No. 283: "Storm Warnings"
The current issue of a national magazine lists these warning signs: stain, unusual odor, the sound of broken glass or plastic. What publication, what danger? (Question courtesy of Jim O'Grady.)
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Tuesday's Question (No. 282)--"It'll Take a Miracle":
An inquiry into Mother Teresa began in Calcutta, India, Monday, as Pope John Paul II opted to fast-track her canonization, waiving the five-year post-death waiting period. Beatification, the first step toward sainthood, requires a confirmed miracle, and one has already been "authenticated." Name that miracle.
"Tears streaming from the Time magazine cover of JFK Jr."--Peter Lerangis
"Black Hole of Calcutta now 'only a little gray, more like brown, really.' "--Andrew Staples
"Transformed Christopher Hitchens from semicoherent socialist into gibbering right-wing tattletale."--Jennifer Miller
"Oh, I know! She tortured Indians until they either converted or died! Or was that the beatified Father Junípero Serra?"--Greg Diamond
"Since Mother Teresa's death, there have been no movie sightings of Harvey Keitel's penis."--Alex Balk
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