The Common Market
these people — most of them ballplayers — share one significant similarity. can you name it?
1. What do these White Sox have in common? a. Jose Abreu b. Luis Aparicio c. Ozzie Guillen d. Tommie Agee
2. What do these four major-leaguers have in common? a. Kosuke Fukudome b. Yu Darvish c. Dave Roberts d. Tsuyoshi Wada
3. What do these four clues have in common? a. Ben Zobrist b. Ronald Reagan c. It’s in Illinois and California d. What you will say the moment you figure out the answer to this question
4. These four have something in common. Do you know what? a. Ernie Banks b. Fred Rogers c. Sebastian Cabot on “Family Affair” d. The product in a series of commercials starring Joe DiMaggio
5. What do these folks have in common? a. Charles Hubert Ruffing b. Vida c. “Three-Finger” d. Edwin Ford
6. Use your GPS to tell me what these guys have in common. a. Keuchel b. Cepeda c. Claudell d. Bumgarner
7. These folks have something in common. What is it? a. Aaron b. Judith Sheindlin c. Kenesaw Mountain Landis d. Simon Cowell
8. They have more in common than meets the eye. a. Aaron b. Dean c. Perry d. Sherry
9. These 2022 Chicago players have something in common. a. Andrew Vaughn b. Luis Robert c. Elvis Andrus d. Alfonso Rivas e. P.J. Higgins f. Patrick Wisdom g. Willson Contreras
I was thinking the other day about what those of us who meet here each Saturday have in common. First and foremost is a love and interest in baseball from today and yesterday. Next is an apprecition of pop culture, past and present. The third is that little bit of adrenaline rush presented by participating in a quiz. Fourth is the desire to have a little bit of fun and not take things too seriously. And finally, and you know what it is, all of the above. Please be assured that this is not a marriage proposal but simply another one of my lame attempts to provide you with an introduction to this week’s quiz: people and things in common. I think you’ll find this to be fun and challenging. So put on some music or watch a movie featuring Lonnie Rashid Lynn. Who? You probably know him by his stage name, Common (born March 13, 1972, at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital in Hyde Park). Have fun, and learn a lot.