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THE BULLETIN • FEBRUARY 4 - 10, 2021
BY GEORGE DICKIE
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Q: Is “The $100,000
Pyramid” with
Michael Strahan ever
coming back? – Laurie
Suderman, Clovis, Calif.
Michael
Strahan
A: Yes, since the game-show
revival has been a success for
ABC, leading to its renewal
for a fifth season that has
yet to be produced. Strahan
recently tested positive for COVID-19, but we suspect another big part of
the delay in making new episodes is the physical set-up of the show in
the age of the coronavirus pandemic. By its nature, it has a celebrity and
that person’s playing partner seated in close proximity to each other as
the clues are given.
Wearing masks surely would be required, but that could inhibit the
game play, since it involves body language that often incorporates
facial expressions. Without the contestants being able to see those, ABC
likely figures it makes sense just to wait until the game can be played
again as it needs to be. Strahan undoubtedly has a say in that, since
he’s an executive producer of the show as well as its host.
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Djokovic goes for three
in a row at Melbourne
If you’re looking for a favorite in the men’s field at the 2021
Australian Open, look no further than Novak Djokovic.
Indeed, the 33-year-old Serb and World No. 1 has has been
the big man on campus at Melbourne Park since his debut
there in 2005, owning a record eight singles titles (including
championships in the 2019 and 2020 tournaments), a perfect
8-0 mark in finals play and an overall 75-8 won-lost record
across 16 events. And his eight wins at the tennis year’s first
major make up almost half of his 17 titles in the Grand Slams.
His victory last year Down Under was far from his easiest.
Mourning the death of his friend Kobe Bryant in a helicopter
crash days earlier, Djokovic was met by stiff competition
from Dominic Thiem in the final. Struggling with his energy
levels and consistency early, he fell behind to the 26-year-old
Austrian two sets to one. But a break point that Djokovic
managed to save in the fourth set turned the tide and he went
on to win that set, 6-3, before taking command and slamming
the door on his opponent in the fifth, 6-4.
Afterward, Djokovic was as relieved as he was celebratory.
“Definitely my favorite court and my favorite stadium in
the world,” he said at the end of the gut-wrenching see-saw
final, which lasted nearly four hours.
Djokovic will return to defend his title from top-ranked players including Thiem, Rafael Nadal, Daniil
Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev when the 2021 Australian Open gets going Sunday Feb. 7
and airs through Feb. 21 on ESPN and ESPN2.
BIRTH DATE: May 22, 1987
TURNED PRO: 2003
BIRTHPLACE: Belgrade, Serbia
ATP RANK: 1
HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6 feet 2
inches/176 pounds
HONORS AND
PLAYS: Right-handed
titles: Australian Open – 2008,
ACHIEVEMENTS: Grand Slam
2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016,
2019, 2020; Wimbledon – 2011,
2014, 2015, 2018, 2019; U.S.
Open – 2011, 2015, 2018; ATP
Tour winner, 2008, 2012-15;
Olympic bronze medalist, 2008
BY GEORGE DICKIE
7) Dan Aykroyd and John
Goodman
6) Carol Channing
5) Up With People
4) Justin Timberlake
3) Whitney Houston
2) U2
1) Billy Joel
1) Who sang the national anthem at the 1989 and 2007 Super Bowls?
2) Who performed at halftime of the 2002 Super Bowl while the names of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks scrolled on a screen above?
3) Whose stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” brought the house down at the 1991 Super Bowl?
4) Who was performing with Janet Jackson during the infamous “wardrobe malfunction” in the 2004
halftime show?
5) What volunteer organization performed during halftime of Super Bowls in 1976, 1980 and 1986?
6) Until 1970, marching bands performed at Super Bowl halftime. Who broke the pattern in 1970?
7) Who performed as the Blues Brothers at halftime of the 1997 Super Bowl?
8) Who left the field in a helicopter after singing at the 1996 game?
Answers:
8) Diana Ross
Questions: