publication date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008 (part of Round XXXVI)

category: Television

clue: What are the highest ratings a South-African virgin art-history expert can get on PBS? (None.)

explanation: Beckett was a nun who hosted an art-history program on PBS called Sister Wendy. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Jerry Mathis, Tony Peters, Walter Chesser, Shawn Brandt, and Samuel Franklin

trivia: The clue was inspired by an old joke when Scott Hardie asked "What's the highest rank a woman can hold in the Catholic Church?" and Matt Preston answered "None."


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