Our trivia pal Adam Cohen of Brooklyn, N.Y., has assembled a short list of well-known names and phrases that have exactly one of each of the five vowels: QUESTION MARK, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, TRUMAN DOCTRINE and PHIL DONAHUE. If you can think of any others (one-word answers don't count), please let us know.
Rick Connett of Walnut Creek, Calif., asks about the origin of the traditional church wedding vows. Our research indicates the "dearly beloved" service can be traced to the 1662 edition of Anglican Book of Common Prayer. But much of it, including "to have and to hold" and "for better or for worse," can be found in the English medieval variant of the Roman rite known as the Use of York.
In the 1990 film "Die Hard 2," New York City police detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) is not at all enamored of the latest electronic devices.
As he remarks to his wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), in the film, "As far as I'm concerned, progress peaked with…"
A) Bicycles
B) Pet rocks
C) Frozen pizza
D) Parachutes
Previous answer: Sutter's Mill, of 19th-century Gold Rush fame, was a sawmill. A replica of the mill can be seen today at the site of the original, in Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park.
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