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We watched “Lone Sur vivor” last night on DVD, and the actor who played the new guy that they were giving a hard time looked familiar to me. What else has he been in? -- Amelia D., via email

Alexander Ludwig, who played newbie Navy SEAL Shane Patton, is perhaps best known for playing Cato, the career tribute from District 2 in “The Hunger Games.” He’ll also play Bjorn (Ironside) Lothbrok -Ragnar and Lagertha’s now-grown son -- in the upcoming season of the His- Alexander Ludwig in “Vikings” tory channel’s “Vikings,” which likely will air in spring 2015. ***

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acters. Like maybe a same world and same storyline, but focus on different people.” So, what is her new book about? Breeana summed it up for me: “The story is basically a what-if retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin tale. The idea behind it is that tales are told by the most powerful, so the stories that get passed down are from one point of view. And so ‘Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter’ is, what if Rumpelstiltskin isn’t a bad guy after all? In the real story, the heroes are not nice people. A king and queen get married because he forces her to spin gold for him, and yet Rumpelstiltskin is portrayed as the bad guy. So, my story is more an examination of that.” ***

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This is a photo of a vintage 1930s travel poster that belonged to my husband’s great-aunt. She was a nurse on a cruise ship and collected the posters from her travels. The poster measures 24 1/2 by 39 inches. At the lower part of the poster is the name “E. Glintzer - Berlin.” Also, along the bottom are the words “Information and Handbooks about Germany from all Tourist and Travel Agencies.” The poster has a mark with the words “Printed in Germany and Published by the Reichsb a h n zentrale für den Deutschen R e i severkehr, Berlin. There are the letters “R -D- V” in an oval at the lower Vintage 1930s travel poster is a left of the collectible poster. Thank you for any information you can provide about the histor y and value on our poster.

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This mark is on the bottom of a potter y figure of a rooster that my grandmother had in the 1950s. As a child, I always liked it, and when I grew up my grandmother gave it to me. I have a granddaughter who also likes it. Since I want to pass it along to her, I would like to know more about it. It stands about 20 inches tall and is decorated with an antique white finish and trimmed in gold. It is in excellent condition. Anything you can tell me about this family piece will be appreciated.

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Vol. X Issue 39

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October 23-29, 2006

by Linda Thistle

Weekly SUDOKU -Answer-

1. Where was Janis Joplin “busted 1. When was the last time four playflat” in “Me and Bobby McGee”? 2. TELEVISION: Who is the voice 2. Name the rock group that released ers were elected in the same year by the Baseball Writers’ Association of of Moe the bartender on “The Simp- “Cold As Ice” on its debut album. DIFFICULTY: � sons”? 3. Where did the band The Amen America to the Hall of Fame? 2. In their first 10 seasons in the 3. MOVIES: which movie did Bill Corner get its name? � Moderate ��InDifficult major leagues, how many times did Murray the line, “Well, there’s 4. ©Which artist wrote and released �� GOdeliver FIGURE! 2006 King Features Syndicate, Inc. the Arizona Diamondbacks win at something you don’t see every day”? “Two Faces Have I”? 4. MYTHOLOGY: In Greek mythol5. Name the song that contains this least 90 games? 3. Who was the last wide receiver to ogy, who rules the underworld? lyric: “Cover me with kisses, baby, 5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which U.S. Cover me with love, Roll me in win a Heisman Trophy? 4. How many consecutive seasons president served the shortest tenure in designer sheets, I’ll never get enough, history? Emotions come, I don’t know why, did Dwight Howard lead the NBA in defensive rebounds before the Clip6. LITERATURE: When was the Cover up love’s alibi.” pers’ DeAndre Jordan took the top novel “Goodbye, Columbus” by PhilAnswers spot in 2013-14? lip Roth published? Weekly SUDOKU5. The Boston Bruins won the Pres1. In Baton Rouge, while waiting 7. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of for a train. In the originalAnswer version, as idents’ Trophy in the 2013-14 seafood is a peanut? 8. GEOGRAPHY: How much of co-penned by Kris Kristofferson and son for the best NHL regular-season record. How many other times have the Earth’s surface is covered by the Fred Foster, “Bobby” was a female. by Linda Thistle by 2.Linda Thistle Foreigner, in 1977. As a single, it the Bruins won it? oceans? 6. Who was the last U.S. men’s 9. LANGUAGE: What is another was the b-side to “Feels Like the First Time.”Sudoku answer peekers drink their bath wather hockey player before Phil Kessel in a lexicon? The ideaname of forGo Figure is to trick in an Olympic 3. From the Victoria Ballroom in 2014 to have a hatANSWERS 10.TRIVIA MATH: How many different letTEST arrive attersthe figures at Cardiff, Wales, where every Sunday hockey game? are used in Romangiven numerals? SUDOKU the bottom and right-hand 7. In 2014, Noh Seung-yul became night aWeekly DJWeekly would playSUDOKU soul music. The Answers Answers group’s biggest-Answerhit was “(If Paradise the fourth male South Korean to win columns of the diagram by fol1. Venus’ equatorial diameter is Is) Half as Nice” in 1969. a PGA Tour event. Name two of the lowing the arithmetic signs in about 95 percent the size of Earth’s. first three. 4. Lou Christie in 1963. the order 2.they are given (that Hank Azaria 5. “Call Me” by Blondie in 1980. Answers is, from left to right and top to 3. “Ghostbusters” in reference to the The song stayed at No. 1 on the charts 1. It was 1955. bottom). Use only the numbers giant Stay-Puft marshmallow man for six weeks. “Call Me” was the 2. Four times (1999, 2001, ‘02, ‘07). Hades below the 4.diagram to complete theme song for the crime drama film BIBLE TRIVIA 3. Michigan’s Desmond Howard, in 5. William Henry died of “American Gigolo,” starring Richard its blank squares and Harrison use each Answers 1991. pneumonia only 32 days after taking Gere in the role of a male escort in Los of the nine numbers only once. 4. Six seasons. office. (C)Old Neither 1.1.(A) Angeles. 5. Once, in2.2. the(A) 1989-90 season. 6. 1959 (D)En-rogel Elisha © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc. DIFFICULTY: � 6. John LeClair, in 2002. 7. A legume 3. (D) Beth-shan 3. (D) Jacob 7. K.J. Choi, Yang Yong-eun and Place a number in percent the empty boxes in such a way 8. 71 (A) Nazarites Elijah 4.4.(C) � Moderate ��column Difficult that each row across, each down and each Bae Sang-moon. 9. Dictionary 5. (B) Ephesians 5. (B) Place �� FIGURE! small 9-boxGO square contains all of the © 2006 King Features Syndicate, Inc. 10. Seven © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc. (B)Jochebed Isaiah numbers from one to nine. 6.6.(B) ©2014 © 2010 King Features Synd., Inc. ©2014 © 2014 King Features Synd., © 2010 King Features Synd.,Inc.Inc.

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