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...Hal (coyly, and smirking a bit): What did he do before he retired...
...Hal (earnestly, and still coyly): How did he do-in politics, I mean...
...Hal: Well, say hello...
Never before had Question permitted such a heavily advertised star on the premises. Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill is 45, greying, a choleric soldier of fortune, ladies' club lecturer, sometime correspondent for the London Evening Standard and only son of Sir Winston. "And now," said Hal March, "the time has come to play the game." Big Game-Player Churchill picked his favorite category: No. 6-the English language...
...Hal: Here's the first question: Many personal names have passed into our language. For example, the Catling gun is named for Dr. R. J. Catling, its inventor. I will describe a number of incidents or persons. You tell me what word in our language derives from each of them. For $64-a certain English nobleman was so absorbed in gambling that he would not leave the table in order...