Before I vanish on fatherhood forget , we ’ve get a few old contests we need to patch up up . Our jury has reached verdicts in the following showcase :
Prizes : The Princeton Review ’s good 373 CollegesandThe Mental Floss History of the WorldChallenge : render the name of an offbeat course offered by a college in late yearsWinner : AgnesWinning Entry : Commodification and Consumerism in Historical Perspective : Sex , Rugs , Salt and CoalAt Cornell University ( It ’s like a mental_floss class!!!)Everything is for sale today - but has it always been ? We ’ll look at the history of various commodities to explore the changing ethnical and environmental impacts of securities industry forces . Why are “ oriental ” rugs gatherer ’s items ? How did we follow to keep table salt shakers on our dinner party tables ? When did ember start supercede Ellen Price Wood as a fuel reservoir ? This course will get across multiple boundaries of meter and space as it test both case studies and large-minded theoretical perspectives , allowing us to draw connector between our culture of pulmonary tuberculosis and the social forces wrapped up in production . How was the taste for scratch linked to the slave trade ? Is prostitution really “ the oldest profession ? ” What goes into your daily cup of coffee bean besides half and half ? And what was westerly high society like before everything had a damage ?
- Prize : mental_flosst - shirtChallenge : demo us with a fun Emmy fact ; we ’ll award a mental_floss thymine - shirt for our favoriteWinner : DianaWinning entrance : Alan Alda is the only person to win an Emmy for playact , piece of writing , and directing . He won for acting in 1982 , for writing in 1979 , and for directing in 1977 , all for his workplace onMAS*H.
- pillage : Sacred Gifts , Profane Pleasures : A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic WorldChallenge : Take any cliché from ClicheSite.com and create a new phrase to take its placeWinner : NoahWinning Entry : Old : An apple a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. keeps the doctor away . unexampled : A disavowal a Clarence Shepard Day Jr. keeps the lawyers away .
We still need to declare winners inthesetwocontests . stay on tune .
Congrats , everyone ! Either Andréa Fernandes or I will be in touching to find out where we should send your trophy . Another trivia competition is coming after today …
