As it prepares to convene in Switzerland this week, the International Olympic Committee has invited a well-known American to join its reform panel. Who and why? (Question courtesy of Andrew Staples.)
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Thursday’s Question (No. 206)–“How Do You Take It?”: It happens in Colorado for an hour a day, and former prosecutor Steven Cohen calls it “the oddest kaffeeklatsch in the history of Western civilization.” What goes on?“The trees talk about how to kill another celebrity.”–Jennifer Miller“Tim McVeigh, Ted Kaczynski, and Ramzi Yousef get together to try and solve the JonBenet Ramsey case.”–Cliff Schoenberg (Norm Oder et al. had similar answers.)”Adolph Coors studies for his bar mitzvah.”–Jon Snow (similarly, but rappers not brewers, Leigh Bardugo)”Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Joy Behar, and Ramzi Yousef at the taping of their TV show The Parallax View.”–Meg Wolitzer“Finally, a question to which I know the answer: Murderers yell at each other.”–Sharon Smith
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