Mid-Mensan The Newsletter of Mid-Hudson Mensa	March 2000
Cover: Green Eggs & Ham (4Kb)

Well, my New Year's prediction of snow and cold certainly came true with a vengeance. Therefore I predict a mild and warm early spring!! Despite what a certain marmot in Pennsylvania thinks!!

I received some statistics on National Testing Day. About 1500 people took the test, about 1000 passed, and so far over 500 have joined Mensa.

We learned that our Scholarship Fund now stands a little over $8,000. Several people have suggested we push a little harder towards getting the final $2,000 to push the total over $10,000. In the past we had set this as our goal, and after reaching it we would then be able to offer a local scholarship in addition to the MERF scholarships. To this end, Ollie Simpson thought we should call it the $2000 in 2000 Project and work towards getting this money this year. We've thought about this in the past, and said things like "Gee, if only 100 people would donate $20, we'd be there!!" That said... I'll put my money where my mouth is, sort of, and throw in the first $20 for this fund. Now all we need is 99 more people to match me!! I dare ya!!

Another project we've working toward is Mid-Hudson Mensa's first garage sale. Ollie Simpson has graciously donated the use of her yard, and garage, for this sale. The sale is scheduled for mid-May. Watch for more details on how to contribute items, what to contribute, and how you can help.

In the past members of Mid-Hudson Mensa have helped judge the Science Fair entries in Hyde Park. The date is Saturday, March 4th, and the fair is held at the Haviland Middle School on Haviland Road, just off Route 9-G in Hyde Park. Judging occurs between 9:00 and 11:00am, but the judges are asked to arrive at 8:30 am for a brief orientation meeting. If you are interested please contact the Math/Science Office at FDR High School.

If you have Poughkeepsie Cable, perhaps you saw Maria Weinberg deliver an inspiring speech to the first group of new U.S. Citizens in Poughkeepsie this year. Excellent speech, Maria!!

And, in the world of doggie news: Casper, of the two broken legs fame, has made a remarkable recovery. He's getting around just fine, usually on four legs, sometimes on three, and sometimes he rolls over and wants his belly scratched. The other remarkable thing is that he's taken this all in stride, and he remains the same happy dog we've come to know and love.

I felt a twinge of spring in the air around the middle of February, so I was sure warmer weather was headed our way. That was, of course, just before the blizzard on President's Day Weekend. I missed the snow-- very early that Friday morning I drove to New Hampshire to attend their 1900 RG (Oops). I was an hour ahead of the snow the entire trip, and it was definitely good planning; once the snow started, traffic moved very slowly and cautiously.

The RG itself was, as always, a lot of fun. Their registrar is our RVC, Deb Stone, who is probably the most organized RG registrar I've ever seen. That transfers to her job as RVC as well, because as assistant RVC, I have not been delegated any tasks yet (not that I'm complaining, Deb!!!) This issue may seem a bit redundant. Several items or activities are mentioned in several areas this month, such as our scholarship fund push and the local science fairs. But that's because we feel they are important. Even though Mensa is a social organization, that doesn't mean we shouldn't be a contributing force in the world of education and knowledge.

At first glance, you might think some facts in this issue are inaccurate. The scholarship fund, for example, is listed in several articles with several different values. All are correct. Each total reflects a different point in time over the last six months. That will give you an idea of the rate at which the fund grows. Can you think of any ways to raise money for the fund beyond what we're already doing? If you can, please let us know.

We have a lot of letters and updates in this issue - a lot is going on right now, after the quieter winter months. Spring is always a time of renewed activity, and that seems to be true of Mensa this year as well. I hope some of your renewed activity includes meeting some of us in one way or another, whether it be an e-mail, or an article for the newsletter, or by attending one or more events this month. If you're looking for a great first event, I highly recommend our longest-running event, "Green Eggs & Ham."

Though it's still winter, we already have a reservation for the group campsites at Tolland State Forest for July 14-16. Unfortunately, the camping fees tripled across the state of Massachusetts-- but this should only increase your cost from last year's $5 fee to about $11 for the whole weekend. If interested, please have the designated contact for your tent (with limited parking, we're going to have to carpool) get in touch with Bibi.

