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1. Mary Margaret McBride, the 'First Lady of Radio', gave this admonition on her housewife-oriented program in the 1940s:
"There are many things you're not supposed to ______, especially children."
What word completed her advice?
2. Atlanta newsman Don Smith Learned a lesson after landing his first big job at WBAL in Baltimore - make sure you pre-read the news before saying it on air:
"Today, crowds of thousands cheered today as Pope ______ stood at his bedroom window in St. Peter's Square and exposed himself."
Which pope, who served from 1939 to 1958, was 'featured' in this news broadcast?
3. "Ladies and gentleman, please welcome to our stage José Feliciano... He's blind and he's Puerto Rican!"
When you don't have all the information, it's hard to be accurate. What show host, in his 18th season, introduced his guest like this in 1966?
4. Even the 'most trusted man in America' was not immune to inadvertent humor, such as his report on a vehicle recall, "Rolls-Royce announced today that it is recalling all Rolls-Royce cars made after 1966 because of faulty nuts behind the steering wheels."
Who misspoke this?
5. At the 46th Academy Awards in 1974, four celebrities acted as the ceremony's hosts. Which of them recovered quickly when a streaker took the stage by saying, "Well, ladies and gentlemen, that was almost bound to happen... But isn't it fascinating to think that probably the only laugh that man will ever get in his life is by stripping off and showing his shortcomings?"
6. "Today President Farter and Jimmy Cord announced..."
Jim Vance was already a seven-year veteran when he began a 5 o'clock news report for WRC-TV in Washington, DC, following Jimmy Carter's election... in what year?
7. ''Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the ______ of the Oxford crew.''
BBC sports commentator Harry Carpenter completed this gaffe after the 1977 University Boat Race with what term?
8. Irish jockey turned horse trainer Ted Walsh has made a name for himself with his witty commentary at the racing track. What word completes his famous on-air gaffe, "This is really a lovely horse, I once ______ her mother."
9. After moving from competing to commentating, golfer Ken Brown made this unfortunate observation at the Scottish Open, "Some weeks Nick likes to use Fanny; other weeks he prefers to do it by himself."
To which Nick was Ken Brown referring?
10. While delivering an analysis of snooker for the U.K.'s Sky Sports network, Mike Hallett innocently stated, "Stephen Hendry jumps on Steve Davis's ______ every chance he gets."
What is the missing word?
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