HOUSTON, WE HAVE A WINNER

WINNERS -- WINNERS -- WINNERS

Here are the winners of The Notorious Voodoo Quiz

CONGRATULATIONS

JOYCE ELIASON

FIRST PLACE WINNER WITH AN ASTOUNDING 34 POINTS

Joyce, as many blog readers know, is Voo's sister and lives in La La Land, CA. Her excellent response to the Notorious Voodoo Quiz entitles her to a $20 spending spree at Candies On Main in Manti, UT.

MR. AND MRS. KRAMER

SECOND PLACE WINNERS WITH A RESPECTABLE 20 POINTS

Kramer and his wife Liz are Voo's friends and live in Burlington VT. They are the proud parents of a new baby girl named Natalie.. They are also friends of the Leafeaters. Kramer has been employed as a financial consultant to AIG, General Motors, Chrysler Motors, Bear Sterns, and Enron. He is currently "between jobs." The $10 gift certificate at Candies On Main will come in handy when it comes time to feed baby Nichole.
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Natalie Kramer -- looking forward to Candies On Main

JACKIE WANKIER

THIRD PLACE WINNER WITH 18 POINTS.

Jackie is one of Voo's favorite nieces and lives in Highland UT. Her third place finish entitles her to a single scoop ice-cream cone at Candies On Main. However, since she was the first person to respond to the quiz and, also, the fact that she is Voo's niece, her prize will be upgraded to a two scoop cone with no restrictions on her choice of flavors. She may actually have one scoop of one flavor and the other scoop another flavor.

THANKS AGAIN, TO YOU PROUD WINNERS FOR PARTICIPATING

NOTORIOUS QUIZ ANSWERS

Carole Lombard -- Actress married to Clark Gable who died in a plane crash in 1942 while on a bond tour to raise money for the US war effort.







Adolf Eichmann -- Nazi war criminal who was captured by the Israeli Mossad in Argentina, put on trial in Israel, and executed in 1962.









Ethel and Julius Rosenberg---- Convicted of spying for Russia and executed in 1953.








George Reeves---- TV's Superman of the 1950s. Shot himself in 1959. (Many believe it was murder)

Ernst Rohm --- Rohm was the number two Nazi, behind Hitler, for several years. Hitler feared that Rohm was a threat to his power and had him murdered in 1934.

Gary Gillmore---- murderer who was executed in Utah in 1977. This was the first execution in the U.S. in over 20 years.

Mary Jo Kopechne - Secretary to Ted Kennedy who drowned off Chappaquiddick Island in 1969.

Pat Garrett --- Western lawman who gunned down Billie The Kid in 1881.

Eddie Cochran --- American rock n roll musician (Summertime Blues) killed in a London taxi cab accident in 1960.

Robert Ford--- The dirty little coward who shot Jessie James in the back in 1882. Ford was later gunned down by a friend of James.

Charles Lindberg Jr.------Baby of famous pilot, Charles Lindberg, was kidnapped and murdered in 1932.

Clyde Barrow--- 1930s bandit who was gunned down with Bonnie Parker by Sheriff Frank Hammer and deputies in 1934.

Jayne Mansfield - American actress with outstanding talent who died in a car accident in 1967.

Al Capone--- American gangster who ordered many murders and actually killed two of his own gang members with a baseball bat because they betrayed him.

Leopold and Loeb--- These two well to do young men kidnapped and murdered fourteen year old Bobby Frank in 1924. They were sentenced to life in prison after being defended by Clarance Darrow in the "trial of the century."

Bruno Hauptmann -- Convicted and executed for the kidnapping and murder of the Lindberg baby in 1936. Many people believe he was framed.

Ray Chapman-- The only major league baseball player to ever be killed by a pitched ball. It happened in in 1920 on a spit ball thrown by Carl Mays. As a result, the spit ball was outlawed and eventually, batting helmets became mandatory.

Sal Mineo -- American actor who was stabbed to death in 1976.

Franz Ferdinand --- Archduke of Austria who was assinated in Saarajevo in 1914. This incident caused the beginning of World War 1.

John Dillinger -- American bank robber who was gunned down by Melvin Pervis and the FBI in 1934.

Thanks to all who entered the quiz. The photos were essentially google proof which immediately eliminated a lot of the usual quiz cheaters like Oil Can and the Wolf. Others like Costanza and Marconi and F Bomb and Joe the Plumber were obviously overwhelmed by the intellectual content of the quiz.

Untill next time................. voo

Remember : Live fast cause it won't last.

....Deborah Harry