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Issue 3 · Thursday, October 8 · Answers closed

In 1954, the mayor of Châteauneuf-du-Pape banned what from the village's skies?

  1. AHot-air balloons25%
  2. BCrop dusters0%
  3. CCarrier pigeons25%
  4. DFlying saucers50%

4 answers

The answer: D, Flying saucers.

Flying saucers, and "flying cigars." Any that landed was to be impounded. Bonny Doon Vineyard named its Le Cigare Volant after the decree.