By Lois Winston
Gameshows were once a staple of daytime TV. I remember being no more than a toddler in the 1950s and watching Queen for a Day with my grandmother.
I’ve been a huge Jeopardy! fan ever since the show first debuted with Art Fleming in 1964. I miss spending half an hour each night with Alex Trebek. I don’t envy the producers when they finally forego the guest hosts and choose a replacement for him. As those guest hosts have shown, Alex is a tough act to follow.
With only a brief hiatus, Jeopardy! has been around almost nonstop since its inception. Not so for most other gameshows. However, for the past several years, many of the classic gameshows of the 50s and 60s have been revived as summer replacements on network TV. One such show is To Tell the Truth.
So I thought it might be fun today to play To Tell the Truth—Author Edition. What follows are ten statements about me—or maybe not. Can you figure out which ones are true and which are false?
1. I can name all of Shakespeare’s plays in alphabetical order.
2. I can play 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon in 2 degrees.
3. I can speak three languages fluently.
4. I graduated 32nd in a class of 803.
5. While still in college, I designed a poster for Sesame Street.
6. I hate peanut butter.
7. I run three miles a day.
8. I’m a USA Today bestselling author.
9. I own a parrot.
10. I backpacked across Europe.
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USA Today and Amazon bestselling and award-winning author Lois Winston writes mystery, romance, romantic suspense, chick lit, women’s fiction, children’s chapter books, and nonfiction under her own name and her Emma Carlyle pen name. Kirkus Reviews dubbed her critically acclaimed Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, “North Jersey’s more mature answer to Stephanie Plum.” In addition, Lois is a former literary agent and an award-winning craft and needlework designer who often draws much of her source material for both her characters and plots from her experiences in the crafts industry.
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What a fun post--thanks Lois. My guess is that they are all true with the exception of number 6--I love peanut butter so, unless there's an allergy, I can't imagine anyone not loving it!
ReplyDeleteNo, Lynn, I really do hate peanut butter, and it has nothing to do with an allergy. Even the smell of the stuff makes me gag. When my kids were little, I'd hold my breath while making sandwiches for them. As for the other statements, what I will say is that half are true and half aren't. ;-)
DeleteThe only one I know for sure is true is Q8. I can't wait to read the answers.
ReplyDeleteYes, Dru. Q8 is true, but there are four other true statements.
ReplyDelete4) 5) and 8) You may be able to name all the Shakespearean plays in order :) You probably walk more than three miles a day, and I don't understand No. 2 :)
ReplyDeleteDonnell, I definitely can't name all of Shakespeare's plays, alphabetically or otherwise. I'm not even sure how many there are, even though I have seen quite a few and do know of others. As for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Google it. ;-)
ReplyDeleteWait! Was I close on the others??? :)
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DeleteI'm going with 1, 6, 7, 10, but I'm not sure of any of the others.
ReplyDeletePat, as I told Donnell, there's no way I could name all of Shakespeare's plays, alphabetically or not. I do hate peanut butter. The only time you'll ever catch me running, is if I'm running for my life, and I hope that never happens! I did backpack across parts of Europe the summer going into my senior year of college.
ReplyDeleteDonnell, yes you were!
ReplyDeleteLois, You are so multi-talented that I think all 10 are true! The only one that might is false is the peanut better one.
ReplyDeletePeanut butter and four others are false, Kathleen, but I do wish I could speak three languages fluently!
DeleteShakespeare-False, Kevin, 3 languages, #32, poster for Sesame St.- all true, Peanut butter and 3 miles- false, and USA Today, parrot, and Europe- all true.
ReplyDeleteLanguages and parrot also false, Trace. You were right about the others.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I learned a lot about you today, Lois!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, Saralyn!
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