Every so often science develops a new paradigm. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is one. Because of the newness of this paradigm, few chemicals have been examined to see if they are or are not POPs. How are POPs different from other toxic chemicals?

POPs are defined as carbon-based compounds (organic) that are chemically and biochemically stable (persistent.) Almost all are synthetic. They're generally semi-volatile (evaporate but relatively slowly) and therefore travel the world in the winds.

As with any evaporated liquid, cold will cause these chemicals to return to the liquid form. That is why everybody in the world has PCBs from the Hudson River in their bodies and why pesticides used in the Third World can be found in the bodies of Americans, even if you eat only organic food. And that is why pesticides and other POPs can be found in humans thousands of miles from where such chemicals are used, such as Inuits in the Arctic region. However, eating food contaminated with POPs is the major source of your body burden.

Another aspect of persistent chemicals is that their low water solubility and high lipid (biological fat) solubility means that once they get into your body, they tend to stay. Some hazardous chemicals enter and exit your body rather quickly, so that their effects on your health may be only short term. POPs affect your body for years, because your body is unable to change them into water soluble chemicals and get rid of them in the urine.

There is plenty of evidence from wildlife that POPs injure animals. Damages included problems in reproducing including infertility and mixing of sex organs, nervous system problems such as inappropriate mating behavior and inability to raise young, hormone systems problems, impaired immune system, cancers, and birth defects.

Evidence has been collected that exposure to POPs causes cancers, learning disorders, immune system changes and increases in diseases such as endometriosis and diabetes in humans, with fetuses and children particularly vulnerable.

To some extent, the only way to decrease your body burden of dioxins, PCBs or pesticides like DDT is to become pregnant, give birth and breast-feed. The newborn will take some of your body burden away at and after birth. Human breast milk is very fatty and therefore a source of fat-soluble chemicals such as POPs.

Environmentalists have developed a "Dirty Dozen": PCBs, DDT, chlordane, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, toxaphene, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin and mirex. The goal is the elimination of their manufacture or production as contaminants, by-products or combustion products. Our present paradigm of "control at the end of the pipe/smokestack" for POPS is said to violate the precautionary principle-- better safe than sorry. However, DDT may be a problem. Countries plagued by malaria, one of the major killers in the Third World, insist that they can't do without DDT. The debate between public health advocates and environmentalists should give us an interesting view of risks versus benefits, short term vs. long term.

These are 3 from my friend, Dave Raften, from Wappingers Falls:

The Panhandler

A panhandler was caught trying to sneak aboard a Princess liner about to embark on a three-day trip to the Bahamas. He was caught by the Purser who threw him off the ship telling him...

Beggars can't be cruisers.

Starlet

Then there was the young female comic who was promised a good role in a hit TV show. All she had to do was divide her favors between the star and the producer. It was just a sham though, she never got any air time at all. You might even say she was...

shared skit less.

The Tilde

As has been pointed out, that "~" thing is called a "tilde." Walt Whitman was one of the most avid advocates of its usage, and until his death he devoted untold hours making others aware of its potential. So today, as I use that little button on the upper left of my keyboard, I often feel like...

Walt's in my tilde.

Send your favorite groaner to PUNS c/o Jim Jelacic.

"In the civilization of to-day it is undeniable that, over all the arts, literature dominates, serves beyond all." - Walt Whitman, from Democratic Vistas, 1871

One of the games I will be featuring at my games night this month is a new version of Monopoly® from Parker Brothers®: The Loony Tunes Edition! The object of the game is still the same. These are the rules which are different or optional:

The monetary unit is laughs.

Color groups are replaced with classic Warner Brothers cartoon episodes. Individual properties are replaced with the stars of that car toon. (By the way, the most expensive spot on the board isn't Bugs Bunny, it's the Road Runner.)

When you have all the characters for a cartoon (the monopoly), instead of building houses and hotels, you build TV sets and theaters on which the cartoon is shown. Players landing there must pay you in laughter.

Railroads have been replaced with Toon forms of transportation. Utilities are now owned by Acme.

Chance and Community Chest are replaced by "What's Up, Doc?" and "That's All Folks!" cards.

