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Have you taken Time Out New York's Essential New Yorker? It's a mammoth, challenging exercise that tests people's knowledge of the city and its people. Naturally, there was a Law & Order question (page 5 of the quiz) that challenged whether you could sift through, oh, about 100 names or so to find the needle in the haystack: "Which one of the following actors has never appeared on New York’s quintessential cop show?"
[Spoiler warning] However, fellow Law & Order fan ADM noticed a flaw in the quiz. While the answer is supposed to be Kevin Bacon, the name "Danielle Melnick" appears in the list. Now, any self-respecting Law & Order viewer would know that Danielle Melnick is the fiery defense attorney played by the inimitable Tovah Feldshuh, whose name is right above Danielle Melnick. So clearly Danielle Melnick is a correct answer as well.
ADM contacted Time Out, who said they would remove "Danielle Melnick" - but it's still there. And then we noticed that Steven Zirnkilton is listed. Zirnkilton provides the voice-over for the opening credits but as far as we can tell, he's never been on it. Our verdict: The Time Out intern just went through IMDB and haphazardly cut-and-pasted those names.
Have you seen the NBC website for all three Law & Orders? There are some pictures of former cast members, but Jerry Orbach isn't there. We know it's been two years or so but for shame, NBC.com!
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While we are at it... The burlesque performer pictured on page 40 "Where does this dancer work?"
is none other than the extremely talented Lady Ace, who left New York many years ago.
If Time Out focused more on their design layout rather than these stuipid Q n A's they'd be a better magazine.
For god's sake... who cares? Don't you have a panda to report on or something?
I AM working on a panda story for tomorrow!
More pandas. Every major news channel had one.
there appears to be a panda boom according the ABC news the other night.
oh, this time out thing suks.
I remember when Gothamist was interesting and relevant.
That quiz was so stupid for many reasons, but especially because:
1. Some of the questions required no skill, only dumb luck (like "guess what this hipster is listening to on his/her iPod" - WTF?)
2. You could only find out how you did by taking the online version, not by doing the one in the magazine. Duh!
I'd make a crack about how stupid that quiz was, but really, when has Time Out New York been anything but?
of course the hipster/iPod question was absurd - that's why it made me laugh out loud! i think timeout is an awful publication, but i did like this quiz, especially the absurd questions.