124     February 23, 1955
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Faye

[Mrs. Joseph Maffey]: “I'm having a baby and my husband doesn't know it” 
Mr. Maffey is brought onstage so that we can see his reaction as the questioning hones in on the Secret.   

George Goodyear: “​I read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica...It took 11 years"                
A younger generation cannot comprehend how before the internet, a multi-volume set of books called an encyclopedia was the best resource for a wide variety of information.  The Britannica, with its 25,000 articles and 3.8 million words (at the time) was considered the gold standard. Goodyear began his project while in law school and finished in 1951.  At his peak, he averaged more than a thousand pages a year.  The Britannica rewarded Goodyear with a full set of their latest printing, which they said was about two-thirds different from the volume he read.  The Britannica would stop publishing a print edition in 2010.  The rival World Book Encyclopedia claims today to be the only multi-volume general reference encyclopedia still in print.

Special Guest Robert Merrill: “I once tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers” 
The panel must sing their questions to the famous baritone, who responds in song.  Though he never made the big leagues, the opera star would become a treasured part of New York baseball history.  Starting in 1969 he sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” on Opening Day for the New York Yankees each season for three decades, He also sang at other special events, including old-timer’s games and playoff games, for both the Yankees and the New York Mets.

This episode has not been reviewed.  ​Information comes from alternate sources, including Gil Fates' handwritten notes.  Quoted secrets are based on those notes and are believed to be accurate.

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