a G, you can spell GET BACK HERE.

THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: FAMOUS ST. JOHNS
On-air questions: On June 24, 1604, Samuel de Champlain reached the mouth of a 400-mile river that discharges into the Bay of Fundy. He named it the St. John River, after John the Baptist, whose feast day is June 24th. Nicknamed "the Rhine of North America," the St. John River forms part of the border between the U.S. and Canada in two places along its length. To commemorate the naming of the St. John River, today our quiz is about other famous St. Johns.

1. St. John the Apostle, according to Christian tradition, is the author of five books in the New Testament: the Gospel of John, the three Epistles of John (often referred to as First, Second, and Third John) and what book, also known as "The Apocalypse of John"?
2. Saint John, along with Saint Thomas and Saint Croix are the three main constituent parts of what U.S. territory, located in the Caribbean Sea some 40 miles east of Puerto Rico and just west of their British counterparts?
3. Actress Jill St. John, perhaps best known for her performance as Tiffany Case, the Bond Girl in 1971's Diamonds are Forever, also appeared in the first two episodes of the 1960s Batman TV series as Molly, the female companion to what "questionable" villain?
4. In February of 2012, the women's basketball team from St. John's University in New York City ended the 99-game home court winning streak of which perennial powerhouse team when they defeated them 57-56?
5. Hypericum perforatum, a flowering plant often used as a treatment for depression, is more commonly known as what?

Extra credit
1. St. John Publications, a comic book publisher from 1947 to 1958, acquired the licenses to publish comics based on many popular cartoon characters including what rodent, famous for coming "to save the day"?
2. Located on Amsterdam Avenue in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is mentioned in what 1987 Suzanne Vega hit a cappella song, in which she sings of hearing "the bells of the cathedral"?

This week's challenge
Start with the phrase SAINT JOHN. Change one letter to a D and you can rearrange the result to spell a two-word phrase (four letters, five letters) for what people might do before praying. What is the phrase?\

ANSWERS
On-air questions

1. Revelation
2. U.S. Virgin Islands
3. The Riddler
4. University of Connecticut Lady Huskies
5. St. John's Wort

Extra credit
1. Mighty Mouse
2. "Tom's Diner"
 

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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