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The Questions…

1. What is the only state flag with different designs on front and back?

2. Mystery writer Agatha Christie said she got her best story ideas while doing what?

3. In mountain biking slang, what is a “three-hour tour”?

4. In the mid-1970s, when Barack Obama was a teenager in Honolulu, what was his first summer job?

5. The Japanese movie monster Godzilla, introduced in 1954, appeared in 28 films. In 1965, owing to Godzilla’s box office success, a rival film studio introduced a super-monster of its own: a giant, flying, fire-breathing turtle with big teeth. Name the turtle monster.

The Answers…

1. The flag of Oregon. On the front is an eagle atop a shield. On the back is a beaver, the state animal.

2. Sitting in the bathtub eating green apples.

3. A ride you expected to be easy that turned out otherwise. Borrowed from the theme song of Gilligan’s Island, which describes how a three-hour boat tour ended up with the party stranded on an uncharted island.

4. He was an ice cream scooper at Baskin-Robbins. He said he lost his taste for ice cream as a result of working there.

5. The turtle monster was Gamera, billed as “Guardian of the Universe” and “Friend of All Children.” A dozen Gamera films were made.