The optional rule concerns doubles. When you roll doubles, you may, as per conventional rules, make another roll (three doubles and you still go to Jail), or instead you may do the following, based on your roll:

Double 1's (A Tweety) - Collect 50 laughs from every other player.
Double 2's (A Daffy) - Draw either a "What's Up, Doc?" or "That's All Folks!" card.
Double 3's (A Speedy) - Move your token forward to any space on the board except a corner.
Double 4's (A Taz) - Remove (destroy) a TV set on any property.
Double 5's (A Bugs) - Add one TV set to any of your monopolies.
Double 6's (A Road Runner) - On your next turn, roll twice and take whichever roll you prefer.

One topical insult comes from the Poughkeepsie Journal's coverage of Groundhog's Day, based on an Associated Press article. Not once, but twice in the same article, groundhogs were referred to as relatives of the Hudson Valley's woodchuck.

Being the marmot enthusiasts we are, we know this is quite incorrect. "Groundhog" is simply another name for woodchuck. They are not merely related - they are equivalent.

I double checked in my unabridged dictionary. The definition for woodchuck was: "a stocky, burrowing, North American marmot, Marmota monax, that hibernates in the winter. Also called ground hog."

I then checked the same dictionary's definition of groundhog. It was a one-word definition: woodchuck.

C'mon folks - you have to write about this every year. If you don't get it right next year, maybe we should put the marmots on your heads.

Also submitted by a member of the chapter:

Bill, you previously took Filene's to task in the "Insults" column for having one-day sales that last for two days. [They recently] outdid themselves. The designated sale day was Saturday; the "preview" day, Friday. In an ad in Saturday's paper, they said they were extending the sale through Sunday due to the snow. (P.S. It snowed on Thursday. A whopping two inches)

Much of the Mid-Hudson Valley will be given a new area code shortly, while Westchester County is allowed to retain "914". (Tell me that isn't an insult to our intelligence.) The new area code will be "845", and it will cover much of the our area.

"Dual area code" mode will take place June through December, after which only the new area code is in effect. (Nice of them to do it BEFORE we send out our Christmas cards-- another insult to our intelligence?)

The good news is that it might mean everybody in Mid-Hudson Mensa will be under the same area code for the first time ever. Think of all the newsletter space we will save by not having to include an area code with every phone number! (Yeah, sarcasm-- sorry.) The bad news is that I can't think of any additional good news about it.

Last year, I reprinted an article called Fruit-Flavored Styrofoam, which discussed just how bad artificially-ripened produce can be. In the past six months, I've had a bit of success getting around this problem by purchasing organically grown versions of some types of produce. While this might initially sound like a no-brainer, in many ways, it's not. There are pros and cons to it.

The cons:

The price-- you may not be able to afford buying organic food on a regular basis, or even once in a while. And unless the item is hydroponically grown, it's even more expensive during times of the year when it's not normally in season.

The limits-- some produce just never seems to be available in an organically grown form.

It still might not be chemical-free-- Some studies comparing organic produce vs. "regular" produce have shown that organic produce might still contain as many chemicals as non-organic. There are two possible reasons this might happen:
1. Sometimes organic means only organically grown, and the produce may be treated with chemicals after picking or harvesting.
2. The produce can absorb chemicals from the packaging materials.

On the positive side, you still get produce which ripens more naturally and looks and tastes right, or at least better. The produce with which I've had the most success includes carrots, plums, and especially pears and to matoes. But to me, it's still difficult to accept paying twice the price for something such as an organically-grown onion.

Can you get around some of the problems mentioned above? In some cases, yes you can. As one possible alternative, Bibi Sandstrom writes:

"One place to find organic produce you can trust is through local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) programs, which are set up where you buy a share of the farm and receive a weekly package of organic vegetables. For even more information, Dan Guenther, who has started two local CSAs, will be speaking at the Sierra Club's April Speaker Social on Wednesday, April 19th in Highland; contact me for more info. (By the way, Andi Weiss Bartczak will speak there May 17th on PCBs in the Hudson River.)"

Who says movie producers are any smarter than TV producers? Here is the turn around from November-- movies that were based on TV shows. Here are the character's names. See if you can find the show/movie and the actors who played in the TV series and the movie.

