Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What can be made Montreal-style (with egg and poached in honey-water) or New York-style (preferably using Brookyln water, supposedly superior)? bagels
2. Last fall, Reggie Bush became the first person in history to voluntarily return what? the Heisman Trophy. Reggie Bush that season was one of the most exciting players I have seen in college. He deserved that award.
3. To streamline meetings at his local church, what American general published an influential 1876 book on parliamentary procedure? 1876---> Custer?
4. What 2011 film features a doubles match against two tennis players portrayed, in cameos, by former SNL cast members Melanie Hutsell and Nancy Carell? Gotta be Bridesmaids with the other SNL performers like Kristen Wiig in it
5. What name is shared, coincidentally, by Canada's equivalent of the Grammy Awards, and by the beach that Canadian forces took on D-Day? Juno
6. Green Lantern's power ring has historically been vulnerable to objects of what color? I am out of my league on any comic book or video game question. A total guess - blue. No, red!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these nations and no others? Albania, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Zambia, and probably Zimbabwe. What an fine collection of countries. Zimbabwe probably? What could be uncertain about Zimbabwe to say probably?

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What animal is the only pinniped with tusks? Pinnipeds are seals, and the only tusked seal, as you might have heard, is the walrus. Goo goo ga joob. correct
2. Who was the mother of Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton? All are the violet-eyed offspring of the late, great Elizabeth Taylor. Pour a forty out on the curb for Liz, y'all. correct
3. What TV series was adapted from a book subtitled, "A Town, a Team, and a Dream"? The late, great Friday Night Lights. Pour a forty out on the curb for East Dillon, Texas, y'all. correct
4. What can be found to the left and right of the singer of the song "Stuck in the Middle with You"? There are clowns to the left of him, and jokers to the right. So you understand his dilemma, right? correct
5. What first name is shared by both the namesake founders of Carnegie Mellon University? Andrew Carnegie and Andrew Mellon, who founded the university by touching fists and chanting, "Andrew twins activate, form of...a university!" correct
6. What was officially called the "Anti-Fascist Protective Rampart" by its 1961 builders? For some reason, the decadent capitalist name, "Berlin Wall," caught on instead. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these literary characters? Captain Ahab, Bilbo Baggins, Mother Courage, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, Sherlock Holmes, Lord Jim, Philip Marlowe, Silas Marner, Napoleon the pig. All were described as pipe smokers, which means they all died of lung cancer...but looked great doing it! Brad was on the money. Nice!