All right, Cecil, this will stump you. I’ve asked many people this, and none knows. If you can provide a verifiable answer, I will send $20 to a charity of your choice. The question: What was Mrs. Howell’s (of Gilligan’s Island fame) given name? Her maiden name was Wentworth. Sorry, “Lovey” doesn’t count.
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Steve Cox is the fellow who wrote The Munchkins of Oz (1996) and helped us get to the bottom of that silly legend about a Munchkin committing suicide on the set of The Wizard of Oz (May 9). If you really want to show your appreciation, take your $20 and buy his books.
If cancer cells are killed at 107 degrees, why don’t MDs simply create a fever of 108 degrees in the body instead of pushing chemo and radiation therapy, which create further medical problems?
Write Cecil at the Chicago Reader, 11 E. Illinois, Chicago 60611. To catch up on past columns, visit the Straight Dope Web site at www.straightdope.com or get Cecil’s latest book, Return of the Straight Dope, available at bookstores everywhere.