1. James West, Artemus Gordon
2. Gomez Addams, Morticia Addams
3. Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale, Capt. Wallace Binghamton
4. Jed Clampett, Granny Moses, Jane Hathaway
5. Clark Kent, Lois Lane (2 actors)
6. Jim Phelps
7. The Joker, The Riddler (2), The Penguin
8. Bret Maverick
9. Joe Friday, Bill Gannon
10. Tim O'Hara, Uncle Martin

Answers near the end of this newsletter.

Can you be the first to answer these questions on musical firsts?

1. What was the first video to be shown on MTV?
2. Of these four acts from the 1960's-- The Beatles, The Supremes, The Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin-- only one of them had their first hit in the US go to #1-- the first hits of the other three never even made the Top 20. Which act had instant success?
3. The first single considered "disco" to hit #1 was a song by The Hues Corporation in 1974. What was that song?
4. The first Grammy awards were given in 1958. Record of the year was a song sung in Italian. Identify either its actual title or the title by which it was more commonly known.
5. The first song (that I know of) to be a hit by a recording act which included triplets was in 1991, a song called You Don't Have To Go Home Tonight. What was the name of the act?
6. Bob Dylan is usually given credit for releasing the first single of the Rock & Roll era to be longer than five minutes in length, in 1966. What song was it?
7. The second hit song for Elvis Presley was the "B" side of his first hit, a top-20 single called I Was the One. What was the "A" side (i.e. his first hit)?
8. The first song of the rock era with the word "first" in it to hit #1 was the Grammy award-winning ballad of 1972. Name the song and artist.
9. Who was the first and only artist to win back-to-back Grammy awards for song of the year? (Hint, one of the songs is the answer to a previous question.)
10. The first and only time (on Billboard's pop/rock chart) that a song was knocked out of the #1 spot by a different version of the song was in 1957. Tab Hunter knocked Sonny James out of the top spot. What was the song?

Answers near the end of this newsletter.

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Answers near the end of this newsletter.

Greetings, Fellow Trivians! Here we are again. It's time to announce the winner of the Trivia '99 contest. But first, I received a challenge on a question. Q67: Dave Cardall read my question, "What actor played a single dad the most times on prime time TV" to mean appearances on TV, not number of series as a single dad as I meant. His suggestion of Andy Griffith appearing as Opie's dad for 8 years is good but not the best. Fred MacMurray was a single dad to "My Three Sons" for 9 years before he got married. Can anybody out there in the viewing audience remember another single dad that can beat Fred in most appearances either in one show or in a combination of shows?

Here are the answers to December and January/February's questions:

Q76: What made St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA famous on April 13, 1860?
A76: They were the termination points for the Pony Express, which started on that date.

Q77: In 1939, after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Max and Dave Fleischer based a full length cartoon movie on what Jonathan Swift novel?
A77: Gulliver's Travels.

Q78: Who, in 1928, was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?
A78: Amelia Earhart.

Q79: Which composer wrote the 'animal' songs Baby Elephant Walk and The Pink Panther?
A79: Henry Mancini.

Q80: What is "Current x Resistance = Voltage" better known as?
A80: Ohm's Law.

Q81: What color square (red or black) does the black queen occupy at the start of a game of chess?
A81: Black.

Q82: Which planet takes the longest to come to successive oppositions (i.e. when it is directly behind the Earth in the sky)? (Submitted by Tom Rankin)
A82: Mars

Q83: What cartoon character was originally called Egghead but was given the name we now know him/her/it by on 9/24/38? (Submitted by Bill Zigo)
A83: Elmer Fudd.

Q84: When was the last time NY State passed a budget on time? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A84: 1984.

Q85: Where were the non-Hollywood scenes from the movie Oklahoma! shot? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A85: Arizona.

Q86: Most people remember that Alaska and Hawaii were the 49th and 50th states admitted to the Union. What was the 48th?
A86: Arizona.

Q87: True or False: Back in Shakespeare's time, when she asks "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Juliet is asking where he is.
A87: False - In Shakespeare's time, "wherefore" meant "why". She's crying that Romeo's name is Montague, her family's enemy.

Q88: When Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated, there were five living ex-presidents - Van Buren, Tyler, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan. Which other president, when inaugu rated, had five living ex-presidents?
A88: President William Clinton (Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush).

Q89: Which Scottish poet glorified the wilds of the Yukon with the poems The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee?
A89: Robert Service.

