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I don’t know if I saw a quick clip of My Fair Lady recently or exactly what happened, but I’ve been going around saying “ello” to people for nearly a week now. And yes, most of them hate me for it. But as work imitates life, Kara and I decided to put together an “ello” quiz just for your mental_floss folks. Feel free to return here and comment with your scores. Enjoy!
P.S.: The reason the quiz doesn’t include a JELL-O question? JELL-O has a nasty hyphen. Now you know.
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I got 44%. Yuck.
posted by Aunt Shell on 7-30-2008 at 11:08 am
Hey, the Costello question is wrong. Frank Costello was born Francesco Castiglia, so Costello was not his real last name. The answer should be changed to “none of the above”. Unless, of course you were referring to the Nicholson character in The Departed, but I don’t think you were.
posted by QuizTaker on 7-30-2008 at 11:22 am
Thanks QuizTaker – and you’re absolutely correct. That answer has now been fixed.
posted by Sandy on 7-30-2008 at 12:24 pm
booo…i didnt not do so swell with this one. 7/16. i can see how sayng “ello!” to everyone would get annoying but it is pretty funny! i can picture it being said with sort of an english accent.
posted by nicole on 7-30-2008 at 1:00 pm
10/16
In the Disney movie “Bednobs and Broomsticks” there is a song about Portobello Road. The characters go there looking for a missing page from a book of spells, I think.
posted by Nerak on 7-30-2008 at 4:41 pm