A famous chef developed a new Eggs Benedict dish to be served in a 50’s
style eatery. It just didn’t look good on the regular serving plates and he
wanted something retro and classy.
He spotted some shiny hubcaps on the wall and it gave him the idea for a
unique way to serve up his dish. After all, “there’s no plates like chrome
for the hollandaise.”
~~ANSWERS to “What’s Up, Doc?” Quiz
1. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote about the dual personality of Dr. HENRY
JEKYLL (and Mr. Hyde).
2. Dr. SAMUEL MUDD set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth and ended up
spending four years in a Gulf of Mexico prison.
3. Noah Wylie portrayed the young caring Dr JOHN CARTER who moved from
Chicago’s ER to the heart of Africa.
4. In Dodge City, Kansas, old Doc GALEN ADAMS fixed up Kitty and Matt
Dillon.
5. Mary Shelly wrote of a Dr VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (who wasn’t even a
doctor!) and his ‘monster’ made from spare body parts.
6. In 1901-1906 Dr. ALOIS ALZHEIMER worked with a patient suffering memory
loss, difficulty with speech and comprehension. After her death, he
autopsied the brain to note plaque deposits, dead areas, tangled nerves, and
found the 7th leading cause of death that now bears his name.
7. A thoracic surgeon in the Korean War, Dr RICHARD HORNBERGER, later wrote
of his life there, basing its main character Hawkeye Pierce on himself.
8. Dr. MICHAEL CRICHTON became an author of medical fiction (like “Andromeda
Strain”) and created popular shows like “E.R.”
9. Fortunately for children of the 1950’s when the scourge of polio was at
its height, Dr JONAS SALK transferred from law school to become a medical
doctor.
10. A medical doctor in the ambulance corps during World War I, Dr SOMERSET
MAUGHAM later gained fame for writing “Of Human Bondage”.
11. Father-figure who always knew best, Dr MARCUS WELBY ministered to
patients in his suburban home, assisted by handsome Dr Kiley.
12. Dr LEONARD “BONES” McCOY served the crew of the 23rd Century spaceship
in Star Trek.
13. Handsome young heartthrob Dr JAMES KILDARE dealt with patients at Blair
General Hospital for five years in primetime.
14. Maintaining his London medical practice, Dr. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE wrote a
number of detective adventures there were “elementary, my dear Watson”.
15. Dark and brooding Dr BEN CASEY performed surgery at County General
mentored by Dr Zorba.
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”