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too. we'll see you soon.
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did you know that before he was president,
abraham lincoln
worked on a riverboat and sold liquor?
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fascinating or that
queen elizabeth
i was 25 when she became a queen? the intellectual devotional, latest edition features a wide range of fascinating biographies, former member of the "today" family. nice to welcome you back, noah.
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nice to be back.
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fifth volume in the series that you've done. you fashioned it so that every day a person could read and gain a little bit of knowledge. and are you trying to smarten up america? is that your idea?
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what we're trying to do is give people information that's accessible and fits into the schedules we all have nowadays that don't really allow us to read 600-page tomes. one a day, five minutes before bed or when you get up or any time of day. you learn something interesting.
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speebing of interesting, here you have 365 fascinating biographies. how did you choose? from jesus to
jerry falwell
.
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we tried to reflect a diversity of personalities across all different kinds of fields. people who led military campaigns, inventors, we've got phil philosophers, villains in history. 365 of the most fascinating.
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cultural.
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yeah.
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people can use this material to kind of create their own testing games, as you apparently want to do this morning.
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well, apparently we're going to do like a little
game show
action here, exactly.
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let's go.
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we don't have any buzzers.
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i'll try to replicate the
sound effects
.
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that's okay.
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question number one after
john lennon
formed the beatles, what was their first song in
1962
?
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can't buy me love would be my guess.
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both wrong. love me do. lot of people don't know that.
john lennon
, one of the most iconic figures in
modern music
and culture. lot of interesting things about
john lennon
. the song "imagine" most closely associated with him, was not a number one song when it was first released, only hit number one when he was tragically killed. lot of interesting trivia about lennon and the beatles.
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okay.
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number two, what was
mother theresa
's original given first name.
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i know this one.
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i won't read the choices.
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i know her name was agnes, born in yugoslavia and she was phenomenal.
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i've got nothing to share then. yes, she was born in macedonia, former part of yugoslavia, moved to ireland when she was 15 to join a religious order and a tremendous
20th century
figure.
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one of the greatest
human beings
who ever lived. i think we have time for one more.
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i'll make it a good one.
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okay.
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or the next one at least. who was the only person to be queen of both france and england? that's a tough one.
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eleanor of aquitaine.
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correct, natalie. married to the
king of france
, divorced him, and married the
king of england
.
walt disney
,
audrey hepburn
and
george w. bush
are included in her descend enters.
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fascinating.
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i can't wait to read the 363 others we didn't get to. or 362.
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congratulations. really great to see you.
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you, too.
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we wish you so much more success. "the inspirational devotional." take the quiz on todayshow.com.
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