# Really, really hard TV trivia question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 2, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508 "2014-05-02T15:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/41 "2014-05-03T13:36:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Yup, awry, he was pronouncing it aw-ree. I think they were at her parents house in Brewster in that episode. They were indeed. It was early in the first season. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/42 "2014-05-03T13:41:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > They were indeed. It was early in the first season. 🙂 I’ve been to Brewster a bunch of times, nobody there ever heard of Lou Marie. I think there’s something a little shady about this guy. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/43 "2014-05-03T13:42:09Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > I’ve been to Brewster a bunch of times, nobody there ever heard of Lou Marie. I think there’s something a little shady about this guy. Try looking under “ **Lew** Marie.” That was how they spelled his name. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/44 "2014-05-03T13:51:41Z")
This talk of awry reminded me. I (to this day, sadly) think there are two words that mean “a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.” One is pronounced epi-tome, and one is pronounced eee-pit-o-me. I found out there was only one word when someone laughed in my face about my pronunciation. I still “hear” the word the first way when I read it. Hell, if they wanted they Y sound they should have spelled it epitomy. And that singer Ad-e-lay, too. Who taught her how to spell her name?🙂 (I crack up my doctors when I talk about getting my co-LIN-o-scoppy!) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/45 "2014-05-03T14:00:41Z")
I remember learning the word “risque” when I was 12 or 13. Of course, I pronounced it wrong at first (probably as “risk”), but I think I should get a pass on that one since it’s French. 🙂 On the radio in Toronto a couple of years ago, there was a commercial where a woman kept talking about the wonderful “plethora” of items (stress on the “-or-”) her company offered. Every time it came on, I’d shout “That’s PLETH-ora, ya bimbo!” much to the amusement of my teenage daughter. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/46 "2014-05-03T14:10:49Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > This talk of awry reminded me. I (to this day, sadly) think there are two words that mean “a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.” > > One is pronounced epi-tome, and one is pronounced eee-pit-o-me. I found out there was only one word when someone laughed in my face about my pronunciation. I still “hear” the word the first way when I read it. > > Hell, if they wanted they Y sound they should have spelled it epitomy. And that singer Ad-e-lay, too. Who taught her how to spell her name?🙂 > > (I crack up my doctors when I talk about getting my co-LIN-o-scoppy!) I did not recognize “epitome” when I first read it; fortunately this happened in junior high. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/47 "2014-05-03T16:55:47Z")
I think a lot of folks here have seen the porn version of Mary Tyler Moore and are mis-remembering. 😃 : > [@](#): > > Ted Baxter strolled into the newsroom, smiling broadly, as usual. > > “Hi, Guys!” > > “Hi, Ted.” Murray and Mary chimed together. > > “Murray, I was reading this news copy you gave me.” > > “Amazing,” Murray said, “he’s reading it before he gets on the air.” > > It went right over Ted’s head. “What’s this word here?” > > Murray looked at the script. “Lesbian,” he said. > > “Lesbian. Is that like … actors? Shouldn’t we use ‘actors’ instead?” > > “No, Ted, you’re thinking of ‘thespian’,” Mary said. > > “Oh… then what’s a lesbian?” > > Mary and Murray exchanged glances. Murray said, “Ted, I’ll have to > explain that to you later. Just read it like it’s written.” > > Ted walked out. Mary and Murry broke up into laughter. > > ::: > > The “ON THE AIR” sign came on. Ted launched into his delivery voice. > > “Today in Minneapolis, police announced they had definite leads into > the Lesbian murder case. Lesbians, by the way, are not actors…” > > Back in the newsroom, Murray moaned, Mary laughed, and Lou headed > quickly for the studio. > > … > > Murray had tried to explain lesbianism to Ted, but much of it had gone > over the anchorman’s precicely-trimmed head. > > Ted was in Georgette’s apartment, sitting on the sofa. Georgette was > in the kitchenette, putting the dirty dishes in her dishwasher. > > “Georgette, do you know what a lesbian is?” > > Georgette nearly dropped the dish she was holding. Composing herself > rapidly, she said, “Yes, Ted. Why?” > > “Well, Murray tried to explain it to me, but I couldn’t figure out > what he was talking about. Then I asked Mary, and she told me to ask > Lou. Lou told me to look it up in the dictionary.” > > “So?” Georgette asked, coming out of the kitchenette. “What did the > dictionary say?” > > “That’s too much trouble. I’m asking you.” > > “Well, let me think about how to explain it to you. Will you excuse > me? I need to make a telephone call.” > > Ted nodded, and turned on the television. “Hey, it’s the Brady Bunch! > I just adore Marsha…” > > Georgette smiled, and went to her bedroom to make her call. [http://www.asstr.org/files/Collections/Alt.Sex.Stories.Moderated/Year97/279.txt](http://www.asstr.org/files/Collections/Alt.Sex.Stories.Moderated/Year97/279.txt) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508/48 "2014-05-03T17:19:41Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > This talk of awry reminded me. I (to this day, sadly) think there are two words that mean “a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.” > > One is pronounced epi-tome, and one is pronounced eee-pit-o-me. I found out there was only one word when someone laughed in my face about my pronunciation. I still “hear” the word the first way when I read it. > > Hell, if they wanted they Y sound they should have spelled it epitomy. And that singer Ad-e-lay, too. Who taught her how to spell her name?🙂 > > (I crack up my doctors when I talk about getting my co-LIN-o-scoppy!) OK, mine is _ **anxiety** _. When I first came across this word in a book, I had no idea what it meant. After I figured it out, I thought “where the hell did they get a “gz” sound out of “nx”?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-really-hard-tv-trivia-question/687508.md?page=2)