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| What first child of the 24th President of the United States was allegedly the inspiration for a candy bar? | This Quiz is Murder!
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Ruth. "Baby" Ruth Cleveland was born to Grover Cleveland in 1891, between his two non-consecutive terms as United States President. She became sick with diphtheria, and died at the age of twelve at the former Summer White House in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, ending the President's desire to ever stay there again. In 1904, her broken-hearted father sold the house known as Gray Gables. He died four years later. Two U.S. Presidents from Massachusetts had daughters named Caroline: John Adams, and John F. Kennedy. Louisa was the daughter of Massachusetts native John Quincy Adams. Mary Jane was no presidential daughter, but a peanut butter and taffy candy sold by the NECCO Company.
| When Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling wrote "K-ALS" on his shoe, it was a reference to finding a cure for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. What most famous sufferer of ALS now shares his name with the disease? | This Quiz is Murder!
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Gehrig. ALS, is a progressive disease that is almost always fatal. Those who contract it lose control of their voluntary muscle movement, eventually requiring mechanical aid in respiration and feeding. Lou Gehrig retired in 1939 and recorded one of the most poignant speeches in sports history when he told a silent Yankee Stadium that despite the diagnosis, he considered himself the luckiest man in the whole world. The man who for decades after held the record for consecutive games played - a testimony to his tremendous strength and physical condition at the outset lasted only two years with the disease, dying in 1941. As of 2009, there was no known cure for this horrible disease, but sites such as www.alsa.org/schilling/ remained diligent in the fight against it. Lou Holtz was a football coach at Notre Dame University, Lou Merloni was a utility infielder for several major league baseball teams and Lou Ferrigno was a hearing impaired actor famous for portraying Marvel Comics hero The Incredible Hulk.
| What was the name of the Deaconess who actively protested Hitler's co-opting of the church to propagandize the Third Reich in Berlin during WWII? | This Quiz is Murder!
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Meusel. The "Confessing Church" in Berlin was the underground Christian church opposed to the co-opting of the German Protestant Churches by the Nazi Party. Marga Meusel was an outspoken critic of the church for failing to protect the Berlin Jews. In the face of rising anti-Semitism of the mid 1930's, Meusel complained “Why does the church do nothing? Why does it allow unspeakable injustice to occur? …What shall we one day answer to the question, where is thy brother Abel? The only answer that will be left to us, as well as to the Confessing Church, is the answer of Cain." ("Am I my brother's keeper?" Genesis 4:9)". (-Daniel Goldhagen, "Hitler's Willing Executioners") The famed theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a pastor in "die Bekennende Kirche".
| What British-Italian boy actor appeared in episodes of "Berkeley Square", "Grange Hill" and many others, Martino__? | This Quiz is Murder!
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Lazzeri. Lazzeri is testimony to the age old advice that you don't need to have household recognition in order to make a good living in entertainment. Perhaps best known for stints on British soaps 'Grange Hill', 'Hollyoaks' and 'The Lodge', Lazzeri began working in television at the age of 15. Martin Scorsese, Martin Sheen and Martin Clunes have all done a bit more in TV than the soaps.
| Boston Marathon spectators over the last twenty years of the Twentieth Century witnessed the inspiring picture of a father pushing his son's wheelchair the 26.2 miles from start to finish. What was the last name shared by this team that competed in over 25 Boston Marathons? | This Quiz is Murder!
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Hoyt. Dick Hoyt, a retired Lt. Colonel in the Air National Guard and Rick provided an inspiring sight for thousands upon thousands of runners and spectators in Boston Marathons dating from 1977. Many times, son Rick, who is challenged with Cerebral Palsy, could be heard to coach his father as they ran. Dick Hoyt pushed Rick in an adapted wheelchair.
| What name do the American TV Shows 'Maverick', 'The Fugitive', and 'The Rockford Files' all have in common? | This Quiz is Murder!
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Huggins. Bret Maverick was one of four Maverick brothers (the others were Bart, Beau and Brent) played by James Garner, who also played the title role in 'The Rockford Files'. Dr. Richard Kimble was the escapee/doctor in search of the "one-armed man" in the TV series 'The Fugitive.' All three of these classic series were written by Roy Huggins (July 18, 1914 – April 3, 2002) who was a writer and producer of several American television series.
The answers to Questions 1-8 make up a group called Murderer's Row - the nickname for the 1927 NY Yankees batting lineup - assailed by some as the greatest batting order ever assembled. Center fielder Earle Combs ( .356 BA, 6 HR, 64 RBI) led off; short stop Mark Koenig (.285 BA, 3 HR, 62 RBI) batted second; and the immortal right fielder Babe Ruth (.356 BA, 60 HR, 164 RBI) batted third. First baseman Lou Gehrig (.373 BA, 47 HR, 175 RBI) hit cleanup; followed by left fielder Bob Meusel (.337 BA, 8 HR, 103 RBI); one of the greatest hitting second basemen of all time, Tony Lazzeri (.309 BA, 18 HR, 102 RBI) hitting sixth; third baseman Joe Dugan (.269 BA, 2 HR, 43 RBI) seventh and catcher Pat Collins (.275 BA, 7 HR, 36 RBI) batting in the eight hole. The pitcher batted ninth, as there was no designated hitter in 1927. Waite Hoyt was the pitching staff's ace, with a 1927 record of 22-7, and the second best earned run average in the American league - 2.63. Miller Huggins was the Yankees ' manager. The Yankees won 110 games that year and swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series.
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