Q90: Before Julius Caesar decreed that the year should begin with January, which month (whose name is Latin for "purification") was accepted as the last month of the year?
A90: February.

Q91: Which is longest - a fathom, a furlong or a meter?
A91: Furlong = 201 meters, a fathom = 1.8 meters.

Q93: Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky as viewed from Earth. Name the 2nd. (Submitted by Tom Rankin)
A93: Canopus, a.k.a. Alpha Carina.

Q94: Which constellation covers the South Celestial Pole? (Submitted by Tom Rankin)
A94: Octans.

Q95: According to the folks at Disney, the cartoon character most recognized by small children visiting the theme parks is Mickey Mouse. That's not surprising. Who is the second most recognized character? (Submitted by Bill Zigo)
A95: Winnie the Pooh.

Q96: The 2,000,000 books in the NYC public library (42nd St) require how many miles of book shelves (±5)? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A96: 88 miles.

Q97: On June 8, 1932, at the lowest point of the Great Depression, at what level did the Dow-Jones average close (±10 points)? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A97: 41.22.

Q98: In France in the 1500s and 1600s, approximately how many were tried for being werewolves? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A98: Over 30,000.

Q99: The US Army spent $700,000 on a trainer airplane in 1996. How much did they spend on the first one purchased from the Wright Brothers in 1909? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A99: $30,000.

Q100: What scale is HO? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)
A100: 87 to 1.

The winner for December is Tom Rankin with 9 correct answers. Frank Wolfe had 8, Ed Quinn had 7 and Les Herring had 6 correct answers. The winner for January/February is Frank Wolfe with 12 correct answers. Tom Rankin and Dave Cardall had 11, Ed Quinn had 9 and Les Herring had 7 correct answers. My problem of not being able to count produced the Best Off-the-Wall Answer. Q92 was missing so Tom Rankin provided the correct answer by giving Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe Galaxy answer to life, the universe and everything: "42." And the winner of the Trivia 1999 contest is (trumpets blaring!): Frank Wolfe with 83 correct answers out of 99 questions. The closest runner-ups are Tom Rankin with 82, Ed Quinn with 71 and Les Herring with 67. My thanks and gratitude to the Trivians who participated this year and all who submitted questions and answers. You make this contest possible. Frank wins a $15 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Staying with tradition, Frank may submit answers for this year's questions, but he will not be eligible for the prize. You're giving us a goal to shoot for.

Here is the start of the new Trivia contest. The prize is a $15 gift certificate for Barnes & Noble. Here are the rules: Only correctly submitted answers by the specified deadline by either hardcopy (on paper) or ethercopy (e-mail) will be judged. All answers must be received at once; no "some of the answers today and the rest next week." If you tell me your answers at an event, I'll forget them. Miss the deadline, miss your chance. If you e-mail your answers, please put your name in the body of the text. Some peoples' e-mail addresses do not contain their names. On debatable answers, if you can prove your point, I may re-evaluate. Otherwise, the decision of the most omnipotent judge (ME!) is final. On submitted questions, give the question, answer and its source. You must give the source of your answers for your questions if you wish them to be considered. Put your name on all correspondences (i.e. answers, questions, platitudes of praise, etc.) Let's give credit where credit is due.

It's a clean slate. Go to your corner and come out fighting. Good luck to all!

Q1: What South American country outlawed slavery in 1813, 63 years before the United States' 13th Amendment?

Q2: What was the name of Murphy Brown's baby?

Q3: Who was the War Chief who led the Native Americans in the battle at Little Big Horn?

Q4: Who is the author of the children's book series "Harry Potter"?

Q5: Scientists recently announced that chromosome 22 is the first hu man chromosome to have almost all of its DNA sequence mapped. Ex cluding the X and Y chromosomes, how many pairs of chromosomes are in the human cell?

Q6: True or False: The British Navy stopped giving British sailors their rum ration in 1970.

Q7: Name the only person to be the governor of more than one state. (Submitted by Dave Cardall).

Q8: New York State resident Charles W. Howard was founder of what type of school? (Submitted by Dave Cardall).

Q9: Within 2000 miles per second, what is the speed of light in water? (Submitted by Bill Zigo)

Send your answers (and questions with answers and references) to TRIVIA CONTEST c/o Jim Jelacic by March 31.

