The Quiz (Part Two)

By Catherine M. Perebinossoff

Questions

1. The Office of Strategic Services, the OSS (1942–1945), the-C.I.A.-in-training-wheels, had a nickname. What was it?
2. (a) Name a gangster who worked for the OSS. 2(b) Name a movie director who worked for the OSS.
3. Who said, when approached with the proposal for an underground transit system in New York City, “Preposterous! The people of New York will never go into a hole in the ground to ride to work and to their homes.”
4. Name one of America’s oldest “watering places”, filled with meandering streets and numerous well-kept Victorian homes and hotels.
5. Name the inventor of a 14-foot cigar-shaped submarine, using electrical power for propulsion under water and an internal combustion engine for surface propulsion.
6. Radio’s impact on the country became indelible with the first broadcast of a World Services game from ___________ ______ (city and state). The radio station’s call letters were ___ and the year of the broadcast was _____.
7. ____________ is the only state that has “U.S.A.” on its automobile license plates.
8. Who said, “The critics built nothing.”?
9. NYC’s ____________ ____________ (two words) airport—later LaGuardia—was begun in ____________ (year).
10. After a very brief career as a civil engineer (which he pursued to please his father), ____________ ____________ (first and last name) became a fashion designer, known for his ________ (one word) designs.
11. Who is the film director who studied Chemical Engineering and earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech (before it was called Caltech) in 1918?
12. Who said, “If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?”?
13. Lady ______ (one word) said, “________ (first name), if I were married to you, I’d put __________ (one word) in your coffee.” ___________ ___________ (first and last names) said, “Nancy, if you were my _____ (one word), _______ _______ _______ (three words.)
14. Who said, “If I could control Hollywood, I could control the world.”? (Another version differs slightly: “If I could control Hollywood, I could rule the world.”)

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