Check your knowledge

— 1. A Japanese computer company, Namco, developed the video arcade game Pac-Man in the 1980s. What is the origin of that name?

2. The TV quiz shows The $64,000 Question and The $64,000 Challenge placed contestants in booths that were called what?

3. What was detective sergeant Hunter’s first name on the TV show Hunter?

4. What 1953 automobile advertisement claimed the car was “Unbelievable ... until you try it!” 5. What was Harry Truman’s rank in the Army during World War I?

6. Last of the Pony Riders was also the last of 93 movies made by what cowboy star?

7. A leading actress of many years ago, Sarah Bernhardt, did not sleep in a bed. What was her sleeping arrangement?

8. The names of which states are from Sioux for friend or ally?

Answers 1.The name is based on a legendary hero who liked “paku” which means “to gobble.” Pac-Man is from the word “paku.” 2. Isolation Booth 3. Rick 4. Hudson, for its two-passenger yellow Hornet.

5. Captain. He joined the reserves after the war and reached the rank of colonel.

6. Gene Autry. The picture was released by Columbia in 1953.

7. She slept in a coffin.

8. Dakota, for North and South Dakota

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