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Show The Salt Lake Tribune TV/FEATURES Friday, July 25, 1997 ASIMOV QUIZ GLWGGITSETEENS ewe Take IsaacAsimov's Super Quistoa Ph.D.Score 1 point for each correct 7:00 | | 7:30 | 800 | B7 eee 8380 | 9:00 | 9:30 | | 10:00 | 10:30 | 14:00 | answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D.Level ‘Subject: FAMOUS DELIVERIES (@.g., In the Lord's Prayer, from biti we ask to be delivered?: vil. FRESHMAN LEVEL ons 1, Abraham Lincoln delivered this on Nov.19, 1863. Answer 2, Delivery of a child by an incision throughtheabdominalwallandwomb, Answer 3. To whom did an angeldeliverthis news, ‘I bring you good tidings of greatjoywhich shallbe toall people”? Answer GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Whatis “FID” noted for delivering? Answer 5. He delivered the news on April 18, 1775,that the Redcoats were coming. Answer 6. Title of a 1972 film starring Jon Voight,BurtReynoldsaridNedBeatty. Answer PH.D. LEVEL 7. Pheidippides ran to Athens to deliver news of this victory. Answer 8. This delivered mail from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento,Calif. Answer 9. These quintuplets were delivered on May28, 1934. Answer ANSWERS: “euuo} 6 “seardxg Auog ayy, ’g “uoyErEy, +), coueIAAT|OG, ‘9 ‘a1AeY Me“S “(Geared promsuexy, ,sys110],7) 812 “MOL “h “Sproydoys oY, “¢ “Uoroas uwaresae, 'Z ‘sserppyBmqsiyen 'T SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10to 14 points you'replenty smart, butno grin points — you really should hit thetoaks Warten point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately!; 0 points —whoread the questions to you? ACES ON BRIDGE By Bobby Wolff eyes are not peroilie when the mind does the seein; « Publilius Syrus “Get mea new deck,” cried an irate West. ‘My opponents can see through the backs of these cards.” Study the bidding and playy tojudge whether a new dec! Did South see West's singleton ng with his eyes or with his mind South took dummy’'s diamond ace a remee led a low club to his pping West's singleton king. Nei,aH ‘cashed his king and dummy's e of trumps and led another club fodamnEast put in his nine to a winning finesse with South's Fight,at it didn’t help. South wonhis queen, drew the last trump, andled a tow club to dummy's seven, con a trick to East's jack. In exchange, South's eight became a winner, giving him three club winners andhis vulnerable game. Howdid South know ,West's club king was singleton? Hedidn't, of course, but he did know West had the club king. And if West did haveit, whyfinesse the ‘TV-Y: Designed to be appropriate for all children, age 2 to 6. Vv parygg ‘TV-Y7: Directed to children, age 7 and older. Appropriate for children able to distinguish between make-believe and reality, ‘TV-G:Suitable for general audience of all ages. queen andlose to the king? How did South know? A vulnerable West hadbid at the two-level, promising a good suit and a decent hand. His opening lead revealedthe rest. Had he held the A-K in hearts or the K-Q in diamonds, surely he would with the king in either suit, Since he didn't, it was safe to assume he held neither combination. This left the club king as a vital part of West's values, making it futile for South to try a routine club finesse. NORTH 07-25- BY LYNN ELBER ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Forthefirst time ever, a cable channel — HBO — got more Emmy nominations than any of the major networks. Home Box Office got a whopping 90 nominations in the 49th annual Emmy nominations announced Thursday, edging NBC's 89. Symbolically, that small gap is vast. After a half-century of dominating the medium, the networks are losing groundin both East la Pass 29 sa Pass Dbl* 4or All pass “negative double Opening lead: Diamond six BID WITH THE ACES South holds: iv ae ? as fresh, as original, as well-produced on cable” as on the major networks. NBC's hard-charging medical drama “Betie Midler: Diva Las Vegas” got 10, ANSWER: “mpmmoy oaui7) 0} CoUdIaoNd OG wey audience andprestige. “It's a significant acknowledgment within the industry of the sea change that has been taking place among viewers within the last decade,”said Larry Gerbrandt, an analyst’ with the media research firm Paul Kagen Associates, “What viewers are increasingly finding is there is programming “ER” did lead with 22 nominations and remains TV's most-watched show. But HBO's “The Larry Sanders Show" beat the network sitcoms with 16 nominations, the most ever for a comedy in one year, Among HBO specials, “Miss Evers’ Boys,” received 12 nominations, and North po sayeq w sy daiuy-ou Om) ‘pig uN MNOS GUTS °9240) PUNOL-AUO BB] O8I0A0s 8,44ON duinsj-0u OM], 4 TV-M: Mature Audiences Only. 