[Last Word] Hook, Line and Sinker - Answers - Spring 2007
Summer 2007
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can’t pull the wool over the eyes of Last Worders. More than half were
on to every rogue in our gallery of scammers. Many noted with glee
famous institutions that had been taken in: National Geographic fell for the Tasaday tribe, the New York Sun
had to retract the Great Balloon Hoax and Stern printed the ersatz
Hitler diaries. Of the 54 entries received, 34 spotted every ruse. Five
Borders gift certificates go to randomly selected winners Lauren
Alexander ’04, William C. Gladney ’62, Doug Laidlaw ’78, Mary Lo MS ’98
and Kristin Weber. This month’s puzzle, on page 64, is designed for the
latitudinally and longitudinally gifted.
Answers ›› 1. Cottingley fairies, Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 2. Charles Redheffer, Charles Fulton 3. The Petrified Man, Mark Twain 4. The Great Balloon Hoax, Edgar Allan Poe 5. Piltdown Man, scammers unknown 6. Joey Skaggs 7. Howard Hughes autobiography, Clifford Irving 8. Hitler diaries, Konrad Kujau or Gerd Heidemann 9. Tasaday tribe, Manuel Elizalde 10. Cardiff Giant, George Hull/P.T. Barnum. |
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