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Any Questions #222

WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel salute this Black Friday show.

Last week's challenge
Start with the name of the Albert Camus novel THE STRANGER. Rearrange the letters and you can spell a two-word action a landlord does. What are the words?
Answer: GATHERS RENT.

THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: FAMOUS COLONELS
On-air questions: On November 27, 1968, Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play in a professional basketball league. Signed by the Kentucky Colonels of the ABA, Early was put into a game against the Los Angeles Stars, despite protests by Gene Rhodes, the Colonels' coach. She inbounded a pass to a teammate, immediately after which a timeout was called, and she was removed from the game to a standing ovation. To honor Early's achievement with the Kentucky Colonels, this week our questions are about famous colonels.

1. Colonel Henry Rutgers led forces in the American Revolution and served several terms in the New York legislature, but his most lasting legacy is the college renamed in his honor in 1825. Its name was later changed to Rutgers University, and then again to "Rutgers, The State University of" what state?
2. Originally named Colonel Yellow, the Clue character known as Colonel Mustard was portrayed by Martin Mull in the 1985 film adaptation of the board game. Mull also appeared as Russell the pharmacist on what sitcom that originally starred Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer?
3. Born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, the man more famously known as Colonel Tom Parker began his career as a talent manager in the 1930s, but he is better remembered as the person who became, in 1956, the manager of what musician, remaining his representative well after the singer's death in 1977?
4. Retired U.S. Air Force colonel Martha McSally, the first woman from the U.S. to fly in combat, served from 1988 until 2010. In 2001, McSally won a lawsuit against the Department of Defense over alleged discriminatory policies for servicewomen stationed in Saudi Arabia. The named defendant in the suit was what then-current Secretary of Defense?
5. In 1939, food critic Duncan Hines – yes, that Duncan Hines – visited a restaurant and included in his book Adventures in Good Eating this review: "A very good place to stop en route to Cumberland Falls and the Great Smokies. Continuous 24-hour service. Sizzling steaks, fried chicken, country ham, hot biscuits." Who owned that restaurant?

Extra credit
1. Portrayed by Marlon Brando in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz is based on a character (also called Kurtz) from the 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, written by what author?
2. Henry Knox served as Colonel in the Continental Regiment of Artillery in 1776 and helped in the movement of guns from Fort Ticonderoga to Washington, D.C. that year. Appropriately, George Washington appointed Knox to what position in his cabinet, making him the first person to hold that position?

This week's challenge
Start with the word REGIMENT. Change one letter to a U, and you can rearrange the result to spell a word for a person who wouldn't be a good member of a regiment. What is the word?

ANSWERS
On-air questions

1. New Jersey
2. Two and a Half Men
3. Elvis Presley
4. Donald Rumsfeld
5. Colonel Sanders

Extra credit
1. Joseph Conrad
2. Secretary of War
 

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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