Posts Tagged ‘ Celebrities ’

The Tattlesnake — Wordy-Gurdy Name Quiz

March 24, 2011
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Just for fun, grab a pencil and paper and try to find the three-word name combinations of prominent people in politics, history and the arts from each clue. Example: Clue: Hit the road, Congressman Name: Ray Charles Rangel 1. Clue: Piano Man Sun-Tanned 2. Clue: Shrugged the Aqua Buddha Senator 3. Clue: Blond-Haired De-Angler 4. Clue: Offbeat Comedian Astroturfer 5. Clue: Code Pink Prime Israeli 6. Clue: Disaster Progressive News Anchor 7. Clue: Chess Records’ Okie Senator At Last 8. Clue: Enthusiasm Curbed Tea Party Billionaire 9. Clue: Oscar General Badger Governor 10. Clue: Traitor for Gold and Golden Bear Musclehead Answers below

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The Tattlesnake – Quiz: Find the Real Palin Quotes Edition

October 6, 2008
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“He who cannot remember the past is condemned to remember the past. Or something.” – Joe Queenan, channeling a Quayleism in “The Vice-Presidency Is a Terrible Thing to Waste.” Grab a pen or pencil and some paper and take the quiz, and no cheating with The Google. Which are actual quotes from Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and which are from a beauty pageant contestant, fashion model or airhead celebrity? (Answers below the fold.) 1. “I say, too, with education, America needs to be putting a lot more focus on that and our schools have got to be really ramped up in terms of the funding that they are deserving. Teachers needed to be paid more.” A. Sarah Palin B. Beauty pageant contestant, fashion model or airhead celebrity. 2. “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as, and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the…

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