Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 23, 2024

Betty Grable!

During the Battle of the Bulge, General Omar Bradley was briefly detained when he correctly identified Springfield as the capital of Illinois because the American MP who questioned him mistakenly believed the capital was Chicago.

They also stopped David Niven, then a major with a 21st Army HQ reconnaissance unit, who did not know the answer to the question but did point out he had starred in a movie with Ginger Rogers. The MPs said ’It’s ok, Dave, we know who you are.’

“Friendlies, huh? OK, what state ya from?”

“Texas.”

“What’s the state capital of Texas?”

“Austin.”

“WRONG! It’s Houston!” (Rat-a-tat-tat.)

Baseball questions are limited in scope to baseball fans. A better question would be one on a subject that has a wider audience such as “How many felony counts was Donald Trump convicted?” A precise answer would be “34”. An acceptable answer would be “all of them”. Now if the shooters are republicans then the response to either answer would be “rat-a-tat-tat”.

Trade the Hammer? Never! (cue Enter the Sandman)

2004. Biggest.Choke.Evah!

Nah, the guys outside are from Boston.

Mo.

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?

Nope. Rivera blew it to aRIZONA.

See TV movie starring Carol Burnett about “Friendly Fire”

Did 1940’s women have Bob Hope pinups?

Yup, gotta have the high heat! Better than Giuliani on SNL anyway !

I’d be screwed if asked that question. No idea who won the world series recently. I lost interest after the 1969 Mets.

I always wondered about those “sports shibboleths” in old war movies. They NEVER asked who won the Pulitizer Prize that year. I would not have gotten through the picket perimeter.

He should have gone with, “Well it wasn’t the Cubs!”

Lolly pop Lulu

Actually, he was right . . . . The Yankees won in 2000

Widespread scoring fraud—the championship was stolen!

When I was in the Canadian Army, I always feared those challenge questions. You just know it would be related to hockey in some way and given I’m the only Canadian that knows nothing of that game, I don’t suspect I would pass any of the challenges, despite the the number of aboots I would use.