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After Dr. Suess' success with The Cat In The Hat, which contained 236 different words, Random House publisher and co-founder Bennett Cerf is alleged to have bet Dr. Suess that he couldn't write a book using only 50 different words.

Whether the story of the bet is real or not, Dr. Suess did succeed in writing just such a book. That book is still one of his most famous works, Green Eggs and Ham. Because that book is so well known, uses so few words, and can be read so quickly, it should be easy to recall all 50 words from Green Eggs and Ham in only 10 minutes, shouldn't it? Start the 4 words from the title, and work from there. Don't forget the one word in the book that has more than one syllable!

If you can name at least 90% of the words, I'll have Dr. Suess give you an actual recipe for green eggs and ham! Otherwise, I'll link to a video of Green Eggs and Ham, which you can study before trying the quiz again.

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On the classic sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, the 11th episode was titled The Contest Nobody Could Win. When Dr. Johnny Fever (Howard Hesseman) announces a song-naming contest, but mistakenly broadcasts a prize of $5,000, instead of $50, they have to make the contest so difficult that no one could win, which they do by splicing together incredibly short segments of 6 songs.

Just above the timer is the spliced-together clip as originally broadcast on WKRP in Cincinnati (For the DVD and the online brodcast, different songs have since been dubbed in). Now, I don't have $5,000, or even $50, to give if you get them all correct, but unlike Dr. Fever, I'll give you 5 minutes to name them, you won't be naming the artists, and you don't even have to name them in order! I'll even give you the correct answers after the 5 minutes are up.

Obviously, WKRP trivia fans will have an advantage over someone genuinely trying to determine the songs from the clip.

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(Original script by Erik Wannebo of www.ironicsans.com. This version by Scott Cram.)

In all of TV history, there are only 7 TV series produced in the U.S. that lasted for more than one season and were set 2 decades prior to the decade in which they began production. This approach is often used to evoke nostalgia, set the show during a historic event, or both. How many of them can you name in 3.5 minutes?

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In the song “Lydia The Tattooed Lady,” as sung by Groucho Marx in the Movie At The Circus, he mentions 19 different tattoos on Lydia. There are slightly different versions of the song, but this quiz concerns specifically the At The Circus version. In most cases, you can usually refer to the subject of the tattoo with just 1, 2 or 3 words, instead of the entire lyric. How many of the tattoos can you name in 9 minutes?

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