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If you have a VCR with the VCR Plus+® feature (identified by theVCR Phis+ Jogo on your VCR), all you need to do to record a program is enterits PlusCode number. the VCRPlus+ ify , LOS ANGELES — TV's Big Three networksaren't just suffering viewer erosion becauseof cable. They're suffering awards Vulnerable: Both Dealer: South TV-PG: Shows with some material eae for achildren, such as coarse .ggestive dialogue or limited vio ‘TV-14: Parents cautioned to beware A eecnen:caiong language “This is a landmark moment,” HBO executive Chris Albrecht said. Other pro; making strong showings included “The X-Files" on Fox with 12 nominations and ABC's "NYPD Blue" with 11, “Frasier” and “Seinfeld,” both pa on another era: Thefirst Emmy recogni- @ Touched by an Emmy? The filmed-in-Utah TV series “Touched by an Angel” received five Emmy nominations Thursday — thefirst nods for the three-yearold CBS series. Roma Downey and Della Reese, who play angels aiding people in crisis, were nominated in the lead and supporting actress categories for dramas. Diane Ladd and Louis Gossett Jr. were nominated for their guest-starring roles. “Touched by an Angel” also was nominated for the President's Award, a category introduced last year to recognize social value. The other nominees were the NBC series “ER,” “A&E Biography,” and two TV-movies that aired on HBO, “Miss Evers’ Boys” and “If These Walls Could Talk.” “Promised Land,” the “Touched by an Angel” spinoffalso filmed in Utah, received no nominations, tion of TV commercial excellence. The five nominated commercials included a Levi's jeans spot in which two strangers’ eyes lock in an elevator and they share a funny, fast-forward fantasy of courtship and marriage, Members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences proved unsentimental, failing to nominate Roseanne for the final sea- son of “Roseanne.” Also overlooked were series unveiled during the 1996-97 season, including the acclaimed “The Practice.”” ‘The academyvoters did salute Ellen DeGeneres of “Ellen” with a best comedicac- 19, for a network total of 212, HBO and 14 other cable channels got a record 138 nominations in all, In 1988, the first year cable was even recognized by the Emmys, HBOreceived six nominations, ‘Thursday's nominations opened the door } FOR FRIDAY Good Moming America: (4) 7. am — kd. kang. 17038 Today: (5)7 am —Grocery ‘cures for infants; music by Tom Jones. 39274 Pauenko (2) 8 am Music group Hanson: timeshares ctitic Gene Siskel; re-salling : 3480106 Fox After Breaktast: (13) 8 om — Singer Kenny ‘WG 75274 Regis & Kathie Lee: (4) 9 am — kd. lang. TV-G" 44767 Montel Williams: (4) 19 am — Scary heal decisions. TV-PG' 96545 Crook & Chase: (5) 10. om — Patrick Dompsay. tress nomination in a year in which the ABC sitcom drew both praise and criticism for bringing DeGeneres’ characterout as a lesbian, ~*“ER” hunk George Clooney, who's been splitting his time between TV and movies of late, was bypassed for thefirst time in the show's three years. Co-stars Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies and Sherry Stringfield got lead acting nominations, “Home Improvement” star Tim Allen, last nominated in 1993, missed out again. But his co-star Patricia Richardson got nominated. NBC,got nine each. The ne Awards will be announced Sept. 1 CBS xi 60 nominations, ABC 44 and Fox TALK SHOWS “Friends” didn’t receive a best-comedy nomination, although an error during the awards announcementbriefly had the show among the nominees. A real supporting ac- tress nomination did go to Lisa Kudrow as flaky Phoebe. “I was expecting to be disappointed,” said X-Files" creator Chris Carter. “The show becamereally popular this year, and I thought there might be a backlash. It's my paranoia, I guess,” Oprah Wintrey: (4) 4 pm — Colodstty rescues motherhood. TV-PG" 7458 ony King: (CNN) 7 pm — (lve Phoneta) 867864 David Letterman: (2) 10:35 pm — Actor Samuel L Jackson. TVPG 81897458 Jay Leno: (5) 10:38 pm — Boxer Evander field, music group Rodiohead. TV-14 Tom Sriyder: (2) 11:37 pm — Actor Keonen IvoWayans, TVPG" 125, |