Polite Dissent

Tarascon is a small publisher that produces an array of pocket-sized medical reference books. My favorite is the Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopeia, a small book that contains all the information about prescription drugs any medical professional could ever need (also good for any writer who needs to know about drug names and doses). It comes in a small “shirt-pocket classic edition” and a larger “lab-coat pocket edition” (my personal favorite).

A new edition is published every year, and hidden deep within the small print of the indicia is a trivia question. If you’re one of the first 25 people to answer it correctly, you get your name in print and win a free copy of the next year’s edition. So far, I’ve gotten it right three times (but the first time I wasn’t one of the first 25). How many of these can you answer?

Notes:

1. No, I won’t post this year’s question until next year…no cheating! Plus I haven’t figured out the answer yet.
2. Each version (the shirt pocket and lab-coat pocket) has their own question. With the exception of #5, these questions are from the larger lab-coat edition.
3. I knew the correct answers to #1, #3, and #5.
4. I’ll post answers later for any question that no one’s figured out.

Questions:

1. Who, when taunted in a Doonsebury comic, responded as follows: “I think it is false and libelous, but I’m flattered by the attention.”
2. Name whose career evolved from twin to crime fighter.
3. Whose first command went down the drain because of some grain?
4. Whose musical talent was lacking because of some quacking?
5. When will Don go back to Annandale?