Monday Trivia No. 9

What is the significance of this list of women’s first names?

  • Anna
  • Carol
  • Clarabella
  • Eleanor
  • Julia
  • Lizzy
  • Lucille
  • Lucy
  • Madonna
  • Mary Jane
  • Michelle
  • Prudence
  • Rita
  • Sadie
  • Sally
  • Yoko

As far as I can tell, this is an exhaustive list.

Burt Likko

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    • As far as I can tell from my mobile phone, Dan got the correct answer first. Bonus round: add in the names of men.

          • And Messrs. Postman and Mustard, as well as Rocky Raccoon and Bungalow Bill. (And add Pam and Martha to the list of women.)

          • I don’t think Martha should count, because she was a dog.

          • Thought of Mr. Kite and Sgt. Pepper, but they’re not First Names.

          • I don’t think Martha should count, because she was a dog.

            But she had a great personality.

  1. They all appear in the title of a Beatles song.

  2. Paul McCartney and the Dalai Lama write each other (I mean, of *COURSE* they do!) but I can’t find pictures of them together.

    Holy cow! Apparently, McCartney chewed out the Dalai Lama for eating meat!

    This world is crazier than any running joke you can attempt, I tell you what.

  3. Apparently, McCartney chewed out the Dalai Lama for eating meat!

    But did McCartney ever bean him with a cricket ball?

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