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From: barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Catch-22 original name answer
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Date: Sun, 15-Apr-84 04:42:46 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 15 04:42:46 1984
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The original title of "Catch-22" was indeed "Catch-18".  Here are the
signature lines of those who sent in correct answers (I received no
incorrect answers), along with any interesting comments they made about
the name change.

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John Hobson
AT&T Bell Labs-Naperville, IL
ihnp4!iwlc6!amigo
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I think it was Catch-18, after the actual section number in Army Regs.
n with best-seller Mila-18.  Or so
I recall.

ken perlow
..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken
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Larry Johnson
AT&T Technologies (nee WeCo)
Warrenville, Ill.
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I believe it was "Catch-18", which was rejected because of a possible conflict
with Leon Uris' "Milo 18" (?); "Catch-14" was proposed, but Heller said that
"22 was a funnier number than 14" (not 100% sure the number was 14).

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy
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			Barry Margolin
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