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Take the Arkansas Baby Boomer quiz Sunday, Nov 20, 2005 By John Brummett Newsweek magazine recently celebrated, if that's the right word, that the first Baby Boomers are turning 60. In that context it published a Baby Boomer quiz. Thus came the inspiration for this Arkansas edition. Blame Newsweek. Answers will be provided at the end, unless editors cut the last paragraph for space reasons, which has been known to happen, and in which case you'll never know but perhaps will somehow get over it. 1. In the summer of 1975, Rolling Stones stars Keith Richards and Ron Wood, awaiting a concert in Memphis, decided to make a blues-honoring trek by car into eastern Arkansas, and got thrown in jail in Fordyce on charges of: A. Possessing drugs. B. Possessing a firearm. C. Possessing a concealed dagger. D. Asking a Redbug cheerleader for some satisfaction. 2. Craig O'Neill, the Channel 11 sports guy: A. Graduated with honors from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. B. Did no such thing, because he went to ASU in Jonesboro, but donated his "papers" to UCA anyhow. C. Made a prank radio call to Frank Broyles pretending to be a Hollywood producer offering Frank a movie acting job that might include some tasteful nudity, the prospect of which did not douse the coach's interest quite as abruptly as one might have expected. D. Ran for governor in 1984 against Bill Clinton. E. B and C. 3. This Arkansas politician never faced charges: A. Bill Clinton. B. Jim Guy Tucker. C. Steve Clark. D. Bill McCuen. E. Oh, heck, they all did. 4. Which of the following does not represent an actual nickname applied either by friends or enemies? A. Bill Clinton - Slick Willie. B. Dale Bumpers - Fearless. C. Janet Huckabee - Jethrine. D. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - The Dog. E. Me - Dreamboat, also Mr. Positive. 5. Glen Campbell's hit song, "Wichita Lineman," written by Jimmy Webb, was originally entitled: A. Lineman for the County. B. Still on the Line. C. By the Time I Get to Wichita. D. Ouachita Lineman. 6. An anchorman for television station KATV in Little Rock who shall remain unidentified owing to my compassion and my subsequent appreciation of his essential decency once asked a doctor live on the air: A. If some high jumpers had extra ligaments in their knees. B. If prostate problems were more common in men. 7. Jim Lindsey, tycoon developer of Northwest Arkansas, also managed along his life's journey to: A. Run for governor as a Democrat in 1972 against David Pryor, presenting himself as a crime-fighter, and lose. B. Get credited by Justice Jim Johnson for helping persuade Col. Eugene Holmes to release Bill Clinton's famous letter in 1992 in which Clinton wrote that he wouldn't be showing up for ROTC after all. C. Use his leverage as a member of the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees to protect Houston Nutt's job security, and even get the coach a swell raise. D. Play some creditable wingback for the Hogs' team in 1964 that secured a version of the national collegiate football championship. E. Actually, do every darned bit of that. 8. The late Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller thought an aide was whispering his name when in fact the aide was trying to tell him that he was at that moment speaking at a rally in: A. Possum Grape. B. Bald Knob. C. Wynne. 9. Wally Hall says his first-ever newspaper sports article, an account of a high school basketball game written on or about 1972 for the old afternoon Arkansas Democrat: A. Contained only five inexplicable metaphors. B. Called Hall High the Rockets and Catholic High the Warriors. C. Referred to three-point shots that did not exist at the time. D. Was wadded up and thrown in the trash by me. The answers: 1-C. 2-E. 3-E. 4-E. 5-D. 6-B. 7-E. 8-C. 9-D. ------- John Brummett is a columnist for the Arkansas News Bureau in Little Rock. His e-mail address is jbrummett@arkansasnews.com; his telephone number is (501) 374-0699. |
