Monday, December 25, 2006

THE JON CARROLL XMAS QUIZ: Even better than the SF Chronicle's annual geography quiz is the Jon Carroll Xmas quiz, with such goodies as these:

10. In 1999, Atlanta's Chipper Jones won the National League MVP, becoming the most recent switch hitter to win the award. Who is the last switch hitter to win the American League MVP?

11. These are all quotes from Shakespeare. What plays are they from? (a) "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse," (b) "True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings." (c) "An honest tale speeds best being plainly told." (d) "I am not in the giving vein today." (e) "Conscience is but a word that cowards use."

12. Who is Tracy Marrow? Who is O'Shea Jackson? Who is Noel Paul Stokey? Who is John Veliotes? Who is Calvin Broadus?

This was cooler when Googling wasn't even an option and this stuff would stump you all day, but cool it remains (answers tomorrow).

Anyway, Merry Christmas, all.


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