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Chanel No. 5 may have been all Marilyn wore to bed.
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Why in the world would I recognize this guy, sort of?
It's team trivia time in Tulsa.
The unofficial Tulsa World team came in third place (of 111 teams) in the Bishop Kelley competition Saturday night.
Initially we were told we were in fourth place, but a scoring error was discovered later and we got an email telling us we had been bumped up. That's good. Our egos are very fragile.
We knew that the face of an Allen wrench is in the shape of a hexagon and that Marilyn Monroe word Chanel No. 5 to bed. Who wouldn't know that?
We debated sharply between two wrong answers for the word that describes the process of the change from a solid to a gas without first becoming a liquid. As it turns out, it's neither vaporization nor transpiration, and I still can't remember the right word which is far less descriptive.
We also were caught dumbfounded by the name of the 1970s S.C. Johnson shampoo that promised relief from "the greasies." It was neither Prell nor Johnson's Baby Shampoo, but Agree.
On the other hand, I was proud that I was able to recognize a picture of R.C. Slocum, although all I could say was "It's that coach for Texas A&M … no the other one … no the other, other one." Sports Editor Mike Strain and former sports writer Randy Krehbiel filled in the blanks.
The team gets back together Saturday night for the far more prestigious Holland Hall tournament. I say more prestigious because fewer teams compete – obviously an elite – and because our team has a habit of winning the competition, which implies it is a more discriminating competition.
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