No. 326: "Scents and Sensibility"
"This is a dream for me--to find the soft parts and touch them and even smell them. It's very exciting." Who said this about what?(Question courtesy of Jamie Smith and Andy Aaron.)
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Thursday's Question (No. 325)--"Wrapped Attention":
In a TV commercial running in Houston, friends cover a Diane Keaton look-alike in bubble wrap then roll her down a hill and through a sprinkler. We don't find out what's being advertised until the end, when the tag line comes up. For 500 points and the game: What is the tag line?
"George W. Bush: The courage to laugh at women on death row. The creativity to carry out the execution in bold new ways."--Jake Tapper (Jennifer Miller had a similar answer.)
"Arrive moist and fresh. Fly Federal Express."--Merrill Markoe
"Everybody in Packing Materials. The Gap. (You forgot to mention she was lip-syncing "Helter Skelter.")--Floyd Elliot (similarly, Michael Mannella and Al Estrada-Berg)
"A year later this footage was found. The Blair Witch Project II."--Paul Krug
"We're adding new diagnostic procedures each day. We're your HMO."--Kim Day
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