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Friday, December 11

One of the gags on "King of the Hill" is that all the characters understand Boomhauer, but none of the viewers do. On the show, even Bob Dylan understands him. And vice versa. Mike Judge based the voice on somebody who left a complaint about "Beavis and Butthead" on his answering machine. Interestingly, his singing voice is perfectly clear, and is provided by Vince Gill.

You know about Guglielmo Marconi and his work on radio. You may not know that this part-Italian, part-Irish scientist had an active political life, albeit an embarrassing one. He was made a senator during World War I and attended the Versailles conference. He also joined the Fascist Party in 1923, and Mussolini was his best man at his second wedding.

Then again, on the plus side, his great-grandfather founded the Jameson Whiskey distillery.

The name of what small silver fish is also a word used in extractive metallurgy?

A) Anchovy

B) Herring

C) Minnow

D) Smelt

Previous answer: In Turkey, they call turkey "hindi."

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