quest, by dick nuenke

 
Last month's Quest asked for a proper match of the numbered phrase with the lettered well-known person on the right who coined, was one of the first users of, or was responsible for development of the phrase.  Answers below:
 
1.  Baseball's seventh inning stretch I.    William Howard Taft
2.  Before you can say Jack Robinson. D.    Charles Dickens
3.  It's Greek to me. H.    William Shakespeare
4.  Siamese twins. A.    P. T. Barnum
5.  Darn clever those Chinese. G.    Robert Ripley
6.  Scrape the bottom of the barrel. C.    Cicero
7.  Business as usual. B.    Winston Churchill
8.  Food for thought. J.    Mark Twain
9.  Crystal clear. E.    Arthur Conan Doyle
10.  To add fuel to the fire. F.    John Milton

 
 

 
 
Once again Alma Litten put in great effort, this month with limited time, and had 5 of the 10 correct using some good thinking.  As she points out some may not be the true originator of the term but are known for it.  My favorite is number 1.  Taft attended a ball game and stood up at the seventh inning for a stretch and everyone else followed suit, starting the tradition.
 

 

 

 
This month's Quest is of the "Aha!" variety.  Below are six pairs of well-known men.  The two men in each pair have something in common with each other, which is the same for the other five pairs as well.  You just have to determine what it is.  Send me your brilliant deductions or wild guesses.
 
 
  1. John Steinbeck and Zachary Scott

  2. Erich Remarque and Charlie Chaplin

  3. Gustav Mahler and Walter Gropius

  4. William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac

  5. Orsen Wells and Aly Kahn

  6. Micky Rooney and Frank Sinatra

 

 

 

 

 

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