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The Slice: A quiz beyond that which is known to man

The first season of “The Twilight Zone” began on this date 50 years ago.

In honor of that anniversary, I invite you to take The TZ True or False Quiz.

1. There is a Spokane connection to the episode, “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.”

2. In “To Serve Man,” actress Susan Cummings plays a human in a form-fitting dress.

3. Three out of four episodes featured a Cold War bomb shelter.

4. William Shatner was the star in “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” “Nick of Time” and “Stopover in a Quiet Town.”

5. There is a Spokane connection to “Of Late I Think of Cliffordville” and “Execution.”

6. There is a Spokane connection to “Come Wander with Me.”

7. Talking Tina in “Living Doll” was a TV news anchor.

8. The Peaceful Valley in “Valley of the Shadow” is based on the Spokane neighborhood.

9. Burgess Meredith was in “Time Enough at Last,” “Printer’s Devil” and “Obsolete Man.”

10. Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead and Dick York all appeared in TZ episodes.

11. There is a Spokane connection to “The Chaser.”

12. There is a Spokane connection to “Jess-Belle” and “The Hunt.”

Answers: 1. True. Actress Amzie Strickland, the late mother of local theater fixture Tim Behrens, was in that episode. 2. True. 3. False. It just seems that way. 4. False. He was in the first two. 5. True. The late Albert Salmi, a onetime South Hill resident, starred in both. 6. True. Bing Crosby’s son Gary was the star. 7. False. 8. False. 9. True. 10. True. 11. True. Actor John McIntire was born in Spokane. 12. True. Actress Jeanette Nolan was married to McIntire.

Today’s Slice question: Upon the appearance of the first snowflakes, what percentage of local residents will suggest that they regard it as ominous foreshadowing?

Write The Slice at P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210; call (509) 459-5470; fax (509) 459-5470; e-mail pault@spokesman.com. For previous Slice columns, see www.spokesman.com/columnists. Lots of people of a certain age say “pic-i-nic basket.”

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