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Everyone’s A Genius In Hindsight – 2024

Dave

Will it be Biden vs. Trump?  YOU MIGHT HAVE THE ANSWER!  It is time for my fifth installment of my quadrennial contest – 2024 I Told You So.  This is your opportunity to have your genius fully appreciated as you predict 2024 before it occurs.  Don’t be bashful.  No one has ever gotten more than five answers correct.  This is a general knowledge guessing game.  There is a mix of politics, economics, sports, and popular culture.  There is no cost to enter and the game is open to everyone.  Feel free to share this with all of the Mavens in your life.

Though the contest is for fun, there are prizes:

1st Prize – $50 Gift Card to Shuhei or the restaurant of your choice.

2nd Prize – Lunch with me.

3rd Prize – Two lunches with me. 

The Rules:

All entries must be submitted to me by 5 PM on Friday, January 5th.  Entries may be mailed, emailed to me, or delivered in person.  The winner will be determined by the number of correct predictions.  In lieu of the exact answer, the closest to the correct answer will be given credit.  The decision of the judge (me) will be final.  The second tie breaker will be a coin toss.

Good Luck!

  1. The President of the United States on December 30, 2024
  2. The Democratic nominee will be ____________________.
  3. The Republican nominee will be ____________________.
  4. The winner of the 2024 Presidential election will be ____________________.
  5. The winner of the Ohio Senate election will be _____________________.
  6. There will be ___  justices on the US Supreme Court on December 31, 2024.
  7. The winner of the February 11, 2024 Super Bowl will be ___________________.
  8. The Cleveland Guardians will win ___ regular season games.
  9. The Cleveland Browns will win ___ regular season games.
  10. The Academy Award for the best picture will go to ______________________.
  11. The Dow Jones Industrial Average will close December 31, 2024 at __________.
  12. A gallon of milk will be $____ at Heinen’s Mayfield Village on June 30, 2024.
  13. Wild Card – The big, unexpected story of 2024 will be ____________________.

Tie Breaker: Recorded at the Agora on June 18, 1979, it became a local anthem and was later covered as the theme song of a popular TV show.  _____________________________

Dave

www.againreally.com

Picture – I Would Never Have Predicted All Of This – David L Cunix

2020 Hindsight – Calling All Geniuses

Dave

This is it! Welcome to the 2020 I Told You So Contest. This is your opportunity to have your genius fully appreciated. All you need to do is predict 2020 before it happens. I host this contest every four years. There is no cost to enter and the game is open to anyone. Please share this with your friend who always knew Trump was going to win and be impeached or with your cousin who knows when Freddie Kitchens will be fired.

Though the contest is for fun, there are prizes.

1st Prize – $50 Gift Card to Shuhei or the restaurant of your choice.

2nd Prize – Lunch with me.

3rd Prize – Two lunches with me.

The Rules:

All entries must be submitted to me by January 6, 2020. The winner will be determined by the number of correct predictions. In lieu of exactly correct answers, the closest to the correct answer will be given credit. The decision of the judge (me) will be final. The second tie breaker is a coin toss.

Don’t be intimidated. No one will get them all right.

1. The President of the United States December 30, 2020 _______________________.
2. The Democratic nominee will be__________________________________.
3. The winner of the 2020 Presidential election will be________________________.
4. There will be ____ justices on the US Supreme Court on December 31, 2020.
5. The winner of the February 2, 2020 Super Bowl will be _______________________.
6. The Cleveland Indians will win ______ regular season games.
7. The Cleveland Browns will win _____ regular season games.
8. The Academy Award for best picture will go to _____________________________.
9. The Dow Jones Industrial Average will close December 31, 2020 at _____________.
10. A gallon of milk will be $_____ at Heinen’s Mayfield Village on June 30, 2020.

Tie Breaker: There is a song associated with every major city. For many of us, our favorite Cleveland song has our hero tell the story of how a decent model citizen is transformed by lust and thirst. Please name the song and artist __________________________________.

DAVE

www.againreally.com

Picture – A Little Chutzpah In The 216 – David L Cunix

The Contest

Dave

I listen to song lyrics. Hard Rock. Soft Rock. Lite Rock. It doesn’t matter. I believe that the lyrics are important.

This month’s column is going to be a contest. I went into my album collection and found the first lines of ten songs. All of these came from albums that included printed lyrics so that I couldn’t screw up.

To enter: Identify the song and performer. Each is worth one point. Mail your entry to: Lyrics, 673 East 185th Street, Euclid, Ohio 44119. The entry with the most correct answers will receive a CUT AND STYLE at CHAZ HAIR OF LAKEWOOD (good for men or women). Second prize is a gift certificate for EXCUSES, the new pastry shop on Larchmere by Shaker Square. Everyone who enters will be eligible for a free PERSONAL AD donated by OHIO’S FINEST SINGLES. The decision of the judges (me) is final. Please enter. No one will get them all. I promise.

1. We’d like to know
A little bit about you
For our files.
We’d like to help you learn
To help yourself.

2. If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now,
Cause there’s too many places I’ve got see.

3. There’s a black man with a black cat
Living in a black neighborhood
He’s got an interstate running through his front yard
You know he thinks he’s got it so good.

4. It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There’s an old man sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin.

5. Stone love-she kneels before the grave
A brave son-who gave his life to save the slogan
That hovers ‘tween the headstone and her eyes
For they penetrate her grieving.

6. Blue Jean baby,
L.A. lady, seamstress for the band.
Pretty eyed, pirate smile, you’ll marry
A music man.

7. Just yesterday morning they let
Me know you were gone
Susan, the plans they made put an
End to you

8. New York New York is everything they say
And no place that I’d rather be
Where else can you do a half a million things
And all at a quarter to three.

9. Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your new town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

10. When you’re down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right.

Bonus Question

Name the song and writer and earn 4 points and my undying admiration.

Ride with me, Fly with me, Teach me how to care
I’ve been alone for too long
I’m already half way there
Ride with me, Fly with me-anywhere.