Last time, I mentioned the eclipse of the moon. Did anyone see it? I didn't. But I saw some very nice images of it on the Web.

March is the month of the planets! On March 3rd, the Moon, Venus, Neptune and Uranus will all be together in the morning sky. On the 6th, the Moon will be an extremely thin crescent, just after sunset. Above it, Jupiter and Saturn continue to get closer together and closer to Mars and the Sun. The Moon will appear to glide between the 2 largest planets on the night of the 9th. The 23rd will see Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all equally spaced in the early evening sky. The end of the month will see Neptune, Uranus, the Moon, Mercury and Venus all strung out from the Sun in the morning sky!

Other March Events:

03/20 - Spring starts! Spring is defined as the moment when the Sun crosses the plane of the earth's rota tion from "below", i.e. the South, to "above", i.e. the North. On this day, virtually the entire Earth has a 12 hour day and a 12 hour night; thus the term "equinox", meaning "equal nights." On this day, the Sun is directly overhead at noon on the equator.

Astro News:

Scientists at Cambridge have discovered the coolest white dwarf star ever detected. This type of star not only places a boundary on how old the universe may be (the cooler the older), but if enough of them can be found and their overall mass computed, they may comprise a significant fraction of the so called "dark matter", or "missing mass" of the universe.

A halo of ultraviolet radiation which spreads outward from the Sun into the corona like rippling waves has been discovered by researchers at the University of Alabama. This phenomenon might help solar weathermen forecast the approach of geomagnetic storms, which can cause power grid disruptions and damage to orbiting satellites.

The Hubble Space Telescope is now back up and fully operational! Four of its gyroscopes had failed, rendering it useless for imaging. All 6 were replaced by the most recent Space Shuttle servicing mission. For details and some fantastic images, see http://www.stsci.edu on the web.

Upcoming MHAA Events (for Southeastern New York State):

Mar 03 - Wilcox Park 07:30 PM - Saturn and Galaxies
Mar 21 - SUNY New Paltz 07:30 PM - Katie (Savak) Ford, "Dust in the Milky Way"
Mar 31 - Wilcox Park 08:00 PM - Messier Objects

Call (914) 485-5669 for the MHAA Hotline: Information, Astronomy News, etc. Would you like to borrow a telescope from the Club for a month? Let me know. We've got several “loaner” scopes that are very easy to use. We have lots of other Astro stuff to lend as well.

Next Time: April brings the Lyrid meteor shower. Clear skies!

Tom Rankin

MHAA Home Page: http://jump.to/mhaa

Cryptogram Answers:

Easy:

Counting in octal is just like counting in decimal if you don't use your thumbs.
Tom Lehrer

Hard:

God is a comic playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.

“Television --> Movies” TV Trivia Answers:

1. Wild, Wild West - Robert Conrad, Ross Martin / Will Smith, Kevin Kline
2. The Addams Family - John Astin, Carolyn Jones / Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston
3. McHale's Navy - Ernest Borgnine, Joe Flynn / Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell
4. The Beverly Hillbillies - Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Nancy Culp / Jim Varney, Cloris Leachman, Lily Tomlin
5. Superman - George Reeves, Phyllis Coates or Noel Neill / Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder
6. Mission: Impossible - Peter Graves / Jon Voight
7. Batman - Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin or John Astin, Burgess Meredith / Jack Nicholson, Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito
8. Maverick - James Garner / Mel Gibson
9. Dragnet - Jack Webb, Harry Morgan / Dan Aykroyd, Harry Morgan
10. My Favorite Martian - Bill Bixby, Ray Walston / Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd

“Musical Firsts” Music Trivia Answers:

1. Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles.
2. The Beatles: I Want To Hold Your Hand went to #1. The Supremes first hit with When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes, the Rolling Stones had Tell Me (You're Coming Back), and Aretha's first hit was Rock-A-Bye-Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, in 1961, more than 6 years before Respect.
3. Rock The Boat
4. Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu, aka Volare, by Domenico Modugno
5. The Triplets (original name, huh?)
6. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
7. Heartbreak Hotel
8. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
9. Roberta Flack followed her 1972 success with Killing Me Softly With His Song in 1973.
10. Young Love