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Page 1: ANNUAL THANKSGIVING GAME NAME THAT YEAR · he Thanksgiving game — a Life & Arts tradition — is an ex-ercise in time travel this year. • Are you well-versed enough in sports,

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The Thanksgiving game — a Life & Arts tradition — is an ex-ercise in time travel this year. • Are you well-versed enoughin sports, pop culture and history to distinguish Thanks-giving 1959 from Thanksgiving 1965 or Thanksgiving 1989?

That’s your challenge. • On this page are five imaginary households ofthe past and a long list that applies to their respective Thanksgivings.Match each item on the list with its corresponding year; in the end,each year should have five items. / [email protected]

a. The kids are in thebasement listening to theweek’s No. 1 song: I Heara Symphony by theSupremes.

b. The Ohio State footballteam beat Michigan 14-9a few days ago and won’tplay again until Jan. 3, inTempe, Ariz.

k. The kids grouse thatthey now have two addi-tional state capitals tolearn.

l. The family is preparingfor its first Black Fridayshopping trip to the newCity Center mall.

m. Dad’s Thanksgivingprayer includes gratitudefor the return of baseballto Columbus with theClippers.

p. The place for Christ-mas shopping is North-land Mall, put under rooftwo years ago.

q. No more Christmasshopping at Northland; itclosed earlier this year.

r. When I See You Smileby Bad English tops thecharts.

s. Turkey haters at thekids’ table have a newchoice: SpaghettiOs.

t. The No. 1 song is Mackthe Knife by Bobby Darin.

u. John Cooper’s OSUteam has just beatenWisconsin, 42-22, butthe Michigan game looms(and it won’t go so well).

v. After dinner, everyoneheads to the multiplex tosee Harry Potter and theChamber of Secrets.

w. In a rare break withtradition, the DallasCowboys don’t play onThanksgiving; instead,Miami trounces St. Louis,55-14.

x. The Underdog balloonmakes its debut in theMacy’s Thanksgiving DayParade.

y. At night, everyonegathers to watch a newepisode of Cheers.

n. The Macy’s Thanks-giving Day Parade fea-tures New Kids on theBlock; and Willard Scotthosts the NBC paradebroadcast with ALF, theextraterrestrial characteron a sitcom.

o. The contest betweenthe Detroit Lions and theBaltimore Colts marks thefirst color broadcast of anNFL game.

NAME THAT YEAR By Joe Blundo • THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

1959 1965 1977 1989 2002

ANNUAL THANKSGIVING GAME

ANSWERS

1959: e, h, j, k, t1965: a, i, o, s, x1977:d, f, m, p, w1989:l, n, r, u, y2002: b, c, g, q, v

YOUR ANSWERS

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c. The house needs to bevacuumed before rela-tives arrive, so Dad turnson the Roomba.

d. After dinner, the familywatches the Thanksgivingepisode of Barney Miller.

e. Ronald Reagan isfamous for hosting GETheater.

f. You Light Up My Life byDebby Boone tops theBillboard singles chart.

g. No Thanksgiving-weekend dinner at EngineHouse No. 5 in Colum-bus; it closed earlier thisyear.

h. Uncle Harry pulls up inhis new Edsel.

i. The top-rated show ontelevision is Bonanza.

j. The kids’ post-dinnersnack will be Jiffy Pop, apopcorn product intro-duced this year.

Section E • The Columbus Dispatch • Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014

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