ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10, HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE NUMBER 3?

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Question for Anatole France

If you could be named after any country, what country would it be?

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Question for Harriet Tubman

Looking back on the Underground Railroad, do you regret that you didn’t coin the phrase: “We apologize for the delay.”?

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Question for Cervantes

Speaking of crossword puzzles, do you know an 8-letter word for “pipe dream?”

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Question for Percy Bysshe Shelley

Do you think that if your middle name had been “Brad,” you could have gotten more girls?

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Question for Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce

Were you ever mistaken for Mel Brooks?
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Question for Joan D’Arc

So, what does the “D” stand for?

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Question for Genghis Khan

Wouldn’t you quite agree that under no circumstances would Riesling make a good pairing with Mongolian beef?

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Question for Helen of Troy

Hey, you know who else is from Troy? Uncle Sam! -- Did your paths ever cross?

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Question for Mao Tse-Tung

Do you ever wonder if things could have turned out differently if only people hadn’t pronounced your last name as “Dung?”

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Question for Shaka Zulu

When you were invited to join your cousin, Awe-uh Zulu, in a traveling song and dance act, why didn’t you jump at the chance?

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Question for Pepin the Short

Do you really think you could make it in today’s NBA?


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Question for King Tut

What if your name had been Titankhamun? Then what?

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Question for Lucy, the Australopithecus

Have you just about had it with people asking you to play Six Degrees of Separation?

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Question for Geoffrey Chaucer

It was rumored that intimate acquaintances were allowed to call you “Jeffy.” True?

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Question for Rembrandt van Rijn

Were the models for the self-portraits difficult to work with?

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Question for Charles Darwin

Do you suppose that if the ship had been christened “The Labradoodle,” anyone would have taken you seriously?


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Question for Adam & Eve

Do you ever get nostalgic for anything?

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Question for Pincus Ming Mandelbaum

Isn’t it weird that you just keep showing up everywhere?

PMM: No. What do you mean? I don’t think it’s weird.
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