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Tuesday's Question (No. 295)--"The Gielgud, the Bad, and the Ugly":

Following an outcry from, among others, Academy Award-winner Sir John Gielgud, the Smithsonian Institution has canceled a program. What was the program, and the problem?

" 'Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson: Unparalleled Kings of British Stage and Screen.' The problem was that Gielgud has nothing left to lose and was willing to show up with a truck bomb if necessary."--Greg Diamond (Jon Delfin had a similar answer.)

"Thanks to Gielgud and fellow Brits, museum-goers 'from ages 5 to 105' won't be able to attend the 'Hands on History: The British Aristocracy' exhibit, which encouraged attendees to examine life-sized models of past sovereigns and then hypothesize which members of the royal family might have been syphilitic."--Michael Fein

"The 'Look at Me! I'm John Gielgud, and I'm a Stuck-Up Sissy-Pants! Boo Hoo Hoo!' program. Sir John formally announced that he was neither stuck-up nor a sissy-pants, while sniffling and blowing his nose into a frilly lace handkerchief."--Francis Heaney

" 'The Kenneth Branagh Film Festival' was canceled, due to excessive scenes of Branagh in close-up, SHOUTING SHAKESPEARE, while the MUSIC SWELLS and SWELLS, and he SHOUTS and ..."--William Considine

" 'Eat Your Liver' was the program, and the problem was that, according to Sir John, 'It tastes yucky.' When it was pointed out that there are starving children in Asia who would love to have some nice liver to eat, Gielgud replied, 'Well, then, my dear boy, send it to them.' "--Floyd Elliot

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